Tacoma WA

About 12 hours before Aleksandr Shablykin allegedly killed his mother and three other people near Gig Harbor, police officers went to his sister's house in Orting, Pierce County, and talked about the suspect's mental state, body camera footage obtained by The Seattle Times shows. The suspect's sister, Anastasia...

The City of Covington says detectives arrested five people inside a home connected to drugs, mail theft, ID fraud, and creating unsafe conditions for children.

A driver is suspected of striking another vehicle while intoxicated in Tacoma on Tuesday night, killing a person in the other car. Officers were dispatched at 8:06 p.m. to Yakima Avenue and South 23rd Street. A driver had crashed into another vehicle on South 23rd, Tacoma Police Department officer Shelbie Boyd told...

After an investigation that lasted two years, records showing what happened during a police shootout in Pierce County in 2023 have been released. The Pierce County Prosecuting Attorney's Office reviewed the case and determined the deputies were not only justified in shooting murder suspect Kody Olsen, but likely...

BECU is continuing its statewide growth with the announcement of three new Neighborhood Financial Centers, or NFCs, in Auburn’s Lakeland Hills neighborhood, Liberty Lake, and Mercer Island. The additions bring the credit union’s total new locations announced this year to five, including its recently opened Bainbridge...

After more than two decades on Seattle television, KOMO news anchor Mary Nam has announced her departure at the end of the month. Mary shared with the newsroom this morning that the difficult decision to leave was several years in the making, and that after 23 years at KOMO television, this was the right time to...

A new five-part documentary is dragging Tacoma back into the uncomfortable spotlight of the Jeff Smith era, revisiting the double life of the man who rose to national fame as the Frugal Gourmet. Survivors and former staff describe years of mentorship in kitchens and classrooms that, according to their accounts, ran...

On behalf of the Shablykina and Knowles families, we are issuing this statement to honor our beloved Zoya Shablykina and to address the tragedy that has devastated our household, the Gig Harbor community, and the surrounding Puget Sound area. We speak today to ensure Zoya is remembered for the life...

This year brings a fresh range of wildly good concerts, featuring New Orleans jazz to country and hip hop, as well as comedy performances.

The Washington Middle School cafeteria, circa 1997, served the best french fries in the world. I’ve been chasing that exact medium-thin, fresh-from-the-fryer, extra-salty high for almost three decades. Since my time machine never quite works right, and I have, in the intervening years, expanded to other sizes and...