Seattle WA

After decades of planning and engineering, light rail will finally cross Lake Washington. The new Crosslake Connection opens on Saturday, March 28, linking Seattle and Bellevue by train for the first time. This milestone fulfills a vision dating back to the 1960s, when regional leaders first proposed a mass transit...

Seattle police responded around 1:31 PM on March 27, 2026, to reports of a man with a gun in the lobby of a memory care facility in the Southwest Precinct area. The man, identified as the husband of one of the residents, left the facility with his wife before officers arrived. With help from the King County Sheriff’s...

James Kelly, accused in the 2023 Beyond Wonderland deadly shooting, pleaded not guilty at arraignment today. His case now moves forward in military court.

Kent police are investigating what they are calling a “suspicious death.”

The Seattle Department of Transportation will test temporary traffic diverters in the Lake City neighborhood this spring to cut down on drivers using residential streets as shortcuts. The barriers will be placed at NE 123rd St & 28th Ave NE and NE 123rd St & Hiram Pl NE.

Rachelle Cunningham, public information officer for Sound Transit, speaks with KING 5's Madeline Carter about the historic new light rail line opening on March 28.

For the first time ever, light rail riders need to pay attention to the numbers on the front of the trains. There has only been one line since service began in 2009. You hopped on, and there was no way to make a mistake. That changes on Saturday when the second line opens between Seattle and the Eastside. Riders will...

SEATTLE — Just over a week after Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson announced a pause of the city's expansion of a police surveillance camera network, she hosted a town hall in downtown Seattle with a moderated discussion and questions from the public. The event was held at the Wyncote NY...

Serious questions are being raised after a 26-year-old man, accused of attempting to push a stranger in front of an approaching light rail at Sound Transit’s Northgate station last week, was once deemed mentally unfit to stand trial for allegedly stabbing his sister in 2019, then released from a state mental hospital...

SEATTLE, WA – Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson is considering new taxes on large businesses and wealthy individuals. Wilson told a community forum on Friday night that the taxes could help fill a gap in the city’s 2027