Tukwila News

Kent city officials plan to lobby the state Legislature next year to help pay for Green River levee repairs as well as a design to rebuild the Highway 167 interchange at Willis Street.

King County Elections certified results Nov. 24 from the county's first all-mail General Election, completely accounting for all ballots received and processed at their temporary offices in Tukwila.

An address of a former King County sheriff's deputy accused of assaulting a teenage girl in a holding cell was found in the apartment of the man charged in the Oct.

Jamie Checkos is a survivor. Her father says he raised some tough kids, and that saved the 28-year-old's life.

The arraignment of the man charged with killing Seattle police Officer Timothy Brenton on Halloween has been postponed until he is released from a hospital.

Two employees of an Auburn-based transportation, storage and mail delivery manufacturer and supplier have filed unfair labor practice charges against local Teamster union officials, alleging that the officials threatened them with imminent termination.

The Department of Transportation reported that a fatal accident blocked the four right lanes on southbound Interstate 5 at Highway 518 near Tukwila Wednesday morning.

A fatal accident blocked multiple lanes on southbound Interstate 5 just north of Highway 518 near Tukwila causing traffic back-ups Wednesday morning.

Rookie Seattle police officer Britt Sweeney admits she is anxious about returning to duty after watching the fatal shooting of her partner, Timothy Brenton, three weeks ago.

KENT, Wash. A man was killed in an industrial accident at a Boeing plant Wednesday afternoon.

A 43-year-old Seattle man was killed early Wednesday in a crash on Interstate 5. Washington State Patrol Trooper Dan McDonald said the man was in a Jeep on an exit ramp near Southcenter when he collided with a taxi.

A Newcastle laser eye surgeon has been charged with solicitation to commit murder on allegations that he attempted to hire a hit man to kill two colleagues.

Tukwila Mayor Jim Haggerton and Southwest King County Chamber Executive Director Nancy Hinthorne are urging residents to be aware that some unfair business practices have been reported relating to flood preparations.

DNA and ballistics tests link a suspect shot by detectives last week to the Halloween slaying of a Seattle police officer as well as an attempted hit on law enforcement nine days earlier, investigators said Monday.

Tukwila may be the last Green River Valley city that floodwater gets to this winter, but that doesna t mean they are taking any chances, as the rising levee wall along the Green River indicates.

Moments before accused cop killer Christopher Monfort was shot by police, he aimed his gun at the head of one of the officers.

King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg called a 10 a.m. news conference Thursday to announce charges in the killing of a Seattle police officer.

A 16 year old Tukwila teen accused of robbing another teen at gunpoint has been charged as an adult.

Boeinga s Kent plant was partially evacuated today at about 7:30 a.m. when a battery test resulted in a small explosion and fire in one of the companya s labs.

This afternoon, Seattle Police released a slew of additional information about Christopher Monfort, the suspect in the killing of Officer Timothy Brenton.