Tacoma WA

Around 1 a.m. Friday in University Place, a burst of gunfire at an apartment complex left one person badly hurt and an entire building on edge. The victim, hit by a single round, got to a local hospital and was reported in critical but stable condition, with deputies saying they were expected to survive.

Renowned Seattle journalist Steve Kiggins has died at 47, FOX 13 Seattle reported Friday.

The Seattle City Council declared a public health emergency on October 28, 2025, responding to a wave of grocery store closures that threaten to cut off food access for entire neighborhoods. The move, which includes emergency legislation banning restrictive covenants that prevent new grocery stores from opening,...

The Seattle-based Katsu Burger will open its first Pierce County restaurant on Tacoma’s Sixth Avenue this year, the Japanese fusion chain announced Feb. 12 on Instagram. Owners Stephanie Kang and Yousok Jung did not immediately respond to requests for more details, but state business documents filed last October...

Picture this: tents filling Point Defiance or lining the sidewalk next to your home, but when you call the city for help, you’re told, “There’s nothing we can do.” That’s not hypothetical. That’s HB 2489. HB 2489 would prohibit cities from enforcing camping restrictions unless they can provide a shelter bed for every...

TACOMA, Wash. — A 20-year-old man was killed in a DUI crash after the vehicle struck a barrier and overturned on State Route 16 near 6th Avenue in Tacoma, according to the Washington State Patrol. The crash occurred when a westbound vehicle traveling in the third lane of four...

Months after a 12-year-old boy was found dead under suspicious circumstances in a Tacoma apartment building, a police investigation remains on hold pending the Pierce County Medical Examiner’s Office’s ruling on his cause and manner of death. The Medical Examiner’s Office has declined to release any information about...

On Jan. 29, Pierce County quietly made a major change to how it tracks death on the streets. The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department amended a state data-sharing agreement so local death records now include a person’s housing status. That technical tweak is expected to let public-health staff finally tally...

Fire crews in Renton found a person dead inside a home that caught fire on Friday evening. A man apparently was trapped inside the home. Neighbors said they tried to rescue him, even breaking a window with a sledgehammer just before fire crews arrived. Sadly, despite those efforts, the man...

When we looked last month at bills that local legislators are sponsoring this year, one by 34th District State House Rep. Brianna Thomas of West Seattle turned a few heads: HB 2303, preventing employers from microchipping employees. Today the State House overwhelmingly passed Thomas’s bill, 87 yes, 6 no. From the...