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Former Renton attorney accused of stabbing rival lawyer

SEATTLE — A former Renton criminal defense attorney nursed a yearslong grudge against seven lawyers and judges he blamed for ruining his reputation and legal career, then ambushed one of the attorneys, stabbing him in the back, King County prosecutors say.

Tribune News Service · Jan 15, 2023

Major King County drug bust nets $10 million worth of meth, fentanyl, heroin

BURIEN, Wash. — Quinn, a 2-year-old golden Labrador retriever, worked his first drug bust Wednesday, helping a team of veteran Burien police and King County sheriff's detectives score an estimated $2.5 million worth of crystal meth, fentanyl and black-tar heroin before it could be cut up and dispatched across Western…

Tribune News Service · Dec 24, 2022

Judge sides with Albertsons in fight over $4 billion investor payout

SEATTLE — A King County judge on Friday ruled that Albertsons’ plans to pay out $4 billion in dividends to shareholders can go forward amid its increasingly contentious merger with another grocery giant, Kroger.

Tribune News Service · Dec 10, 2022

Seattle area had six deaths blamed on last week's heat wave

The King County Medical Examiner’s office in Seattle has that there were six heat-related deaths during the heat wave that enveloped the Pacific Northwest last week

The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2022

Republican activists organizing ‘surveillance’ of ballot drop boxes in Washington state

As midterm voting kicks into high gear, Republican activists in Washington are organizing surveillance of ballot drop boxes, generating complaints and concern from some elections officials.

Tribune News Service · Jul 18, 2022

Man suspected of hate crime for allegedly threatening to kill US Rep. Pramila Jayapal

SEATTLE — A 48-year-old South Seattle man was arrested Saturday on suspicion of a hate crime for threatening to kill U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, according to King County prosecutors.

Tribune News Service · Jul 12, 2022

Seattle police officers justified in shooting pregnant Black woman, inquest jury finds

SEATTLE — Two Seattle Police officers were justified when they shot and killed Charleena Lyles and had no other reasonable alternative when they pulled the trigger, according to a unanimous King County Coroner's jury after a two-week inquest into her 2017 death.

Tribune News Service · Jul 7, 2022

A new crisis hotline, 988, is coming this summer. Is Washington ready?

SEATTLE — A green light blinks quietly on an office phone monitor. A volunteer named Mark McAllister quickly transfers the call to his direct line. A soft voice comes through his headset: "I've been feeling a little bit sad lately."

Tribune News Service · Apr 27, 2022

'Not seeing it slow down at all': Seattle hits grim mark of 13 homicides in 1st quarter of 2022

SEATTLE — Three months into the year, violent crime in Seattle has already claimed 13 lives, accounting for half of the 26 homicides committed in King County in the first quarter of 2022.

Tribune News Service · Apr 3, 2022

Seattle eviction ban has lifted, and landlords are taking action

SEATTLE — Trevor Rigdon has a plan for the next week: Pick up as many Instacart and DoorDash trips as he can, looking to average 10 to 12 hours of work each day.

Tribune News Service · Mar 10, 2022