Bellevue WA

The Washington State Patrol is mourning the loss of one of their own, while two additional troopers were hospitalized over the weekend following multiple crashes on state roads. Timeline: — Trooper Rick Johnson, public information officer for WSP, repeated a common agency slogan "Move Over or Slow Down"on X...

Seattle police say a derelict, fuel-leaking boat was removed from Lake Union this month after weeks of warnings, daily checks and a multi-agency cleanup effort.

The city of Auburn has issued a Level 1 ‘Get Ready’ evacuation order for certain businesses along the White River.

The family of 21-year-old Jonathan Hoang renewed calls for information nearly nine months after he disappeared from his Arlington home in Snohomish County. Hoang, who has a developmental disability, was last seen on surveillance video in Kirkland, and a $100,000 reward is being offered for information leading to his...

Gov. Bob Ferguson said the risk of additional levee breaches in King County has decreased but remains a concern as flooding continues across Washington. He announced 100 National Guard members are being mobilized, including teams assigned to monitor levees around the clock along rivers such as the Green and White.

A 58-year-old Bellevue, Washington and Las Vegas man, Andrey A. Balun, pleaded guilty in federal court in Seattle to conspiracy to transport stolen property in interstate commerce. His 53-year-old business partner, Vitaliy F. Bobak of Federal Way, Washington, was charged in the same case for operating a large-scale...

For Western Washington’s most frail and medically fragile seniors — and their caregivers — the recent floods and evacuations pose special challenges.

A Washington State Patrol trooper has been hurt in the Tacoma Tideflats, though specific details are still unclear. “We’ve had a very serious incident on southbound 509,” WSP Public Affairs Director Chris Loftis said when reached Friday evening, adding that a more formal statement would be forthcoming. Both...

A former Eastside real estate broker, Tamara King, 56, has been convicted of running a fraudulent real estate investment scheme, U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd announced. King faced eight counts of wire fraud, two counts of money laundering, and three counts of filing false tax returns. She is scheduled to be...

Mount Rainier’s quiet, snowcapped profile hides a restless interior that has just rattled itself with more than a thousand tiny earthquakes, a reminder that one of the country’s most dangerous volcanoes sits within striking distance of the Seattle–Tacoma metro area. For the roughly 300,000 people who live, work, or...