King County News

With the legislature in a special session to deal with the state's biennial budget, officials in Renton are holding out hope that several of their priorities from the year will yet be approved.

The three Redmond City Council candidates in this year's election will be running unopposed.

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson visited Yakima Wednesday to learn about local efforts to curb the gang problem.

The blotter feature is both a description of a small selection of police incidents and a statistical round-up of all calls to the Kirkland Police Department that are dispatched to on-duty police officers.

In a story May 14 about insurance premiums, The Associated Press, relying on information provided by the Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner, reported erroneously the premiums for an insurance plan.

After being reported missing by her stepfather, a teenage girl was found unconscious on the floor of a Kirkland Starbucks' bathroom two weeks ago.

Keith Raymond Geyman, 62, was charged Wednesday with rape of a child in the first-degree after he allegedly lured the girl and her brother into his motor home and then molested her.

Ten-year-old Isabel Carpenter was recently honored by King County with a "911 Hero" award for her quick thinking when a stranger approached her this past February and attempted to persuade her to get in a car while she walked home from school.

But as of May 1st, Deputy Andy Conner is on administrative leave while the King County Sheriff's Office investigates allegations that thousands of dollars may have gone missing.

A recent state audit found a subsidized bus ticket program that allows more than 60 county agencies to offer discount tickets to homeless and low-income riders could benefit from more oversight.

With 344 donations that totaled a whopping $51,893 last week, we're feeling humbled by the overwhelming community response to our plea to GiveBIG to Real Change.

But Joe Domini, the familiar face behind the cramped front counter, is retiring.

Washington state road and transit systems deserves a D+ grade, and overall infrastructure a C, says a report issued Tuesday by the Seattle chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Relatives of a man who was stabbed to death breaking into a North Bend home last week said he was showing signs of a mental breakdown last year.

King County announced Tuesday that it is moving forward with its plan for cleaning up Hicklin Lake in White Center by using vegetated 'floating islands' to improve water quality.

The unemployment rate in Spokane County was 7.7 percent in April, down from 9 percent the previous month, the state Employment Security Department reported today.

At Monday night's city council meeting, Burien Police Chief Scott Kimerer honored some local heroes for intervening and successfully rescuing a 10-year old boy who was almost abducted at Albertson's on First Ave South and South 128th Street last September .

Longtime resident Len Boscarine withdrew his candidacy for Burien City Council, Position #5 - currently held by Rose Clark - on Monday, May 20.

The official filing period came and went on Friday for the 2013 election and the wild ride ended with only one race in Bothell and one council member opting out of his seat.

At the first annual Youth Education and Safety Fair on Saturday, children and parents gathered to learn how to recognize, prevent and stop a dangerous situation like an abduction.