Bellevue WA

During his 2021 campaign, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell pledged to build 2,000 units of emergency shelter or permanent supportive housing within a year. More than three years into his term, an Axios analysis finds the number of net new units falls short of that goal. Why it matters: Housing and...

Walmart announced the closure of one of its King County stores.

Both directions of State Route 18 (SR 18) are blocked at I-90, just east of Raging River, due to a collision. Traffic is being diverted to Issaquah-Hobart Road, the Washington State Department of Transportation reported Monday, around 5:45 p.m. The agency noted Issaquah-Hobart Road is not suitable for freight traffic.

A Kent Police shoplifting emphasis at a business on the city’s East Hill last week led to seven arrests and the recovery of hundreds of dollars in stolen merchandise, including one suspect who tried to hide meat in his pants, the department announced. Kent Police said the operation was...

Snapdoodle Toys & Games will open a temporary pop-up location at Bellevue Square this fall, according to a company representative. The store will operate from October through January on the second level of the shopping center, near Macy’s and next to ROYCE’ Chocolate. The locally owned retailer specializes...

A former financial advisor in the Seattle area was sentenced to 32 months in prison Friday for a wire fraud scheme that stole $531,411 from a client’s trust account over roughly six years.

Detectives learned that the man was crossing outside of a marked crosswalk when he was hit.

SKAGIT COUNTY, WA (MyBellinghamNow.com) – Police are searching for a missing Indigenous woman who may be in Skagit County. Washington State Patrol issued a Missing Person Alert over the weekend for 45-year-old Nicole Day, who hasn’t contacted her family in about a year. The Swinomish Police Department believes...

The famous chicken-finger chain, Raising Cane’s, plans to open two new Washington locations next year, one in Seattle and one in Lynnwood. A representative with Raising Cane’s previously revealed Seattle will get its first restaurant location in the University District at 4345 University Way N.E. in early 2026,...

“To not mince words, we do not need the federal government bringing in armored vehicles, semi-automatic weapons, and military personnel to ‘make us safer.’ There is not an insurrection here,” Harrell stated.