Seattle WA

Seattle spent nearly $32 million to clean up its downtown ahead of the World Cup. Residents who believe the improvement is temporary have criticized the governor for praising the city's conditions.

Forty-nine seconds. That’s all it took for the Seattle Storm’s Flau’jae Johnson to fire off a 27-foot three-point jumper to take the lead. In less than a minute, she sank the Sparks’ hopes of beating one of the worst teams in the WNBA, leaving 39 more minutes for the Sparks to consider just how the team got there.

A Bellevue man accused of murdering his wife last year has pleaded not guilty.

Seattle faces mounting pressure from population increases and limited housing stock that has driven up costs across neighborhoods. City leaders now examine ways to speed approvals for new construction while residents weigh the tradeoffs of taller buildings and denser blocks. Within this debate Seattle Density Plan Appe

A detailed suspect description provided by a caller helped Burien Police deputies quickly locate and arrest a woman accused of attempting to steal a vehicle on the 4th of July, according to police. Deputies responded July 4 to a report of an attempted vehicle theft in progress after a caller...

ISSAQUAH, Wash. — State Route 18 east of Issaquah has fully reopened after the entire roadway was blocked Tuesday morning for a crash, according to the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT). The collision was reported shortly before 8 a.m. near milepost 28. Traffic backups grew to more than...

The Pokémon Company’s move into The Eight was the single largest driver of Downtown Bellevue’s office market recovery in the second quarter of 2026, according to Broderick Group’s latest Eastside Office Market Report. The gaming and entertainment company’s occupancy at The Eight totaled 369,800 square feet,...

According to prosecutors, Lopez used three pens bound together with hair bands to punch, hit, and stab another passenger on January 24, 2024.

Thanks to Susan for the photo. She called to tell us about a dog stuck on the rocks off Beach Drive near Harbor West (the condos on pilings), and a crowd gathering to figure out how to rescue it from the rising tide. We were away from the desk at the time but after returning a little while later, we heard the situation

The headline caught up with me Thursday, somewhere past Stevens Pass, as I rolled into Leavenworth for a holiday camping trip. For the first time since 1970, the City of Seattle went the entire month of June without a single homicide. 1970. Boeing was shedding jobs by the tens of...