Redmond is what happens when a quiet town becomes a global technology hub but keeps most of its trees. Microsoft and Nintendo loom large. New apartments continue to reshape downtown. Teslas, bicycles and highly compensated software engineers are not exactly difficult to spot. Yet residents can still reach forest trails, river paths and the Cascade…
Kirkland offers a rare Eastside combination: a downtown where you can walk to dinner, parks that meet the edge of Lake Washington and enough major employers nearby to make the commute optional for some lucky residents. It is polished, convenient and often beautiful. It is also expensive, crowded in the wrong places and occasionally so…
A federal judge sentenced a California man Friday to 17½ years in prison for trafficking women across several states through violence, threats, fraud and coercion. Brandon Denzel Washington, 33, received a 210-month sentence in US District Court in Seattle after a jury convicted him in March of six federal felonies, according to the US Attorney’s…
A 22-year-old Costco employee is accused of intentionally ramming a coworker’s motorcycle and killing him after becoming enraged over seeing the victim hug another employee, according to police and court documents. Tyler Sorensen, of Renton, is charged with second-degree murder in the death of 20-year-old Jonathon Langdon. The deadly encounter unfolded near Costco’s corporate headquarters…
A Woodinville man is facing 30 federal felony counts after allegedly stealing roughly $440,000 from two financial institutions where he worked and laundering the money through a series of ATM deposits. Joshua Shore, 41, is charged with theft by a bank employee and multiple counts of money laundering, according to the US Attorney’s Office in…
Sammamish has become one of Washington’s most sought-after places to raise a family. Perched on a plateau between Redmond and Issaquah, the city is known for highly rated schools, large homes, quiet neighborhoods, and a steady stream of tech workers drawn to the Eastside’s booming job market. It’s the kind of place that regularly lands…
A King County woman sent more than $2 million to a Texas woman posing as a psychic who claimed she could remove a curse, reunite lost lovers, and communicate with angels, according to a federal indictment. Prosecutors say Bridgette Evans, 47, of Frisco, Texas, and her partner, Vinnie Uwanawich, 44, orchestrated a years-long scheme that…
City officials in North Bend are warning residents after several cases of suspected illegal sewage dumping were found in the city’s wastewater system. Staff at the city’s wastewater treatment plant recently identified several instances where waste from septic tanks or portable toilets was allegedly dumped directly into manholes, according to city officials. The practice is…
