Bellevue WA

Visitors to downtown Seattle may have noticed something missing from this year's holiday displays: the sidewalk North Pole setup at Nordstrom, where Santa has held court for years at Sixth Avenue and Pine Street, is no more. Instead, those looking to visit Santa are invited to the store's fourth floor,...

PACIFIC NORTHWEST — A powerful atmospheric river is moving into Oregon, Washington, and parts of Idaho tonight, bringing the risk of flooding, landslides, damaging winds, and significant mountain snow through Thursday. Forecasters warn that this system will concentrate its heaviest impacts on western Oregon, where...

Investigators determined that Baim was driving a stolen Dodge Ram pickup when Valison was struck and killed.

WASHINGTON & OREGON — Another round of strong winds is expected to sweep into Western Washington and Western Oregon on Thursday, bringing gusts strong enough to cause power outages, fallen trees, and hazardous travel across the region. While forecasters note this system will not be as intense as the recent major...

Shasti Conrad not only leads the Democratic Party in our state, she’s a national leader too – a vice chair of the Democratic National Committee. But when Conrad spoke to Sunday’s monthly meeting of West Seattle Indivisible, she made it clear she wasn’t there as a cheerleader for the Democratic Party’s status quo....

SEATTLE - A driver suspected of impairment was arrested after a three-car crash on northbound I-5 in Seattle overnight. The crash happened near State Route 520 after midnight on Thursday. According to Washington State Patrol Trooper Rick Johnson, the causing driver was suspected of impairment and arrested for...

A Seattle man who fatally shot a woman in Auburn in 2023 has pleaded guilty to murder and faces up to 26 years in prison. On Dec. 11, Marketha McCoy, 24, of Seattle, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. This charge stems from a June 28, 2023, incident where McCoy is accused of fatally shooting Kayshia B. Hardiman,...

The downside of having educated residents and high salaries is higher housing costs.

The operator of a predatory “boiler room” network that squeezed millions of dollars out of families already on the brink of foreclosure was sentenced today to ten years in federal prison. Mohammed Zafaranchi, 43, of California, known to his associates and victims as “Mike,” was taken into custody...

In a significant move to combat human trafficking and sexual exploitation, the Seattle Police Department (SPD) has intensified its efforts across the city, particularly targeting areas like the Aurora Avenue North corridor, strip clubs, and hotels. This week, SPD Chief Shon Barnes declared Club Dollhouse, a strip...