Man shot in Seattle’s Mount Baker neighborhood, police search for suspects
SEATTLE - A man was shot and police are searching for suspects after a possible domestic violence incident in Seattle's Mount Baker neighborhood on Monday. It happened near Rainier Avenue South and South Walden Street, with Seattle Police first posting about the incident at 2:35 p.m. According to Seattle police,...
Sentence upheld for man convicted in brutal killing of Bellevue family in 1997
BELLEVUE, Wash. — A Washington appeals court on Monday upheld a 46-year-to-life sentence for a man convicted of killing four members of a Bellevue family as a teenager nearly three decades ago, rejecting his argument that the punishment effectively amounts to an unconstitutional life sentence. A three-judge panel of...
‘The bill is due’: Gee says Seattle’s wealthiest neighborhoods are socializing a $2 billion...
More than 60 years ago, residents in some of Seattle’s richest neighborhoods asked the city to bury their power lines so they wouldn’t have to look at poles and wires. Now the cables are falling apart, The Seattle Times reported. The fix could cost $2 billion, and KIRO host Gee Scott said everyone needs to understand w
‘This isn’t just about health’: Spike warns Seattle’s unlicensed food vendors are hurting businesses...
Unlicensed food vendors were on full display around Seattle’s stadium district on Saturday, as roughly 30 pop-up operations lined the streets outside Lumen Field during the Seahawks’ preseason opener against the Dallas Cowboys. The issue has been percolating for years. Even though King County health officials shut down
Firefighters have to cut roof off crashed car to free woman with 0.40% BAC,...
KITSAP COUNTY, Wash. — Firefighters had to use the jaws of life to free an Olalla woman suspected of DUI from her crashed car. Deputies said the woman crashed her car along Long Lake Road on Sunday. Only her vehicle was involved. The woman was trapped in her vehicle,...
Seattle man arrested after 27-year-old dies of drug poisoning at The Gorge EDM event
GRANT COUNTY, Wash. — A Seattle man was arrested at The Gorge Amphitheatre on Sunday evening after a 27-year-old man died at the venue from suspected drug poisoning during the Bass Canyon electronic dance music festival, according to the Grant County Sheriff’s Office. Grant County’s Interagency Narcotics Enforcement...
‘Young men’ arrested after theft ends in chase and highway stop by deputies
According to the King County Sheriff's Office, the incident that blocked off lanes of westbound 1-90 in Fall City started with a 'significant theft' from a store in the City of North Bend just after 5 pm Sunday. According to the office, shortly after the theft, deputies received a description...
Seattle’s Pike Place Market Opens on August 17, 1907
On August 17, 1907, about eight farmers sell their produce from wagons and carts to large crowds at Pike Place, just west of 1st Avenue in downtown Seattle. The farmers market comes into being in opposition to unethical commission houses, which pay the farmer little and charge the consumer much. The first market immedi
Mount Vernon, Washington just passed a six-month data center moratorium on a 6-1 vote,...
Mount Vernon, Washington, adopted a six-month data center moratorium on Wednesday, Aug. 12, before receiving a single project proposal. Council member Andrew Vander Stoep was the sole dissenting voice, while city staff confirmed that no data center applications were pending, according to local reporting. The measure do
Motorcyclist airlifted after crashing into Thurston County ditch
A motorcyclist who was airlifted with serious injuries after he crashed into a ditch in Thurston County on Friday is facing possible DUI-related charges. Sir Bradley N. Davidson, 33, of
