Seattle WA

Jimothy the Raccoon: Everything to Know About Seattle’s Viral Wildlife Celebrity. An unusually shaped raccoon nicknamed Jimothy recently went viral after a Seattle resident’s video gained more than 5 million views online. Since then, national news outlets have picked up his story, artists have started creating Jimothy-

SEATTLE — Seattle is making at least $110 million available to help build, preserve, and expand affordable rental housing, city officials announced. The City of Seattle’s Notice of Funding Availability, or NOFA, will support the development of new affordable housing units, rehabilitation of existing units, and acquisit

SEATTLE — Few corporate names are as closely associated with downtown Seattle as Nordstrom, and perhaps few executives pace the floors like the fourth-generation family now running the company. "I don't know if this could have happened in another city," co-CEO Erik Nordstrom said with a smile during a...

Tukwila leaders are considering a new ordinance that would make camping on city property a misdemeanor, punishable by jail time or a fine. City officials say police would first offer shelter and services, with enforcement reserved for people who refuse to leave public property. The proposal has divided residents, and..

A man who died Saturday, July 18 while swimming below the Green River Gorge bridge, has been identified as Daniel Petersen-Lloyd, 20. Petersen-Lloyd died from drowning, according to a July 20 report by the King County Medical Examiner’s Office, which ruled the death an accident. According to the the...

BOTHELL, Wash. — A Verizon storefront in Bothell sustained extensive damage after a car drove into the building, smashing through plate glass windows and crashing into a display. According to the Bothell Fire Department, first responders received calls around 2 p.m. Monday about a collision along state Route 527...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — A juvenile judge on Monday declined to release four Seattle-area teenagers who were arrested Saturday, accused of going on a crime spree in Portland that ended with the shooting of a gas station employee five times. Police said that before the shooting, the teenagers carjacked...

"He could be crouched in those woods, waiting for you to hang up."

SEATTLE — A Seattle woman has been accused of second-degree manslaughter and reckless endangerment in the death of her 2-year-old son after prosecutors allege she left the child unattended in a bathtub while caring for her other children. The mother, 25, was arrested Thursday and is accused of second-degree...

He’s been called a legend, a cryptid, and an internet meme, but whatever you call him, Jimothy the Seattle raccoon has undoubtedly skyrocketed to fame in the short span of a week. Due to the shape of his distinct, rounded body, researchers believe that Jimothy has a rare congenital...