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Serious questions are being raised after a 26-year-old man, accused of attempting to push a stranger in front of an approaching light rail at Sound Transit’s Northgate station last week, was once deemed mentally unfit to stand trial for allegedly stabbing his sister in 2019, then released from a state mental hospital...

SEATTLE, WA – Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson is considering new taxes on large businesses and wealthy individuals. Wilson told a community forum on Friday night that the taxes could help fill a gap in the city’s 2027

SEATTLE - Thousands of residents gathered across the Puget Sound region on Saturday as part of more than 3,000 planned "No Kings" protests in the United States amid a heavy traffic day for the city due to multiple community and sporting events. As crowds convened on the sunny weekend day...

11-Year-Old Girl Pulled From West Seattle Water in Critical Condition An 11-year-old girl is fighting for her life after being rescued from the water in West Seattle early Friday morning. Seattle Fire Department crews responded to a water rescue call around 12:30 a.m. in the 3400 block of Chelan Avenue Southwest, and...

Earlier this week, we reported that – after more than a century – Alki Lumber would officially close its West Seattle Triangle location at end-of-day today. Shortly after they did, two readers sent photos of the last customer, Siobhan Costello – the one above, from John Bennett, the one below, from Andy McConnell:

Kent Police are treating the suspicious death of a 50-year-old Kent woman as a homicide. Officers were dispatched at about 10:10 a.m. Thursday, March 26 to a East Hill residence in response to a 911 call of CPR in progress, according to a March 27 Kent Police news release. An...

SEATTLE — A Seattle woman has been sentenced to prison for killing a rideshare driver in 2023 and driving his car around the city for several days, including to a hair appointment. Neiana Allen-Bailey, 20, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the killing of 52-year-old Amare Geda, who was...

Downtown Seattle’s swankiest office towers are watching their values fall faster than the elevator in rush hour. As vacancy rates spike, the city’s most expensive high-rises have seen their assessed values plunge, wiping billions off the tax rolls and leaving street-level storefronts noticeably quieter. The damage is...

A high-speed chase on I-5 ended in a crash and an arrest. Washington State Patrol troopers stated, via X, that a 28-year-old Burien man was driving a stolen car, speeding up to 130 miles an hour early Friday morning. Troopers tried to deploy spike strips several times, but the driver...

RENTON, Wash. - One person has been killed following a shooting Friday afternoon in Renton. Around 2:40 p.m. on Mar. 27, deputies with the King County Sheriff's Office report receiving calls about the incident in the area of Southeast Renton-Issaquah Road and 164th Avenue Southeast, in the Coalfield area. First...