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SEATTLE — Prosecutors have charged a Kent man with murder in the first degree for the death of a 17-year-old boy in SeaTac earlier this week. According to court documents, Kasim Kone, 19, shot his friend, Vatauomalo "Tau" Leiataua,17, near South 288th Street and Military Road South around 11:00 p.m. on Aug. 2.

SEATTLE, WA - Several young kids and their families will never forget the name Lillie Vehling: the college student who saved three girls from drowning during Seafair weekend. It happened last Friday at Genessee Park when she went to see the Blue Angels. But when she scanned the water, she knew something was wrong.

An 85-year-old Renton man and an 82-year-old Renton woman died two days after they were each injured as passengers in a two-vehicle collision on the East Hill in Kent. Alvin Jitsuo Terada and Mitsuko Terada each died Aug. 4 in Seattle from multiple blunt force injuries suffered Aug. 2 in a crash at SE 208th Street and

REDMOND, Wash. — A driver was hospitalized with burns after a vehicle left Willows Road Northeast and crashed into a utility pole, causing the vehicle to catch fire, according to Redmond police. Police responded to the serious crash and fire in the 11600 block of Willows Road Northeast. The...

Starbucks has closed another store in Seattle, this time downtown. The coffeehouse at 999 Third Ave. closed on Friday, The Puget Sound Business Journal reported. Starbucks closed the downtown location shortly after DocuSign made plans to move out of the building by next July. The coffee giant has gone through...

SEATTLE — Seattle Interim Police Chief Andre Sayles has only been on the job for a week and says a measure of his success will be solving the Bite of Seattle shooting. It is just one test for the former police chief in Beloit, Wisconsin, who is now thrust into a major murder investigation and stabilizing a big city dep

Donations being collected in western Washington are heading for Spokane later on Friday as the community comes together to help those affected by wildfires across the state. Items like non-perishable food, hygiene items and even pet food are being collected at places like Stoup Brewing in Ballard.

Wildfire smoke has made its way into Seattle and parts of western WA, leading people to question when it will clear out. Air quality in western Washington and the Puget Sound region has already improved significantly, moving into the green (good) and yellow (moderate) levels compared to poorer conditions earlier in the

Seattle Councilmember Dan Strauss announced a package of six pieces of legislation Friday meant to build the city's first coordinated system for people living out of cars, vans, motorhomes and travel trailers. The plan, called the Vehicle Resident Assistance Program, arrives as roughly one in four of the region's unshe

Local shelters are helping make room for animals displaced by wildfires in Eastern Washington.