King County News

King County, Washington state, and federal legislators have released three new letters containing nearly a dozen new signatures in support of ousted gay Scoutmaster Geoffrey McGrath.

Sheriff John Urquhart sent a department-wide email on Wednesday announcing the move but providing few details.

A suburban Bellevue man accused of killing the 72-year-old aunt he lived with has been charged with second-degree murder.

In a plea bargain Wednesday in King County District Court, he also pleaded guilty to one count of third-degree malicious mischief.

King County prosecutors have filed two additional charges of attempted second-degree rape against Danford Grant, a Seattle attorney who now faces nine felony counts in connection with alleged attacks on Asian massage therapists.

A 20-year-old Renton man told detectives his alternate personality, "Frost," is responsible for the death of his girlfriend Saturday, April 12, according to court documents.

King County prosecutors on Wednesday charged Gabriel Navarro of Renton with first-degree murder/domestic violence, accusing the 20-year-old of strangling his girlfriend to prevent her from ending their three-year relationship and to punish her family members.

King County's annual Best Workplaces for Waste Prevention and Recycling list is accepting applications for 2014.

The Bellevue Chamber, along with other chambers of commerce in Washington, has advocated persistently for a statewide transportation package.

In the wake of last month's deadly landslide in Oso, Vashon's emergency volunteers are preparing for a significant landslide on Vashon while also attempting to highlight the island's own risk for slides.

Metro bus service: Either voters enact a rescue package in April 22nd election, or a lot of buses will be missing.

They had two flat screen TVs, an extensive reptile collection and a steady stream of welfare checks meant to help a blind teen with cerebral palsy.

A Bellevue man suspected of killing his elderly aunt after he relapsed on drugs was ordered held in connection with her slaying on Tuesday.

A King County District Court judge has ordered a 53-year-old man held on $2 million bail in the slaying of the 72-year-old aunt with whom he lived in the Seattle suburb of Bellevue.

King County Metro officials reported on the $30 million windfall in sales tax revenues they are receiving this year.

Following the legislative session, Gov. Jay Inslee recently signed into law the Vulnerable Individuals Priority Act, co-sponsored by Joe Fain that will provide developmental disability services to 5,000 people currently on a waiting list.

The message that King County Metro Transit will see major cuts in service if Prop.

A Covington man accused of masturbating on his apartment balcony while waving to a neighbor is alleged to have admitted to worse following his arrest.

The Normandy Park Police Department issued the following alert for residents on Sunday, April 13, warning of a telephone scam where a caller impersonates a Sergeant with the King County Sheriff's Office: "Several citizens have been contacted by an individual who claims to be with the King County Sheriffs Office .

A King County District Court judge on Monday found probable cause to hold a 20-year-old Renton man on investigation of second-degree murder in connection with the strangling of the man's 20-year-old girlfriend on Saturday.