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Local & Regional Police search for arsonist who torched Everett playground (Video)

By Luke Duecy Published: May 20, 2013 at 8:18 PM PDT Last Updated: May 20, 2013 at 8:18 PM PDT

Police are looking for whoever set a children's playground in Everett on fire this weekend.

Local & Regional Snohomish, Pierce County transits say no to gun control ads (Video)

By Lindsay Cohen Published: May 20, 2013 at 7:26 PM PDT Last Updated: May 20, 2013 at 10:19 PM PDT

Gun control group Washington Ceasefire tried to put the ads on buses in King, Snohomish, and Pierce counties, but only got the green light in King County.

Local & Regional Mountlake Terrace H.S. coach who resigned was about to be fired (Video)

By Michelle Esteban Published: May 20, 2013 at 7:02 PM PDT Last Updated: May 20, 2013 at 7:27 PM PDT

A former teacher's aide and assistant football coach at Mountlake Terrace High School was about to be fired when he resigned in January, and the school district says it all began when a student accused him of making inappropriate sexual comments.

Local & Regional Massive expansion to The Bellevue Collection gets go-ahead (Video)

By Joel Moreno Published: May 20, 2013 at 6:18 PM PDT Last Updated: May 20, 2013 at 7:29 PM PDT

One of the most ambitious development projects in years means the skyline is about to grow in Bellevue, as the long-awaited expansion of The Bellevue Collection gets the nod to move forward.

Local & Regional Hansen congratulates Sacramento on keeping Kings

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer Published: May 20, 2013 at 5:02 PM PDT Last Updated: May 20, 2013 at 7:26 PM PDT

Chris Hansen is not going away in his pursuit of bringing the NBA back to Seattle

Local & Regional Fishing vessel catches fire off Washington coast with 120 on board

By Associated Press Published: May 20, 2013 at 4:59 PM PDT Last Updated: May 20, 2013 at 11:29 PM PDT

The U.S. Coast Guard says it is helping a fishing boat that caught fire off the Washington coast.

Local & Regional Inslee signs bill protecting against derelict vessels

By Associated Press Published: May 20, 2013 at 8:46 PM PDT Last Updated: May 20, 2013 at 8:46 PM PDT

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has signed a bill that would provide more environmental protections against derelict vessels in Washington's waterways.

Local & Regional Seattle-born jazz singer Sara Gazarek comes home to give back (Photo Gallery) (Video)

By Hanna Brooks Olsen Published: May 20, 2013 at 4:54 PM PDT Last Updated: May 20, 2013 at 5:20 PM PDT

Singer Sara Gazarek didn't grow up with a lot of exposure to jazz -- after all, Seattle is really known more for grunge (and, recently, hip-hop) than for crooning voices and downtown piano bars. But when she joined the jazz choir in high school, she fell in love with the genre. Now, she's an award-winning performer with a new album, who's using her star power to inspire future generations of musicians -- or at least help students understand a genre that often feels elusive.

Local & Regional Police: Josh Powell had affair before Susan's disappearance (Video)

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press Published: May 20, 2013 at 2:37 PM PDT Last Updated: May 21, 2013 at 12:17 AM PDT

For the first time, Utah police said they believe Susan Powell's brother-in-law was "heavily involved" in getting rid of her body.

Local & Regional Seattle Police Department expands crime forecasting program

By Michael Harthorne Published: May 20, 2013 at 11:47 AM PDT Last Updated: May 20, 2013 at 11:48 AM PDT

Since February, Seattle Police Department officers patrolling the east and southwest parts of the city have been getting daily "crime forecasts" showing where and when crime is most likely to happen. Now, the department is taking that program citywide.

Local & Regional Teacher pleads not guilty to groping girls at elementary school

By KOMO Staff Published: May 20, 2013 at 11:42 AM PDT Last Updated: May 20, 2013 at 12:37 PM PDT

A teacher from a private Jewish Orthodox elementary school in South Seattle has pleaded not guilty to charges of child molestation.

Local & Regional Lockdowns lifted after manhunt for fleeing burglary suspect

By KOMO Staff Published: May 20, 2013 at 12:22 PM PDT Last Updated: May 20, 2013 at 12:22 PM PDT

Schools near Bothell and Maltby were briefly locked down Monday morning as police hunted for a suspect in a black Audi who sped away after he was interrupted burglarizing a home, then collided with a motorcycle.

Local & Regional 1 killed, 2 critically hurt in 3-vehicle crash near Sequim

By KOMO Staff Published: May 20, 2013 at 11:04 AM PDT Last Updated: May 20, 2013 at 11:04 AM PDT

One person was killed and two were critically injured in a three-vehicle crash Monday morning on Highway 101 near Sequim, the Washington State Patrol reports.

Local & Regional FBI officials tight-lipped about Spokane ricin case

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS, Associated Press Published: May 20, 2013 at 2:02 PM PDT Last Updated: May 20, 2013 at 2:02 PM PDT

The FBI said Monday that no one has been arrested after last week's discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin in Spokane, but the agency remained tight-lipped about the investigation and a weekend raid at a downtown apartment building.

Local & Regional Two people robbed at gunpoint in Seattle GameWorks

By Michael Harthorne Published: May 20, 2013 at 1:23 PM PDT Last Updated: May 20, 2013 at 1:23 PM PDT

Two people were robbed at gunpoint while playing video games at GameWorks in downtown Seattle last week.