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An air quality alert remains active for the Seattle area as smoke and high temperatures are expected to affect sensitive individuals through Tuesday. The City of Seattle recommended several ways to stay safe during days with elevated air pollution, such as avoiding outdoor physical activity, keeping windows and doors c

A lawsuit that blamed Seattle’s emergency medical service for a 911 caller’s nightmarish wait for an ambulance and her subsequent death has been settled out of public view and before the case could reach trial. Bitter Lake resident Pamela Hogan waited more than 10 hours for an ambulance...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Amtrak Cascade train between Portland and Seattle has suspended its service after a warehouse fire in the Rose City raised ongoing safety concerns. It comes after a warehouse and water tower were heavily damaged in a fire in Northwest Portland, raising concerns from firefighters that it coul

SEATTLE - A man was shot in the stomach in West Seattle on Monday, and police are investigating what led up to the shooting. Officers were called out to reports of a man who had been shot along 20th Avenue Southwest near Delridge Way. There, police found an 18-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the lower abdomen.

A 21-year-old UCLA student is being mourned by her sorority and university community after she died in an accidental fall in Washington state last week. Dayanara Nicole Urbina Ruiz fell from an open window of a building along Seattle’s Burke-Gilman Trail on July 30. The King County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed h

The Oregon State Police and Portland Police Bureau were instrumental in an investigation that led to the exposure and dissolution of a major drug trafficking ring operating out of Washington state. The case came under the spotlight yesterday when the leader of the drug trafficking ring, 25-year-old Hector Duran Aldaco,

RENTON, Wash. — A woman was stabbed to death, and a Renton police officer was attacked just before midnight Monday. Officers were dispatched to Burnett Avenue South near South 1st Street after 911 callers reported hearing breaking glass and other suspicious noises. Officers arrived and saw a man in...

Walgreens Closing Stores: Updated List of Closed Locations for 2026. Walgreens is continuing a multiyear downsizing effort in 2026, though the pace has slowed considerably from what the company originally projected. The pharmacy chain has closed stores across at least a dozen states and Washington, D.C. this year as pa

SEATTLE — Seattle’s interim police chief Andre Sayles met with investigators Monday afternoon for an update on the investigation into the deadly mass shooting at the Bite of Seattle in Seattle Center, where seven people were shot and three were killed. More than a week after the shooting...

Wildfire smoke pouring into western Washington is expected to cause a significant dip in air quality overnight into Tuesday for the Seattle area.