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Federal Way man involved in multimillion-dollar boosting operation
Millions of dollars were illegally made off of stolen goods sold on eBay in South King County. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, two Western Washington men have been indicted by a federal grand jury on 11 criminal counts related to their alleged conspiracy to traffic in stolen goods.
There Are No Easy Fixes for Declining Statehouse Coverage
Editor's Note: This article appears in Governing's Summer 2024 magazine. You can subscribe here. The destruction of the White House to make room for the expansion of legislative office buildings would certainly make news, if not trigger a constitutional crisis. In the other Washington, not so much. In Olympia, the White House and adjoining Blue House were the nicknames for 1920s-era buildings on the Capitol campus that housed the press corps. They fell into disrepair as the number of reporters registered to cover the Legislature full time fell from 30 in 1987 to only six today. It did not, in fact, make news when they were reduced to parking lots.
Charley Royer, Seattle’s longest serving mayor, dies at 84
Charles “Charley” Royer, who served as Seattle’s mayor from 1978-1990, died Friday morning at his home in Gearhart, Oregon. Royer was born in Oregon, where he studied journalism at the University of Oregon. He worked at KOIN in Portland, and later KING in Seattle, where he worked closely with his brother Bob, who died before him.
Man injured after machete attack in Seattle's Chinatown-International District
SEATTLE - A 35-year-old man is recovering after he was attacked with a machete Thursday night in Seattle's Chinatown-International District. According to police, the man walked into a clinic off East Yesler Way in the Central District after 6:30 p.m. He had multiple cuts when he arrived. Officers responded shortly...
Bellevue Medical Office Building Sells: Future Hotel Planned
Seattle-based Kauri Investments Ltd. has purchased a medical office building and parcel in Bellevue for a future hotel development, according to Cushman & Wakefield, which brokered the sale. Kauri Investments acquired the property from Eye Clinic of Bellevue for $6.75 million, Cushman & Wakefield said in a news release announcing...
Criminals: A Man Was Arrested for Having Drugs in Luggage, Twice in a Week
A Man Was Arrested for Having Drugs in His Luggage Twice in a Week at the Same Airport. People get frustrated with airport security . . . but let's face it, they've got PLENTY of nonsense to be frustrated with too. Last week, a 43-year-old man flew from the Netherlands...
Early am Crash: Semi-Truck Vs. Small Truck and Signal Pole in Yakima
The Yakima Police Department is asking drivers to avoid the area of W Nob Hill Blvd and S 40th Avenue because of a Semi-Truck colliding with a signal small truck and then the signal pole. THE CRASH WAS REPORTED EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. Authorities say the crash happened at about 4:30...
2.1-Acre Cashmere Fire Successfully Thwarted
Crews are relieved after prevailing over a potentially devastating fire in Cashmere on Thursday night. At 9:45 p.m., crews were made aware of an escalating structure fire in the 6000 block of North Dryden Rd. The three-alarm blaze was merciless, engulfing a home before spreading to the adjacent hillside. All...
Coventry woman arrested in connection to restaurant burglary
MANSFIELD — Troopers Tuesday night from Troop C-Tolland were dispatched to a restaurant for a reported active burglary, which led to the arrest of a woman from Coventry. The complainant, who owns the restaurant, had begun to suspect an employee had been stealing cash from the business for about three weeks.
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