From: KOMO Seattle on Fri, Mar 25 2011 5:25 AM

The smoke was thick, and quickly turned from gray to black. It billowed into the sky; the first sign something was wrong in the water near Hat Island.

From: KOMO Seattle on Thu, Mar 24 2011 10:17 PM

As the Japanese begin the long journey to reclaim their lives, concern now turns to the tremendous amount of trash and debris swept out to sea by the deadly tsunami.

From: KOMO Seattle on Thu, Mar 24 2011 10:17 PM

Twelve Madison Valley residents claimed the city chose to let their homes flood instead of fix the problem.

From: KOMO Seattle on Thu, Mar 24 2011 10:17 PM

A man accused of planning a deadly June 2009 robbery at the Lakewood Wal-Mart was found guilty Thursday by a Tacoma jury.

From: KOMO Seattle on Thu, Mar 24 2011 4:14 PM

The Everett-based supercarrier USS Abraham Lincoln returned home Thursday to a tumultuous welcome from hundreds of family members and supporters after a six-month overseas deployment.

From: KOMO Seattle on Wed, Mar 23 2011 11:32 PM

A Washington man indicted on charges of placing a bomb along the planned route of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade in Spokane has pleaded not guilty in federal court.

From: KOMO Seattle on Wed, Mar 23 2011 11:32 PM

Throwing good money after bad would be a sucker’s bet in any place other than Olympia.

From: KOMO Seattle on Wed, Mar 23 2011 4:29 PM

Spc. Jeremy Morlock, who was accused of taking a lead role in a brutal plot to murder Afghan civilians, pleaded guilty Wednesday morning.

From: KOMO Seattle on Wed, Mar 23 2011 6:26 AM

Chanting encouragements like "Woo, you rock, you rock, you rock!" and "Who do we love? The police!" the crowd of officers' wives took a stand outside the West Precinct for the men in uniform.

From: KOMO Seattle on Wed, Mar 23 2011 12:22 AM

A Seattle neighborhood watch group is celebrating a small victory as the city moves to shut down what they call a nuisance drug house.

From: KOMO Seattle on Wed, Mar 23 2011 12:22 AM

The Seattle Police Department took the unusual step of releasing a videotaped statement about a DUI scandal instead of talking with reporters and taking questions the public may have about the case. This is a bizarre procedure.

From: KOMO Seattle on Tue, Mar 22 2011 11:40 AM

A man was killed and two people were injured when a pickup truck slammed into a vehicle stopped on Interstate 5 on Monday night.

From: KOMO Seattle on Mon, Mar 21 2011 5:07 PM

Officials raced Monday to restore electricity to Japan’s leaking nuclear plant, but getting the power flowing will hardly be the end of their battle: With its mangled machinery and partly melted reactor cores, bringing the complex under control is a monstrous job.

From: KOMO Seattle on Thu, Mar 17 2011 10:06 PM

A prominent Renton eye surgeon was sentenced to 20 years in prison Thursday for hiring a hit man to kill his business partner.

From: KOMO Seattle on Thu, Mar 17 2011 5:52 AM

Ty Myers is so angry about the hiked parking fee in Seattle’s Pioneer Square that he hung a sign on the window of his tattoo parlor with a loaded message directed at the mayor.

From: KOMO Seattle on Wed, Mar 16 2011 11:52 PM

It was the first time the family of a murdered correctional officer faced her accused killer. Wearing a suit, glasses and shackles, Byron Scherf sat inside the courtroom just feet away from Jayme Biendl’s family and friends.

From: KOMO Seattle on Tue, Mar 15 2011 11:30 PM

Thunderstorms rolled across Western Washington Tuesday afternoon knocking over a few trees and making for quite a show in the sky.

From: KOMO Seattle on Mon, Mar 14 2011 12:54 AM

Japan’s earthquake is another wake-up call of how important preparations can be for disasters here at home. And at Seattle's Red Cross headquarters, training focused Sunday on a mobile kitchen that can perform a much-needed function when the worst happens.

From: KOMO Seattle on Mon, Mar 14 2011 12:54 AM

Typically when prices go up, it’s the victim of supply and demand, but not this time around. Officials say uncertainty and unrest are what's driving us to pay more for the fuel that keeps us moving.

From: KOMO Seattle on Mon, Mar 14 2011 12:54 AM

A local man is keeping a closer eye than most on what’s happening with Japan's stricken nuclear reactors. That's because he helped develop one of them.