Rain becomes likely Monday with highs in the low 40s. Mountain snow and a Small Craft Advisory for the outer coast are possible; plan ahead.

Ecology fined Seattle Barrel Company $150,000 after inspectors found failures to identify, store and track dangerous waste at its Seattle drum‑refurbishing facility.

A judge in Seattle attached a 6‑year‑old Venezuelan girl's immigration case to her mother's after community organizers rallied and secured legal help. Advocates say she had once been summoned alone to court.

Mortenson will buy Kent’s city‑owned Naden parcel and develop a 9.3‑acre build‑to‑suit manufacturing campus after the city council approved the sale. The project aims to recruit power‑intensive, job‑heavy manufacturers to downtown Kent.

Bellevue's council narrowly approved six‑month interim controls that require façade preservation on Main Street while the city rethinks long‑term rules for Old Bellevue.

Seattle has reached a settlement with the family of Jaahnavi Kandula after the 2023 crosswalk collision that killed the 23‑year‑old. Local reports say the deal may total at least $29 million.

A 20-year-old man was charged after a Feb. 5 drive-by near 100th Street SW and South Tacoma Way left a local rapper with a grazing head wound. Surveillance footage and charging papers are central to the probe.

Washington filers—especially those hit by December storms—can reduce or remove IRS penalties. File or extend, pay what you can, and document damage or illness for relief.

Seattle’s City Council voted unanimously to begin transferring proceeds from the voter‑approved social housing tax to the Seattle Social Housing Developer, unlocking the first major public funding for the program.

A King County audit found the sheriff’s 911 communications center lacks clear procedures to route behavioral‑health calls to non‑police responders; officials have agreed to adopt reforms. The report also flagged staffing and scheduling shortfalls that the county plans to address.

Community Transit is buying the Evergreen Goodwill outlet in south Everett for about $25M. The outlet will stay open under a lease while the agency plans to use the site.

Homeland Security investigators intercepted a planned swap and seized roughly 20 pounds of cocaine; four people were federally charged in the case.

A jury found Jesse Puff guilty of murder, arson and assault in the 2020 Hillside Motel blaze that killed two people. The ATF and Seattle Police assisted the investigation.