Pierce County

All lanes of Interstate 5 North to Interstate 705 in Tacoma are back open after crews repaired the roadway overnight.

Police officers responding to a vehicle theft in Fife Friday morning shot and killed a suspect after a short chase, authorities said. 

UPDATE: Pierce County Prosecutors have charged Levi Wilms, 32, with Theft of a Motor Vehicle after detectives on the Puget Sound Auto Theft Task Force say he stole an Amazon delivery van on June 23rd in Tacoma.  

Going into this weekend’s scorching temperatures, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has placed some counties under a burn ban.

The Washington State Fair, returning for the first time since the pandemic broke out, announced its lineup of summer shows.

Pierce County deputies are investigating a shooting in Purdy that sent one person to the hospital on Monday.

Many families in the South Sound headed directly for Lake Tapps to cool off on Monday. The location is popular for its views, and even more for its cooling waters as temperatures rise.

UPDATE: Bonney Lake PD detectives and the Puget Sound Auto Theft Task Force located the stolen 1966 Mustang Saturday in a shed behind an abandoned home outside Bonney Lake in Pierce County.  

A man has died after rescue crews recovered his body from Lake Tapps Friday evening.

Guests who pay a visit to the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium will be greeted by a new feline addition. 

The pandemic has caused huge increases in construction material costs and it is slowing down how quickly families can get into affordable housing.

A mom driving with her 3-year-old daughter in the car shares the terrifying moments when she helped a man escape his burning home in Puyallup.

A Black newspaper carrier who Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer accused of threatening his life - then retracting that statement - is seeking at least $5 million in damages.

Two people were transported to a hospital with life-threatening injuries from a Puyallup house fire Tuesday.

A portion of Marine View Drive in Tacoma will be closed for much of Tuesday morning while crews clean up a crash scene that destroyed a utility pole and caused a fire. 

A Lakewood man who's reportedly been living in his truck for the past two years is accused of shooting a suspected catalytic converter thief, then dragging him with his truck before leaving him in a field to die. 

Independence day is right around the corner and those in the fireworks business are already having a hard time keeping up with the demand for the celebration.