Tacoma WA

Updated : Around 10 a.m. Monday Ruston Fire Chief Bruce Allen told The News Tribune that one person was displaced by a residential fire in the 5100 block of North Highland Street. No injuries were reported. The street still smelled of smoke Monday morning as volunteer firefighters washed their gear after putting out a

The Point Defiance Rose Garden in Tacoma, Washington is the kind of place that makes you question whether you’ve accidentally stumbled into an alternate dimension where everything is more beautiful than it has any right to be. Spoiler alert: you haven’t left reality, reality is just showing off.

Voting for the Kent Reporter’s Athlete of the Year for the 2025-2026 school year is now open. Winners will be announced 6 p.m. June 3 at the Kent-Meridian East Wing Auditorium during the Athlete of the Year ceremony. Voting will close at 11:45 p.m. May 29. Click here to vote now.

Rep. Tarra Simmons, D-Bremerton, is facing allegations of violating state ethics laws by using her influence as a lawmaker and campaign funds to assist nonprofit organizations, leading to a rare public hearing before the Legislative Ethics Board in June. For more than a year, Rep. Tarra Simmons has been dogged...

The Seattle area's air quality is generally better than in many parts of the U.S. — but the region still experiences unhealthy levels of soot and smog pollution, according to the American Lung Association (ALA). Why it matters: Exposure to smog and fine-particle pollution can harm lung function and...

A Seattle Democratic councilmember who once welcomed socialist Mayor Katie Wilson now admits he is "gravely concerned" about the city's business exodus.

A former Eastside real estate broker was sentenced to 55 months in prison on Friday for a scheme that stole more than $2 million from 22 victims, most of whom were Seattle residents. Tamara King, also known as Tamara Waln, who now lives in Ohio but previously lived in Bellevue...

Pierce County deputies are looking for a shooter who left a man with serious injuries in Spanaway. He survived, thanks in part to the quick actions of a bystander.

May 18, 1980 – 46 years ago. It was mild, sunny Sunday morning. People were walking their dogs, some enjoying their morning coffee, and others still rising from their weekend slumber. I was a young forecaster with the National Weather Service Seattle (NWS) Forecast Office working the aviation forecast...

PUYALLUP, Wash. — Police in Puyallup are asking for the public’s help locating a missing and endangered 16-year-old who was last seen Saturday evening. According to the Puyallup Police Department, Orion Castro was last seen May 16, 2026, near Bradley Lake Park. Investigators said he was believed to be walking home but