Seattle WA

PACIFIC, Wash. — As King County engineering crews and independent contractors raced to repair a broken flood levee along the White River in Pacific, one crewmember did so with extra motivation. Eric Petersen works for Ceccanti, Inc, an excavating company that works on a variety of projects throughout Puget...

The Washington State Transportation Commission has approved the renaming of a 10-mile stretch of Benson Highway in South King County to Martin Luther King Jr. Way, following nearly two years of advocacy and public engagement. This decision reflects the legacy, resilience, and power of community action. Gwen...

Seattle police are searching for a 21-year-old woman accused of stabbing another woman at an apartment near South Jackson Street and 23rd Avenue South on Thursday.

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The Washington State Patrol is mourning the loss of one of their own, while two additional troopers were hospitalized over the weekend following multiple crashes on state roads. Timeline: — Trooper Rick Johnson, public information officer for WSP, repeated a common agency slogan "Move Over or Slow Down"on X...

Seattle police say a derelict, fuel-leaking boat was removed from Lake Union this month after weeks of warnings, daily checks and a multi-agency cleanup effort.

Gov. Bob Ferguson said the risk of additional levee breaches in King County has decreased but remains a concern as flooding continues across Washington. He announced 100 National Guard members are being mobilized, including teams assigned to monitor levees around the clock along rivers such as the Green and White.

A 58-year-old Bellevue, Washington and Las Vegas man, Andrey A. Balun, pleaded guilty in federal court in Seattle to conspiracy to transport stolen property in interstate commerce. His 53-year-old business partner, Vitaliy F. Bobak of Federal Way, Washington, was charged in the same case for operating a large-scale...

A former Eastside real estate broker, Tamara King, 56, has been convicted of running a fraudulent real estate investment scheme, U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd announced. King faced eight counts of wire fraud, two counts of money laundering, and three counts of filing false tax returns. She is scheduled to be...

Mount Rainier’s quiet, snowcapped profile hides a restless interior that has just rattled itself with more than a thousand tiny earthquakes, a reminder that one of the country’s most dangerous volcanoes sits within striking distance of the Seattle–Tacoma metro area. For the roughly 300,000 people who live, work, or...