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Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. SEATTLE, Wash. — Below-normal temperatures are expected to dominate across Washington from Valentine’s Day through Feb. 20, reinforcing a persistent winter pattern that will bring continued chances for rain...

Bremerton police arrested a man suspected of having several 3D-printed firearm parts, drugs and counterfeiting materials this week, a month after a parking complaint in West Bremerton led them to discover the contraband. The 33-year-old man was arrested Thursday, Feb. 5 and is currently being held on over $1 million...

A Skagit County man has been sentenced to six months in federal prison for making threats against two U.S. Congressmen and their staff.

The greater Seattle tech ecosystem—long defined by relentless growth, deep talent pools, and global influence—is hitting a moment of reckoning. In recent months, a spate of layoffs has rippled across the region, highlighted by Amazon cutting nearly 2,200 Washington-based jobs last week, more than half of them in core...

A routine flight from Anchorage to Seattle turned into a criminal case that ended in federal court Thursday, when a Deering, Alaska, man was convicted for abusing a 17-year-old girl in the air on January 15, 2025. Trayton C. Ballot, 29, was sentenced to 18 months in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release....

Bill Gates is ready to let go of one of his long-held properties in Medina, Washington. The Microsoft co-founder, who is currently making headlines for his appearance in the recent round of Epstein files released by the Department of Justice, has listed a home next to his famed estate, Xanadu 2.0, for $4.8 million....

And: Where was the police chief during last weekend’s spate of deadly shootings?. This post has been updated to note that Lisa Daugaard left her position voluntarily, rather than being asked to leave. 1. Last Friday, two teenagers were shot and killed in a double homicide near Rainier Beach...

SEATTLE — Lee Thomas of Issaquah knew the jingle before he knew the science. "I hadn't even heard of this stuff," he recalls. "I had heard the song, you know, 'Oh, Oh, Oh, Ozempic.' Catchy tune." But once Thomas became familiar with GLP-1 drugs and began documenting his weight...

A person is dead after they were shot while trying to carjack someone in Federal Way.

Spring-like weather comes to an end on Friday as rain makes its way into the Puget Sound area for Super Bowl weekend.