MyNorthwest News

Seattle rv parking vote...

Luke Duecy

Seattle RV parking vote raises questions about towing, Homestead Act protections

Seattle City Council is set to vote Tuesday on a package of legislation restricting where people living in recreational vehicles can park overnight.

pierce county death father...

Regan Gallo-Fenz, MyNorthwest Staff

Pierce County father arrested in connection with son’s fentanyl death nearly 20 months later

Kyler Lawrence is in custody in connection with the fentanyl death of his son. The incident dates back to March 2025 when it happened at the family's home.

Kitsap County scam...

Julie Berg, KIRO 7

Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office warns of law enforcement impersonation scams

The Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office has issued a public warning regarding phone scams involving callers who impersonate law enforcement officers.

Seattle lease downtown...

Regan Gallo-Fenz, MyNorthwest Staff

For the first time in 5 years Downtown Seattle leases see an uptick

Third-quarter results from CBRE show Downtown Seattle has seen positive leasing activity since 2021. The bottom line? Occupancy finally outpaced vacancy.

car crashes into tesla Redmond apartment...

Michael Strite

Tesla crashes into Redmond apartment complex, displacing residents

The Redmond Fire Department had a busy Sunday afternoon when a car crashed into the Onyx Apartments.

woodinville restaurant steak...

Luke Duecy

Woodinville’s wine-country dining scene welcomes new steak, seafood restaurant

Woodinville welcomes a new dining gem, blending steak and seafood to create an unforgettable culinary experience.

KIRO Newsradio Opinion

tacoma speeding tickets...

Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show

‘Traffic roulette’: Gee backs random ticket selection as Tacoma cameras catch nearly 400K speeders in 1 month

Two new speed cameras in Northeast Tacoma caught so many speeders that the company running them couldn't afford to process all the tickets.

WA Ballot box...

Charlie Harger

Harger: Washington ballots are on kitchen tables. Here are five things I'm watching as they come back

By now, your ballot should be sitting on your kitchen table. As ballots start coming back, here's what I'm keeping an eye on.

seattle restaurant rising cost...

Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show

‘They’ve had to make choices’: Gee and Ursula discuss restaurant cutbacks as Hawaii General Store plans to close

Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin explore how Seattle's rising costs affect restaurant choices and customer visits.

wa income tax ken jennings...

John Curley Show

‘You did a great job reading the script’: Curley takes aim at Ken Jennings’ arguments against repealing WA’s income tax

John Curley critiques Ken Jennings' ad against Initiative 645 on WA's income tax, highlighting key arguments for voters.

landlord damage charges...

Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show

‘There are some bogus landlords out here’: Gee recalls rental dispute as Tacoma tenant sues over $10,000 damage bill

A Tacoma woman claims retaliation after receiving a hefty damage bill for asserting her tenant rights against her former landlord.

amazon acquisition AI...

Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show

‘How big’s too big?’: Spike raises concerns about Amazon’s reach as the company reportedly pursues another AI acquisition

Ursula Reutin questions Amazon's potential $7 billion acquisition of AI startup Decart amid rising concerns about its market influence.

Seattle Sports

Seahawks’ franchise-record streak on the line vs Kenneth Walker III

Zac Hereth

Seahawks’ franchise-record streak on the line vs Kenneth Walker III

Seattle hasn't allowed a 100-yard rusher in 35 games. Walker has rushed for 100 yards in four of his past five.

Seahawks coach Macdonald says 2 key returns could come this week

Brent Stecker

Seahawks coach Macdonald says 2 key returns could come this week

The run game could get a big boost from returning players in the Seahawks' Sunday night game vs. Kansas City.

Rams hammered with new injuries, including to WR Davante Adams

The Associated Press

Rams hammered with new injuries, including to WR Davante Adams

Adams will be out for six to 10 weeks with a significant hamstring injury, Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay said Monday.

Insider reports potential Mariners’ manager hire timeline

Zac Hereth

Insider reports potential Mariners’ manager hire timeline

The Athletic's Jim Bowden reported the club hopes to hire its new manager by the end of October.

The positive sign Seahawks’ offense showed in Week 6 loss

Zac Hereth

The positive sign Seahawks’ offense showed in Week 6 loss

Former NFL wide receiver Michael Bumpus was happy to see Seattle get its secondary receiving threats more involved.

MLB qualifying offer for pending free agents rises 5.1% to $23.15 million

The Associated Press

MLB qualifying offer for pending free agents rises 5.1% to $23.15 million

The figure is determined by the average of the top 125 major league contracts this year.

Seattle Red

Cliff Mass takes a shot at the Seattle Times Climate Lab over El Niño’s Washington coast Kelvin wave hype

Jason Rantz

Cliff Mass takes a shot at the Seattle Times Climate Lab over El Niño’s Washington coast Kelvin wave hype

UW scientist Cliff Mass says El Niño’s Kelvin waves are barely touching the Washington coast, rebutting coverage that warned of a foot of sea level rise.

Gas prices jumped 34% in a year as voters rank inflation their No. 1 worry heading into Election Day

Jason Rantz

Gas prices jumped 34% in a year as voters rank inflation their No. 1 worry heading into Election Day

A new poll shows 46% of voters rank inflation a top issue while just 13% name the debt, even as interest payments top $1 trillion and outpace defense spending.

Inslee-appointed clemency board keeps recommending violent felons for release; Ferguson keeps saying no

Jason Rantz

Inslee-appointed clemency board keeps recommending violent felons for release; Ferguson keeps saying no

Governor Bob Ferguson has denied all 15 early releases sought by Washington’s Inslee-appointed clemency board, including a convicted racially motivated killer.

Vote early: More than 20,000 Washington ballots were thrown out in August, and conservatives paid the steepest price

Jason Rantz

Vote early: More than 20,000 Washington ballots were thrown out in August, and conservatives paid the steepest price

Washington rejected 20,267 primary ballots for late postmarks, with rural Trump-leaning counties hit hardest. Here is why conservatives should mail ballots now.

New I-645 ad turns the tables on Ken Jennings over the income tax that stripped 79-year-old pension protections

Jason Rantz

New I-645 ad turns the tables on Ken Jennings over the income tax that stripped 79-year-old pension protections

A Yes on I-645 ad brands Jeopardy! host Ken Jennings the Tax Man for backing a Washington income tax that strips pension protections from teachers and cops.

The Bend father who killed a school gunman broke a district gun rule; here’s how Washington law would treat him

Jason Rantz

The Bend father who killed a school gunman broke a district gun rule; here’s how Washington law would treat him

A father stopped the Bend, Oregon school shooter. Washington bars guns inside schools, but necessity and self-defense law give a parent strong legal defenses.

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MyNorthwest Traffic

SR 164 enumclaw fatal crash...

Jason Sutich

Two drivers killed in head-on crash on SR 164 near Enumclaw

Two people died after a collision on SR 164 near Enumclaw that closed the road in both directions for more than four hours early Monday morning.

montlake pedestrian bridge sr 520...

Nate Connors

Montlake pedestrian bridge closes for a week at SR 520

Pedestrians and bicyclists at Montlake will need to navigate a detour crossing over SR 520 for a full week, beginning Monday, Oct. 19, at 7 a.m.

Sound Transit budget deficit delays...

Michael Strite

Sound Transit to host community forum after Ballard light rail delayed to 2042

Sound Transit is encouraging Seattle residents to speak up about the proposed light rail extension to the Ballard neighborhood.

MyNorthwest Weather

october seattle driest...

Ted Buehner

Seattle on track for one of its driest Octobers on record

The driest October on record was back in 1895, when records were kept in downtown Seattle. Only 0.02 inches of rain fell that month.

El Niño (2)...

Ted Buehner

Strengthening El Niño boosts odds of warmer Pacific Northwest winter

El Niño is strengthening, raising concerns about a warmer winter and less mountain snow in the Pacific Northwest.

earthquake north bend great shakeout...

MyNorthwest Staff

Magnitude 2.7 earthquake shakes North Bend area just before Great ShakeOut drill

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck near North Bend Wednesday evening, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) confirmed.

MyNorthwest Politics

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Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show

‘This is not KCRHA 2.0’: Tacoma mayor explains how Pierce County’s regional homelessness approach will differ

Tacoma Mayor Anders Ibsen addresses homelessness in Pierce County's unified strategy for effective service coordination on "The Gee and Ursula Show."

bob ferguson governor salary...

Frank Sumrall

Panel adopts proposed 2-year salary freeze for Gov. Bob Ferguson; final vote in February

Washington Governor Bob Ferguson won’t get a pay raise for the next two years.

King County homelessness agency...

Aaron Granillo

Review finds nearly $17 million shortfall at King County homelessness agency

Seattle and King County taxpayers face a nearly $17 million bill to cover a funding shortfall at the King County Regional Homelessness Authority.

MyNorthwest History

7-eleven downtown seattle inconvenient...

KIRO Newsradio Newsdesk

Former 7-Eleven location in downtown Seattle turns into an 'inconvenient store' art exhibit

The former 7-Eleven at Third and Pine is now home to the Inconvenience Store, the latest interactive art exhibit in downtown Seattle.

wa smoke heat wildfire spokane...

Ted Buehner

Heat, smoke make for true 'dog days of summer' in western Washington this week

August is already here, sometimes called the dog days of summer. Temperatures are forecast to climb back into the 80s on Thursday with some areas in the 90s.

Kaiser Canyon Fire wildfire...

Ted Buehner

Red Flag Warning: Eastern Washington braces for dangerous wildfire conditions this weekend

Have plans to head to eastern Washington this weekend to escape the expected much cooler weather in western Washington?

National News

FILE - Law enforcement vehicles sit parked outside the Florida state prison in Starke, Fla., on Tue...

Associated Press

Florida is set to carry out 18th execution this year and moving closer to tying record

MIAMI (AP) — Florida is set Tuesday to carry out its 18th execution of the year under Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis ’ aggressive use of the death penalty in his final term. William Reaves, 77, was sentenced to death after being convicted of first-degree murder for the 1986 shooting of Indian River County Deputy Richard […]

President Donald Trump arrives at a campaign rally at Heartland Credit Union Arena, Monday, Oct. 19...

Associated Press

Gimmick or giveback? Even some Trump supporters don't expect to get $5,000 checks after midterms

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is hoping that $5,000 checks can juice Republican turnout in November’s midterm elections — but even some of his devoted fans are doubting that government payouts would arrive. “I mean, I guess it’s good for some people. I really don’t care,” said Jamie Alvarez, who attended Trump’s recent Alaska […]

FILE - President Donald Trump meets with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the United ...

Associated Press

US ties with Ukraine hit new low as Trump slights Zelenskyy and eases up on Russia

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S.-Ukraine alliance is careening toward a possible breaking point, with Moscow strengthened by President Donald Trump’s recent rejection of new Russia sanctions and Kyiv undermined by disruptions in satellite support for its drones during the war. Trump’s relationship with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has always been a moving target, while the […]

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Swedish CyberKnife prostate cancer treatment...

MyNorthwest Staff

Seattle doctor leads breakthrough study on prostate cancer treatment

Meier and the co-authors conducted a 10-year trial measuring outcomes of over 300 patients treated with CyberKnife across 21 centers.

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MyNorthwest Staff

Know what you're eating: Why choosing organic matters

In a world of crowded grocery aisles and endless labels, one designation cuts through the noise with a guarantee you can trust: USDA Organic.

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MyNorthwest Staff

AC not cooling during Seattle heat wave? 4 things to check before calling for emergency repair

As temperatures climb across the Seattle area, many homeowners are discovering that their air conditioner is running but not cooling the home effectively.