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

Boeing frustrated by latest 787 problem

A top Boeing executive kicked-off the Singapore Air Show by expressing frustration over the latest 787 production problem.
15 years ago

Long debt history for alleged Lakewood PD embezzler

The Lakewood Police officer accused of stealing more than $150,000 from the fund for his murdered colleagues has a long history of debt problems.
15 years ago

Army: Doctors not discouraged from diagnosing PTSD

The Army's top medical officer says doctors at Madigan Army Medical Center are not being discouraged to diagnose soldiers with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
15 years ago

Police find blanket with blood in Josh Powell’s storage unit

Before Josh Powell was going to try to win back custody of his children last week, Washington state authorities received materials from Utah police that had been discovered on a computer in Powell's home two years ago. Authorities say the images depicted "incestuous" sex and were disconcerting enough that they prompted a psychologist to recommend that Powell undergo an intensive psychosexual evaluation.
15 years ago

Boeing worries suppliers will struggle to keep up

As Boeing ramps-up its commercial airplane production to unprecedented levels, it's suppliers are wondering if they can keep up.
15 years ago

This isn’t T-ball anymore: Youth baseball competition is intense

The Mariners pitchers and catchers report for Spring Training this weekend, but they're getting a late start on the season. Some Little League teams started practicing this week. Their tryouts were held in January. It's just another example of how the competition in youth sports is as intense as it's ever been.
15 years ago

Classmates in Puyallup grieve loss of Charlie Powell

Special counselors are at Carson Elementary School in Puyallup on Monday where Charlie Powell was a first grader to help students and staff deal with this double murder-suicide.
15 years ago

Joint Base Lewis-McChord suspends doctor over PTSD comments

The Army has suspended two doctors at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in its investigation of post traumatic stress disorder cases and how they're being handled.
15 years ago

More problems arise for Boeing 787 Dreamliners

A manufacturing error is the latest issue for Boeing's 787 Dreamliners.
15 years ago

Defendant with history of pencil stabbings in trouble again

The Snohomish County murder suspect who has already attacked three of his own attorneys is back in trouble after another jailhouse assault.
15 years ago

Gay marriage opponents receive $1 million for campaign

Opponents of gay marriage say they've already received $1 million to fund the campaign to overturn it.
15 years ago

Education cuts causing “brain drain” at Washington colleges

Washington's four year colleges and universities say the budget cuts they've taken are not only hurting their overall education they're hurting their reputations around the world.
15 years ago

Seattle’s green jobs program still a bust

Nearly two years ago the City of Seattle received $20 million in stimulus money to fund a green jobs program that promised to create 2,000 jobs, the program now admits its jobs estimate will likely never be met.
15 years ago

Gay marriage and other successful bills are exception in Olympia

So the gay marriage bill appears headed to the governor's desk for her signature, but it is one of the few bills that actually make it that far. We report on bills that come-up every legislative session, but most of them don't go anywhere.
15 years ago

4-H going away in King County

As of this week because of budget cuts, King County is the only county in Washington not funding its local 4-H Club. It is only one of a 11 counties in the country which have pulled their support for the youth program.
15 years ago

Lawmakers consider allowing cities to add gas tax

The state has a gas tax and counties are allowed to add one. Now the legislature is considering whether cities should be able to add one too.
15 years ago

Tacoma Fire passes on cost-of-living raises to avoid layoffs

44 Tacoma firefighters still have their jobs after the city and their union cut a deal to avoid layoffs.
15 years ago

Washington one step closer to approving same-sex marriage

The proposal to legalize same-sex marriage passed through a State House Committee in Olympia without much fanfare on Monday, and there appears to be very little chance that it will fail this session.
15 years ago

New cancer treatment being tested at University of Washington

Imagine fighting cancer without all the energy-draining side effects of chemotherapy and radiation. The University of Washington and the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance are working on a clinical trial of a new way to get tumor-killing drugs into the body.
15 years ago

Mercer Mess progress means headaches for South Lake Union

Two-way traffic on Mercer Street in Seattle should be a reality by the end of the year, but progress comes with some headaches and street closures.
15 years ago

Pierce Co. firefighter under investigation for child abuse

A Pierce County firefighter might have killed himself to avoid facing child abuse and molestation charges.
15 years ago

“Miracle boy” survives 20 minutes underwater

A 12-year-old Spanaway boy died in the surf near Long Beach last week, but five days after being pulled lifeless from the water he's not only alive he's talking.
15 years ago

What to do with medical marijuana?

When Governor Gregoire vetoed most of the medical marijuana bill passed by the legislature, she opened up a can of uncertainty that is rippling through every town in the state. And how those cities are dealing with the mess left behind is a varied as opinions on medical marijuana itself.
15 years ago

Iconic Seattle building to become jail?

The iconic Art-Deco building that dominates Seattle's Beacon Hill could become King County's juvenile jail and courthouse.
15 years ago