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Safewise, a home safety and security research group, gathered data from each state to find out which city had the most burglaries.

SEATTLE — Sound Transit’s board of directors on Thursday approved a 1% property tax increase for 2026 to help fund light rail expansion projects authorized under the voter-approved Sound Transit 3 measure. Fifteen board members voted to raise the agency’s 2026 property tax levy to $183 million, up...

An Auburn man is accused of getting into a fight at a bar, pointing a gun at a crowd before getting on the highway, then shooting at a car he cut off on Interstate 5 in Seattle. On Oct. 14, 2025, the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office charged Zachary J....

Active fall weather is about to hit Western Washington. A strong Pacific weather system is tracking toward the region, which will bring a healthy amount of rain, blustery winds at times, and by late in the weekend, the first good dose of snow in the mountains. Impressive Looking Atmospheric River.

Investigators soon traced the operation to a supplier living in SeaTac, a convicted felon with a long history of drug and other criminal offenses.

REDMOND, Wash. — Redmond police said they ended a multi-county crime spree that netted two arrests. Officers arrested a man and a woman in connection with a shoplifting and counterfeiting scheme dating back to January. The two are accused of using counterfeit $100 bills to steal tens of thousands...

Another routine traffic stop on northbound I-5 near SeaTac quickly turned more serious for one driver this week.

SEATTLE — Detectives are searching for connections in a series of reported carjackings across South Seattle this month. The string of incidents began with an attempted carjacking in Columbia City, followed by another in Rainier Valley, where a couple was held at gunpoint. Then on Friday, two more armed carjackings...

SEATTLE — Two people are facing felony charges, accused of buying food-stamp benefits for cash as part of what Seattle police describe as an organized crime ring preying on vulnerable people in the city’s Chinatown–International District. Prosecutors say Ha Son Thach, 54, and Lien My Khuu, 46,...

KITSAP COUNTY, Wash. — A DoorDash driver who was brutally stabbed while trying to help a stranded family has been released from the hospital, just three days after the attack that nearly killed him. Melvin Swagerty, 60, of Port Angeles was discharged from Harborview Medical Center on Wednesday, where...