Seattle WA

Scammers are becoming more and more brazen and their attacks on gullible individuals. This time, the focal point was Bellevue. Bellevue police reported that scammers claiming that they were in Chinese law enforcement were primarily focusing on people ages 25 to 34. According to seattletimes.com,. ‘Contacted by phone...

A second suspect, Eddie Omar Romero Diaz, 44, was arrested in connection with a deadly apartment burglary in Renton, accused of helping the first suspect, who is charged with killing the victim. Diaz's bail was set at $2 million, and he is due back in court next Tuesday.

BELLEVUE, Wash. — The three right lanes of southbound Interstate 405 were blocked just south of NE 8th St in Bellevue after a crash around 9:15 a.m. Thursday. Video from a Washington State Department of Transportation camera showed at least two cars were involved. The Washington State Patrol responded....

SNOHOMISH COUNTY, Wash. - The reward to find Jonathan Hoang, a 21-year-old who disappeared from Snohomish County on March 30, is now at $100,000. Hoang, who has a developmental disability, was possibly spotted on surveillance video in Kirkland last week, months after he went missing. As his family holds onto...

Valley Medical Center in Renton continues down a winding, uncertain road as clinics are closed down, Medicaid funding is denied and then approved, and a lawsuit against the hospital is filed and then denied by a judge. Following a May 12 announcement of Valley’s closing of two inpatient units, five...

A doctor at a Seattle hospital has been charged with “diverting” fentanyl and other controlled substances meant for children who were patients. Andrew Voegel-Podadera, 35, was arrested at his home last week, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration said in a statement. He was an anesthesia resident and worked at...

UW Medicine says it reached a new agreement with Aetna.

The Seattle City Council unanimously confirmed Shon Barnes as the city’s next police chief. “We do have a plan, and we have been working, and we’re ready to debut that plan to our community and show them how we’re going to work together as a collaborative police department to achieve the type of public safety that we...

KENT, Wash. — A 44-year-old man from Kent was arrested Wednesday evening on first-degree murder charges related to the March 2025 homicide of 23-year-old Axel Chirinos-Banegas. Renton police detectives say the suspect drove the getaway car after he and 56-year-old Huy “Alex” Huu Nguyen killed Chirinos-Banegas....

I hope you are enjoying the warmer days of July in the beautiful Pacific Northwest! I like to take a walk in a park with a friend and smell the flowers, watch the birds and boats at the waterfront, or work in my P-Patch garden. I appreciate having a break from the rain clouds, and all of these activities make me...