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May 10, 2023

Researchers make discovery off Pacific Coast to better understand earthquakes: 'Messengers from the deep'

University of Washington researchers are working to better understand earthquake zones off the West Coast ahead of a potential quake in the Cascadia Subduction Zone within 50 years.

May 9, 2023

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signs new law to increase housing supply as home prices and homelessness soar

Gov. Jay Inslee has signed a housing measure into law, overriding previous rules that kept large city areas in Washington available for only single-family homes.

May 9, 2023

'Most hippie' town outlaws drugs after overdose surge

Seattle radio host Jason Rantz on a Washington town criminalizing public drug use after struggling with overdoses

May 9, 2023

Dam owner to pay $1 million after polluting WA river with tiny rubber particles

A dam operator in Washington will pay $1 million in fines and restitution after a synthetic field turf ripped and spilled toxic rubber particles into the Puyallup River in 2020.

May 8, 2023

The 'most hippie' town in Washington bans drugs after spike in overdoses

A town once deemed the "most hippie" in Washington has outlawed drug use after a spike in fentanyl overdoses that included the death of a five-year-old girl.

May 6, 2023

Seattle-area authorities search for suspect after teen found dead near Safeway parking lot

A homicide investigation is underway in Renton, Washington, a suburb or Seattle after the body of an apparent teenage gunshot victim was found outside a Safeway grocery.

May 5, 2023

Boarded up Seattle businesses beg city leaders for help as crime surges: 'Defund the police has failed'

Seattle residents and business owners are begging city leaders for help and rejecting the move to defund the police as crime continues to plague their neighborhood.

May 5, 2023

DC juvenile crime surge: Cops charge two 12-year-olds in separate crime sprees including armed carjacking

Washington, D.C., police say they arrested two different 12-year-olds this week, both suspected of committing crime sprees across the city in recent weeks.

May 5, 2023

Deceased man's Washington home turned into 'drug house' by squatters, catches fire after eviction

Police and fire authorities in Washington state say a home taken over by squatters and turned into a "drug house" caught fire shortly after squatters were removed.

May 4, 2023

Bryan Kohberger seen in new bodycam video as Washington State University releases additional videos, documents

Washington State University released new documents Thursday, including an interaction between an officer and Idaho student murders suspect Bryan Kohberger.