Bellevue WA

King County Council has “deprioritized” the personal use of psychedelic substances like psilocybin mushrooms to support mental health therapy. At its March 24 meeting, the council passed a resolution stating its support for continued research for entheogen-related alternative treatments and the full decriminalization...

Lara March 24, 2026 (10:42 am) Hi! Can anyone recommend a way to get alerts for whale sightings? I truly, truly would love to see a gray whale but I often see these too late. There used to be a WhatsApp group, but I can’t seem to find it anymore. Any suggestions?

SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash. — A Lynnwood general contractor abruptly shut down his business this month, leaving more than 30 homeowners and subcontractors across multiple Washington counties claiming more than $1.5 million in unfinished projects and unpaid invoices. After months of project delays, the owner of Core...

BAINBRIDGE ISLAND -- Dolly Mama greeted visitors to a new home on Winslow Way the second week of March, marking the boutique's third location since Michelle Kammer founded the shop in Gig Harbor 12 years ago. Formerly the home of longstanding boutique Heart, the storefront is one that had a place in Kammer's memory...

Washington Just Hit a Diesel Price Nobody Thought We'd Ever See Pump the brakes, Seattle. We just witnessed something we never wanted to see: Washington state officially set an all-time record for diesel prices. The statewide average hit $6.53 a gallon, blowing past every previous record in Washington history. Yeah,...

Drivers should expect traffic delays and parking impacts in downtown Kirkland on Saturday, March 28, due to a rally and march at Marina Park. Road closures will run from about 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. and include:

Sound Transit held an all-day retreat last week to figure out how to close a $34.5 billion gap. They say they’re working on bringing costs down. And maybe they’ll shave something off. But here’s where this is almost certainly heading: back to voters, hat in hand, with a scaled-back plan and a bill that works out to...

We had our townhouse group mailbox broken into overnight around 3:30 am 3/25 at Brandon/California. We have video and it appears they had keys to just open the whole set of 4 mailboxes. USPS case number 86835698 if anyone recognizes them; attached are photos of the car and 2 individuals that opened and stole from our...

The King County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents of a significant increase in “smishing” scams, where fraudsters use text messages to steal money and personal information.

The man charged with vandalizing Chihuly Garden and Glass at the Seattle Center last week was in court Tuesday morning.