Last year, there were nearly 1,000 monkeys supporting UW research, according to UW's animal census, as well as 436 frogs, 136 pigs, 175 rabbits, gerbils and hamsters, 178 ferrets, 4,000 rats, 161,000 mice, 5,000 birds, 3,000 cephalopods, 20 cows, 20 dogs, and over 200,000 fish.

A man broke into the Washington State Capitol's Legislative Building on Sunday night, smashed equipment, and lit a fire in the state reception room.

As the federal government shutdown continues, Seattle and King County officials have announced a plan to help families who rely on WIC, federal food assistance for mothers, babies, and children when their benefits run out.

By December, Seattle taxpayers were paying a hefty $4,200 a month per empty room — at a time when thousands of Seattleites were without a roof over their heads.

Two people are dead and nine others injured after a spate of violence in the Seattle area on Wednesday, as temperatures climbed into the 80s for the first time this year.

New accusations of stalking and harassing his ex-fiancée have drawn calls for King County Assessor and county executive candidate John Arthur Wilson's resignation, and assertions that his alleged behavior shows "hallmarks of intimate partner violence."

A Pierce County man’s deportation is part of the Trump administration’s efforts to deport immigrants to “third countries" — places other than the immigrants’ country of origin.

After nearly three months in immigration detention, University of Washington employee Lewelyn Dixon was released Thursday to the cheers and hugs of family, co-workers, and a crowd of supporters gathered in Tacoma.

As eviction case filings in King County reach record high levels, some low-income tenants have been going without legal representation despite a 2021 law that gives them the right to counsel.