Colleen O'Brien

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Colleen O’Brien is the Morning News Anchor at KIRO Newsradio. She’s been broadcasting since junior high, but began her professional career in Seattle radio. She then spent a few years in Spokane working for KXLY TV before returning to her first love – radio – at KIRO FM.

Another Mosque defaced, another defiant act of grace

Last week, vandals spray painted a mosque with hateful graffiti. It's an unfortunate story that is playing out all across the nation.
7 years ago

We’re all on a journey – some harder than others

Shantelle Priester of Jamesville, New York is 5-months pregnant and takes two buses before walking four miles to get to her job at the penitentiary.
7 years ago

A reminder we can be better friends to the elderly

From an early age, I remember driving by a nursing home with my mother and the next thing to happen was predictable: she'd start talking about the injustices inflicted on the elderly.
7 years ago

Shark attack wasn’t enough to keep man from swimming for a cause

Bob Forgrave has given his blood to a shark, but he'd much rather give it to a human. It's a passion he shares with his friend Scott Leopold.
7 years ago

Michael Zuino uses alternative approach to his job search in Seattle

People walking through downtown Seattle may be wondering, "Who's Michael and why would I want to hire him?"
7 years ago

Lynnwood’s newest detox facility will reach capacity right away

There's hope in a quiet corner of Lynnwood. It's a new, 16-bed detox facility that's ready to accept its first patient any day now.
7 years ago

Portland woman in the ‘danger zone’ desperately needs a kidney

There are many acts of kindness in this world but the act of giving an organ -- especially while still alive -- begs the question: How much of yourself would you give a stranger?
7 years ago

Tackling Snohomish County’s heroin epidemic requires funding that doesn’t exist

If you're a heroin addict in Snohomish County and you want help, chances are you'll be moved out of the county -- or even state. That could change soon.
7 years ago

Hundreds attend self-defense class after Golden Gardens attack

Hundreds of people attended a class to learn the techniques that Kelly Herron used to survive her struggle with a rapist at Golden Gardens Park.
7 years ago

Woman attacked in Seattle park urges self-defense classes

Jordan Giarratano's self-defense lessons helped a Seattle woman attacked in a public bathroom. He will offer the same lessons, for free, next week.
7 years ago

Spokane woman willing to fight rare disease to the end

As she tries to raise money for another procedure, Cat Davis of Spokane says she is willing to fight Scleroderma to the end.
7 years ago

UW pantry proves food insecurity isn’t an isolated problem

If you can afford to go to college you should be able to afford a meal, but that's not true for students, which is why a good pantry opened at UW.
7 years ago

Seattle mission’s outreach director details life on the streets

Brian Chandler, the director of street outreach for Seattle's Union Gospel Mission, says sometimes, all people need is a little compassion.
7 years ago

Eastern Washington is threatening to split from state

Eastern Washington is threatening to split with the rest of the state and two representatives are leading the charge.
7 years ago

Edmonds ‘Temperature-Taker Dude’ has become a legend

He's like the Bigfoot of Edmonds. He's hairy and often spotted near nature, but just not as elusive.
7 years ago

University of Washington graduate’s selfless efforts benefiting the homeless

A University of Washington graduate who decided he could no longer ignore the homeless is changing how we think of the title "Sleepless in Seattle."
8 years ago

Combating superbugs means giving doctors tools to ‘do the right thing’

When the United Nations discusses superbugs, you know it's serious. A doctor at Harborview in Seattle explains the challenges doctors face when prescribing antibiotics.
8 years ago

Former addict helping others in Snohomish County no matter the cost

A former heroin addict in Snohomish County has the answer to getting the community to care about the drug epidemic.
8 years ago

Block party in Downtown Seattle could change how kids think about science

Some kids just lose interest in science. But a block party in Downtown Seattle Saturday hopes to change that trend.
8 years ago

Strange breakthrough at Seattle Children’s is life-altering for young boy

A medical breakthrough in the cancer field at Seattle Children's that sounds almost too strange to be true is helping at least one young boy.
8 years ago

Bellevue organization working wonders for children with disabilities

A local organization with locations in Bellevue and Bothell is helping transform lives.
8 years ago

Busy Bothell mother has ‘aha’ moment, invents portable exercise machine

How do you find time for fitness when you're already working full time and running after kids once you get home? Answer: Invent a portable piece of workout equipment.
8 years ago

How these Seattleites are getting the city’s attention for traffic problems

A citizen's group in Seattle's northeast neighborhood of Ravenna has a new tactic to get the city to listen to them: annoy them with logic. They want more bike lanes, longer crosswalk times and lower speed limits.
8 years ago

Family thankful for revolutionary gene sequencing technology at Seattle Children’s

Kaylyn Milligan's life was forever changed because of genetics. From a young age, she planned out her life as a wife and mother. But, as some of us know, the part of parenthood doesn't always play out like a simple plan.
8 years ago