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SEATTLE — The man convicted of hitting and killing a pedestrian in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood in February 2025 is expected to be sentenced in court Friday. David Tapia, 19, pleaded not guilty to felony hit-and-run last November in connection with a deadly crash that killed 39-year-old Ole Ward on Feb. 1, 2025.

KENT, Wash. — The Kent Police Department traffic unit is looking for witnesses to a crash into a fence that killed a man Friday morning. At 8:48 a.m., Kent police officers, Puget Sound Fire, and medics were dispatched to Military Road South, just south of Kent Des Moines Road, for a report of a car crash into a fence.

SEATTLE — Strong winds and steady rain moved through western Washington Friday, knocking out power to more than 50,000 residents. Utilities reported widespread outages as gusty conditions intensified throughout the afternoon. As of 3:45 p.m., Puget Sound Energy reports that outages have left 53,478 people without power

SEATTLE — A fire tore through several rental box trucks early Friday near a busy industrial stretch in Seattle’s SODO neighborhood. Investigators are now working to determine what sparked it, but it appears to be arson. Seattle firefighters were called to reports of several box trucks on fire...

Diana Gonzalez, 36, said the random attack happened when she was walking to a convenience store near her job in downtown Seattle on Sept. 18

Buying a cup of coffee should be enough to let someone sit down and enjoy it. However, a viral video claims a Black woman was ordered to leave a Seattle café because her presence supposedly made other customers uncomfortable. The alleged reason for removing her is only part of what makes this story difficult to […]

A developing low-pressure system is taking a more northerly track toward Puget Sound than some earlier forecasts suggested, and that means gusty winds are becoming a bigger concern today.

Sound Transit CEO Dow Constantine has been awarded a $30,000 bonus, and a new three-year contract, following the debut of light rail across Lake Washington, along with record passenger loads during the World Cup soccer tournament. The 16-0 board vote on Thursday increases his current $474,276 salary to $490,086 for...

Asia Gabrielle Wilbon has been missing from Kent, Washington (Kent County), since February 13, 2020, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). Her photo above (right) is an age-progressed likeness of how she might have looked at 20, though she would now be 23.

Explore amazing animal stories – visit Animal of Things Now and follow us! Most Washington dog owners assume the metal disc jingling on their pet’s collar satisfies every legal requirement — it usually doesn’t. Dog tag laws in Washington actually revolve around a license, not a tag shape or style, and the tag itself