As the weather cools off, so does the housing market in Western Washington. Windermere Chief Economist Jeff Tucker told the “Seattle’s Morning News” on KIRO Newsradio Tuesday the housing market is following a typical pattern. “This is a pretty predictable outcome, every year after we get past...

While representatives from Boeing and its machinists’ union met for a second day of renewed bargaining through a federal mediator, whistleblowers and a 737 pilot joined striking union members on picket lines Tuesday in Everett. Dennis Tajer, a spokesperson for the union representing American Airlines pilots, put pressure on...

Pierce County Sheriff’s Department (PCSD) deputies said a good Samaritan hoping to see the northern lights ended up shot by the people he was offering to help. It happened Monday night just after 10 p.m. on Highway 410 near the town of Greenwater. The man pulled off the highway and saw a car on the side of the road. He stopped to see if they needed any help.

A Seattle-area cat rescue is in need of critical funding. Seattle Area Feline Rescue (SAFe Rescue) is launching an emergency fundraiser to close a budget gap of more than $100,000, according to a news release from the nonprofit on Tuesday. “Without immediate community support, the nonprofit may be forced to...

Is King County the worst region for retail theft in the entire nation? It is, according to Erik Nordstrom, the CEO of the American luxury department store chain Nordstrom. During a summit on retail crime, Nordstrom, based in Seattle, claimed the stores located in King County are responsible for approximately 10% of its companywide losses due to theft, despite being just 3% of the luxury department store retailer’s entire global footprint, according to The Puget Sound Business Journal.

James Ray Wilson, a 62-year-old man from University Place, has been sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty to brutally abusing his girlfriend. According to court documents obtained by the The Tacoma News Tribune, Wilson was convicted of second-degree domestic violence assault and two counts of felony harassment with threats to kill. In his guilty plea, Wilson admitted to assaulting the woman with a torch lighter.

Explosively intensifying Hurricane Milton is the latest freaky system to come out of what veteran hurricane scientists call the weirdest storm season of their lives. Before this Atlantic hurricane season started, forecasters said everything lined up to be a monster busy year, and it began that way when Beryl was the earliest storm to reach Category 5 on record. Then, nothing. From Aug. 20 — the traditional start of peak hurricane season — to Sept. 23 it was record quiet, said Colorado State University hurricane researcher Phil Klotzbach.

Tacoma police are trying to determine what led to a shooting at a Tacoma convenience store early Monday morning. According to police, the shooting happened around 7:30 a.m. in the parking lot of a convenience store at the corner of Center Street and South Tyler Street. WSP: Dead body found...

A gaze of raccoons swarmed the yard of a Poulsbo home. The Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO) reported, via a Facebook post Monday, a woman who had been feeding the animals for decades woke up to an invasion. ‘Vaccination is critical:’ Contagious, deadly rabbit disease rises again in Washington...

Flaming Lips member Steven Drozd’s teenage daughter has been found after she went missing when the band performed in Seattle. The Seattle Police Department (SPD) confirmed via X she “has been found and is safe.”. “Thanks for everyone’s help getting her back to her family,” wrote SPD....

Two people were indicted for fraud after they created and maintained a scheme that targeted seriously ill veterans. Darryl Lamont Young, 46, is a former Washington State Department of Corrections inmate and was already in custody at King County Jail for unrelated charges. His accomplice, Aqeelah Ngiesha Williams, 27, was arrested Friday morning and subsequently pleaded “not guilty” in federal court.

A highly contagious and deadly rabbit disease has been confirmed in Washington. According to a news release from the Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) Friday, the state veterinarian’s office confirmed Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus type 2 (RHDV2), was found in rabbits on Lopez and Orcas Islands. The rabbits...

BELLEAIR BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Milton rapidly strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday to become a Category 5 hurricane on a path toward Florida, threatening a dangerous storm surge in Tampa Bay, leading to evacuation orders and lending more urgency to the cleanup from Hurricane Helene, which swamped the same stretch of coastline less than two weeks ago.

Mt. Rainier is shorter than we all thought … 10 feet shorter. New GPS measurements measure the new peak, a rocky patch along the Southwest rim, at 14,399.6 feet. Rainier’s old ice cap peak, known as Columbia Crest, which stood 14,410 feet tall, has melted. Eric Gilbertson, a...

A fire at an apartment building in Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood is under investigation after at least 40 people were displaced Saturday afternoon. Approximately 22 units were damaged from the fire, but no injuries have been reported. More news from the weekend: Thurston County Sheriff injured in crash in...

Whale researchers on Saturday spotted orcas that are part of the endangered Southern Resident pod. They’re back in Puget Sound, for the first time since April. Observers say the whales are members of the “J Pod.”. It’s the first sighting of the autumn season. It’s also the first...

A 29-year-old Tacoma woman, who was arrested and held without bail for allegedly driving under the influence when she broadsided Thurston County Sheriff Derek Sanders’ patrol car, will have to wait to learn her fate. Monday afternoon in Thurston County District Court, prosecutors dismissed charges of DUI and hit-and-run,...

Construction crews in Fife are installing some nearly record-breaking concrete girders over the freeway this weekend. According to the Washington Department of Transportation, the girders being placed to support the new SR 167 bridge over I-5 are the second-longest, precast concrete girders in the world. Work crews installed three of...

A power outage in Seattle’s Central District that impacted more than 10,000 customers is now nearly fixed, Seattle City Light (SCL) reported Friday. “Power has been restored to nearly all customers affected by this outage,” City Light wrote on X. “City Light crews will continue working until everyone’s power has been restored. Thanks for your patience!”

Starting January 1, 2025, all businesses in Seattle, regardless of size, will be required to pay employees a minimum wage of $20.76 per hour. This new rate, announced on Thursday, marks an increase from the current 2024 wage of $19.97 per hour for large employers and small employers who do not contribute at least $2.72 per hour towards employee medical benefits or where employees do not earn at least $2.72 per hour in tips. Small employers who meet these criteria currently pay $17.25 per hour.