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MERCER ISLAND, Wash. — Mercer Island has recovered most of the money it lost in a check fraud scheme discovered last year, the city announced Wednesday. City officials reported that the fraud occurred in January 2025, when someone posing as a legitimate city contractor contacted staff and requested a change to the...

Two dogs were rescued from I-405 by a Washington State Patrol trooper this week.

Yesterday in North Seattle's Northgate neighborhood, a 20-year-old man was left in critical condition after being shot multiple times while sitting in his car. As reported by KOMO News, Seattle Police Department officers responded to the incident at about 12:45 a.m. near the 1000 block of North 98th Street, close to...

The Ohio State wide receiver entered the transfer portal earlier this month after a year with the Buckeyes.

A Kent man was sentenced to prison for robbing an Auburn bank at gunpoint in May 2025. On Jan. 23, following a guilty plea on Dec. 23, 2025, a King County Superior Court Judge sentenced Michael Peter Esposito, 64, whose last known address was in Kent, to 129 months — nearly 11 years — in prison for first-degree...

A compact, omakase-style sushi hand-roll bar is on its way to Redmond Town Center, taking over the former Asher Goods space and squeezing a full sushi counter experience into a modest footprint. Construction on the fit-out is expected to begin in March 2026. According to the Puget Sound Business Journal,...

A new hand-rolled sushi bar will join the Redmond Town Center this year as Te-Hand Roll Bar aims to open its doors by September. The owners of Kuro Sushi in Bellevue will open their second restaurant concept in a 1,487-square-foot space previously used by Asher Goods, according to the Puget Sound Business Journal.

SEATTLE, WA — A Tacoma man was sentenced to 66 months in federal prison for his role in a drug trafficking organization that moved large quantities of narcotics into Western Washington, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office

An investigation is ongoing after two climbers were found dead at Mount Rainier National Park last week. Jiri Richter , 51 of Seattle, and Benjamin Watson, 35 of Seattle, were the men found dead on Jan. 20 near Wilson Glacier, according to the Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office. Richter died of multiple...

A 9-year-old boy was pulled from a steep tree well at Stevens Pass after a terrifying crash that left him with a broken leg. Ronan’s mom, Heather Glude, told KIRO 7 they were skiing together over the weekend. “There was a jump that was like this and super long,”...