Tacoma WA

The victim in a Tacoma stabbing last week has been identified. According to the Pierce County Medical Examiner Office’s public portal , the man is 53-year-old Martoni Elviran Newton. The portal says he lived in Lakewood at the time of his death. The office listed his cause of death as a stab wound to his right thigh. I

Kent-based Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded during a test Thursday night, May 28 at its Cape Canaveral launch pad in Florida. “We experienced an anomaly during today’s hotfire test,” according to a Blue Origin May 28 post on X. “All personnel have been accounted for. We will provide updates as we learn more.”

In Kent, a suspected mail thief is behind bars after a detective caught him red-handed stealing from neighborhood mailboxes. The arrest happened at approximately 8 a.m. last Saturday after the detective spotted a 24-year-old man opening mailbox after mailbox along a street. When confronted by the detective, the suspect

Scott West has been named the new chief information officer in Pierce County in the state of Washington. West has been serving as CIO with the Washington Department of Ecology since July 2022. His final day with the state agency will be May 31, according to Andrew Wineke, deputy communications director for the Departme

A 54-year-old driver was arrested late Wednesday night after veering off the road and hitting a metal bollard, causing his car to roll over near the Riverbend Golf Complex in Kent. Two men who were trapped inside the vehicle had to be rescued by Puget Sound Fire personnel following the...

Bloodworks Northwest has opened its newest donation center in Tacoma. Located at 2207 N. Pearl St., Suite 100, the site is Bloodworks' 15th overall and is its second donation center in Pierce County. The other one is in Puyallup. The center will be open five days a week and is...

PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. — The suspect vehicle, believed to be involved in the killing of a Parkland teenager over the weekend during a drive-by robbery, has been found, according to investigators. The suspect car was located abandoned in the Federal Way area, Pierce County Sheriff’s Office confirmed on Thursday....

SEATTLE — A 24-year-old man was arrested Saturday after a Pierce County Sheriff’s Office detective allegedly caught him stealing mail from multiple mailboxes, deputies said. The incident occurred around 8 a.m. when the suspect was seen taking mail from a mailbox while a detective happened to be in...

RENTON, Wash. — The man accused of driving under the influence of drugs and killing a woman in a high-speed crash in Renton in 2023 has now been charged with vehicular homicide after more than two years of delays in toxicology testing. Robert Anthony Trevino, 22, was booked into...

A map is posted at the entrance. Not for decoration. Because inside this Washington bookstore, getting lost is genuinely possible and completely worth it. Over half a million used books. Sixteen thousand square feet. Floor to ceiling shelves stretching in every direction. Visitors plan for an hour and resurface most...