Tacoma WA

The Washington State Department of Transportation announced new toll rules for State Route 167.

SEATTLE — Seattle police said a man was arrested after he forced his way into a high school, attacked a security guard, and pointed a gun at a teenager. The 60-year-old man was walking his two dogs when he approached the school and “forcefully pushed past” the security guard to talk to the principal, who told him to...

Seattle’s once-booming tech industry has reversed course. Mass layoffs are reshaping not just the job market but the city’s economy. Led by Microsoft and Amazon, the industry has cut tens of thousands of jobs, with little indication of a rebound. The tech sector has long been Seattle’s economic...

OLYMPIA — Washington’s minimum wage will increase to $17.13 per hour on Jan. 1, 2026 — a 2.8% bump driven by inflation, the Department of Labor and Industries announced Tuesday. The current $16.66 rate is already the highest in the country, just ahead of California and parts of New York at $16.50. The federal minimum...

TACOMA, Wash. — Prime Video's romantic comedy "Maintenance Required" debuts Wednesday featuring Madelaine Petsch, a graduate of Tacoma's School of the Arts (SOTA), in a role that showcases her range beyond playing mean girl Cheryl Blossom on The CW's "Riverdale." Petsch stars as a car mechanic running an all-female...

Tony Kim Lim, a 46-year-old Korean American man from Tacoma, Washington, has been charged with first- and third-degree malicious mischief for repeatedly painting freeway walls and public infrastructure with graffiti tags. According to KOMO News, the Pierce County Prosecutor’s Office filed the charges on September 30,...

A student athlete at Puyallup High School was taken to the hospital with serious injuries after they were hit by a car during a cross-country team run.

Washington police recruits are using virtual reality headsets in a pilot program at the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission locations in Burien and Arlington, allowing them to experience life-like scenarios such as taser training and crisis intervention without a classroom setting. TAC Officer Jim...

Cassandra Williams, founder of Love by the Slice, has been serving up sweet treats in Tacoma for more than 20 years. The business itself was established in 2002; the proper Hilltop storefront, where the first-generation bakery owner brings passion, grit, and deep community ties to every creation, officially opened in...

Hidden deep in the woods near Gig Harbor is a makeshift cage lined with plywood topped by chain-link fence, where fighters and boxers face off on a square of worn artificial turf. Welcome to The Scrapyard, a backyard fight club that attracts local fighters and millions of fans online. C.