Mysterious paralyzing illness leaves Washington families reeling VIEW
As rare as it is, acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) is spiking this year, with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reporting that in...
Erik Lacitis
Lies, lies and more lies. Out of an old Tacoma house, fact-checking site Snopes uncovers them
Snopes, the country’s most popular hoax-debunking site, is run by its founder out of a 97-year-old house in Tacoma. And is it ever busy, with...
‘It was like he was in your car with you’: Popular Seattle DJ Norm Gregory dies at 74 VIEW
Norm Gregory was a popular radio personality who harked back to the era before downloaded music, when disc jockeys had large followings of listeners.
Talk about a ‘superload’! Check out what just crawled down the road WATCH
Over two nights, several semi-trucks and a giant-sized trailer hauled a transformer along a carefully choreographed 47-mile route in Klickitat County. The entire extravaganza had...
Bob Montgomery, 96, dies; Seattle area’s last typewriter repairman had the write stuff
Bob Montgomery was 7 or 8 when he began learning to repair the machines in his father’s Seattle shop. He spent some 85 years working...
Fire destroys two homes on west side of Vashon Island
Firefighters extended 500 feet of fire hose from tenders down a windy hillside road on the island, and a firefighting boat from Tacoma assisted.
Serial cat mutilations leave Olympia-area residents angry, scared and suspicious
The cat mutilations/killings attributed to the same person or persons in Thurston County now total 11, including one found Friday morning. The investigation has so...
‘Trump Baby’ blimp arrives on Vashon Island
The exact duplicate of the inflatable 20-foot “Trump Baby” that made worldwide news in July during President Donald Trump’s visit to London has arrived on...
Seattle City Light sent this couple a $2K bill; they just happen to be former employees
You’ve heard about those erroneous Seattle City Light bills? A Laurelhurst couple — two retired, longtime customer specialists for the utility — got hit with...