WA man charged with drug trafficking, illegal guns

A 33-year-old Auburn man faces federal charges of drug distribution and illegal firearm possession, and has been connected to a string of burglaries in Renton.

Search underway for missing WA couple, 2-year-old girl

Investigators from multiple agencies are searching for a missing woman, man and his 2-year-old girl who were all last seen in late May.

Search underway for missing couple, 2-year-old girl
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A couple and a 2-year-old girl have been reported missing and police are asking the public to be on the lookout.

Man killed in Maple Valley shooting; suspect on the loose

Police are investigating after a man was shot and killed outside of a Maple Valley apartment Tuesday night. 

Deadly shooting in Maple Valley under investigation
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Police are investigating after a man was shot and killed outside of an apartment complex in Maple Valley early Wednesday morning.

Parents worried Seattle's Dual Language Immersion schools could be on 'chopping block'

Seattle Public Schools hosted a virtual meeting on Tuesday to discuss a plan to close 20 elementary schools within the district. The move would help make up a budget deficit of more than $100 million that the district says it's facing. 

SPS holds forums for possible school closures
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Seattle Public Schools hosted a virtual meeting on Tuesday to discuss a plan to close 20 elementary schools within the district. The move would help make up a budget deficit of more than $100 million that the district says it's facing.

Hours after deadly blaze, Seattle votes to crack down on vacant buildings

Hours after flames tore through a vacant building in North Seattle and left one person dead, the City Council unanimously passed an ordinance aimed at preventing empty buildings from becoming death traps.

Deadline reached for Kent asylum seekers, no police action

More than 60 tents remain standing next to the Econo Lodge in Kent, a vacant hotel last used in 2020 as King County's COVID-19 quarantine facility, and which asylum seekers are begging the county to reopen for temporary housing.

Amanda Knox to defend herself in Italian court against 2007 slander charge

The slander charge was largely based on two statements typed by police that Knox signed during the early hours of Nov. 6, 2007, under extended questioning in Italian from police without a lawyer or a competent translator.