Seattle WA

SEATTLE — Seattle firefighters staged a rope rescue to save a person who suffered an electric shock on Wednesday afternoon. The Seattle Fire responded to the 3600 block of NW 62nd St. around 2 p.m. after receiving reports that a person on a residential roof made contact with power lines.

An investigation by The Seattle Times into the King County Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS) has raised serious questions about how King County is handling taxpayers’ dollars. King County Councilmember Rod Dembowski told “The Gee and Ursula Show” the investigation was “frustrating and angering.”

One person is dead and another injured in an early morning shooting at the Creston Point Apartments in Skyway.

Washington State Patrol Trooper Rick Johnson reported a graffiti tagger had fallen from an overpass onto I-90 near Bellevue on Monday night and broken his leg.

As of midnight, police services in the City of North Bend are being contracted to the King County Sheriff’s Office.

MARTHA LAKE, Wash. - A fatal officer-involved shooting investigation is underway in the Martha Lake area of Snohomish County. Investigators said deputies responded to a domestic disturbance along East Shore Drive around 5 p.m. Wednesday, where a male suspect was reportedly armed with a handgun. After arriving on...

With House Bill 2266 passing, the door has been opened for supportive housing to be located in any neighborhood in the state. Following the bill’s passage, Andrea Suarez, the executive director of We Heart Seattle, toured a so-called “tiny house village” and made discoveries that would “blow your mind” about the drug...

SEATTLE — A Seattle homicide suspect who authorities say was mistakenly released from a California jail last fall has been arrested after months on the run. The U.S. Marshals Service arrested Isaiah Andrews on April 1, 2026, in St. Louis, Missouri, without incident. PREVIOUS COVERAGE | Search underway for...

After a long-awaited and much-celebrated opening this past weekend, the brand-new Mercer Island light rail station is already dealing with a reality many critics warned about. Within hours of launch, emergency crews responded to a drug overdose at the station. According to dispatch audio, a man was revived with...

"The Space Needle collapsed." Those were the words from the KING 5 newsroom, which aired live on April 1, 1989, that launched perhaps the most infamous April Fools' Day prank in Seattle history and sent many in Washington state into a panic. "A lot of people wanted us fired," John...