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KITSAP COUNTY, Wash. — A truck carrying containers struck overhead power lines in Port Orchard Friday, causing widespread outages and road closures in the area, according to the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responded to the intersection of Bethel Burley Road and Lider Road, near Kira, after the...

If you are hoping to buy a home in Seattle, be ready to stick around for the long haul. Fresh metro-level data says a typical buyer here would need to stay put for nearly two decades before owning comes out ahead of renting financially. For a lot of locals, that makes renting the better money move unless they are ready

With a flexible timeline that puts the highly-anticipated opening day of the Renton WinCo in late summer-early fall, the employee-owned grocery store chain has announced a digital hiring job fair where the application portal will close on Friday, June 19. The hiring process does not allow for walk-in applications. Appl

Troopers are searching for witnesses in a deadly hit-and-run on I-5 in Seattle earlier this week.

“June Gloom” has officially arrived. The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning of thunderstorms across the Puget Sound region Friday and Saturday, with the strongest threat arriving Saturday afternoon. Chances for thunderstorms on Friday sit at 15% to 20%, primarily from Snohomish County northward, according to Mat

The Washington Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program is urgently seeking volunteers to investigate violations and advocate for residents in care facilities across the state, as demand for its services rises and volunteer numbers decline.

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson has decided to activate the highly debated cameras in the Stadium District during the World Cup. Wilson said in a statement Friday that the Seattle Police Department and FBI identified “general but credible threats to safety and security during the games” after gathering intelligence.

An investigation last year found that a “preponderance of the evidence” supports the conclusion that King County Regional Homelessness Authority director retaliated against two former stffers, Edmund Witter and Xochitl Maykovich, after the two voiced concerns about Kinnison’s leadership at a contentious staff meeting l

King County is muscling into a high-stakes courtroom fight over who should pay to defend people who cannot afford a lawyer, joining a long-running lawsuit that puts Washington state’s public defense system under a microscope. This week, the King County Department of Public Defense said it is formally signing...

SEATTLE — A 13-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old boy in Seattle’s Rainier Valley neighborhood, Seattle police (SPD) said. The boy was arrested on Thursday, after he turned himself in at the South Precinct, Seattle police said. The suspect arrived...