KIRO Newsradio traffic reporter

Chris Sullivan

Chris Sullivan is a traffic reporter for KIRO Newsradio 97.3 FM. He cares deeply about the amount of time you spend sitting in Seattle traffic. Email Chris at csullivan@kiroradio.com

Everett 8th graders have to make government shutdown lemonade

Imaging planning and saving-up for a dream trip across the country, only to find out the activities you had planned were canceled when you got there. Three dozen Everett 8th graders are learning a very important civics lesson this week as their trip to Washington D.C. is being messed up by the government shutdown.
13 years ago

Hundreds of jobs heading to Everett

The demolition isn't yet complete on the old Kimberly-Clark paper mill in Everett, but the site already has a new owner and hundreds of jobs to add to the local economy.
13 years ago

Game on: Washington must fight to keep aerospace

Whether Washington wants to accept it or not, this state is in a major competition from the rest of the nation to keep aerospace companies like Boeing. States, especially in the southeast, are throwing big money, tax breaks and incentives at Washington companies to entice them to leave.
13 years ago

Seattle Police, fire crews investigate deadly University District fire

A bizarre investigation in Seattle's University District this morning. A police disturbance. A possible arson and a man either jumping or falling to his death in a high-rise apartment.
13 years ago

Local GOP chair says ‘don’t blame us’ for shutdown

Most polls say the American public blames this partial government shutdown on the Republican Party. Susan Hutchinson is the Republican Party Chair in Washington State. She said that blame is misplaced.
13 years ago

States make their play to poach Boeing from Washington

Washington is known as one of the world's aerospace hubs, and other states are looking to poach some of our best and brightest employees and companies so they can get into the game.
13 years ago

Puget Sound grocery workers reject contract, vote to authorize strike

On Thursday morning thousands of grocery workers around Puget Sound voted to reject a contract and strike. They will walk off the job as they fight for wages and most importantly their health care benefits.
13 years ago

Committee hopes $1 toll would sway you to use Seattle tunnel

Would you still consider skipping Seattle's downtown tunnel if the toll was only a dollar?
13 years ago

Boeing tests and determines that tablets could be safe for take off

It certainly would be nice to fire up your tablet once you get on a plane and start watching a movie or reading a book and not have to shut it down for take off. The FAA is about to decide on whether it will relax its rules on that, but what about concerns interference from those devices could cause problems in the cockpit?
13 years ago

Washington’s Teacher of the Year teaches English as second language, is a martial arts expert

A martial arts expert who helps 6th-to-8th graders who don't speak English learn the language is your Washington Teacher of the Year.
13 years ago

How Obamacare is playing into potential grocery strike

Trader Joe's did it last month. Home Depot did it last week. Part time employees who work less than 30 hours a week are being kicked off their health care plans, and they the businesses claim the reason is Obamacare.
13 years ago

Homeowner kills suspected car thief in Maple Valley

The owner of a truck that was broken into early Tuesday in Maple Valley is an ex-Marine with a concealed weapons permit.
13 years ago

Everett Police seek help to find suspect in child abduction case

A five year old girl was abducted from her south Everett apartment over the weekend, and the police need your help in finding the man who took her.
13 years ago

Another delay for Seattle tunnel project

Boring at Seattle's $2 billion tunnel project has been delayed again until next week.
13 years ago

Police experts dig into the new policies for Seattle cops

We told you yesterday about the changes coming to the Seattle Police use-of-force policy, and how the manual is going from five to seventy pages. The police guild thinks some of those changes might put officers at risk. We turned to experts around the country
13 years ago

Some concerned new SPD use of force guidelines could put cops in danger

The Seattle Police use of force policy manual, as it's written today, is five pages. The independent monitor appointed by the Department of Justice to oversee the department has introduced a manual that is 70 pages. It highlights all the do's and don'ts he believes are necessary to help officers avoid using force in the future.
13 years ago

Seattle tunnel issues may impact debate in race for mayor

Governor Jay Inslee stepped in Tuesday to get digging on the Seattle tunnel project back underway after a month-long union fight. Digging should resume in a few days, but the drill is only 24 feet into the job and we've already had a major disruption and delay.
13 years ago

Governor increases pressure in Seattle tunnel union fight

Governor Jay Inslee has had it with the union fight that has forced digging on the Seattle tunnel project to stop. He is angry and he is about to go public with his frustration.
13 years ago

Seahawks dominate TV ratings

Not only did the Seahawks dominate the 49ers Sunday night, the game dominated the ratings.
13 years ago

Report: Amanda Knox would like to, but won’t return to Italy for trial

Amanda Knox will not be heading back to Italy this month to stand trial for murder for a third time, but it's not because she fears she'll be found guilty.
13 years ago

Naked man damages Seattle yacht club

Several boats and the docks of a Seattle yacht club were damaged overnight by a half-naked man piloting a stolen boat.
13 years ago

Skagit River Bridge delay, 520 closure and other weekend traffic

Drivers on I-5 near Mount Vernon and Burlington will have a new bridge over the Skagit River when they wake up Sunday morning, at least that's the plan.
13 years ago

The case for coal trains you haven’t heard: The Crow Indian Tribe

You've probably heard all the arguments against the proposed expansion of coal production. Dozens more traffic-stopping trains on the rails across Puget Sound. The potential environmental impact. On the other side, the industry is touting the economic benefits of expansion, and the jobs it would create in Washington. But there's one side of this issue you haven't heard.
13 years ago

WSDOT runs into even more problems on the 520 bridge project

The 520 bridge replacement project is more than a year behind schedule and now the Washington State Department of Transportation says there is another problem with one of the pontoons that will float the bridge over Lake Washington.
13 years ago