Seattle WA

REPUBLIC — A late-night house fire in the City of Republic left a homeowner with severe burn injuries after first responders rushed into action to pull the individual from a burning structure. According to authorities, the fire was reported at approximately 11:00 p.m. on April 13 along Lower Jefferson...

KENT, Wash. — Curt Nuccitelli is used to juggling rising costs, tight margins and tough competition. Now he worries Washington’s new millionaires tax could make it even harder to run his business — and eventually push prices higher for customers. Nuccitelli owns Spirit Transport Systems, a 14-employee...

Extended Iran War Will Tank Seattle Economy: That’s the message the city’s Office of Economic and Revenue Forecast told the public last Friday, “If the oil prices stay high for a prolonged time, there’s just nothing that can be done to avoid a recession,” the office’s chief economist said per the Seattle Times. With the US Navy now blockading the Strait of Hormuz to...

Last month, a King County bus driver suffered a medical emergency and lost consciousness while driving through Seattle, causing the bus to collide with seven vehicles across five blocks before multiple passengers brought it to a stop and attended to the driver. The newly released video, seen above, shows the...

The Seattle Police Department (SPD) announced it will not tap into closed-caption television (CCTV) cameras to monitor the hundreds of thousands of soccer fans expected to travel to the city during this summer’s World Cup, unless an incident is deemed a credible threat. The decision was announced during a...

SEATTLE — Seattle is ramping up cleanup efforts as it prepares to welcome tens of thousands of visitors for the FIFA World Cup this summer, with a new report highlighting millions of pounds of waste removed, hundreds of thousands of sharps collected, and growing community participation across neighborhoods. The...

SEATTLE - Seattle police are investigating a shooting that left one person hurt on Tuesday morning. Deputies responded to a report of a shooting at about 3:30 a.m. near South 117th Street and 85th Avenue South in Skyway. According to the King County Sheriff's Office, a person was shot in...

Washington state is penalizing a Seattle-based vehicle battery manufacturer for exposing workers to lead levels more than four times the safety limit. The Department of Labor and Industries said last week it imposed a nearly $225,000 fine on Dyno Battery after the company failed to fix the violations. Dyno Battery is a family-owned company that […]

OLYMPIA, WA – Governor Bob Ferguson announced he is directing $500,000 from the state’s Economic Development Strategic Reserve Fund to support the expansion of IonQ in Bothell. IonQ’s largest shareholders include The Vanguard Group, BlackRock and Morgan

The King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office says a 34-year-old man has been charged for allegedly shooting and killing two people in Kent on April 7.