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You could fight for an overpriced hotel room in the city, or you could wake up to a ferry view and a waterfront coffee instead. That is the smarter play for the 2026 World Cup, and savvy travelers are already booking their stays in clever small towns just outside Seattle.

You do not need an ash plume or a glowing lava fountain to have a deadly volcano. In the case of Mount Rainier, the real threat is colder, quieter, and far more sneaky: enormous rivers of mud that can race down valleys at highway speeds long after the sky looks calm and blue. That is ... Read more The post Why Mount R

Despite a damning audit that revealed glaring financial mismanagement at the King County Regional Homelessness Authority, its CEO Kelly Kinnison still says the agency is making a difference and remains one of the region's best tools to fight homelessness. She also says she is not surprised by the audit. "Frankly,...

KENT, Wash. — One person was killed in a collision involving a vehicle and a motorcycle in Kent Thursday, according to Puget Sound Fire. Emergency crews with Puget Sound Fire and King County Medic One responded to the crash in the 23600 block of 104th Avenue Southeast. Puget Sound Fire first posted about the incident a

CLE ELUM, Wash. — A GPS watch, fragments of window stickers and a trail of blood evidence helped investigators build the murder case against the man charged with killing a Kent man who vanished during a hunting trip more than six years ago, according to newly filed court documents.

On Tuesdays, the heavy roll-up doors at the University of Washington Plant Services Building slide open at 10 A.M. sharp. A pack of curious (and hopeful) shoppers surge forward. There's a buzz in the air as people rush the aisles in their hunt for unknown treasures. It's the UW Surplus...

RENTON, Wash. — Renton Police detectives have arrested a former youth pastor at Highlands Community Church on suspicion of second-degree child molestation and first-degree voyeurism, both felonies. Derek Nelson was taken into custody on Wednesday evening as he left work and was booked into the Thurston County Jail. Acc

In Wenatchee Valley, cars dominate, but Seattle's public transit is changing the game with buses, light rail, and ferries, making commuting easier and connecting neighborhoods like never before.

As the Washington Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) continues battling mounting questions over daycare subsidy oversight and billions in unauditable spending, newly obtained records reveal a whistleblower directly warned DCYF Secretary Tana Senn last year about alleged “major theft” occurring inside a

A Tacoma college student has been hospitalized and served with an Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) after investigators say he was posting online about a mass shooting.