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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.
May 24, 2013 @ 12:27 pm

Unfortunate cookie? A bitter message in a sweet cookie

One week ago I had lunch at a Chinese restaurant in a small Iowa town. I reached for my fortune cookie first, thinking it would be a message that captured the lovely day I was having with my mom, who I only get to see once a year. It wasn't.
May 24, 2013 @ 12:30 pm

Shareholders get tough with Amazon and McDonalds

The CEOs of Amazon.com and McDonalds faced pointed and political questions during their annual shareholders meetings.
May 23, 2013 @ 9:41 am

The 'Silicon Sound' has more high tech jobs than it can fill

Washington is on its way to becoming the Silicon Sound with more high-paying high-tech jobs than it can fill.
May 23, 2013 @ 9:41 am

Endangered: Independent book stores in Amazon.com country

Imagine a world where independent book sellers are unable to compete against online retailers. That world is close to becoming a reality for another book store in King County.
May 21, 2013 @ 8:22 pm

Washington spending per student below national average

For the first time in more than three decades, spending per public school student fell, according to new U.S. Census Bureau data. Washington state is among the low spenders.
May 21, 2013 @ 6:09 pm

Tornadoes, the IRS scandal, and high gas prices in the heartland

A few days in the Midwest and I was never far from three topics that somehow came up in every conversation - the bad weather, the IRS scandal, and rising gas prices.
May 15, 2013 @ 8:43 am

Details emerge about fatal struggle between homeowners, intruder in North Bend

We know more about the intruder fatally stabbed inside a North Bend home earlier this week, but the description we have of his life makes it even more of a mystery as to why he would break into someone's home.
May 15, 2013 @ 7:23 am

Making it easier to recall elected leaders in Washington

State Senator Pam Roach is behind a new effort to define the state's "vague" recall law and add drunken driving as a justification for tossing someone out of office.

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