Seattle Inventor’s Creation to Convert Gas Vehicles to Hybrids
The kit allows the fossil fuel vehicle to run on a battery, then on fuel when the battery goes down.
Person airlifted to hospital with life-threatening injuries after Olympia house fire
One person was airlifted to the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle with life-threatening injuries following a house fire on Sunday in southeast Olympia. Fire Officer Russell Hermann with the Olympia Fire Department said a single engine was dispatched at around 10:40 a.m. Sunday to the house fire at...
Man shot and killed by officer during Bellevue airsoft rifle incident identified
BELLEVUE, Wash. — The man shot and killed by Bellevue police during a SWAT standoff last week has been identified. In a Monday release, the King County Medical Examiner's Office named Patrick Sathyanathan, 60, as the suspect shot by an officer during an Aug. 7 incident. PREVIOUS COVERAGE |...
Seattle-area men sentenced for drug trafficking, one linked to Hookah bar shooting
Two Seattle-area men were sentenced to prison for their roles in a violent drug trafficking organization, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington. Khaliil Ahmed, aka “Bossup,” 27, will spend six years in prison for two counts of illegally possessing firearms. Yohannes...
Some Washington state Costco food courts now have Coke at their soda fountains
Costco’s cult-favorite $1.50 hot-dog-and-drink combo is changing. Don’t panic. The Issaquah-headquartered company hasn’t changed the meal deal’s price; the company’s 89-year-old co-founder once said he would be dead before that happened. (He's alive, but retired.) Instead, fountain soda dispensers at the company’s...
Two ‘significant’ members of ‘violent’ Seattle drug ring sentenced
Two Seattle-area men who were “significant” members of a “violent” drug trafficking organization were each sentenced to six years in prison Monday, according to acting U.S. Attorney Teal Luthy Miller.
Body pulled from Duwamish River in Seattle
SEATTLE - A body was pulled from the Duwamish River in Seattle on Sunday evening, deputies said. Before 5:30 p.m., a paddleboarder reported what they believed to be a human body in the river near the Yacht Club on South 93rd Street. When authorities arrived, they found a deceased person...
From 7-year-old idea to million-dollar sale: Seattle teen’s card game bought by toy giant
A Seattle teenager turned his childhood creativity into a million-dollar success.
Suspect, victims in fatal Tacoma, WA hospital shooting did not know each other: docs
TACOMA, Wash. - The suspect in a deadly shooting inside a Tacoma hospital emergency room did not know the victims he opened fire on, court documents state. The shooting, which left one man dead and a woman injured, happened on Wednesday, Aug. 6 at MultiCare Allenmore Hospital. Martice Ryan, 25,...
Trial in Point Defiance stabbing ambush nears conclusion
The attempted murder trial of Nicholas Matthew, accused of attacking Victoria Nizzoli on a trail in Point Defiance Park, is nearing its conclusion, with the state's case resting after testimony from a trauma doctor. Matthew, representing himself, has remained silent throughout the trial, declining to cross-examine...
