11+ hour, 55+ min ago   (27+ words) komonews.com Seattle-area business leaders call on city to halt open-air drug markets, add services...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (252+ words) BELLEVUE, Wash. — Bellevue is expanding its use of drones as first responders to police or fire scenes. A one-year pilot program launches this fall and will enable patrol officers to quickly deploy drones to an incident location to collect key…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (209+ words) PORTLAND, Ore. — A Washington state man pleaded guilty Tuesday to two federal counts of sex trafficking involving two 15-year-old girls, prosecutors said. Dajohntae Rayshawnlee Richard, 26, admitted to trafficking the girls in Washington and Oregon in 2025, according to the U.S. Attorney’s…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (363+ words) SEATTLE — Mayor Katie Wilson said Tuesday that Seattle will announce a gun violence prevention strategy next week after three people were killed and four others were wounded in a series of shootings in and near the Belltown neighborhood over the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (321+ words) SEATTLE — The University of Washington and a longtime computer science professor reached a major settlement over a controversial syllabus, putting an end to a years-long free speech lawsuit involving Professor Stuart Reges' take on UW's land acknowledgement statement. This all…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (221+ words) WASHINGTON (TNND) — Federal authorities have seized more than half a million dollars in cryptocurrency donations intended for Hamas. The Justice Department also announced this week that it took control of website domains and communication platforms used for fundraising and recruitment....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (696+ words) WASHINGTON (TNND) — A nonprofit linked to a suspected Chinese spy who dated then-California Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell has alleged Chinese Communist Party ties and still places staff in political offices, according to a report. Fang “Christine” Fang, who dated Swalwell,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (356+ words) SEATTLE — With the state Immigrant Worker Protection Act set to take full effect Oct. 1, the Washington Attorney General’s Office is rolling out guidance and materials aimed at helping employers comply with new workplace notice requirements tied to federal immigration inspections....

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (396+ words) WASHINGTON (TNND) — A federal judge paused a lawsuit brought by Texas and Florida that seeks to revoke the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the abortion pill mifepristone until after the agency's safety review or later this year. U.S....

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (270+ words) SEATTLE — A Bellingham woman was sentenced to 10 months in federal prison for using false documents to get a passport for her 4-year-old son before taking him to Panama in violation of a parenting plan, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office…...