http://www.mynorthwest.com MyNorthwest.com delivers up-to-the-minute local news and information for Seattle and the greater Puget Sound area. en-us 15 144 21 http://www.mynorthwest.com http://www.mynorthwest.com/img/lg_mynw_144x21.gif http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=108&sid=682449 By Rachel Belle Listen to Feature: Nicki Bluhm & the Gramblers: Van Sessions Nicki Bluhm and the Gramblers are a San Francisco-based band who, like lots of bands, travel from city to city, show to show, in a big old van. Wed, 23 May 2012 17:11:54 PST http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=108&sid=681176 By Rachel Belle Listen to Feature: Kindergarten Goes To College When youre in kindergarten, your school career has just begun. Tue, 22 May 2012 16:55:44 PST http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=108&sid=681150 Richard Lynn, 33, was stabbed multiple times by a woman who jumped into his car near the intersection of East Magnolia Avenue and Beverly Lane in Everett on Saturday. Tue, 22 May 2012 14:54:06 PST http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=108&sid=680498 By Rachel Belle Listen to Feature: An Update on Jordyn & Her Wheelchair Last October I introduced you to 15-year-old Jordyn, a Gig Harbor high school student with a very rare condition called FOP that is slowly turning her body into stone. "There are about 700 known cases worldwide and about 250 in the United States," says Jordyns mom, Arica Valona. Mon, 21 May 2012 18:46:42 PST http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=108&sid=680480 There is no physical test that climbers have to go through, but that doesnt mean you can pay your way onto the back of a Sherpa. Mon, 21 May 2012 16:47:31 PST http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=108&sid=679281 Rachel Belle proposed the challenge. Fri, 18 May 2012 16:17:58 PST http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=108&sid=678723 By Rachel Belle Listen to Tom Douglas...The New Seattle Lunch Lady? The plastic trays, the lunch ladies, the little cartons of milk; I think everyone has memories of their schools cafeteria lunch. Thu, 17 May 2012 17:35:48 PST http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=108&sid=678720 By Rachel Belle Listen to Feature: When 12-Year-Olds Try and Cure Cancer Dutch Hill elementary sixth grade teacher, Alex Snyder, says he was reading the Dune series when a paragraph about energy gave him an educational epiphany. "It kind of stopped me, and I was thinking What if I look at my classroom as purely energy? Theres so much energy in this classroom. Thu, 17 May 2012 17:08:34 PST http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=108&sid=678084 Chuck Cox, the father of missing Utah mom Susan Powell, sits with other family members during the closing arguments in the voyeurism trial of Susan Powells father-in-law, Steven Powell, Tuesday, May 15, 2012, in Tacoma, Wash. Wed, 16 May 2012 16:46:49 PST http://www.mynorthwest.com?nid=108&sid=678019 Come on down! . Wed, 16 May 2012 15:13:28 PST