Tacoma WA

SKAGIT COUNTY, Wash. - It’s been a year and a half since a mother, her son, and his girlfriend were murdered in Skagit County. They were originally believed to have died in a house fire, but investigators later found the victims shot. Jason Birman is accused of murdering them,...

Blazing Bagels, a longtime staple for carb lovers around the Puget Sound, abruptly closed all of its Seattle-area locations this week, leaving staff and regulars stunned. Employees say they were notified by email that the company was shutting down amid bankruptcy and that they would be paid only for hours already...

Facing ongoing challenges in public safety and housing affordability, Pierce County Executive Ryan Mello joined “The Gee and Ursula Show” to discuss initiatives aimed at strengthening the county’s justice system and expanding access to affordable homes. “Data shows that over the last year, crime — especially violent...

As a developer looks to turn the Liggett Building, an empty historic office building in downtown Seattle, into apartments, KIRO host Gee Scott asks why not?. “It makes way too much sense to take some of these vacant, empty spots and turn them into an opportunity for people to live, and by the way, it shouldn’t be...

A rough weekend in Tacoma left two people fighting for their lives in separate incidents: an assault at a behavioral health hospital on Saturday and an early Sunday shooting several miles away. In both cases, Tacoma police and firefighters rushed in, provided emergency care on scene and moved the gravely injured...

Seattle Center’s leadership is retooling its pitch to City Hall, working to win over the city’s new mayor while pushing a massive funding package to repair aging buildings, modernize public spaces and shore up the arts organizations that call the campus home. Supporters say the goal is to protect the Center’s role as...

Alyssa Jade Vanderbeck, 19, and Mark Anthony Labaco Clamor, 21, were each charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of their infant son

Three years ago, Daniel DePaolo was working as a software engineer on Sports Illustrated’s web team. “The company was a pretty good size, pretty good benefits and pay, and I was like, wow, this is great,” he said. “Maybe I could support a family, maybe have a second kid, and live some sort of ideal American dream.”

An unusual flurry of mid-March snow in the Seattle area caused hundreds of canceled and delayed flights at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Friday. The Federal Aviation Administration said that average delays for flights arriving at Sea-Tac had reached 62 minutes due to the weather. Port of Seattle...

The Tacoma Fire Department’s Technical Rescue Team got there just in time, to prevent a precarious situation. A driver in a vehicle somehow ended up dangling over a 20-foot drop-off. The vehicle broke through a chain-link fence and nearly fell from a concrete embankment onto a parking lot below.