Seattle WA

SEATTLE — Break-ins are increasing in Seattle’s Wallingford neighborhood, with police data showing burglaries are up 14% this year and 30% over the past two years. In response, small business owners in the area are now discussing shared private security as they face repeated burglaries and costly damage.

With a closure on SR 18 looming, Seattle-area travelers should prepare for increased weekend congestion. This closure is to continue improvements on the State Route 18/I-90 interchange, which will begin on Thursday night. Contractor crews working for the Washington State Department of Transportation will close eastbound SR 18 between Issaquah-Hobart...

SEATTLE - A Seattle Public Schools principal is under fire again. This time, after she was appointed to a new position at a Ballard elementary school. On Wednesday, parents and others demanded that the school board do something before Anitra Jones takes the helm at Adams Elementary. Nearly 40 people...

Getting handcuffed, having fingerprints and a mug shot taken, and being booked into jail can happen if you get arrested for driving under the influence – even if you have a clean record. Over the last five years, DUI arrests by the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office increased 22%, climbing...

SEATTLE - Mostly cloudy skies to start Thursday with drier conditions through the rest of the week and into the weekend. Sunshine returns for the afternoon as well. Thursday will be warmer with temperatures back to around seasonal average, mid to low 60s. Sunshine will help to warm conditions into the afternoon.

SEATTLE — A Seattle-based pet store chain says it is reeling after a string of break-ins that caused tens of thousands of dollars in damage and losses. Surveillance video obtained by KING 5 shows suspects repeatedly targeting All The Best Pet Care locations across the city. The family-owned business, which has operated for more than 40 years, reported five break-ins in...

MALTBY—A long-running dispute between Snohomish County and Flower World has escalated over whether the 46-acre nursery and greenhouse operation should be classified as an agricultural enterprise or a retail business, a distinction that could carry major consequences for permitting requirements, taxes and the future of similar farms across the county.

EVERETT, Wash. — A 44-year-old man pleaded not guilty to a second-degree murder charge and a related alleged assault offense in the fatal shooting of a Lynnwood man after what investigators say began as an argument inside a bar and escalated outside. Joseph Raymond entered not guilty pleas to...

The City of Federal Way is exploring annexation of two areas are currently in unincorporated King County. Identified as Lakeland North and Lakeland South in city documents, the areas would add about 7 miles and an estimated 20,000 and 25,000 people. Located east of I-5, much of these areas are...

Denny Way already crawls. Everybody who drives it knows that. If you commute into Seattle from the suburbs, you know it in your bones. Recent estimates say 30,000 vehicles a day squeeze through one of the busiest arterials in the city. I used to drive it regularly, and my escape route was always Mercer Street because Denny Way was that bad.