One of the oldest matriarchs of an orca pod with ties to the Puget Sound has not been seen for eight months and is presumed dead, whale researchers said today.

Entries for our Beautify Your Backyard Beast contest must be submitted by Saturday at midnight.

A 46-year-old Auburn woman has been charged with first-degree animal cruelty for allegedly killing a neighbor's dog

One person was killed and five injured when a pedicab collided with a van shortly before 7 p.m. Wednesday at a busy Belltown intersection.

The Air Force refueling-tanker contest is to be rerun under amended rules and a new timeline, but industry and political reactions suggest...

SPOKANE — The National Weather Service has issued a "red flag warning" because of the wildfire danger in parts of Eastern Washington.

American Airlines ups mileage, fees for some frequent-flier tickets and upgrades

In the Court of Appeals, Division II — Kitsap, Thurston and the Olympic Peninsula — we endorse Judge Robin Hunt for a third...

Police say the mayor of a Maryland town and his wife appeared to be innocent victims of a scheme by two men to smuggle millions of dollars worth of marijuana by having it delivered to about a half-dozen unsuspecting recipients.

The Puget Sound Clean Air Agency has canceled the smog watch for King, Pierce, Snohomish and Kitsap counties.

All southbound lanes of Interstate 405 will be closed this weekend — and the following two weekends — just beyond downtown Bellevue, potentially causing widespread traffic slowdowns.

In an unusual move to help prove a murder case, prosecutors have reassembled most of a 2000 Ford Mustang in a King County courtroom

Oakland Hills grudgingly gave up low scores in the opening round of the 90th PGA Championship on Thursday. "The Monster," as Ben Hogan called...

New Web site — and whalewatchers' photos — will help Alaska scientists track humpback whales

Nine people are killed in a rollover crash on a rural Arizona highway.

A judge orders Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to jail for violating the terms of his bond.

Forecasters increase their forecast for the Atlantic hurricane season.

Two Iraqi officials say the U.S. and Iraq are close to a deal under which all American combat troops would leave by October 2010.

Iowa state troopers investigate an unusual crash Wednesday morning between a tractor-trailer and a buffalo.

A dead 2-month-old girl had a lethal dose of methamphetamine in her system, the Sacramento County Coroner's Office says.