Former KIRO Newsradio Reporter

Josh Kerns

Josh Kerns was formerly a reporter for KIRO Newsradio.

Super Bowl stunner: ‘Don’t tell me it’s just a game’

Like many other places around Seahawks Nation, there were plenty of tears and little consolation in the Curley household Sunday night after the Hawks heartbreaking Super Bowl loss.
12 years ago

City of Seattle’s plans still up in the air for Seahawks celebration

Despite losing to the Patriots Sunday night, the city of Seattle has said it's preparing to celebrate the Seahawks' season.
12 years ago

Comcast taking extra steps to ensure Super Bowl broadcast goes off without a hitch

With 9 out of 10 Americans and virtually everyone in Washington state watching Sunday, Comcast says it's taking extra steps to make sure the Super Bowl broadcast goes off without any service interruptions.
12 years ago

Seattle Tunnel Partners completes digging of Bertha repair pit

The contractor building the new Seattle tunnel has finished digging the 120-foot pit it will use to access and repair Bertha, the SR 99 tunneling machine, the Washington Department of Transportation announced Friday.
12 years ago

Birds of a feather: penguins pick Seahawks over Patriots, other animals concur

The oddsmakers in Vegas continue to favor the Patriots by one point ahead of Sunday's Super Bowl. But when it comes to the animal kingdom, everyone from bunnies to birds are flocking to the Seahawks.
12 years ago

Seattle-area sports stores face shortage of Seahawks jerseys ahead of Super Bowl

If you're hoping to run out and buy a Seahawks jersey sporting your favorite player's name and number before the Super Bowl, you could very well be out of luck - unless your favorite player is Russell Wilson.
12 years ago

NFL commissioner says Marshawn Lynch has to talk to the media whether he likes it or not

After enduring a week of Marshawn Lynch making a mockery of the NFL with his combative Super Bowl media sessions, commissioner Roger Goodell says Lynch has to talk to the press whether he likes it or not.
12 years ago

Marshawn Lynch making millions by battling with media

Marshawn Lynch might act like he doesn't want any media exposure, but considering how much merchandise he's hocking this week at the Super Bowl, you have to wonder if it was all just a brilliant scheme to take the Beast Mode brand to the bank.
12 years ago

Storage tank explodes at Lakewood auto parts store

A gasoline vendor was thrown 60 feet when a storage tank at an auto parts salvage yard exploded in Lakewood Thursday afternoon.
12 years ago

Couple beaten in brutal Renton home invasion robbery

An elderly Renton couple is hospitalized with serious head injuries and police are seeking their attacker in a brutal home invasion robbery.
12 years ago

Interview: Seattle’s Rainn Wilson embraces another unlikeable character and Seahawks

Seattle native Rainn Wilson has made a career out of playing unlikeable characters, most notably the curmudgeonly Dwight Schrute on NBC's hit series "The Office." So it should come as little surprise he's playing another despicable character in the new series 'Backstrom'.
12 years ago

12s taking over Phoenix for Super Bowl week

It would be understandable if some people mistook Phoenix for Seattle this week, given the massive influx of Seahawks fans flooding the Valley of the Sun for Super Bowl XLIX.
12 years ago

Seattle-area stores stocking up on Skittles for Super Bowl sugar rush

With Marshawn Lynch and the Seahawks making final preparations for Sunday's Super Bowl, Puget Sound-area grocery stores are making sure they don't get caught short on Beast Mode's favorite treats.
12 years ago

Chemical leak prompts Olympia evacuations, hazmat response

A widespread chemical leak has prompted the evacuation of a number of businesses at the Port of Olympia as firefighters work to contain it.
12 years ago

Seattle police officer pulled from patrol after arrest of elderly man with golf club

The Seattle Police Department has apologized to a 69-year-old man and returned his golf club following a dispute with an officer that led to his arrest.
12 years ago

Seattle police busting more people than ever for talking while driving

It's been five years since the state made it illegal to talk or text on your handheld mobile phone while driving. But the Seattle Police Department is writing more tickets for the offense than ever.
12 years ago

Tim Eyman fights to prevent constitutional change to initiative process

Tim Eyman has clashed with the legislature repeatedly over the years with many of the initiatives he's spearheaded. But now the Mukilteo activist is leading a new fight over what he says is an assault on the entire initiative process.
12 years ago

Computers clash in Super Bowl predictions

The Super Bowl is sparking a super-sized clash of computerized predictions, with the Patriots topping the Seahawks on Madden 15 and the Bing search engine, while a simulated Super Bowl run 50,000 times has Seattle a heavy favorite to come away the winner.
12 years ago

Man with grenade sparks closure of International Blvd., bomb squad deployment

A man who flashed what appeared to be a real hand grenade forced the closure of International Blvd. in SeaTac Tuesday morning as a King County bomb squad investigated. It was determined to be inert.
12 years ago

Seahawks Michael Bennett’s cowboy hat is no joke

Even in the sea of reporters and players at Super Bowl XLIX, the Seahawks Michael Bennett stands out this week, in part because of the white cowboy hat he's been sporting since last week.
12 years ago

Proposal to kill Bertha, Seattle tunnel project dead on arrival

Saying they've lost all confidence the project will ever be completed, two Republican senators have proposed a bill to kill Bertha and halt the Seattle tunnel project.
12 years ago

Shot fired at Southcenter Mall in Tukwila, 1 injured

Four people were arrested and one shot during a fight at Westfield Southcenter Mall in Tukwila late Monday afternoon.
12 years ago

Is God siding with Russell Wilson in Super Bowl? (Parody)

Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson is always crediting God for his success, so does that mean God is backing #3 in the Super Bowl?
12 years ago

Unsportsmanlike conduct? NFL does about-face on Marshawn crotch-grab merchandise

Marshawn Lynch's propensity for grabbing his crotch continues to draw the eye and ire of the NFL, but it didn't stop the league from selling a picture of his most recent incident.
12 years ago