Homeowners report surprise extra trash fees on SPU bills and say the utility should show proof before billing. The city says charges are valid and is updating its process.

A rooftop blaze sent smoke over Tacoma's theater district on Tuesday as firefighters battled flames at the Temple Theatre.

A Bellevue self-storage building at 12399 Northup Way sold for roughly $50.7M, a transaction industry trackers call Washington’s largest self-storage sale on record. The buyer was Premier Storage Investors.

A large fire near the train tracks shut down Snohomish’s Airport Way Tuesday morning, injuring one person and scorching part of the rail trestle. Crews knocked down the blaze and traffic was rerouted.

SoFi signed a roughly 33,000-square-foot lease at West8 in Seattle’s Denny Triangle, expanding its downtown presence as landlords retool former Amazon-era towers.

WSDOT says crews finished slope-scaling above Diablo Lake and are now drilling 20–60 ft dowels to stabilize the hillside. SR 20 remains closed between mileposts 130–156 and recreation in the zone is banned.

Some Deming residents say county evacuation texts never arrived as the Nooksack River washed homes away in December 2025. An investigation found a planned alert system never went live.

Baird is relocating its Seattle office to Two Union Square on May 18, shrinking its downtown footprint as employers pare back space and refocus on client-facing work.

Video shows a heavy police response at Bellevue's Overlake plaza Sunday night; details remain limited. Local posts describe officers staging in the shopping‑center lot.

A 16-year-old exchange student was grabbed while walking home from tennis in the Browns Point area; neighbors shared doorbell footage and police are investigating.

Police searched Highland Park early Monday after an armed robbery at the 7‑Eleven on 16th SW and SW Holden; a K‑9 team joined the hunt and no injuries were reported.

A suspected DUI driver was arrested after a wrong‑way crash on I‑5 near Tacoma that left three people with serious injuries and shut lanes during an ongoing probe.

A teen was critically injured in a drive-by shooting in Seattle; investigators are asking witnesses to come forward. Authorities say details are preliminary.