During a citywide briefing, Tacoma Police reported that arsons have increased almost 82 percent since last November. read more

A North Kitsap man accused last week of burning his house to the ground, threatening firefighters with their own ax, pouring gasoline on another neighbor's porch and getting shot at until the neighbor ran out of bullets may have been in the throes of meth paranoia. read more

A Sedro-Woolley man accused of setting a fire outside a Capitol Hill nightclub while dozens of people were inside appeared in federal court Friday. read more

Pasco Police have offered information as to what the disturbance was Sunday night at Walmart. It happened around 9 PM. Authorities now say they believe a young boy with a lighter was responsible for a small, isolated but costly arson fire INSIDE the store. read more

A 30-year-old South Kitsap man is accused of setting fire to his house Sunday, with witnesses telling investigators the man said he wanted to kill everyone and earlier that day said, "I'm just going to set it on fire." read more