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.

From the Olympics to bankruptcy

Eleven years after the Athens Olympics, Greece is slipping back into the Third World.
11 years ago

Sen. Patty Murray: Loss of Export-Import Bank could be bad for Boeing

Senator Patty Murray tells Dave Ross losing the Export-Import Bank's authority could be a real problem for Boeing and other companies in Washington state.
11 years ago

When your conscience is your guide

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said that clerks don't have to help gay couples get married if they can't do so in good conscience.
11 years ago

This may be the end of potholes as we know them

You'd think that in an age of smartphones and self-driving cars someone could come up with a smarter concrete. It turns out someone has - several people, actually.
11 years ago

Sunny, warm June evidence of ‘unusual’ Pacific Northwest summer

Seattle gets its June gloom reputation for good reason. Historically, June has always been a cloudy, gray month. So what happened?
11 years ago

Has anything really changed in this Liberal Spring?

It's being called the Liberal Spring! But even with gay marriage and health care rulings, or Confederate flag debates — has anything really changed?
11 years ago

Boston bomber delivers disappointing apology

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev gave his apology in court to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing. What he said, and what he didn't say, bothered those in the court room.
11 years ago

South Carolina support for taking down the Confederate flag is growing

It's been called the "third rail" of South Carolina politics, but suddenly it's as if someone just cut off the electricity. Now, the Confederate flag may be taken down.
11 years ago

Let’s talk about the Confederate flag

To some, it's a symbol of hate and intolerance. To others, it commemorates fallen ancestors from the Civil War.
11 years ago

What makes someone shoot up a church?

The only thing we can control in the wake of the Charleston shooting, is our own reaction. I would suggest we look at this as a threat to all of us.
11 years ago

Ross: Jeb Bush’s slow jam and Trump’s thinning hair

Candidates for the Republican presidential nomination are making an effort to go viral online.
11 years ago

Rachel Dolezal making the talk show rounds

Rachel Dolezal continues to dominate headlines and Twitter conversations. She was unapologetic in her "Today" show interview on Tuesday - which she was not paid for, according to NBC - proclaiming she identifies as black.
11 years ago

America, a division of Trump Industries

The political class may be dismissing Donald Trump but his kickoff speech went far beyond anything I've heard.
11 years ago

The most fascinating woman in America

Rachel Dolezal has become the most fascinating woman in America claiming that even though her biological parents are white, she is black.
11 years ago

Who gets to define what race you are?

It appears we've been having this discussion recently about how white people are treated differently from black people without clearly defining the terms "white" and "black."
11 years ago

Does anyone check their medical bills anymore?

Resveratrol is based on the magical anti-oxidant in red wine. And an LA pharmacy filled a prescription for it costing how much?
11 years ago

Scientists behaving badly

British cell biologist Sir Timothy Hunt who said — apparently as a joke — that he found working with female scientists in the lab distracting.
11 years ago

This is how ‘knuckleheads’ ruin things for everybody

The cop who pulled his gun during that neighborhood fight in McKinney, Texas has now resigned, but the debate goes on, and it doesn't break along racial lines.
11 years ago

The science of sex and happiness

The latest study about sex and happiness promotes that married couples are happier when they have more sex.
11 years ago

Portland is beating Seattle at something

As much as it pains us to say it, Portland has finally beat us at something. The city could, hypothetically, sustain itself entirely on local food.
11 years ago

Lunch ladies gone mild

We're experiencing an epidemic of school lunch ladies getting in trouble.
11 years ago

How should drones be regulated?

It's a classic case of why governments end up regulating things. Drones are everywhere. They're cheap, they're a lot of fun, they let you play peek-a-boo from the sky and they're generally unrestricted.
11 years ago

The need for cell phone surveillance

The investigation of a homegrown plot to kill Boston police officers. Without cell phone surveillance, the suspects could have gone ahead with it.
11 years ago

FIFA’s head steps down, but fans are not out

The most powerful man in soccer walks away — with investigators close behind.
11 years ago