King County News

Across Washington about 15 in every 1,000 girls between the ages 15 and 17 gave birth to a child, ac Across Washington about 15 in every 1,000 girls between the ages 15 and 17 gave birth to a child, according to a King County analysis of state Department of Health statistics.

She remains in the King County Jail in lieu of $200,000 bail, jail records show.

The Mercer Island library will be closed for eight months beginning later this year to allow for a $1.6 million interior renovation.

Post-traumatic stress disorder has taken a new shape in the U.S. military, especially as servicemen and women endure multiple deployments to war zones in the Middle East.

Two men are facing criminal charges for the alleged theft of more than four miles of copper wiring from the Sound Transit light rail in what King County prosecutors believe is the largest known case of metal theft in Washington state.

A groundbreaking ceremony is set for 10 a.m. Monday, June 24, at the station , 7301 Longacres Way.

This building in downtown Kenmore, which currently houses Great Play, is part of a purchase and sale agreement between the city of Kenmore and BCC-RPI Kenmore to redevelop Kenmore Village.

Think of a heroin user and what comes to mind? A gaunt addict in some flophouse with a needle hanging out of his arm? How about an Oscar winner? Or a billionaire's grandson? Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman just got out of rehab for a heroin addiction, and the heir to financier T. Boone Pickens died of a heroin overdose earlier this year.

He's not exactly a wild creature, but he's too independent to be considered a farm animal or a pet.

This Wednesday, the city of Burien sent out a newsletter to its approximately 48,000 residents and on the front page of that newsletter, it failed to list me as a candidate for council.

With stakeholder guidance gathered from a series of public meetings, King County and the King County Flood Control District are moving forward with the update of its floodplain management plan.

A van crashed in Lester Stocker's Covington yard a few feet from the home where he slept with his infant son.

We here at King County Parks are delighted to announce the grand re-opening of the Issaquah segment of East Lake Sammamish Trail .

Part I crimes - serious offenses including murder, rape, robbery, assault, burglary and larceny - increased by 7 percent in Burien in 2012, compared to the 2011 rate for these crimes.

Utilizing an idea endorsed by leaders of both political parties, Washington Policy Center has published letter grades for Washington state public schools.

Residents in East Pierce County soon will be able to walk or ride bicycles for miles through Sumner as a long-awaited trail project nears completion.

The suspect pictured below is suspected of committing a series of bank robberies the first on January 16, 2013 at a Key Bank in Newcastle.

Ryan D. LaPlante, the former Kentwood High School student charged with making threats to bomb Kentwood, is now in custody at the Benton County Jail in Kennewick.

King County and other local police agencies have teamed up to create a new task force to investigate police shootings.

A group of students on a recent field trip, sponsored by Bridle Trails Parks Foundation.