Seattle WA

SEATTLE — Seattle Interim Police Chief Shon Barnes is now poised to drop the temporary tag and be voted in as the official chief next week. He was unanimously confirmed during the City Council’s Public Safety Committee on Tuesday, and is claiming the department could be back to pre-pandemic staffing by 2027.

A lakefront mansion in Bellevue that just hit the market may go down as the priciest property ever sold in Washington history.

LYNNWOOD, Wash. - Police are warning businesses to be on alert for a duo wanted in thefts along the I-5 corridor. Detectives say two women described as being of Romani descent have been targeting jewelry and coin stores using advanced sleight-of-hand techniques. The backstory:. Surveillance footage from the Zales...

Seattle Police Department officers stumbled upon an unexpected cache of cash, drugs, and a stolen gun following a DUI arrest in the city's Denny Triangle neighborhood. The discovery occurred after responding to a report of an unconscious woman in a car last Sunday morning, as per a news release on the SPD Blotter.

King County Public Health says two new cases of measles have been confirmed, bringing the total number of cases to ten this year in the state.

Severe medical staffing shortages at Naval Hospital Bremerton have left thousands of service members and their families without access to on-base health care at one of the country’s largest naval installations. During the Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearing on Tuesday, Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) pressed...

The Kitsap County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office failed to contact family members of two murder victims before a resentencing that allowed a man convicted to life in prison to walk out of prison a free man. The family learned of the man's release through a text message from the Department...

This week will be great for beachcombing, as low tides are expected to return to the Puget Sound.

A King County woman has lost nearly $5,000 to scammers who claimed to have found her missing cat.

King County is suing homeowners in Grand Ridge Park for allegedly cutting down more than 140 trees so they could have a better view of the mountains. Video captured on a ‘critter cam’ shows one of those trees sliding down the hill like a missile!