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

Chinese national accused of killing 25-year-old posts $2M bail

King County prosecutors are worried that a 19 year old Chinese man accused of vehicular homicide will flee the country now that his $2 million bail has been posted.
14 years ago

GOP Chairman visits Seattle as Republicans look for fresh ideas

The Republican Party has been on a mission since another lopsided loss in the polls in November to try and figure-out how to reinvent itself and give itself a fighting chance in upcoming elections. The head of the Republican National Committee was in Seattle to get some ideas on Thursday.
14 years ago

Man suspected of posing as Seattle cop in robberies arrested

Police in Auburn have arrested a man accused of posing as a Seattle police officer and robbing people in local parks.
14 years ago

Imprisoned in SeaTac without charges, pressed for May Day information

Two Washington residents have been locked up in SeaTac for five months under just those circumstances as prosecutors try to squeeze them for information
14 years ago

The most hated man on the Little League field: The umpire

A lot of you are about to head out to your kids' first Little League games of the season, and as you sit in the stands hoping your son or daughter gets a hit or makes a great catch and dreams of college scholarships dance in your heads, you probably never think twice about the man in blue.
14 years ago

Boeing apologizes for 787 Dreamliner grounding in Japan

Boeing's CEO of Commercial Airplanes Ray Connor apologized in Japan today for the issues that have grounded the 787 fleet, and he said the company has a permanent solution.
14 years ago

Delivering Boeing 737s through sequestration

The FAA announced last week that it could cut air traffic controllers from more than 100 small airports around the country to achieve $600 million in cuts.
14 years ago

Sacramento City Council gets behind new arena exploration for Kings

The Sacramento City Council made its play to help keep the Kings from leaving last night.
14 years ago

Red light camera initiatives struck down again

Another Washington court has ruled in favor of red light cameras and cities ability to use them.
14 years ago

New player in Sacramento Kings, Seattle Sonics tug-of-war

New developments in the tug-of-war between Sacramento and Seattle over the Kings. Another potential investor group has emerged.
14 years ago

Snohomish County Sheriff John Lovick wants to be next executive

Snohomish County Sheriff John Lovick wants to replace Aaron Reardon as the next county executive.
14 years ago

Cyber criminals, meet the ‘Cyber Patriots’

What do the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Apple and Facebook have in common? They have all been hit by hackers recently and their systems have been compromised.
14 years ago

King County judge expected to rule on lawsuit against SoDo arena

It's a big day for the proposed arena in Seattle's SoDo neighborhood. A King County judge is expected to rule on one of the lawsuits attempting to stop the project.
14 years ago

Feds charge man in Alaska Airlines hijacking hoax

Authorities have brought charges against a 58-year-old man in connection with a false report that led to a fighter jet escort for an Alaska Airlines flight in January.
14 years ago

Boeing claims 787 fix is permanent

Boeing said it's not pitching a temporary fix for its batteries to the FAA on Friday. It's proposing a permanent one.
14 years ago

Despite appearances the Washington legislature is working on the budget

We're more than a month into the legislative session, and there has yet to be any action on the budget, which is about a billion dollars in the red.
14 years ago

Dad delivers newborn on I-5 in Lakewood

A father-to-be couldn't get his wife to the hospital in time for his daughter's arrival so he had to deliver the newborn in the front seat of his car along I-5 in Lakewood.
14 years ago

Lawmaker wants to toss out Washington’s misdemeanor pot convictions

When voters legalized marijuana in November, prosecutors around the state started to throw-out all the misdemeanor possession cases on their desks. That got one lawmaker thinking about all the misdemeanor possession convictions the state had racked-up and whether they should be tossed-out too.
14 years ago

Online poker has champion in Olympia

People playing online poker in Washington are risking five years in prison and a $10,000 fine under current law, but one state lawmaker believes it's time to make online gambling legal again.
14 years ago

Obscure tax could force Capitol Hill club to close its doors

Capitol Hill's Century Ballroom might have to close its doors if it can't come up with more than $90,000 in back taxes after the state found out it hadn't been collecting the obscure "opportunity to dance" tax.
14 years ago

Lawmakers threaten another 10 cent hike in gas tax

With gas prices spiking again right now, can you afford another 10 cent hike in the state gas tax?
14 years ago

Why tanning is being compared to smoking in Olympia

Teenagers hoping to get bronzed before the big dance or upcoming swim party will have to do it the old-fashioned way under a bill being heard Monday in Olympia. Tanning would illegal.
14 years ago

SPEEA prepares to count Boeing strike votes

Boeing's engineers and technical workers are hoping a potential strike authorization vote this week will pressure the company back to the bargaining table.
14 years ago

Snohomish County Executive admits political attacks came from his staff

Snohomish County executive Aaron Reardon confirms that members of his staff were behind a plan to smear his political enemies, but he said he had no idea it was happening.
14 years ago