Tacoma WA

A 52-year-old man is facing a pile of charges after deputies say a late-night traffic stop in Graham turned into a brief chase, a crash into a patrol car and a stolen pickup packed with a loaded gun and meth on March 10. Deputies Say Routine Stop Turned Into Safeway...

CHINOOK PASS SUMMIT, WASHINGTON — A powerful windstorm driven by a strong jet stream slammed into the Pacific Northwest Wednesday evening, producing an extreme 126 mph wind gust at Chinook Pass Summit in the Cascade Mountains. The dramatic wind reading was recorded at the Chinook Pass wind gauge located...

LAKEWOOD, Wash. — A Lakewood couple has been charged with 2nd-degree murder after their 7-week-old son died from injuries that investigators say are consistent with shaking and abusive head trauma. Pierce County prosecutors charged Mark Anthony Labaco Clamor, 21, and Alyssa Jade Vanderbeck following the baby’s death...

Sound Transit will close Kent Station’s northwest Sounder surface parking lot from March 16 through the rest of the year due to ongoing construction of the new Sounder parking garage. The only available spots for this lot will be three ADA parking spots, according to Sound Transit. This closure...

Federal Way Link Extension light rail will operate on a reduced schedule during weekday evenings for a few weeks starting March 23 to install additional fencing to combat copper wire theft. The 7.8-mile extension opened in December 2025 and runs between Angle Lake in SeaTac and Federal Way, with stations...

A Southern California “seafood robotics” company announced Wednesday that it has acquired a Washington state facility that will become its first processing plant. Shinkei Systems said that the 16,000-square-foot facility in Tacoma would serve as a “strategic hub” for the seafood industry on the West Coast, as well as...

BELLINGHAM, Wash. — The Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) issued a statement today regarding the recent arrests of 2 Bellingham men. In January 2026, investigators with the Whatcom Regional Drug Task Force (WRDTF) began an investigation into Mexico based Transnational Criminal Organization (TCO). Investigators...

SEATAC, Wash. — A former ramp worker at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport has reached a multimillion-dollar settlement after a baggage tug accident left her permanently disabled. Tia Valentine sued several organizations — including Alaska Airlines, its baggage-handling contractor McGee Air Services and the Port of...

The Puyallup Police Department (PPD) has posted new photos of a man accused of armed robbery at a credit union on February 25.

LAKEWOOD, Wash. — A 7-week-old Lakewood boy died days after a March 4 emergency call, and both of his parents are now charged with second-degree murder, according to court records and the Lakewood Police Department. Newly filed Pierce County court documents identify the parents as Mark Anthony Labaco Clamor,...