Bellevue WA

Sound Transit will celebrate opening a light rail connection across Lake Washington later this month, but behind the excitement, the agency faces a brutal financial future. Sound Transit can't deliver on its ST3 promises to voters by 2046 as planned.

Transportation staff in Bellevue are proposing to reduce speed limits on streets currently posted at 30 miles per hour or higher, following results from the city’s Safe Speeds Bellevue program. According to information shared by Jennifer Cook, Transportation Public Information Officer for the City of Bellevue, the...

The Seattle Police Department (SPD) is currently investigating two connected stabbings in Rainier Valley on Wednesday morning. At approximately 6:10 a.m., officers responded to the first stabbing in the 8100 block of Rainier Avenue S., finding a 33-year-old man in the parking lot with a stab wound to the leg, SPD...

Issaquah detectives turned to a police drone Thursday to track down a man wanted in a felony domestic-violence investigation in Old Town, arresting him after he stepped out of a parked vehicle, according to the department. Patrol officers had first learned the suspect fled the initial scene, and an Issaquah Police...

Last week, the Snohomish Regional Drug Task Force (SRDTF), in partnership with the Everett Police Department’s Anti-Crime Team (ACT), arrested a 63-year-old Mountlake Terrace man on multiple charges, including possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine, fentanyl, cocaine, and suboxone strips. The arrest...

With the 2026 legislative session wrapped up in Olympia on March 12, one of the most consequential pieces of legislation that passed was the income tax on households making more than $1 million. The Washington State House of Representatives passed the ‘millionaires’ tax after over 24 hours of debate on...

The No Kings movement is gearing up for a statewide return next Saturday, with roughly 66 protests scheduled across Washington and at least seven separate gatherings planned inside Seattle. Organizers are billing the coordinated actions as nonviolent demonstrations meant to push back against federal enforcement and...

Kent Police arrested five men and three women during a recent shoplifting sting at Safeway, 20830 108th Ave. SE, in the Panther Lake area. The Kent Police Crime Reduction Unit coordinated with Safeway Loss Prevention officers during a shoplifting emphasis earlier this month, according to a March 18 Kent Police...

The Snoqualmie River is on the rise, and federal forecasters say parts of King County need to take it seriously. The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning focused on the Snoqualmie River near Snoqualmie Falls, in effect from Wednesday morning through Thursday morning. People living and working in the...

NORTH BEND, Wash. — Two family members were injured in a stabbing during a family disturbance in North Bend on Tuesday, according to the King County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responded March 17 to reports of a stabbing in the 42000 block of 173rd Place in North Bend. The...