Pierce County removed Gary Gant as Human Services director after internal memos flagged incomplete briefings and oversight lapses. Interim leadership is overseeing key homelessness and housing programs while the county recruits a permanent director.

A late‑night attack on SDOT workers at the Alaskan Way South bike trail left a Seattle officer injured and a suspect jailed. The investigation is ongoing.

An Auburn man who pleaded guilty to a federal hate‑crime for a 2024 Kent bus attack is due in federal court Tuesday for sentencing.

Gabe Newell’s Inkfish has contracted Norwegian yard Vard for a €700M (≈$814M), 162‑meter research ship built for ultra‑deep seafloor mapping and submersible operations.

A Puyallup restaurant scored 55 red points in a late‑May Tacoma‑Pierce County inspection. Inspectors flagged temperature and storage problems; other local eateries were also noted.

Sunny and warm Tuesday with highs near 83F; Small Craft Advisory early Wednesday and showers with possible thunderstorms likely Saturday.

Nearly two years after walking away from Jean Conservation Camp, Joan Wenger was arrested May 31 in Seattle and is back in custody, state officials say.

Philips has listed a 57-acre Bothell campus for sale, marketing it as a major industrial redevelopment opportunity. The site includes multiple R&D buildings and an in-place tenant mix.

Realtors and homeowners at Tehaleh say HOA workers removed open‑house signs during a Brookfield model‑home weekend, costing agents hundreds and prompting threats to call the sheriff.

The long-vacant Gault Middle School site in East Tacoma has been transformed into the Visa Street Soccer Park, featuring two turf fields, adaptive blind-soccer features and community programming.

A solo Canadian sailor on a disabled 29‑foot boat was rescued 489 miles off the Oregon coast after his mast came down and he suffered a shoulder injury. A cruise ship diverted to bring him to care in Vancouver.

A 21-year-old man suffered non-life-threatening stab wounds in Seattle’s University District Monday; police arrested a 40-year-old suspect.

A bat that flew into a rural Snohomish County home tested positive for rabies; three residents are receiving post-exposure treatment.