Tacoma WA

4:30 PM: Lots of reports of a dark helicopter circling over east West Seattle. It’s not on radar and we have no correlating reports of ground activity so far, but we’re driving around looking. 4:43 PM: We are in High Point and have eyes on the helicopter but...

The city of Kent is offering a residential recycling event for items not typically accepted at the curb. The free event is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 7 at Hogan Park, 24400 Russell Road. No entries will be allowed after 3 p.m. Instead of going to the...

Ludi’s Restaurant & Lounge has operated as a family-owned institution since 1936, evolving from classic American diner to Filipino-American destination. Owner Tito Greg personally greets nearly every table while walking the dining room, creating connections that transform first-time visitors into regulars. The walls...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Pierce County, WA – Three separate incidents over the weekend led to arrests and an ongoing fatal crash investigation, drawing multiple law enforcement responses across the county. According to the Pierce...

Joice Duane Williams was sentenced to 18 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges connected to a May 2022 shooting outside a nightclub on the 5400 block of South Tacoma Way, which killed 56-year-old Reginald Taylor. Prosecutors said the incident began as a confrontation outside the club that quickly escalated...

TACOMA, Wash. — A 13-year-old accused of plotting a mass shooting in Pierce County was returned to juvenile detention back in November after prosecutors believe he violated the conditions of his release. The teen was ordered to be on electronic home monitoring at the end of September, but that...

One person died after a three-car collision near the Tacoma Narrows Bridge on Wednesday evening. At approximately 3:40 p.m., the crash was reported on SR 302 near SR 16 in Gig Harbor, according to KIRO 7. A section of SR 302 was closed in both directions for several hours near...

A driver narrowly missed being hit by a flying car hood this morning, according to the Washington State Patrol.

A 42-year-old Gig Harbor woman died in a collision at the intersection of Burnham and Purdy drives on Wednesday, Feb. 18, according to the Washington State Patrol. The collision occurred at about 3:30 p.m. and blocked traffic in Purdy for more than four hours. The State Patrol did not identify the deceased driver,...

A man who is suspected of robberies in Auburn, Renton and Burien, starting in December 2025, and as recent as Feb. 14, was arrested at the Muckleshoot Casino. The Auburn Police Department (APD) reported that it arrested a man Feb. 17 at the casino on probable cause for three robberies at Cash America Pawn locations...