Bellevue WA

Two Seattle restaurants that have been neighborhood staples for a combined 33 years are shutting their doors. Marrakesh in Belltown closed Wednesday after 23 years, while Copine in Ballard will close on Saturday. Marrakesh. Marrakesh is a Moroccan restaurant adorned with richly textured Moroccan rugs, ornate silver urn

In Kent, a suspected mail thief is behind bars after a detective caught him red-handed stealing from neighborhood mailboxes. The arrest happened at approximately 8 a.m. last Saturday after the detective spotted a 24-year-old man opening mailbox after mailbox along a street. When confronted by the detective, the suspect

I met Mayor Katie Wilson once before she was the mayor. Briefly interviewed her ahead of the primary in a race full of curious characters. I’ll admit it. I didn’t take her as seriously as I should. Nice person. The resume was thin. Multiple people in the primary had practical experience. At least Wilson didn’t accident

A dramatic display in NYC as city officials crush illegal scooters, part of a larger effort led by Mayor Adams to combat over 100,000 ghost vehicles on city streets.

A 54-year-old driver was arrested late Wednesday night after veering off the road and hitting a metal bollard, causing his car to roll over near the Riverbend Golf Complex in Kent. Two men who were trapped inside the vehicle had to be rescued by Puget Sound Fire personnel following the...

A Tukwila-based immigration attorney who gave up her law license this week to avoid discipline following a misconduct complaint and federal lawsuit had more than 35,000 clients, including potentially many in Oregon. The exact number of impacted clients in Oregon is not known. Alexandra Lozano Kennedy and her firm have.

A 54-year-old Burien man was arrested Wednesday night, May 27 following a rollover crash in Kent that police say involved intoxicated driving and multiple licensing violations. According to the Kent Police Department, officers were dispatched at 10:48 p.m. to the 2200 block of W. Meeker Street (map below) after a...

You could fight for an overpriced hotel room in the city, or you could wake up to a ferry view and a waterfront coffee instead. That is the smarter play for the 2026 World Cup, and savvy travelers are already booking their stays in clever small towns just outside Seattle.

You do not need an ash plume or a glowing lava fountain to have a deadly volcano. In the case of Mount Rainier, the real threat is colder, quieter, and far more sneaky: enormous rivers of mud that can race down valleys at highway speeds long after the sky looks calm and blue. That is ... Read more The post Why Mount R

Despite a damning audit that revealed glaring financial mismanagement at the King County Regional Homelessness Authority, its CEO Kelly Kinnison still says the agency is making a difference and remains one of the region's best tools to fight homelessness. She also says she is not surprised by the audit. "Frankly,...