Seattle WA

Typically when you spot a great blue heron in Western Washington, you see one flying or fishing alone. But in Redmond, though, a huge group of herons have picked an unusual place to nest. Close to downtown Redmond lies a small park. It's a little over four acres with lots...

An “altercation” led to the fatal shooting June 3 of a 16-year-old girl in Kent. “Detectives are actively pursuing multiple leads in an effort to identify the suspect involved in this case,” Kent Police Assistant Chief Jarod Kasner said in a Monday, June 8 email when asked for an update about the shooting. “The shootin

A 21-year-old accused of running a human trafficking operation out of a house in Bellevue was charged Monday.

Dave and Debra Entenman have lived in the Meadow Glen neighborhood on the East Hill in Kent for 30 years and never seen a bear on their street until Sunday night, June 7. “I just wanted to report a bear sighting in our neighborhood at about 9:26 p.m. at the corner of SE 221st Street and 116th Avenue SE,” Dave Entenman

The backup catcher for the Seattle Mariners, Mitch Garver, sold his Bellevue home for more than $3 million in late May. Garver’s home sat on a 7,502-square-foot lot at 1028 163rd Avenue S.E. in Bellevue’s Lake Hills neighborhood, according to the Zillow listing. Built in 2023, the 4,300-square-foot...

SEATTLE — Two Seattle City Council members are signaling concerns about Mayor Katie Wilson's proposal to double the city's transit sales tax, saying the plan requires closer scrutiny before moving forward. During a council briefing, Budget Chair Dan Strauss said he supports transit investments but questioned whether th

While Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson didn’t deliver on her goal of 500 shelter beds before the World Cup, she did open 75 new tiny homes in Interbay over the weekend. Wilson told KIRO 7 that because recovery is complicated, the city is not demanding people be abstinent from drugs when they enter the village.

Court records say Kevin Kelley threatened to kill an SDOT worker, hurled rocks at him and a city vehicle, then fought officers attempting to arrest him. Prosecutors cite a lengthy criminal record and nine failure-to-appear warrants since 2022. A homeless man with an extensive criminal history is facing multiple charges

BREMERTON, Wash. — A World War II-era practice bomb found in a duffel bag at a downtown Bremerton home was detonated after bomb technicians could not confirm it was inert, Bremerton police said. The discovery was reported last week, after a person who had recently purchased the contents of...

POULSBO -- A popular Seattle restaurant has brought its Caribbean cuisine across Puget Sound by opening in Kitsap County. Bongos Cafe opened a new location in May, in the College Market Place shops located just south of Olympic College's Poulsbo campus, west of Highway 3. The casual dining spot got its start 13 years a