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A kitten in Gig Harbor had to be rescued from underneath a vehicle’s rear suspension on Tuesday. After the kitten ran into traffic, it located a “safe hiding spot” under a nearby car, and luckily, other drivers witnessed what had happened, Gig Harbor Fire and Medic One stated.

If you purchase a product through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. The 2026 Washington Interscholastic Activities Association track and field state championships are set for this week in Tacoma and Yakima. Athletes and teams across the six WIAA track and field classifications will meet and compete for s

Update: Chief Matt Black, spokesperson for Central Pierce Fire & Rescue, told The News Tribune one person died in the crash and one person has been transported to Tacoma General Hospital with serious injuries. The woman who died was born in 1950, Black said, meaning she was 75 or 76 years old. The person who was transp

SEATTLE - The Sound Transit Board of Directors is scheduled to vote Thursday afternoon on proposed changes to its multi-billion-dollar ST3 expansion plan, which could reshape future light rail extensions across the region. The vote comes as the agency navigates a massive $34.5 billion financial shortfall, raising quest

RENTON, Wash. — A man has been charged and arrested in connection with a fatal 2023 crash involving a school bus in Renton. Robert Anthony Trevino, 22, was charged April 30 with vehicular homicide and vehicular assault. Trevino was initially arrested at the time of the crash on suspicion...

Four adults and three children have been displaced after a house fire in Tacoma on Wednesday evening. According to an X post from Tacoma Fire, the fire happened in the 3200 block of 54th Avenue Northeast at about 7:41 p.m. When crews arrived on scene, they saw smoke and flames, the post said, and the fire had spread in

A 67-year-old Kent man was killed in a head-on collision Wednesday afternoon, May 27 along State Route 18 just west of Tiger Mountain Summit in Snoqualmie. The Kent man was driving a sedan at about 12:14 p.m. eastbound, just east of Issaquah Hobart Road in lane one of two, according to the Washington State Patrol. A Pe

Hundreds of nurses at Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup are picketing outside the facility Wednesday over their concerns about management’s contract proposals related to staffing. About 1,039 nurses who are represented by the Washington State Nurses Association planned to picket from 7 to 9 a.m. and 3 to 5:30 p.m. wi

The ramp onto Highway 3 from Navy Yard Highway in Bremerton was closed for a time late Wednesday morning due to a motorcycle crash. Just after 10:30 a.m., Washington State Patrol Trooper Katherine Weatherwax said the ramp from Highway 304, also known as Navy Yard Highway or Charleston Boulevard, was fully blocked afte

SEATTLE — Tobi Ness had tried everything. Weight Watchers. Calorie counting. Every diet that promised results. Nothing worked for the Tacoma woman, who spent her days as a general manager at a Pierce County Denny's — surrounded by food from the moment she clocked in. "I would see...