USS Nimitz leaving Bremerton tomorrow to be decommissioned by the Navy
USS Nimitz, a 50+ year-old aircraft carrier for the Navy, will be leaving Washington waters for the last time as the Navy plans to retire the vessel.
Seattle Parents Shell Out Second-Highest Babysitter Rates in U.S.
Seattle parents are facing some serious sticker shock on date night, now shelling out roughly $27.70 per hour for one child and about $30.79 for two. That puts Seattle second only to San Francisco for babysitting prices and turns a typical three-hour evening out for two kids into about a $92 line item. The climb...
Golden Steer owners in Kent face fines, community service
Two Golden Steer restaurant owners accused of buying and selling stolen alcohol reached an agreement with city of Kent prosecutors for no jail time but they cannot operate a business in town over the next two years, must pay fines and perform community service. Mohammed F. Alsadi, 34, and Widad...
Seattle Mayor Wilson Makes Her First Serious Misstep in City Light
After a couple of weeks of moderate moves, Mayor Katie Wilson has made a serious blunder. Her precipitous firing of Dawn Roth Lindell as General Manager and CEO of Seattle City Light was an error of judgment guaranteed to haunt her and potentially do disservice to the utility’s half million customers and 1,800...
Washington man charged with murder in death of pedestrian, 88
A 68-year-old Bellevue man has been charged with premeditated first-degree murder, accused of “weaponizing” his Toyota Camry by intentionally plowing into a pedestrian and running her over last week in the parking lot of the Bellevue Family YMCA, according to King County prosecutors. After killing 88-year-old Shinko...
Skyline student fatally stabbed in Covington
Arnav Thota, Tonghe Zhang and Gavin Liu Community, Top Story. A Skyline High School student was fatally stabbed on Sunday, March 1, in the city of Covington, located about 25 miles south of Sammamish. Local media outlets, including the Seattle Times, reported on the incident shortly after it happened. The...
‘Aggressive behavior’ on school playground in Puyallup prompts modified lockdown
Staff placed Dessie Evans Elementary School in Puyallup under modified lockdown Thursday due to an incident on the playground. Sarah Gillispie, spokesperson for the Puyallup School District, told The News Tribune the school was under lockdown for about 18 minutes because of “a student on the playground exhibiting...
Tacoma man convicted in 2 fatal shootings a month apart sentenced to prison
A man found responsible for two fatal shootings in Tacoma in 2021 and 2022 pleaded guilty to manslaughter and has been sentenced to 18 years in prison. Keon Eugene Simms was arrested after 56-year-old Victor Scott was fatally shot during a road-rage shooting in January 2022 in South Tacoma. Simms was driving a rental...
Bomb squad called to Mullenix Market parking lot in Port Orchard
A bomb squad was called to the parking lot of the Mullenix Market in Port Orchard Thursday night.
Vigil held for four Key Peninsula women killed in mass stabbing spree
Pierce County community remembered the four women killed in a deadly stabbing spree with a vigil in Gig Harbor Wednesday night.
