Seattle firefighters responded Friday to reports of a building fire on Yale Ave E; the department asked people to avoid the area as crews worked.

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.

A 42‑year‑old was arrested after a vehicle standoff on the 4300 block of McKinley in Tacoma tied to a domestic‑violence call. Authorities say the suspect refused to exit before officers took him into custody.

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 lawmakers are weighing a ban on the commercial sale of 'precise' phone-location data after reporting showed agencies and brokers can map people’s movements. Backers say it will protect vulnerable residents; business groups say it will curb useful services.

Health officials say a traveler with confirmed measles passed through Sea‑Tac on Jan. 22; exposure windows and county outbreak updates are now public. Vaccination remains the top defense.

An officer shot a dog after it attacked a woman at Freeway Park; the dog later died and Seattle police say the case is under investigation.

Hundreds briefly occupied Gerberding Hall at the University of Washington during a national ICE Out action, delivering four demands on ICE cooperation, surveillance and protections.

Pierce County deputies say a 21‑year‑old man was killed in a suspected road‑rage incident on Military Road East in Tacoma. Detectives are processing the scene.

A Tacoma teen pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 10 years after prosecutors say he ordered the Valentine’s Day killing of 18-year-old Kadony Robbins.

Shaq-backed Big Chicken has closed its Tacoma outpost at Westgate North; online listings still show the address while neighbors take notice.

Mild Saturday gives way to rain late tonight. Steadier rain likely Sunday; coastal Small Craft Advisory in effect.

Thurston County received a $489,000 grant for salmon recovery efforts in South Puget Sound, aiming to integrate county programs for better habitat management.