UPDATE: Stolen-van-on-side crash at 15th/Henderson
3:37 PM: SFD and SPD are headed for a report of a two-vehicle crash, with one car on its side, at 15th/Henderson. They’re looking for a driver who is reported to have left the scene. Updates to come. (Added: WSB photos by Torin Record-Sand) 3:40 PM: SFD had briefly...
Noisy protest calls out limits on airlifts to Seattle Children’s
Protesters gathered near Seattle Children's hospital on Saturday to call for all pediatric emergency helicopters to be allowed to land directly at the hospital. The protest is the latest ripple in the ongoing saga surrounding the hospital, the Laurelhurst Community Council and the city. The outrage had been sparked abo
SWAT rescues child in West Seattle standoff
A 14-month-old girl is safe with Child Protective Services after a West Seattle SWAT team standoff ended with the arrest of her barricaded father who was experiencing a drug-induced crisis.
Seattle weather: Cloudier skies to celebrate Mother’s Day
SEATTLE - A weak front will arrive during the day on Sunday. Skies will be cloudier with a slight chance of a light, brief shower, mainly north. Amounts will barely be enough to measure. Most places will see dry skies. Mother's Day weather in Washington. While skies will be mainly...
Here’s the latest on Chick-fil-A’s plan for a drive-thru in Gig Harbor
Chick-fil-A appears to be moving forward with its plans for a new drive-thru restaurant in Gig Harbor. The Georgia-based chicken chain’s development representatives last month resubmitted an application for a conditional-use permit at the proposed site, 5115 Olympic Dr. in Gig Harbor. The property, currently a Chevron gas station, is across from Harbor Plaza Shopping Center and its Metropolitan...
Some Washington Afternoons Call For Old-School Fish And Chips Right On The Water
The best seafood spots in Washington have a way of finding you when you need them most-or maybe it’s the other way around, and you’re the one doing the finding after a particularly long week. Either way, there’s something almost magical about stumbling upon a place where the menu hasn’t changed in decades and nobody apologizes for it.
Country band frontman to open used record store on Tacoma’s Antique Row
Get your turntable ready. A new record store is coming to downtown Tacoma. Armchair Boogie Records is expected to open early next month on Antique Row, sharing a space with Savoy Special Vintage at 740 Broadway. It’s fair to say store owner and local musician Matt Kimball knows a thing or two about what he’s selling. In addition to releasing a vinyl-only album...
Wrong-way crash closes all southbound lanes of I-5 in Tacoma
A major crash in the southbound lanes of I-5 in Tacoma has the freeway completely shut down, as troopers investigate the collision. All traffic is being forced to exit S. 72nd St. Troopers expect it to be an extended closure. They are asking drivers to use alternate routes until they...
Employee shot, killed at Seattle business, police hunt for suspects
SEATTLE - Seattle police detectives are investigating a homicide after an employee was found shot to death Saturday morning inside a business just south of the Northgate neighborhood. Police response to Northgate shooting. What we know:. Officers with the Seattle Police Department were called to a business in the 8500...
‘I want to see somebody fired’: Jake calls for accountability over Sound Transit’s $35B...
Sound Transit held a board meeting recently to discuss how the agency is in a $35 billion budget deficit, but had a keen idea for making up the losses: start delaying projects. Some of the delays include the Ballard Link Extension, the South Kirkland to Issaquah Link delayed until 2050,...

















