Tacoma WA

Chris Staudinger is obsessed with an old-timey circus performer. “His whole thing was to catch turnips thrown from any height on the tines of a fork,” he explained to me. Zanetta, the performer, provided entertainment at the opening of Tacoma’s National Realty Building, which in 1910 was the tallest building in the...

RAVENSDALE, Wash. — Jurors reached a verdict Friday in the murder trial of a man accused of killing a Ravensdale father with a truck in 2023. Andrew Ralph Baim, 40, is charged in the death of Nick Valison, 53, on Sept. 21, 2023 after Valison tried to stop him from illegally dumping trash in a wooded area near homes.

MISSOULA, Mont. — A 44-year-old Auburn, Washington man who was caught with multiple firearms and tactical gear after being removed from an Amtrak train in Libby has been sentenced to more than nine years in federal prison, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced Wednesday. Mallory Nehemiah Brown pleaded guilty in...

The suspect is believed to be involved in an incident where a man and woman pulled a gun on a security officer in Southcenter.

(The Center Square) – Pierce County has created or preserved 1,387 new units of affordable housing in just over two years, but still needs 49,213 units to reach its ambitious 2044 goal. On Tuesday, the Pierce County Council approved $12.2 million in funding for four housing projects that will create or preserve 646...

A pair of shoplifting suspects were taken into custody this week after their attempted getaway ended when their car ran out of gas, according to the Tukwila Police Department. Police said officers responded to a report of a man and woman shoplifting at Westfield Southcenter Mall. When officers arrived, they saw the...

The exhaustive hunt for Travis Decker, a man suspected of the murder of his three daughters, presses on as FBI Seattle and its partners recently wrapped up a two-day grid search operation in the vicinity of the Rock Island Campground, near Leavenworth, Washington. The search, conducted on August 25 and 26, involved...

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI is opening a new office in Seattle as it accelerates its global expansion. The move was announced by the artificial intelligence startup and Elon Musk on social media platform X. xAI is also hiring for its first positions in the new site. As...

An Applebee’s manager is recovering after his employee apparently attacked him with a hammer out of nowhere.

SEATTLE - Seattle police are actively investigating a shooting that left a man in critical condition Friday afternoon. Officers responded to reports of a shooting at 3:48 p.m. near South Jackson Street and 12th Avenue South, in the Chinatown-International District. There, police found a man with a gunshot wound to...