Bellevue WA

Itadaki Yakiniku, the Japanese steakhouse at The Bellevue Connection, has closed. The restaurant occupied a street-level space at 550 106th Avenue Northeast, and online listings for the business, including its Yelp page, now show it as permanently closed. Itadaki Yakiniku opened in September 2024 under managing partner

AUBURN, Wash. — On an evening flight over the city of Auburn last October, the crew of the King County Sheriff's Office Guardian 1 helicopter was struck by a laser pointer. It was something the pilot and flight officer had experienced before, and they quickly located the source of the laser in a vehicle.

The King county health department closed the Elote Stand at the corner of N 185th St & Aurora Ave N, located in the same shopping center as Bella's Voice Thrift Store (Gateway Plaza). Date closed: August 12, 2026 at 6 pm. Reasons:. Operating without a valid permit. Failure to receive...

Home sellers in Seattle and Tacoma are cutting asking prices at some of the fastest rates in the country, another sign that the balance of power in the Puget Sound housing market is shifting toward buyers. A new analysis from real estate portal Movoto by Lower found that Tacoma ranked...

All lanes of SR 18 near Tiger Mountain have reopened after a semi-truck and motorcycle collision. Both the motorcycle rider and passenger were transported to Overlake Hospital. The passenger sustained non-life-threatening injuries, and the rider had “less injuries,” according to the Washington State Patrol. The collisi

A lane on the Peter Western Bridge in Burien will be closed for three days next week while crews support cleanup efforts, according to the City of Burien. The closure is scheduled from Monday, Aug. 17, through Wednesday, Aug. 19, on the bridge in the 2200 block of South 116th Street, between Military Road and 24th Ave

A man riding an electric scooter is recovering in the hospital after being struck by a Metro bus near Seattle’s waterfront at Alaskan Way South and South Jackson Street.

SEATTLE — Travelers across the Puget Sound region should brace for another busy stretch of roadwork as major construction affects all three primary north-south corridors Aug. 14-17, with overlapping closures and lane reductions expected to shift traffic onto alternate highways and local streets. Closures and lane reduc

1. Two top staffers hired by former police chief Shon Barnes are leaving SPD. Chief communications officer Barbara DeLollis, who’s been on leave caring for a family member on the East Coast, will not return to Seattle, and Lee Hunt, Barnes’ Executive Director of Crime and Community Harm Reduction, Lee Hunt, is retiring

Fraud is not theoretical. It is a continuous, documented reality across public programs, and the evidence is overwhelming. In June 2026, the Justice Department charged 455 defendants in health care schemes totaling more than $6.5 billion in false claims to Medicare and Medicaid. These cases spanned 45 states, involved