Seattle WA

LYNNWOOD, Wash. — For most families, a high school diploma is the key to unlocking your future. But for Makena Simonsen, an Edmonds School District graduate with special needs, hers did just the opposite. As a student with special needs, Makena's graduation day was filled with promise. "I was...

About three months ago, I stood outside a tent a few blocks off Aurora Avenue in North Seattle. Inside was a 9-year-old boy. His mother was a fentanyl addict working as a prostitute on Aurora. She made him wait in the bushes while men came to the tent. The neighbors...

Witnesses told police that the Subaru was driving south on Aurora Avenue North when the Hyundai, also heading south “at a high rate of speed,” struck the Subaru from behind. The impact pushed the Subaru approximately 80 to 100 feet before it came to rest against a building.

Washington’s Department of Licensing is under fire after a Kitsap County woman posted a viral TikTok video showing her calling the agency and asking to talk to someone in Spanish. Instead, Maya Edwards heard an automated voice on the other end of the line speaking English with a Hispanic accent, as reported by The...

A 17-year-old Poulsbo girl died in a head-on collision involving a city bus outside Port Ludlow, Jefferson County, on Tuesday evening, according to Washington State Patrol. The girl was driving west on Highway 104 when her vehicle crossed the centerline and crashed head-on into the eastbound bus shortly after 6:50...

SEATTLE — The Ballard Food Bank said it will remain closed until March 9 after a staff member was stabbed during an altercation with a client. The 35-year-old male staff member was stabbed by a client on Monday while escorting him out of the building after the client became combative, according to information from...

SEATTLE — Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson is set to announce what her office is calling a major step forward in a citywide push to rapidly expand shelter and bring more people inside. Wilson was joined by community leaders, neighbors, and service providers on Wednesday afternoon. According to the announcement,...

A robbery and stabbing that left a 21-year-old man injured in the Chinatown-International District on Tuesday afternoon is currently under investigation. At 4:38 p.m., Seattle Police Department (SPD) officers responded to reports of a stabbing in the 1200 block of S. King Street, SPD announced. When officers arrived,...

The luxury dine-in theater inside Redmond Town Center, IPIC Theaters, will permanently close its Washington location and lay off 64 employees.

After more than two decades on Seattle television, KOMO news anchor Mary Nam has announced her departure at the end of the month. Mary shared with the newsroom this morning that the difficult decision to leave was several years in the making, and that after 23 years at KOMO television, this was the right time to...