Low clouds this morning clear to partly sunny with highs near 73°F. A warm‑up arrives Monday and Tuesday.

A two-day NLRB election at Seattle's Fred Hutch ended in a tie, leaving clinicians and management to navigate the next steps as organizers prepare challenges.

DEA Seattle amplified a federal warning that counterfeit prescription pills sold on social media can be lethal amid rising fentanyl deaths. Local officials and national data back the alert.

The Blue Angels headline Seafair Weekend on Lake Washington July 31–Aug 2. Here’s the schedule, ticket info and top viewing tips.

Level 3 “Leave Now” orders were issued in Okanogan County after the B AND O wildland fire advanced toward rural roads and homes; shelters and animal care were arranged in Omak.

Seattle Fire crews responded to a rooftop blaze at a Greenwood townhome Friday; the department urged people to avoid the 12000 block while crews worked.

A Salish Sea humpback nicknamed Pop Tart was freed from fishing gear after a coordinated U.S.–Canada response, officials and whale‑watch crews say.

A Kent HealthPoint security guard injured in a January clinic altercation later died in May; the King County medical examiner now classifies the death as a homicide.

Bodycam video posted by the King County Sheriff's Office shows deputies breaking down a door and carrying three young girls out; the children's father was arrested.

Two coyotes were photographed in West Seattle neighborhoods within an hour Thursday morning. Wildlife officials urge humane hazing and securing pets and garbage.

A multi‑agency standoff in East Bremerton ended with the arrest of a man accused of attacking a woman near the Wheaton Way transit hub.

A Seattle watchdog alleges Let’s Go Washington failed to disclose more than 150 promotional appearances by podcaster Brandi Kruse, possibly worth up to $1.25 million. The PDC is reviewing the complaint ahead of a mid‑September deadline.

A barricaded-person standoff at the Lowell in First Hill ended when a man with outstanding warrants fell nine stories and died while being taken to Harborview.