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A Skagit County man has been sentenced to six months in federal prison for making threats against two U.S. Congressmen and their staff.

The Stillaguamish Tribe has literally given its river room to roam, carving open old farm dikes at the mouth of the Stillaguamish River north of Seattle and letting the tides pour back in. Heavy equipment and carefully sequenced engineering turned long-drained fields into a young tidal marsh that shorebirds and...

SEATTLE — King County prosecutors charged Jose Cruz Victorino with second-degree murder and a firearm enhancement Friday in the fatal shooting of a man inside a Renton grocery store earlier this week. PREVIOUS | Judge finds probable cause to charge Renton grocery store shooting suspect. Victorino is accused of...

The greater Seattle tech ecosystem—long defined by relentless growth, deep talent pools, and global influence—is hitting a moment of reckoning. In recent months, a spate of layoffs has rippled across the region, highlighted by Amazon cutting nearly 2,200 Washington-based jobs last week, more than half of them in core...

A routine flight from Anchorage to Seattle turned into a criminal case that ended in federal court Thursday, when a Deering, Alaska, man was convicted for abusing a 17-year-old girl in the air on January 15, 2025. Trayton C. Ballot, 29, was sentenced to 18 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release....

Bill Gates is ready to let go of one of his long-held properties in Medina, Washington. The Microsoft co-founder, who is currently making headlines for his appearance in the recent round of Epstein files released by the Department of Justice, has listed a home next to his famed estate, Xanadu 2.0, for $4.8 million....

Spring-like weather comes to an end on Friday as rain makes its way into the Puget Sound area for Super Bowl weekend.

A district custodian discovered the firearm and immediately notified church staff and reported it to his supervisor, the district said.

A man who ventured onto thin ice this week at Fish Lake had a stroke of luck … when he fell through the ice, his accident was witnessed by a rescue dive team from the King County Sheriff’s Office and the Mercer Island Police Department.

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Seattle, Washington – A weak atmospheric river is expected to bring moderate to locally heavy rainfall to the Pacific Northwest this weekend, increasing the risk of isolated flooding and hazardous travel...