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SEATTLE, WA — Panda Fest is returning to Seattle this summer for its second year, bringing three days of Asian food, culture, live entertainment, and community to Seattle Center’s Fisher Pavilion from August 28–30, 2026. Following its Seattle debut in 2025, the traveling Asian food and culture...

SEATTLE — A 28-year-old man died after he was shot early Monday in West Seattle’s High Point neighborhood, according to the Seattle Police Department (SPD). Police said dispatchers received reports at 12:17 a.m. of a gunshot victim being driven to First Avenue South near South Forest Street in the SODO area.

South County Fire rescued two people after an SUV went over a rock wall embankment in Lynnwood and was left vertically suspended above another car. No one was injured, while the unusual scene sparked jokes and questions online about how it happened.

SEATTLE — Three people were injured in a shooting early Monday after gunfire erupted at a party inside a short-term rental in Seattle, according to police. Officers responded around 12:45 a.m. to reports of shots fired in the 2800 block of 10th Avenue East. When officers arrived, they found...

In a crowded room in Seattle, hundreds of aspiring lawyers sat nervously as technical glitches brought the entire process to a halt. The scene captured the frustrations of recent graduates who had prepared for months only to face unexpected disruptions during what should have been a pivotal moment in their careers. Thi

The leader of a wide-ranging drug distribution network that was uncovered in Seattle’s International District and nearby homeless encampments was sentenced to 10 years in prison, First Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles Neil Floyd announced in a news release last week. Octavio Salazar Palma, 34, of Federal Way, was arrest

The family of a Rainier Beach High School student is preparing to sue the school district over his murder at a bus stop after class. Tra’veiah Houfmuse was a senior and would have turned 18 at the end of February. But he was shot to death, along with Tyjon Stewart, as they waited for a bus near Rainier Avenue South and

An 85-year-old Renton man and an 82-year-old Renton woman died two days after they were each injured as passengers in a two-vehicle collision on the East Hill in Kent. Alvin Jitsuo Terada and Mitsuko Terada each died Aug. 4 in Seattle from multiple blunt force injuries suffered Aug. 2 in a crash at SE 208th Street and

KIRO hosts Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin agree — Seattle’s next police chief should come from within the department, with interim Chief Andre Sayles already drawing support as a potential candidate. Ursula said on “The Gee and Ursula Show” on KIRO Newsradio that Sayles hasn’t committed to applying...

UPDATE: An earlier version of this commentary noted the suspect was scheduled for arraignment this morning. He didn’t show up. Gary Lewis Witherbee failed to appear at the Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent. King County prosecutors moved for a bench warrant, which is now active. For context, it’s his 40th. We’ve up