Tacoma WA

A 42-year-old Seattle woman was arrested in Centralia Thursday, July 3, and charged Monday in Lewis County Superior Court with unlawful possession of payment instrument, forgery, first-degree

SEATTLE — A man with a decades-long criminal history is now being held on suspicion of first-degree murder for the death of a woman whose body was found in a north Seattle apartment last month. Investigators allege Willie James McCoo, Jr., 55, of Seattle, killed his girlfriend, 31-year-old Kiara...

A motorcyclist died in a collision with a car Sunday evening in Tacoma, according to the Fire Department. The wreck was reported shortly after 6 p.m. at the intersection of South 56th Street and Cheyenne Loop Road South in South Tacoma, Fire Department spokesperson Chelsea Shepherd said. The cause of the collision is...

A birthday party at a Sedro-Woolley community center tragically ended in a fatal shooting, leaving one person dead and five injured just after 11:15 p.m. Saturday. Neighbors reported hearing multiple gunshots, followed by a swift police and EMT response to the scene. One suspect has been arrested, and two firearms...

The sale of a Broadway office building in Tacoma closed recently for $2.7 million. Lee & Associates, a national commercial real estate service, facilitated the transaction. The building purchased is located at 1142 Broadway and is classified as an office and retail space. Located within walking distance of the...

One person died in a fire early on the morning of Friday, July 4, at a home off 144th Street Court NW near Wauna, on the west side of Burley Lagoon, according to Key Peninsula Fire Department. The fire was reported at 2:17 a.m. Investigators have not announced the cause...

After 13 years of running Kalispell’s daily operations, City Manager Doug Russell is moving on to a “new opportunity” to serve as the city manager for Lakewood, Wash. “I have nothing but appreciation and a feeling of being honored for getting to serve Kalispell over the past 13 years,” Russell said. “Just different...

Auburn police say an 18-year-old woman was seriously injured during a hit-and-run on the 4th of July that happened during a street takeover at the intersection of Lake Tapps Parkway Southeast and Lakeland Hills Way Southeast.

A local independent Tacoma movie theater institution now owns its home. On Monday, Kaarin Austin, chair of the board of directors for The Grand Cinema, announced Grand Cinema Holdings’ acquisition of The Merlino Art Center, which encompasses 604 Fawcett to 508 Sixth Ave. The site also is home to Tacoma City Ballet...

Hundreds of earthquakes have been detected at Mount Rainier so far Tuesday morning in the largest such swarm at the active stratovolcano since 2009, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The swarm began shortly before 1:30 a.m. near Mount Rainier’s summit, with the largest earthquake being a 1.7 magnitude, the...