Bellevue WA

SEATTLE - Seattle police say one person was shot in the Chinatown-International District on Thursday, and an investigation is underway. Police say one victim was struck by gunfire on South King Street near 12th Avenue South Thursday afternoon. SPD initially posted about the shooting just before 2 p.m. The suspect...

BELLEVUE, Wash. — A longtime Bellevue recreation center that was on the brink of shutting down will remain open after rallying support from the community. Samena Swim & Recreation Club, a nonprofit that has served families on the Eastside for nearly 70 years, announced Tuesday afternoon that it will continue...

SEATTLE — Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell on Monday announced a historic $170 million investment in affordable housing — the largest single-year commitment in the city’s history. The funding, called a Notice of Funding Availability, will support the production, preservation, and stabilization of affordable rental housing...

Homelessness is still on the rise in Washington, but data collected by the state Department of Commerce shows that the growth rate across much of the state slowed last year. This comes as the state has been spending billions of dollars in recent years to expand affordable housing and help transition people out of...

A house fire in Bellevue left one person dead late Wednesday night, the Bellevue Fire Department (BFD) announced. The fire was inside a home located on 108th Ave. S.E., across the street from Bellevue High School. One victim dead in Bellevue house fire. As BFD arrived on the scene, crews...

(The Center Square) – A new report finds that Seattle ranked as one of the top five cities with high crime rates in 2024, but officials say the city is turning a corner. According to data from the FBI collected by Security.org , Seattle ranked fourth in major U.S. cities with the highest total crime rate per 100,000...

Seattle police arrested a 50-year-old convicted rapist in North Seattle Tuesday afternoon after he was mistakenly released from custody while awaiting sentencing.

Aug. 27 (UPI) -- A large, invasive alligator snapping turtle spotted under a dock at a Washington beach was safely removed by a lifeguard supervisor, officials said. Kirkland Parks & Community Services said the turtle, native to the waterways of the Midwest, Southeast and some parts of the Southwest, was spotted...

The Mountlake Terrace Police Department responded to 434 incidents during the week of Aug. 20. There were two warrant arrests, one in the 6000 block of 236th Street Southwest and the other in the 11600 block of Northeast 195th Street. Two verbal domestic disturbances were reported in the 6000 and...

Matt DeBoer, the principal at the Annunciation Catholic School, has roots in Seattle and is well known in the area’s Catholic community.