Seattle WA

(SEATTLE) — It was around 10 p.m. on a cloudy August night. Mollie Chehab walked along University Way Northeast with a friend. She keeps to her unwritten rules of city living as a woman: walk with a friend, be aware of your surroundings, carry pepper spray. As the pair turned onto Northeast 42nd St., glancing to...

KOMO News - 12/04/2025 10:41:43 PM. A recent study by LawnStarter has ranked Seattle as the third-most relaxed city in the U.S. The study evaluated the 500 largest U.S. cities across seven categories, finding that higher income levels significantly reduce stress. In fact, 26 out of the top 30 cities reported a median...

Across the country, raising the minimum wage continues to be a topic of conversation. Some claim that raising the minimum wage to $20 would help both low-income employees as well as employers. Though some are moving forward with this experiment, others are being more cautious. For example, voters in Olympia, Wash.,...

Muddy tire tracks cutting through a King County forest led deputies to a hidden encampment where at least six stolen cars were tucked out of public view. What started as a routine patrol near Maple Valley turned into the discovery of a makeshift chop shop, underscoring how vehicle theft and homelessness are colliding...

King County Executive Girmay Zahilay has issued an emergency proclamation in preparation for the impact of severe storms and river flooding on the region.

On August 26, 2025, Washington Public Lands Commissioner Dave Upthegrove stood in Tiger Mountain State Forest near Issaquah and signed an order protecting 77,000 acres of forest across western Washington. These aren’t old growth forests yet, but they’re getting close. Logged between the 1920s and World War II,...

Gov. Bob Ferguson is holding a fundraising lunch on Tuesday with special guest, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who is under intense fire after failing to stop a massive welfare fraud in his state.

Imagine a world where your parking habits could be tracked by cameras on transit buses—it's happening in Chicago and beyond.

The Kent Police Department (KPD) says officers arrested a man in Kent’s north end who is accused of stealing a car and multiple credit cards in Nevada.

FORKS, Wash. — The body of a boater missing for a more than a month was found near a boat ramp in Forks on Sunday. Alfonso Graham, 39 of Port Orchard, was found in the Bogachiel River near the Leyendecker Boat Ramp, according to the Clallam County Sheriff's Office. First responders were able to identify him through a...