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A motorcyclist is dead and his passenger was seriously injured in a crash on the West Seattle freeway early this morning, The crash, involving the motorcycle and a semi-tractor trailer, occurred on the freeway as it approached southbound Interstate-5, according tweets from the Washington State patrol. The motorcycle driver died in the crash, and while the woman…

CHEHALIS — The police chief of Chehalis confirms that one person has died in the crash of a small plane. Chief Glenn Schaffer says the pilot was alone in the plane when it crashed Tuesday evening in the parking lot of an auto body collision center about a quarter mile from the Chehalis-Centralia Airport. He says no…

A diesel spill from a truck on Harbor Island caused two other multi-car accidents on the West Seattle Bridge and significant traffic backups on Tuesday afternoon. More than 80 gallons of diesel leaked across the West Seattle Bridge after a truck struck a concrete barrier shortly before 5 p.m., according to the Seattle Fire Department….

Puyallup police say a man found dead Sunday in a parking lot at the Washington State Fair apparently died of a self-inflicted stab wound to the chest. Puyallup police say citizens called 911 just before 5:30 p.m. Sunday to say there was a body in the blue parking lot. Police arrived and found the dead man and…

What images are emblematic of Washington State University? Well, naturally, the Bryan Hall Clock Tower. The cougar. The flowering cherry trees. The flowering cherry trees? A free planner given out to WSU students by the college’s official bookstore, The Bookie, features a picture of a building that isn’t anywhere near Pullman. In fact, it’s a photo of WSU’s chief rival, the…

Redmond police are searching for a dog that went missing after an SUV driven by the animal’s family was hit by a teenage driver on Sunday night. “Jake,” a wire-haired griffon, was in a Ford Explorer driven by former Redmond police Chief Steve Harris and disappeared after the crash that killed Harris and left his wife, Margaret, critically injured….

Seattle police hope you recognize this guy. According to police, the man stole a ring from a Northgate Mall jewelry store earlier this month. The man came into the unnamed store three times within an hour and on the last visit, around 8:30 p.m., asked an employee to pull out a ring so he could take pictures, police said. Instead, he…

Seattle police Assistant Chief Mike Washburn will lead an effort to focus on downtown crime. Washburn was the department’s chief of staff until last month, when Mike Wagers was named the department’s chief operating officer. Wager’s position is essentially a chief-of-staff role, said department spokesman Sgt. Sean Whitcomb. On Tuesday, Whitcomb said the department is still formalizing Washburn’s precise title,…

A man was booked into the King County Jail for investigation of manslaughter in connection with an accidental shooting Monday night in North Bend. Snoqualmie police Capt. Nick Almquist said officers were called to an apartment in the 45000 block of North Bend Way around 10:30 p.m. for a report of shooting. One person was found dead. Details about the victim…

Workers on Aurora Avenue North are on pace to finish their overpass-removal job and reopen the highway on schedule, at 5 a.m. Wednesday morning — bringing an end to a disruptive four-day closure. The state Department of Transportation has posted a time-lapse video that shows machines crunching the Aurora overpass above defunct Broad Street. One highlight…