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Meteor showers light up August nights in the Pacific Northwest

A dark sky full of stars stretches to the horizon, the scent of baked grass and pine fills the air, and dozens of pinpricks of...

The closer we get to 2023, the more intense national politics will be | Roegner

Midway through the 2022 primary season, Democrats are questioning if President Joe Biden can save them from the expected mid-term trouncing and if he can...

King County prosecutor candidates discuss criminal justice issues facing the region

On July 21, the League of Women Voters of Seattle-King County hosted a forum featuring the candidates running for King County prosecuting attorney in the...

South King County mayors issue joint statement on ‘rising tide of crime and violence’

On Aug. 4, the mayors of several South King COunty cities that include Auburn, Black Diamond, Enumclaw, Federal Way, Kent, Pacific, Renton and Tukwila released...

OSPI announces plan to give working students credit towards graduation

According to the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, Nearly 30% of Washington’s students are employed in high school, that is between 45,000 and 55,000...

Marlene Hansen | Obituary

Marlene Hansen of Renton, loved by so many, passed June 6 of this year after a blessedly short battle with cancer. She was 86 with...

Kent mother, 19, charged with killing her 2-year-old son

A 19-year-old Kent woman faces a second-degree murder charge for allegedly striking her 2-year-old son more than once in the abdomen and slamming him down...

Sound Transit installs elevated tracks over S. 320th Street in Federal Way

Federal Way’s downtown landscape is rapidly changing with the recent installation of elevated light rail tracks over South 320th Street. On July 27, Sound Transit...

King County Local Dive: 2 random killings and a drug ring

This episode takes a closer look at charges against a suspect accused of beating a man in a wheelchair to death; a murder charge against...

Washington state’s first Topgolf officially opens in Renton

After five years of planning and months of waiting, the state’s first Topgolf is finally open to the public in Renton. On July 29, Renton...