Curley questions anti-police protests after Othello Station officer-involved shooting
Following the officer-involved shooting at the Othello transit station in South Seattle that killed a suspect who pointed a gun at officers, anti-police activists began to protest as officers investigated the crime scene, asking for the names of the officers and claiming that the shooting was race-driven. John...
Advocates decry unsafe conditions at Tacoma ICE facility after detainee’s medical crisis
Human rights and health care advocates are urging federal immigration officials to address what they describe as unsafe and unhealthy conditions inside the Northwest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Processing Center in Tacoma. Those calls intensified this week as advocates rallied on behalf of...
10,834 quakes shake America’s deadliest volcano with 200,000 at risk
Mount Rainier has rattled through thousands of tiny earthquakes this year, a reminder that America’s most lethal volcano is very much alive beneath its ice. Those quakes, and a burst of viral alarmism, have collided with the reality that more than 200,000 people live in the paths of potential volcanic mudflows racing...
New study shows how much rent in Seattle has increased in the last 4...
The online leading marketplace, LendingTree, released a study that reviewed the fair market rent in 50 large metro areas, including the Seattle area.
Woman Killed, Man Injured After Tree Falls on Vehicle in Western Washington
KING COUNTY, WA – A 44-year-old woman died and one person was injured Friday afternoon when a tree fell onto a vehicle on State Route 203, northeast of Seattle, according to the Washington State Patrol. The incident
‘Hurricane Hunter’ plane deploys to PNW as major atmospheric river takes aim at Seattle
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is sending its famed reconnaissance aircraft into a powerful storm system that threatens widespread flooding and damaging winds for Western Washington from Monday through Wednesday.
Harger: WA’s ‘criminal support system’ keeps releasing the same violent teens
Thurston County Sheriff Derek Sanders posted something on Facebook this weekend that sums it up perfectly: “A murder suspect let out of jail now shooting at police from a stolen vehicle in a pursuit 10 months later is a headline that can easily sum up Washington’s criminal support system.”
For the first time, no Pearl Harbor survivors attended the remembrance, as one of...
SEATTLE — Leo George Allard, a Navy first gunner’s mate who survived the attack on Pearl Harbor and later became a familiar face at Pacific Northwest veterans’ events, died Nov. 7, 2025. He was 103. His death comes as the number of living survivors of the 1941...
Here come the power outages: Wind, rain in forecast for Tacoma, Olympia areas
The National Weather Service on Sunday issued the double whammy of forecasts, announcing a wind advisory on top of a flood watch for Western Washington, including for South Sound. It’s the kind of weather that can produce power outages because saturated soil, combined with a gust of wind, can knock over trees that...
Tacoma Considers 0.1% Sales Tax Hike to Bolster Criminal Justice Funding Amid Budget Shortfall
Tacoma city officials are mulling over a modest slice of tax increase, a 0.1% bump in the sales and use tax rate, exclusively geared towards shoring up the city's criminal justice resources. Financial forecasts have shown a looming budget shortfall, and there's a rallying cry for modernizing the public safety...
