Bellevue WA

Senate Bill 6190 failed to pass this session, but prosecutors plan to reintroduce it next year to combat rising copper thefts targeting local utilities and small businesses. The bill aimed to create a mandatory database for recyclers to track sales and establish a new felony charge for destroying critical...

28 year old Violet Benjamin was last seen in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood on February 28, 2026. She left the apartment that she shares with her boyfriend overnight, and hasn’t been seen since. Disappearance. In the early morning hours of February 28, 2026, Violet Benjamin left her home in...

Washington State faces a surging bed bug crisis, with urban and corridor cities leading infestations per 2026 treatment data. Five hotspots—Kent, Seattle, Auburn, Federal Way, and Tacoma—are mobilizing inspections, awareness campaigns, and professional treatments to combat the onslaught. Kent: Top Hotspot. Kent tops...

SEATTLE - Some western Washington school districts are delayed on Friday, Mar. 13 because of winter weather. Check the status of your district. A few locations in the North Sound reported a wintry mix Thursday night and several neighborhoods throughout western Washington woke up to snow flurries on Friday morning.

SEATTLE — Three unknown orcas have been spotted in Vancouver Harbour and more recently near Seattle and Olympia, sparking the excitement of western Washington residents who track local orca activity closely. The trio of transient orcas, dubbed "mystery whales" by the San Juan Island-based Orca Behavior Institute,...

On Wednesday, Gov. Bob Ferguson signed into law a bill aimed at protecting access to groceries and pharmacies by preventing property restrictions that block new stores from opening in neighborhoods after a grocery store or pharmacy closes. House Bill 2294, sponsored by Rep. Darya Farivar (D-Lake City), prohibits...

One of the three suspects arrested in connection with last week's multi-county police chase, which ended in a flipped vehicle in Centralia, pleaded not guilty Thursday in Cowlitz County Superior Court. Marc-Anthony D. Houston, 20, of Kent had his bail set at $75,000 and is out on bond. He is...

Bumbershoot is rolling out a fan-focused shake-up for 2026, with lower base ticket tiers, a campus-wide "sip & stroll" for the 21-and-over crowd, and a new paid re-entry option that lets festivalgoers come and go from Seattle Center. The catch is that re-entry will not be free, organizers are selling an add-on for...

Bellevue is still wearing the crown as the most expensive place to rent in the Seattle metro, with one-bedroom units hovering around $2,450 and two-bedrooms near $3,030. Those are not quite the nosebleed prices seen last year, but the latest snapshot shows month-to-month gains that keep Eastside renters on edge as...

The property at 1820 N 45th Street is a highly visible, prominent location within the Wallingford neighborhood. The building was constructed in 1922, and for decades it housed a drugstore. It was Bartell Drug, then for several years, Serve-U Drug, then back to Bartell’s. Rite Aid purchased Bartell Drug in 2020, which...