Seattle WA

A Kent homeowner is terrified after someone broke into her home not once, but twice in less than six months.

A man accused of trying to kidnap a child from a Burien park told the family he was from “an agency” and needed to take the child, court documents say. He may have also been having a mental health episode, docs said.

A late-night joyride turned into a jail booking after a Tesla Model 3 driver was clocked going 128 miles per hour in a 45 mph zone on SR-900 near I-5 in south Seattle. The driver was spotted just before 9 pm Thursday evening (May 8, 2025), according to Washington State Patrol Trooper Rick Johnson. He posted the...

SEATTLE — An 18-year-old man was critically injured in a shooting during a large party on Queen Avenue NE Thursday night, police said. The shooting happened around 9:20 p.m. on May 8, 2025. Witnesses reported that a fight broke out at the gathering, followed by the sound of gunshots.

Seattle-area transit system might become more dog-friendly as a new dog park is being touted as a major amenity along the Sound Transit light rail network. Writing in The Urbanist, Ryan Packer explains that the region’s various transit agencies have different and sometimes confusing rules about bringing pets aboard....

Seattle is setting the standard when it comes to cardiac care, as the city currently has some of the highest resuscitation rates in the country, averaging around 50%.

Washington Governor Bob Ferguson has signed HB 1217, a new law capping annual rent increases in Washington at either 7% plus inflation or 10%, whichever is lower. Starting June 2025, landlords will be forced to give 90 days’ notice before raising rent. The law bans rent hikes in the...

SEATTLE — Seattle’s lone safe lot for people living in vehicles has packed up and cleared out, but the organization that runs the program said it is far from the end of the road for this effort. Salmon Bay Village opened in December 2023 along 15th Ave W...

BURIEN, Wash. — A man was arrested on Tuesday after allegedly attempting to kidnap a baby at Lake Burien School Memorial Park. The King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office charged 31-year-old Nicholas Joseph Lewis-Ryder with Attempted Kidnapping in the Second Degree. King County deputies responded to a disturbance...

One person is dead after an incident involving the Poulsbo Police Department and Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office May 7 at around 9:15 p.m., the city of Poulsbo announced in a news release. KCSO deputies responded to the area of Viking Way and Nordic Cove Lane to assist officers from...