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KIRO Newsradio Newsdesk

Straight from the KIRO Newsradio newsdesk. Contributors include reporters Sam Campbell, Luke Duecy, Aaron Granillo, Heather Bosch, Matt Markovich, James Lynch, Katrina Guischard, Charlie Harger and more.

Oregon principal’s not-so-fair shooting drill

Dateline, Halfway, Oregon, Population 288 – near the Idaho border. Two masked men wearing hoodies and carrying handguns burst into a teachers meeting at the Pine Eagle Charter School and started firing blanks. It was an emergency drill, not a real attack, but no one told the teachers. They only realized it was a drill […]
13 years ago

Boy, 7, accidentally shoots sister, 9, in Auburn

Police say a 7-year-old boy accidentally shot his 9-year-old sister in the leg Wednesday night at their home in Auburn.
13 years ago

Shooting prompts school lockdown in Tacoma

Tacoma police say two schools in the area were in lockdown for a nearby shooting.
13 years ago

Seattle bicyclist killed in crash with truck

A man riding a bicycle was killed in a collision with a semi-truck Wednesday morning in an industrial area south of downtown Seattle.
13 years ago

Seattle police and city reach tentative contract agreement

Seattle's police guild has reached a tentative contract agreement with the city.
13 years ago

Candidates for Seattle mayor meet in first forum

The candidates for Seattle Mayor met for the first time Monday night in a forum that focused largely on the reforms underway at the police department.
13 years ago

Fire forces residents out of apartment complex in Seattle’s Eastlake neighborhood

Eight people were forced out of their apartments after fire damaged a building in Seattle's Eastlake neighborhood.
13 years ago

NBA relocation committee to make recommendation on Kings’ fate

The NBA relocation committee is meeting Monday to decide the future of the Sacramento Kings and whether professional basketball will return to Seattle.
13 years ago

50 million customer accounts compromised in Living Social cyber-attack

If you have a LivingSocial account, you'll have to change your password after what's being called a massive cyber-attack that compromised 50 million customers.
13 years ago

Nickelsville neighbor files claim against City of Seattle for damages

The future of Nickelsville, the unauthorized homeless encampment in southwest Seattle, will soon play out in court.
13 years ago

Space Needle receives request to fly gay pride flag in June

Owners of the Space Needle are being asked again to fly the rainbow flag every year during Pride month in June.
13 years ago

Fire breaks out in early morning hours at Kent laundry facility

Investigators say spontaneous combustion and dirty shop towels started a fire at a Kent laundry facility early Thursday morning.
13 years ago

Seattle ranks eighth among worst traffic cities

Seattle's traffic problems are the eighth worst in the country, according to a new study by Kirkland-based traffic data company Inrix.
13 years ago

Battery Street Tunnel closures this week

The Battery Street Tunnel will be closed a couple more nights this week.
13 years ago

Bellevue high school ranked among nation’s best

It was ranked ninth out of all U.S. high schools according to a listed released by U.S. News and World Report.
13 years ago

Seattle fireworks show goes on thanks to corporate sponsors, public donations

With funds seemingly dried up, the producers of Seattle's annual fireworks show had thrown in the towel. But Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn wouldn't hear it.
13 years ago

Amidst community outrage, Bellevue police apologize for Seattle shooting

The Bellevue police chief apologized to residents of Seattle's Columbia City neighborhood where a Bellevue SWAT team killed a man last month while trying to arrest a robbery suspect.
13 years ago

Aurora closures expected to slow traffic through Seattle

Your Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning commute might be a little more hectic than what you noticed Monday morning if you take SR 99 at Mercer Street.
13 years ago

Friends fundraise for Issaquah native who lost foot in Boston bombings

A woman who lost a foot in the Boston terror attack is an Issaquah native and her friends are working to help her cover medical bills.
13 years ago

Suspect surrenders after standoff at Seattle motel

Police say a bank robbery suspect who had barricaded himself inside a room in a North Seattle hotel surrendered to authorities.
13 years ago

Police: Man kills girlfriend, neighbors in Federal Way shooting

Police say a 28-year-old man gunned down his girlfriend and neighbors at an apartment complex in Federal Way early Monday morning.
13 years ago

Do the dangers behind a massive Texas fertilizer plant explosion lurk in Washington?

West, Texas, is a little more than an hour south of Dallas and, as of the 2010 census, has a population of 2,674. It is named after T.M. West, the first postmaster of the city.
13 years ago

Washington Sen. Patty Murray vows gun control fight to continue despite defeat

Flanked by the teary-eyed parents of the Connecticut school shooting victims, Washington Senator Patty Murray vowed to keep the fight over gun control going after the Senate Wednesday voted down a measure requiring expanded background checks for gun buyers.
13 years ago

Bomb squads respond to Forest Service office, Bremerton naval base

Bomb squads were called to Naval Station Bremerton and the U.S. Forest Service Office in Sedro-Woolley on the report of suspicious items left at both locations.
13 years ago