King County deputies and SWAT executed a warrant on Vashon Island after a months‑long narcotics probe; one person was arrested and booked on distribution counts.

ICE agents arrested a Shoreline father during a morning daycare drop-off, witnesses say, leaving his two-year-old briefly alone in the car before family reunited the child. The man, identified as Ivan Guzman, is now in ICE custody in El Paso.

Washington State received $12.16 million in federal funds to build 14 new EV charging stations, aiming to improve the state's electric vehicle infrastructure along major highways.

A "Justice for Good" rally will gather outside Tacoma's Union Station this Saturday to honor Alex Pretti and Renée Good and to protest ICE.

A public hearing in Olympia was suspended after lawmakers clashed over HB 2641, a proposal that would bar some former ICE officers from state policing jobs.

Mercer Island recovered $370,350.94 of $420,350.94 lost to a contractor-impostor check scam, leaving a $50,000 deductible hit and prompting new vendor controls. Police say a suspect was identified and funds seized from bank accounts.

The City of Tacoma’s Equity in Contracting team is hosting a "Bonding Basics" workshop to aid diverse business owners in understanding bonding and contracting.

Opening statements began in Kent as prosecutors allege Brandon Gerner conspired to kill two people in Maple Valley; court filings also describe a horse killed as a "sacrifice to Odin."

A concept site plan would put about 20 tiny homes and up to 72 RV spaces on the state‑owned Glassyard in southeast West Seattle as city leaders push to expand shelter. The filing is preliminary and would need state and city sign‑offs.

Seattle invests $934,616 in 12 organizations for environmental projects led by communities most affected by climate change and environmental injustice.

Mary Bridge told families federal scrutiny and the threat of losing Medicare and Medicaid forced it to close its pediatric gender clinic; behavioral-health support will remain available.

Trial opened Wednesday in Seattle for a man accused of an anti‑trans assault in the U District that left a woman with broken teeth. Prosecutors say hate‑crime charges are pending.

A man was critically injured in a North Seattle shooting; suspects are at large. Another man was wounded in a separate Pierce County drive-by shooting.