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DES MOINES, Wash. — The Des Moines Police Department issued an alert for a missing 14-year-old on Tuesday afternoon. According to Des Moines PD, Abner Rodriguez Herrera was last seen on Oct. 22 at his home before school. He has not returned home since. About a week later on...

The certified gluten-free bakery near Point Defiance has attracted fans from hundreds of miles away for luscious raspberry coffee cake and sourdough boules.

PARKLAND, Wash. — With a saxophone player walking from table to table performing soul standards, Velvet's Big Easy in Parkland is a restaurant that sounds like no other. And that's just the way owner/chef Brenda Miller wants it. "It just make this place come alive," she said. "People are...

RENTON, Wash. — Nearly 50 days into a strike that has crippled the company's operations, the union representing its machinists and Boeing had a "productive face-to-face" meeting Tuesday, according to the International Association of Machinists District 751. The union shared an update on social media late Tuesday night, but...

Pierce County is setting a new standard in the approach to homelessness and medical care with the transformation of the Oasis Inn into a facility that will offer affordable housing and essential respite services. This landmark move comes through a collaboration spearheaded by the Low-Income Housing Institute (LIHI) with substantial financial backing from Pierce County Human Services (PCHS) and the Washington State Department of Commerce. As Pierce County announced, over $10 million was awarded to LIHI by PCHS back in January 2023 for a shelter project which culminated in the purchase of this hotel.

It took a governor’s warrant for extradition to finally get Kenneth Kundert out of Arkansas and on his way to King County to face a first-degree murder charge in a 1980 Kent cold case. Prosecutors charged Kundert, 65, in August for allegedly killing Dorothy “Dottie” Silzel 44 years ago...

“I feel like we were starving as a team,” said Olympia’s Elijah Kim, who rushed for two touchdowns on two drives on Tuesday. “As a team, we wanted it more than they did.”

In the Northwest Premier Junior Football League 14U playoffs, #1 seed Parkland delivered a dominant 42-0 victory over #4 seed Gridiron, securing their spot in the league championship game next Sunday. Parkland’s potent offense and impenetrable defense were on display, as they quickly built a substantial lead and shut down Gridiron’s offensive efforts from the start.

RENTON, Wash. - The FBI is investigating a motive behind the devices that sparked fires on ballot drop boxes in Vancouver and Portland early Monday morning. The Associated Press reported the devices had messages of "Free Gaza" marked on them. As detectives track down a suspect involved in the arson,...

Children from Grandview Early Learning Center and Chief Leschi Schools visited the Tribal Administration on Oct. 25 for a spooky trick-or-treat celebration. Read the rest of the story at the Puyallup Tribe of Indians website. About Puyallup Tribe of Indians. In our Lushootseed language, we are known as the puyaləpabš....

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Olympia Police arrested a man for robbing a business and assaulting a store employee as he fled with a cart full of merchandise. On October 24, Olympia Police officers answered a call about a robbery at a business on the east side of Olympia. According to...

People in the White Center community are mourning the loss of a beloved landlord allegedly murdered by her own tenant. According to court documents obtained by KIRO 7, the victim, Ut Thi Bui, 73, was the property owner who rented a room to the suspect, Sofia Fishchuk, 19, for about a year.

A Pierce County gas station servicer has been ordered to pay more than $360,000 for scamming local gas station owners, the Washington State Attorney General’s Office announced, after a Pierce County court found that he’d violated the Consumer Protection Act. Kevin Wilkerson and his companies, Northwest Environmental Solutions...

The SPSL 4A Football league play-offs were waiting for a 3-way tie for 3rd in the South division to be broken with Bethel, Olympia and Spanaway Lake set to battle and complete the Conference play-off schedule. 2 teams will move on and either qualify or have a shot at the round of 32 football play-offs with 1 team ending up 5th and will finish in a consolation game to end their season.

SEATTLE - Sound Transit has completed the longest bridge in light rail work. In the Federal Way and Kent neighborhoods, Sound Transit could begin testing its system integration by the end of 2024. Trains are expected to travel along the 7.8-mile segment between Federal Way and SeaTac in 2026. However,...

Bethel's Zaydrius Rainey-Sale, the No. 1 senior recruit in Washington, eliminated D'Aryhian Clemons (No. 5 recruit) and his Spanaway Lake squad in a 4A SPSL mini-tiebreaker

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In a commanding Northwest Premier Junior Football League playoff performance, the Benson Bruins surged past Federal Way with a decisive 58-6 victory. Benson’s offense was unstoppable, and their defense delivered big plays to secure their place in the league championship game. Benson struck first on their opening drive as...

“Shock” is the term one lawmaker representing Gig Harbor used to describe her response to the Pierce County Planning & Public Works Department’s recent flip-flop on the future of Purdy, the unincorporated community just outside Gig Harbor’s northern border. Early this year, county planners recommended stripping Purdy...