Seattle WA

After the city cleared a Ballard encampment citing safety concerns, nearby business owners say months of break-ins, vandalism and lost revenue took a toll, and they’re unsure whether the relief will last.

ARREST: Seattle Police joined King County Sheriff’s Deputies this past hour for a warrant suspect believed to be in the Roxhill Park vicinity. They’ve just made an arrest, around 3 pm, after a foot pursuit, near 26th/Cambridge; they’ve just reopened 26th after a brief closure. We’re still gathering more info on this.

Multiple Seattle police officers were involved in a shooting with a suspect in Ballard Thursday evening after responding to a domestic violence disturbance. The Seattle Police Department (SPD) officers were initially called to N.W. 62nd Street in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood at approximately 5:40 p.m. Thursday...

One of Seattle’s heavyweight law firms is making a very public bet on downtown. Foster Garvey is packing up its current Seattle offices and heading for West8, the re-imagined 28-story tower in the Denny Triangle that used to house a big chunk of Amazon’s local staff. The long-term deal puts the firm on multiple...

DES MOINES, Wash. — Hours before a King County judge ordered a murder suspect to be held on $5 million bail, a grieving mother buried her son in his Indiana hometown, more than 2,000 miles from the crime scene in Des Moines, Washington. "It's been a very hard day....

Seattle’s new mayor was speaking to a roomful of supporters the other day when she dropped a rather blunt assessment of our city. “You know what?” Katie Wilson said. “This city is filthy rich.”. The crowd laughed a bit. Can you say that when you’re mayor? Should...

The King County Regional Homelessness Authority has rescinded a $3 million grant it gave the Low Income Housing Institute to build 60 new low-barrier tiny houses outside King County’s youth detention center, claiming LIHI delayed the process by failing to secure a site in time. Tiny houses are small,...

Multiple people were detained in a drug bust Feb. 12 at an East Bremerton house that police say has attracted repeated calls for almost a year. Just after 6:30 a.m. Thursday morning, the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office announced that they had taken into custody six people from a house in the 2100 block of Larkin Lane,...

(‘Site plan’ from city permit filings) Two and a half weeks after we broke the news of a West Seattle site proposed for up to 72 RVs and 20 tiny houses [7201 2nd SW, map] – after which, our followup inquiries were largely met with “too soon to comment” – more details are finally emerging:

A man who allegedly led a violent drug trafficking organization in the Puget Sound region pleaded not guilty in Seattle court Thursday. A federal grand jury indicted Jose Sanchez-Valencia, 58, on four felony charges in 2022. He is charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and three counts of illegal...