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Linda is the morning news anchor and features reporter for KIRO Radio. This is her local news blog, with an emphasis on social media, technology, Northwest companies, education, parenting, and anything else that grabs her attention.

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Help us build a Fisher House
A home away from home for soldiers and their families
Bonneville Seattle is raising funds for the construction of a second Fisher House at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Tacoma and we need your help.
April 9, 2013 @ 2:20 pm

Pension spiking - no wonder city, state budgets are a mess

Local officials seeking to cut their budgets approved late pay increases to incentivize retirements. Those alterations shifted local costs to the state, saddling the taxpayer-funded pension system with millions of dollars in liabilities.
April 5, 2013 @ 9:56 am

Microsoft founders Gates and Allen recreate a classic photo

In 1981 Paul Allen and Bill Gates posed with clunky, chunky personal computers. This week, they did it again for a celebration at Allen's new computer museum.
April 4, 2013 @ 4:18 pm

Spokane widow says a handgun 'probably' saved her life

Amid all the talk about gun control legislation, a gun might have saved a Spokane woman's life. It certainly helped her stop a suspected burglar who broke into her home while she slept.
April 3, 2013 @ 5:35 pm

Boeing might be on the hook for $100 million in cleanup costs

State environmental officials have known since the 1990s that some consumers of the local catch are dining on dangerous levels of toxic chemicals, yet they have not acted.
April 1, 2013 @ 7:07 pm

Top ten reasons why the Kings should move to Seattle

Here are the top ten reasons for Sacramento's NBA team, the Kings, to leave their city and move to Seattle. Or, if they must stay there are also ten reasons to remain in California.
April 2, 2013 @ 7:32 am

Ivy league girls are advised to get their MRS degree in college

There's no shortage of advice for young career women. The latest wisdom comes from a Princeton alum who advises college women to work on their Mrs. degree while they're at an Ivy League school.
April 1, 2013 @ 1:12 pm

When a lawn mower is more than just a machine

I realize most people don't have an emotional attachment to a lawn mower. I do.
April 1, 2013 @ 7:20 am

Chantel's story - the death state social workers couldn't prevent

Hours before a little girl died, Washington State Department of Social and Health Services workers closed the case. Their final report on the girl's death, and what could have been done to prevent it, is out.

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