Tacoma WA

The City of Lakewood is breathing a collective sigh of relief as it reports a full calendar year without a single homicide, a first in at least two decades. Highlighting the efficacy of municipal efforts, Lakewood Police Chief Patrick Smith conveyed, "Zero homicides in a year in any city is a great accomplishment,"...

LACEY, Wash. — A man with a history of property crimes and assaults has been arrested following a series of thefts at Home Depot stores in Lacey. According to the Lacey Police Department, the suspect was involved in eight theft cases, stealing large quantities of tools and lumber from local Home Depot locations.

SEATTLE — A suspected Belltown drug dealer’s activities came to an abrupt — and uncomfortable — end when police caught him selling drugs, and King County jail staff later found even more stashed in his underwear, according to the Seattle Police Department (SPD). Officers arrested the...

TACOMA, Wash. — The city of Tacoma is expanding its traffic safety camera network and has raised maximum fines for violations, part of a broader effort to reduce traffic fatalities. The maximum penalty for citations issued by traffic cameras increased last week from $124 to $145. The city currently...

One Puyallup family business is out thousands of dollars after their barbecue trailer was stolen from their driveway in broad daylight.

Hundreds of Seattle protesters were outside the Federal Building in response to the fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis on Wednesday.

In the gritty underbelly of crisscrossing highways, Tacoma’s coffee pot-shaped dive bar has lost its color — temporarily — as the owner, just a few years into his stewardship of the century-old icon, completes a much-needed exterior restoration project. The bar remains open daily for drinks, bar bites, karaoke and...

SEATTLE (AP) — A man who held himself out as a Native American activist was sentenced Wednesday to 46 years in prison for drugging and raping women in a case that inspired calls for changes in Washington state law to prohibit defendants who represent themselves from directly questioning their accusers.

SEATTLE - Two men were hospitalized with stab wounds Wednesday morning after an apparent attempted robbery at Freeway Park in Downtown Seattle. According to Seattle police, officers responded to a report of a stabbing at about 6:30 a.m. Around 7:20 a.m., officers found two men with stab wounds in the park. Both...

A year after Seattle intended to phase out gas-powered leaf blowers, the city is still working on a plan.