KIRO Newsradio Legend

Dave Ross

Dave Ross spent 47 years as a host at KIRO Newsradio 97.3 FM before departing in December 2024. Dave won the national Edward R. Murrow Award for writing five times since he started at KIRO Newsradio in 1978. Dave left an indelible legacy at KIRO Newsradio that won't soon be forgotten.

Get mom a flu shot

Medical studies are getting more worrisome in that it turns out some pretty common diseases can have long term effects if you contract them at the wrong time - especially when pregnant women contract them at the wrong time.
13 years ago

Protection in your pocket

Now that the Cleveland abduction case has us all looking twice at reclusive neighbors… wondering which one might be a closet slaveowner - what do we do?
13 years ago

Seattle kids in running to meet billionaire Warren Buffett

A couple of Washington Kids are hoping to meet Warren Buffet and win $5,000.
13 years ago

Virginia Tech survivor celebrates with Cease Fire as firearm offender registry signed into law

You don't have to register your gun in Washington, but people who commit gun crimes could be required to register themselves.
13 years ago

When the cavalry doesn’t come

Last year's September 11th attack in Benghazi that killed our Ambassador to Libya and three others was briefly back at center stage Wednesday.
13 years ago

The dungeon next door

The story of those three women held captive at 2207 Seymour Avenue in Cleveland has us all wondering - at what point do you get nosy?
13 years ago

Heterosexuals in the military

Secretary of Defense Hagel announced a special observance in April. "This April, the Department of Defense observed sexual assault awareness and prevention month."
13 years ago

Syria, here we come

It sounds like we're about to get involved in the Syrian Civil War.
13 years ago

Beyond the smart phone

Here comes the even SMARTER phone.
13 years ago

May Day!

Lots of cities have May Day marches but lately Seattle's May Day has been unique.
13 years ago

Seattle superheroes turn out for May Day

Seattle's superheroes turned out in force in an effort to help keep things under control at the May Day demonstrations. Of course Seattle's best-known self-proclaimed superhero, Phoenix Jones, was there, but there were a few less familiar names too.
13 years ago

If they had just dialed 911…

FBI Agent Rick DesLauriers knew within hours of the Boston bombings what would break the case.
13 years ago

What the Pentagon knows about UFOs

In an unofficial hearing at the National Press Club in Washington, several former members of Congress are hearing from UFO researchers who hope to pressure the REAL Congress to order the military to disclose what it knows about alien visits.
13 years ago

A Jackie Robinson moment?

NBA veteran Jason Collins has come out as gay - first active pro-athlete in a men's team sport to do it.
13 years ago

In just a few short months, next phase of Obamacare kicks in

It's only five months away: on October 1st, the latest phase of Obamacare kicks in.
14 years ago

Background checking an idea

As we try to pin down what motivated the Boston bombing, we are now witnessing an extensive a public background check of the Tsarnaev brothers.
14 years ago

Fireball shot

AJ Clemente, on his first day as a TV anchor for the NBC station in Bismarck, was struggling to pronounce the name of the winner of the London Marathon, Tsegaye Kebede, and he wasn't getting it, and not realizing the red light was on, he let loose.
14 years ago

Why didn’t you tell us?

On Wednesday, Congressman Harold Rogers of Kentucky, was fuming at the head of the FAA about the thousands of the delays at the nation's airports.
14 years ago

Entirely homemade

The latest from the Homeland Security committee seems to confirm what a lot of people still find hard to believe. The Tsarnaev brothers acted on their own, and used the kind of commonly available equipment and explosives that anyone could buy - and buy legally.
14 years ago

$200 billion gone in two minutes

On Tuesday, $200 billion temporarily vanished from the stock market because of a bogus tweet. It was back seven minutes later, which is reassuring. But how it happened at all is not reassuring.
14 years ago

Penalized for pulling over, but the law is the law

I thought that was an interesting question - what if you're driving along and you suddenly come to your senses and realize you're too drunk to drive - and you pull over to sleep it off. Should you get a ticket?
14 years ago

The red flags are waving

In hindsight, the biggest red flag waving above Tamerlan Tsarnaev was the request from Russian Security agents that the FBI question him about how radical he was.
14 years ago

Targeting immigrants?

Senator Charles Grassley says since the two Boston Marathon Bombers weren't born here - it might be prudent to take a closer look at the immigration bill now before his committee.
14 years ago

A health care train wreck?

It was a little disconcerting for people who are already worried the effects of health care reform. Senator Max Baucus - a democrat - who not only voted for health care but was a key player in designing it… was worrying aloud at a Senate hearing that the government is screwing it up:
14 years ago