A routine speed check on S. Boone Street ended with a rifle, a 9mm handgun in a vest compartment and about 72 grams of cocaine recovered from the vehicle.

A 41-year-old Surrey woman allegedly flashed a middle finger and ran before hiding in a trailer near the Gorge Amphitheatre.

A car-motorcycle collision closed all southbound lanes at SR 18, forcing drivers onto 15th Street NW shortly before 1 p.m. Monday.

A gravel lot off North 50th Street is packed with RVs again, right on the youth cross-country course near Green Lake.

South 272nd Street at the I-5 overpass is shut down as Kent police investigate a deadly drive-by shooting.

A woman died after a four-car pileup at South Cedar and Center streets in Tacoma; police say charges will be filed.

A 45-year-old paddler clung to his capsized kayak in 54-degree water near Sucia Island until Coast Guard crews hauled him out.

A satellite SOS on the Pacific Crest Trail brought help hours before anyone else would have known he was stranded.

A capsized sailboat left one person in the water 300 yards from shore near Shilshole Bay Marina, but a nearby boater pulled both people out unharmed.

Firefighters rushed to the 1400 block of E Marion Street near Seattle University, urging residents to steer clear as crews worked the scene.

A federal appeals court sided with the airlines, ruling aircraft emissions standards are set by the federal government, though states may adopt identical standards.

K-9 units joined officers scouring Haller Middle School grounds Thursday after a report a student may have had a gun.

Two people are in custody, and investigators found a dozen firearms, five cars, cash and drugs at a Yakima scene.