Tacoma WA

EDMONDS, Wash. — Body camera footage obtained by KING 5 shows a man impersonating a police officer and interacting with Bremerton officers on multiple occasions before being detained. The video first captures Michael Scaletta Teates dressed in a police-style uniform approaching a Bremerton officer around 7:30 p.m. on...

A semi truck and its driver narrowly avoided a serious fall off of a winding turn not intended for semi trucks in Seattle on Wednesday. The accident happened on September 10th in downtown Seattle, Washington on the Spring Street to southbound Interstate 5 ramp. According to My Northwest News, the semi truck...

Today, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell unveiled a landmark $350 million affordable housing proposal—part of the city’s 2026 budget—that aims to address displacement and housing instability across Seattle. The housing package includes $80 million over the next four years specifically dedicated to supporting families most...

Madge Terry Thompson, a lifelong civil rights activist and proud descendant of one of Seattle’s most historically significant Black families, passed away last week. She was the last living daughter of her generation and a dedicated guardian of the Cayton family legacy. Born to Lillian Cayton and granddaughter of...

A 27-year-old man is accused of causing a fatal crash in Pierce County after leaving a party intoxicated in April. David Baltazar-Hicks, 27, has been charged with vehicular homicide, reckless endangerment and reckless driving for the April 26 crash, according to court documents. Breezy Brisbin, 21 of Puyallup, was...

A few years ago, Edward “Jack” Barry’s car was broken into on a work trip to Portland, and a couple of his IDs were stolen. The police gave him a case number, and he replaced what was taken. He didn’t think much more of it. In July, the bizarre consequence of that theft arrived at his Tacoma home with a pounding...

The tea and dessert cafe trend has hit double-time in downtown Tacoma, just in time for the school year. Two new shops opened their doors in August: Eather (pronounced “ether”) Tea and Cafe at 1127 Broadway, next to Tacoma School of the Arts theatre, and Lune Cafe at 1916 Pacific Ave., next to Tinkertopia. Vietnamese...

Two separate class-action lawsuits have been filed in Pierce County Superior Court after a massive data breach at the Pierce County Library System exposed the personal information of more than 335,000 Washington residents.

Update: Tash was found and returned to his family about 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, the Sheriff’s Office reported on X. Original post: An 87-year-old man with dementia has been reported missing from the Parkland area, the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office posted on X Tuesday evening. Alfred Tash, who is 5 feet 5 inches tall...

Authorities in Washington state arrested a man four years after he allegedly murdered a woman, drove her body some 200 miles away, and with another man's help buried her in a shallow grave, throwing used syringes on top of the remains to make it look like a drug overdose. James...