Tacoma WA

SEATTLE — King County charged 892 juveniles with crimes last year, a nearly threefold increase from 2021, prompting prosecutors and schools to launch a coordinated intervention strategy aimed at preventing youth violence before it escalates. The dramatic rise in juvenile cases — from 339 in 2021 to a peak...

A 21-year-old man was arrested last week on suspicion of third-degree assault after he threw a metal cup at an Intercity Transit bus driver and hit her in the forehead, according to Lacey police and Thurston County Superior Court records. About 5 p.m. Sept. 21, police were dispatched to 14th...

Starting Wednesday, the state retail sales tax will expand. This will impact thousands of companies in outstate.

Officers were called to the hospital after the man arrived at the ER with a gunshot wound to his back.

Another legacy retailer has closed in the Tacoma area and left behind a joke for those wondering what’s coming next. As workers Tuesday continued to move out what was left of the Gig Harbor Bartell Drugs in Olympic Village, a sign was posted in the window with a picture of what appeared to be printouts saying,...

On Friday, September 19th, 2025 we had the pleasure of welcoming the Governor of Washington, Bob Ferguson, to Renton High School. It was an amazing opportunity to get more of an understanding of the FASFA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid ) and the WASFA (Washington Application for State Financial Aid). He...

A scheme to steal fuel from a Pierce County gas station allegedly drained more than 10,000 gallons of unpaid diesel by jamming gas pumps so they recorded only a fraction of the fuel being taken. The Sheriff’s Office tied the thefts to two trucking companies, including GSA Trucking, which is based out of a house in...

TACOMA, Wash. — A Tacoma mother is speaking out after her 12-year-old son was found dead earlier this month inside a senior living complex. Castonya Taylor said her son, Preston James Hemingway-Lux, died Sept. 19 in a unit at the Vintage at Tacoma apartments, where they had been staying with a friend.

For years the City of Tacoma’s homeless outreach team reported low levels of interest in services from people living on the streets, with data showing less than half of people contacted being interested in services . This year, the outreach team is reporting record levels of interest among the unhoused people it...

SEATTLE — The King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office says its strategy to make schools safer is getting positive feedback, while acknowledging there’s more work to do because, although overall gun violence is down in King County, there was a boosted number of school-aged shooting victims between 2020 and 2024, the...