Bellevue WA

Months before the long-awaited, brand new Rainier Beach High School opened to students last April, engineers on the $297-million project reported problems with the building’s foundation to the city, records show. The school was settling into the earth more than expected in areas, as much as three inches, and it...

A Washington state man is behind bars for killing two women with a fillet knife after one of them dumped him, prosecutors say. Marvin Ortiz-Montecinos, 29, stands accused of two counts of premeditated murder in the first degree, according to the King County Prosecuting Attorney's Office. Each charge comes with a...

SEATTLE, Wash. — The persistence of open-air drug use, drug trafficking, overdoses, and illegal street vending has community members demanding action in Seattle’s Little Saigon neighborhood. A 15-point public safety plan has been drafted to address these issues and restore the vibrancy of the Chinatown-International...

SEATTLE, Wash. — The death of an orca calf this weekend has renewed questions about the health of the Southern Resident population and what other factors are at play. On Saturday, the SeaDoc Society and Center for Whale Research reported that J-36 was spotted carrying her dead newborn calf in the waters of Rosario...

A 34-year-old Renton man died early Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025 after being struck by a vehicle in Kent, according to the Kent Police Department. Police said the collision happened at 12:01 a.m. in the 11400 block of Southeast 208th Street (map below). Officers arrived to find the man unconscious in...

Seattle Parks and Recreation issued an “owl safety alert” on Thursday following reports of dive-bombing owls in Lincoln Park.

RENTON, Wash. — Two teenage brothers, aged 15 and 16, are in juvenile detention following allegations of a brutal assault on a 39-year-old woman in Renton on Monday night in the area of the 200 block of Burnett Ave, Renton police said. The victim reported to police that she...

This test marks the first time in the world that a train powered across a floating bridge. A Link light rail vehicle successfully crossed the I-90 floating bridge under its own power in Seattle, marking the first time in the world that a train powered across a floating bridge. Train...

SEATTLE, Wash. — Seattle City Attorney Ann Davison has filed three civil cases under the city's new graffiti ordinance against three prolific taggers, seeking approximately $40,000 in civil penalties and restitution. The taggers, identified by Seattle Police as "ALURE," "LABRAT," and "NOMAS," are accused of causing...

Late last Monday and into the morning hours of Tuesday, Sept. 8-9, the first Link light rail train crossed the I-90 Homer M. Hadley floating bridge across Lake Washington under its own power. This momentous milestone marked the first time a powered light rail vehicle traversed a floating bridge, anywhere...