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SEATTLE — A notorious homeless encampment in south Seattle is shutting down after city officials issued an emergency closure order following years of neighbor complaints and safety concerns. City agencies will begin clearing the large encampment near Rainier Beach and Beacon Hill, at 42 Avenue South and Beacon Avenue..

SEATTLE — Seattle police arrested a suspect accused of slashing a man with a machete at Hing Hay Park in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District on Tuesday. Meaghan, a park steward who witnessed the attack, said she and others were near the park’s pagoda and packing up for the day when they heard yelling.

Officials in Washington state arrested a 30-year-old Seattle resident Oct. 6 in connection with a school shooting in Canada earlier this year that left six people dead and several others hurt. James Cody Bryant faces charges of conspiracy to kill people in a foreign country for their alleged role in a Feb. 10 school sh

Seattle Boat Co. has expanded into Northern Puget Sound with the acquisition of Bayside Marine in Everett. The acquisition brings together two Pacific Northwest marine businesses. Bayside Marine, which specializes in pre-owned boats and outboard-powered vessels, will retain its local team and identity under the Seattle

GT Capital, a Seattle-based commercial and residential real estate firm, and The Benaroya Co., a Pacific Northwest family real estate operation with roots going back to the 1950s, have jointly acquired 901 Fifth Avenue, a 41-story, 540,589-square-foot office tower in downtown Seattle, for $48.3 million, or about $89 pe

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One person died in a fall Sunday near the Middle Fork Snoqualmie trailhead, according to emergency officials. The King County sheriff's office reported that an experienced group of climbers/friends were on a technical climb at Stegosaurus Butte when something caused the lead climber to fall about 150 feet. Eastside Fir

A 10-year-old Seattle boy named Otis, who is on the autism spectrum, has been found after going missing Tuesday near the 3200 block of 23rd Avenue South. Police had asked anyone who spotted him to call 911 immediately, describing him as thin, with brown hair, wearing black glasses, a black hat, and multicolored overall

SEATTLE - A felony bench warrant has been issued for the arrest of a suspect accused of impersonating a Seattle City Light employee to steal copper wire from the West Seattle Bridge. Court documents estimate the value of the copper wire at $1,000, but the damage cost taxpayers an estimated...

LYNNWOOD, Wash. - A jewelry store employee shot at multiple suspects during an attempted armed robbery in Lynnwood Tuesday afternoon. Lynnwood police responded to a reported armed robbery with shots fired at 12:26 p.m. at 6501 196th Street Southwest. There, officers learned a pickup truck was used to ram the...