Bellevue WA

SEATTLE — Drivers in the Seattle metro area are facing increased traffic congestion this year, with the average commuter losing nearly three days annually stuck in traffic, according to new data from INRIX, a transportation data and analytics company. Seattle is ranked as the tenth most congested city in...

SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash. — A Snohomish County man who killed an 83-year-old woman as he drove the wrong-way down the freeway in an attempt to get away from police will spend 27 years in prison after he was sentenced this week. The April 2024 crash killed Trudy Slanger, of...

The Bellevue Police Department is asking the community for help in locating Denise Silva, a 54-year-old woman who has been missing since last Tuesday at 1:00 p.m. She was last seen near Main Street and Bellevue Way, wearing a light grey fleece, black pants, and black sneakers, and is 5'7" tall and weighs 165 lbs, as...

TACOMA, Wash. — A fourth suspect wanted on murder charges in the death of 18-year-old Messiah Washington was arrested following a car chase with the Seattle Police Department, a spokesperson confirmed Tuesday. Washington was shot and killed Feb. 22, 2025 inside the elevator of an apartment building in Tacoma’s...

An anonymous donation expected to exceed $50 million is helping cover tuition costs for medical laboratory science students at the University of Washington for the next half-century.

SEATTLE — Western Washington's light rail network is expanding at full speed, but regional officials warn that decades of delays have left the region playing catch-up with a transportation vision first conceived in the 1960s. As the new Federal Way extension opens this week, light rail lines are focusing...

SEATTLE — Seattle’s Office of Labor Standards (OLS) says thousands of Amazon Flex drivers will soon receive payments after the agency and the company reached a nearly $3.8 million settlement tied to the city’s gig-worker protection laws. Amazon Flex is a network company that contracts with drivers...

A man died after Seattle police officers shot him for allegedly waving a gun near an intersection Tuesday afternoon in Rainier Valley. Police responded to a 911 call at 1:30 p.m. reporting a shirtless man brandishing a gun and walking toward Martin Luther King Jr. Way South near South Othello Street, Seattle police...

The owner of a hookah lounge on the eastern border of Seattle’s Little Saigon neighborhood where a man was gunned down Monday morning is potentially facing $20,000 in fines for repeatedly staying open past 2 a.m., violating the city’s nightlife ordinance aimed at curbing violence at after-hours venues.

Want to reduce your carbon footprint? Dry your clothes at 10 pm? If you live in Seattle, doing those things will also cut your electricity bill and reduce the risk of blackouts. Seattle City Light is preparing to launch “Time Of Use” electricity rates that fluctuate as. demand...