Bellevue WA

A pair of Kent public works employees thwarted a wire theft in progress last week, police said. It happened Jan. 14 near 4th Avenue South and Willis Street. Two City of Kent Public Works engineering techs saw someone stealing wire from what are known as “junction boxes,” the Kent Police Department said in a Facebook...

The arrest of a 12-year-old who police say attacked a woman with a screwdriver in a Central District robbery is being closely watched as an example of the challenges for the area’s justice system when it comes to juvenile crime. The King County Prosecutor’s office says a judge found...

Yesterday, I wrote about a wrong-way driver who troopers barely stopped before almost crashing on I-5, and last night they found another on I-90 near Issaquah.

SEATTLE — Facebook's parent company Meta plans to lay off more than 300 employees in the state, according to a 60-day notice that was filed. It's part of a larger cut to jobs. Meta confirmed 1,500 jobs will be cut in its "reality labs division" nationwide. According to the...

Questions about the future of one of Seattle’s most famous music venues arose last fall when The Crocodile announced the closure of its two smaller rooms, Madame Lou’s and Here-After, citing their unprofitability, and laying off roughly 100 employees. It turns out that was just the first part of the plan to dig the...

SEATTLE — A strong geomagnetic storm created a northern light display that was seen across western Washington skies overnight. Viewers from across the region, from Battle Ground to the San Juan Islands shared their views of the aurora borealis. The "Kp," which is the scale NOAA uses to measure...

Tucked between strip malls and fast food joints in Kent, Washington sits a bargain hunter’s paradise that transforms ordinary shopping trips into treasure-seeking adventures. The Kent Goodwill stands as a monument to second chances – for both merchandise and shoppers’ wallets. Imagine walking into a space where...

SEATTLE — Several schools in Seattle were under shelter-in-place protocol Tuesday due to reports of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity in the area, according to Seattle Public Schools. The impacted schools included Aki Kurose Middle School, Beacon Hill International, Cleveland STEM High School,...

EDMONDS, Wash. — A call from parents about concerning text messages on their daughter’s phone led to the arrest of a long-time teaching assistant on suspicion of rape of a child, Edmonds police said Tuesday. The investigation began Saturday after the parents of a 15-year-old female student at...

Morbidology is a weekly true crime podcast created and hosted by Emily G. Thompson. Using investigative research combined with primary audio, Morbidology takes an in-depth look at true crime cases from all across the world. On the morning of the 18th of November, 1987, a brown Ford van pulled up...