Seattle WA

The leader of a drug trafficking organization that sold fentanyl, meth and cocaine across the West Coast was sentenced on Wednesday, authorities announced.

SEATTLE — Prosecutors have charged a Kent man with murder in the first degree for the death of a 17-year-old boy in SeaTac earlier this week. According to court documents, Kasim Kone, 19, shot his friend, Vatauomalo "Tau" Leiataua,17, near South 288th Street and Military Road South around 11:00 p.m. on Aug. 2.

The 34-year-old leader of a widely spread drug distribution network was sentenced to 10 years in prison Wednesday after law enforcement cracked down on activity in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District and nearby homeless camps, dubbed “The Jungle.”

Kent Food Bank & Emergency Services has received a $450,000 grant from King County, part of $2.75 million in capital grants to 30 food assistance providers to help strengthen food security in the region. The funds will be used in Kent to “support the purchase of the current food bank...

SEATTLE, WA - Several young kids and their families will never forget the name Lillie Vehling: the college student who saved three girls from drowning during Seafair weekend. It happened last Friday at Genessee Park when she went to see the Blue Angels. But when she scanned the water, she knew something was wrong.

An 85-year-old Renton man and an 82-year-old Renton woman died two days after they were each injured as passengers in a two-vehicle collision on the East Hill in Kent. Alvin Jitsuo Terada and Mitsuko Terada each died Aug. 4 in Seattle from multiple blunt force injuries suffered Aug. 2 in a crash at SE 208th Street and

Days after some of Seattle’s largest venues and organizations called on Mayor Katie Wilson to reactivate and expand the city’s surveillance camera network, members of the Seattle City Council moved in the opposite direction — voting to redirect money intended for cameras toward community-based “violence interruption” p

REDMOND, Wash. — A driver was hospitalized with burns after a vehicle left Willows Road Northeast and crashed into a utility pole, causing the vehicle to catch fire, according to Redmond police. Police responded to the serious crash and fire in the 11600 block of Willows Road Northeast. The...

Starbucks has closed another store in Seattle, this time downtown. The coffeehouse at 999 Third Ave. closed on Friday, The Puget Sound Business Journal reported. Starbucks closed the downtown location shortly after DocuSign made plans to move out of the building by next July. The coffee giant has gone through...

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