City issues an emergency advisory for north Mercer Island after a sewer blockage; residents told to stop dishwashers, laundry and showers while crews respond.

Olympia budget writers stripped Gov. Bob Ferguson’s $1 billion ferry borrowing request from mid‑cycle transport drafts, prioritizing existing contracts and short‑term fixes.

Washington’s $100M police-hiring program still hasn’t paid out. Officials blame complex eligibility rules and a new 0.1% sales-tax requirement that many cities are weighing.

A longtime Edmonds paraeducator has been charged after parents found hundreds of explicit messages; prosecutors say the abuse of a deaf student stretched nearly five years and bail was set at $750,000.

A Pierce County deputy fired after a mass stabbing in the Purdy area of Key Peninsula left five people dead; investigators with the Force Investigation Team are on scene.

A woman was critically injured after early-morning gunfire in Tacoma’s South End; police recovered 57 shell casings near Fern Hill Park as investigators processed the scene.

A single-vehicle crash on eastbound I‑90 near milepost 27 sent one person to Harborview with life‑threatening injuries and closed lanes during the evening commute.

Seattle police say a man was arrested after a liquor-store shooting; details remain preliminary while detectives investigate.

Seattle officials say ALPR scans in the Real‑Time Crime Center are for criminal investigations only and federal agencies would generally need subpoenas for immigration queries.

Tacoma roaster Outer Dark plans a downtown production roastery in the Rhodes Center and is teasing a second cafe; no opening date has been announced.

WSDOT’s study team picked Alternative 2 for the I‑90 ramps at Rainier Ave S, closing one ramp and reallocating lanes to give buses and protected bike/ped space near Judkins Park station.

A harbor seal shot near Quilcene was taken to SR3 in Des Moines after X-rays found a projectile near her skull; rescuers warn the injury may be fatal and call the attack cruel.

Two men were charged this week in the October killing outside the Chipotle on Broadway; prosecutors describe evidence that investigators say points to an ambush.