Bumpy's in downtown Puyallup will close March 17–18, citing DUI prevention and staff upgrades, then reopen March 19.

Two new lab towers and major tenant deals helped Seattle add more than 500,000 sq ft of research space in 2025, keeping the city competitive despite a national slowdown.

Fire crews fought two residential blazes on Friday as a windstorm kept emergency units busy across South King County. One person was seriously injured and both fires are under investigation.

Washington Attorney General Nick Brown joined a 13‑state suit accusing OneMain of sneaking costly add‑ons into loans and hiding fees in pages of fine print.

Trammell Crow bought a three-parcel site in downtown Bellevue and is proposing a roughly 350-unit mid-rise that would replace the John L. Scott office. The move accelerates redevelopment in a transit-focused stretch of the city.

Owners are set to vote on whether to pursue NBA expansion in Seattle and Las Vegas, a move that could start a multibillion‑dollar bidding process and reshape conferences.

Pierce County posted a remembrance for Deputy Dom Calata on March 16, 2026. He was killed in a 2022 SWAT operation and is remembered as a deputy and organ donor.

Tanishq has opened showrooms in Cumming, GA and Redmond, WA, bringing thousands of gold and diamond designs to local shoppers as part of a broader U.S. rollout.

Early-morning burglaries hit Magnolia Village shops; Vixen Collection reports more than $6,000 in stolen jewelry and police are reviewing surveillance.

A raw video shows a woman and children pulled from a Shelton lake; state officials and safety groups urge life jackets and close supervision.

A man was shot Sunday near the Greenbridge Library in White Center; deputies say there is no ongoing public threat and the victim was taken to Harborview Medical Center.

Pierce County Executive Ryan Mello proposed a six‑month pause on new or expanded detention facilities in unincorporated Pierce County while planners rewrite siting and zoning rules. Council hearings and a vote are set this month.

A Tacoma baby with a complex heart defect went home after surgeons at Seattle Children’s repaired his heart without donated blood. The case highlights the hospital’s leading blood‑conservation program.