Tacoma WA

SEATTLE — A man from Pomona, California, has been arrested and charged with operating an unregistered aircraft at municipal airports in Washington state and California, following an investigation by the FBI. Christian Estoque, 38, was taken into custody on Tuesday and charged in a federal criminal complaint filed in...

Olympia Mayor Dontae Payne attempted to quell chatter tied to a remark he made earlier this month about plans for the potential closure of a large homeless encampment known as “The Jungle.”. Payne addressed the comment in prepared remarks at the beginning of an Olympia City Council meeting on...

Dozens gathered to grieve and pray Saturday near a Rainier Valley bus stop where two students were shot and killed a day earlier. Seattle police have not announced any arrests in the killings, and a sense of unease lingered Saturday, as students gathered in a crowd of about 100 people near South Shore PK-8 School and...

On Thursday and Friday morning, volunteers and human-services workers patrolled around Pierce County, under bridges, in shelters, along sidewalks and at 12 designated sites as part of the annual Homeless Point-in-Time Count. Their goal was to capture a snapshot of how many people are living unhoused right now. In...

AUBURN, Wash. — The mayor of Auburn praised students who walked out of school Friday to protest federal immigration enforcement, calling their actions a meaningful example of peaceful civic engagement. It's unclear if the walkout was district-wide. Still, hundreds of students gathered outside Auburn City Hall as part...

SEATTLE — One person is dead and three other people were injured after a physical fight turned into a shootout in a Pioneer Square parking garage early Sunday morning. Police officers responded to the Sinking Ship parking garage around 1:30 a.m. where they found a man dead with a gunshot wound to the head.

Sunday in downtown Seattle turned deadly after reports of gunfire on the 500 block of 2nd Avenue, where police say multiple people were wounded and one person was killed. Officers quickly taped off the area as investigators combed the street for evidence and medics rushed the injured to nearby hospitals. Officials...

SEATTLE - Decades ago, Seattle saw its first, and only, day with a recorded temperature of zero degrees Fahrenheit. While a brutal arctic freeze hit the Emerald City on Jan. 31, 1950, today we saw the city reach a near record high. Seattle area residents enjoyed an unusually mild winter's...

A Washington man is learning the sad truth about trusting your instincts. He thought something felt off at home, and when he returned, he found his family dead . Currently, the incident is under investigation by the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office, and because of that, not many details have been released thus far. No...

UPDATE: January 30, 2026 at 11:05 p.m. In press release shared on Saturday night, the Washington State Patrol (WSP) identified the passenger who died and the driver who was critically injured in the crash. The passenger was identified as Angelina D'Amato, a 22-year-old woman from Pullman, and the driver was...