Tacoma WA

The National Weather Service announced an atmospheric river is bringing heavy to moderate rain across Western Washington this week. Will Pierce County residents have to worry about a repeat of December’s pineapple express-fueled flooding? If you’re gearing to fill up sandbags, you can breathe a sigh of relief. Though...

When Tacoma infant Hermann Ntuadi was born in mid-September, he immediately went into heart failure. The newborn had a complex heart disease that required surgery - and he needed it soon. But as Jehovah's Witnesses, the Ntuadi family faced a unique challenge: their religious beliefs prohibit blood transfusion, a...

Spring arrives this weekend, and with it the spring ferry schedule. It’s the yearly sign that we are emerging from the darkness. It’s also a good time to remind people to stop cutting in line.

KENT, Wash. - A Kent woman was sentenced to over a year in prison for defrauding more than $1 million in benefits from the Veterans Administration. Kelly M. Lee-Carroll, 58, had a long-running scheme where she falsely claimed she was unable to walk and needed round-the-clock care, where in actuality she was traveling...

Another piece of Seattle history is dimming its lights. After more than a century in Pioneer Square, Seattle Lighting permanently closed its flagship location at 222 Second Avenue Extension South on February 15, 2026, ending a 109-year run in the same neighborhood. The property, which includes two historic buildings...

Police believe a Federal Way man was responsible for a shooting that left six people injured in San Jose, Calif., hours after the Super Bowl. The man, 46, was taken into custody in Federal Way on Wednesday and booked into the King County Jail. He is charged in King County District Court with being a fugitive from...

The Seattle Police Department (SPD) says a 40-year-old man was arrested for damaging nearly a quarter of a million dollars worth of glass at Seattle Center’s Chihuly museum on Monday night.

Pierce County voters elected the sheriff from the county’s founding in 1852 until 1980. That’s when a new Home Rule Charter — passed in the wake of a scandal involving the elected sheriff — made the post appointed. In 2006, voters approved a charter amendment that...

PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. — Pierce County Sheriff's Office (PCSO) deputies arrested a man accused of threatening people with a large knife at Spanaway Lake Park on Friday night. Deputies say Pierce County Park employees called 911 around 7:15 p.m. and reported a man was threatening to kill people. Police...

Three mystery whales have been surprising whale watchers from Canada to Olympia. When somebody gets the thrill of seeing an orca in northwest waters, that whale is almost always well known. Scientists have probably given it a number and documented its family tree, perhaps even its DNA. Whale lovers have probably...