Today federal law enforcement agents announced that after a 14-month investigation they have dismantled a large Seattle drug trafficking ring, one that's been dispensing methamphetamine and cocaine into the state from Jalisco, Mexico. And here we were worried about Mexican-borne swine flu. more ›

A 69-year-old man bound for Seattle, was caught at the Canadian border with 27 pounds of Ecstasy found hidden in his minivan. Now we don't know what tipped off the U.S. Customs first, it could have been the drug-sniffing dogs detecting 48,000 of the "hug drug" tablets jammed into his gas tank. But we think the entertaining yet suspicious excuse, that the guy was heading to the Emerald City to buy healing crystals, really gave him away. more ›

• Low tides over in West Seattle brought in odd little creatures of the sea.
• Man, those little suburb islands are making a lot of ruckus lately. First it was Bainbridge and their brothels. Now it's Vashon Island who needs a little rehab, as the use of heroin is on the rise.
• Glad we stuck to our decision not to go to Sasquatch this year. The music good, the rest of the experience sounded like absolute hell.

The owner of Eastlake pizzeria Pazzo's, David Mendoza, was charged on Monday for smuggling more than a ton of marijuana into the U.S. from Canada. Hmmm...and here we've never seen pot on the pizza topping menu before. Mendoza--who pled not guilty--has a long history of drug trafficking in Seattle, dating back to the early '90s, with cocaine and hashish convictions. more ›