Funeral held for WSP Trooper killed in line of duty
Family, friends and coworkers of fallen Washington State Patrol Trooper Tara-Marysa Guting were joined by hundreds of mourners in Tacoma Saturday to lay her to rest. The funeral was held at Life Center Church
Oh Rats! Seattle Officials Issue Warning Of Rodents Coming Up In Toilets Amid Heavy...
After weeks of heavy rain, King County officials are warning Seattle-area residents of a possible nightmare scenario: rats could emerge from their toilets. In a Facebook post, the Seattle and King County public health department urged residents to “stay calm” and then follow a series of steps, which include flushing...
Surprise Lowland Snowfall in Western Washington: Unveiled by a Rare Convergence Pattern
A Sudden Blanket Over Familiar Terrain (Image Credits: Unsplash) Western Washington – Residents in the North Puget Sound region awoke to a light dusting of ... Read more The post Surprise Lowland Snowfall in Western Washington: Unveiled by a Rare Convergence Pattern appeared first on Climate Cosmos .
‘Cozy Connections’ brings holiday cheers to Seattle streets
It's the 17th straight year of the special event "Cozy Connections." It serves the unhoused community in Seattle by providing food, haircuts, hygene products, clothes and blankets.
UPDATE: Seattle Fire ‘full response’ to east Admiral, quickly downsized
4:40 PM: Seattle Fire has sent a “full response” to a possible house fire the 3400 block of 30th SW [map],between the south end of Harbor Ave SW and the bottom of the Admiral Way hill. Updates to come. (Added: View from SDOT’s Harbor/Spokane camera) 4:44 PM:...
Nana’s Southern Kitchen in Kent Serves Holiday Cheer with Free Christmas Meals for Hundreds
In what has become an annual gesture of community service and culinary generosity, Nana's Southern Kitchen in Kent extended its heartwarming holiday tradition this Christmas, giving away hundreds of free meals to those in need. The Southern-style restaurant continued its commitment to feed the hungry with no...
Tacoma seeks to boost ‘missing middle’ housing construction with new program
The City of Tacoma’s Planning and Development team hopes a new streamlined permit process will bring more of what it calls “middle housing” to Tacoma. Middle housing is what’s considered between single-family homes and larger multifamily apartment sites — think condos/townhomes, for example. Middle-housing...
South King County mayors say flood notices incited ‘pure chaos’
Some mayors in South King County say the National Weather Service and King County incited chaos when those agencies warned of “life threatening flash flooding” after the Green River tore a hole in the levee near Tukwila on Dec. 15. County officials countered that those cities were consulted ahead of alerts.
Christmas Eve crash injures four, wrecks coffee stand in Gorst
Four Bremerton residents, including children ages 5 and 8, were injured in a car crash in Gorst on Christmas Eve just before 8 p.m. that completely destroyed a coffee stand just across from the Peninsula Subaru dealership. The 47-year-old man driving a Volvo experienced a medical emergency as the SUV was westbound on...
Woman dies after being struck by vehicle in Kent Friday, police say
A 37-year-old woman died Friday evening, Dec. 26 after being struck by a vehicle while crossing a roadway in Kent, according to the Kent Police Department. Kent patrol officers responded just before 5 p.m. Friday to a car versus pedestrian collision at the intersection of 108th Avenue SE and SE 224th Street (map...

















