downtown Seattle...
Feliks Banel

Before it collapsed, WaMu ad campaign was the 'Friend of the Family'

All the failing banks in the news lately remind so many around the Pacific Northwest of a memorable WaMu ad campaign.
3 days ago
downtown Seattle...
KIRO Newsradio Opinion

Ross: Ex-football players would convince people to pay for transit

Yesterday, the State Supreme Court ruled in favor of Zachary Meredith, who in 2018 boarded a Community Transit bus without paying his fare.
3 days ago
downtown Seattle...
Gee and Ursula

Big ideas for the city from the head of the Downtown Seattle Association

Jon Scholes, President and CEO of the Downtown Seattle Association (DSA), has some big ideas on how to bring downtown back to its former glory.
4 days ago
downtown Seattle...
Dave Ross

Dave Ross quizzes ChatGPT on the hardest Jeopardy! questions

With the new update to ChatGPT being rolled out I found a Reader’s Digest feature headlined: “14 Final Jeopardy! Questions Everybody Got Wrong.”
4 days ago
downtown Seattle...
John Curley and Shari Elliker

John & Shari: Listener shares her story of addiction and recovery

Marguerite from Lacey is a former crack cocaine addict. She shared her story with the John Curley & Shari Elliker show.
4 days ago
downtown Seattle...
KIRO Newsradio Opinion

Ross: Community policing program should include public tackle training

There would be five or ten of our burliest male and female citizens trained to swarm the assailant and, in 30 seconds, have him zip-tied
4 days ago
downtown Seattle...
Chokepoints

WSDOT's homeless initiative showing some early signs of success

I think we all realize just how tough it is to clear homeless camps from the freeway, and only kicking people out doesn't work.
4 days ago
downtown Seattle...
Gee and Ursula

Gee & Ursula: What about those airline fees?

What about those airline fees? More are coming. KIRO Newsradio's Gee & Ursula have different takes on the subject.
5 days ago
downtown Seattle...
Feliks Banel

Regional anthem “Viva! Sea-Tac” celebrates 1990s Seattle culture, good and bad

Over the past few decades, “Viva! SeaTac” has become something of an anthem for the region, at least among a certain demographic.
5 days ago
downtown Seattle...
KIRO Newsradio Opinion

John and Shari: Are clowns scary?

Join John Curley and Shari Eliker in discussing whether or not clowns are scary. John is prepared to tricycle furiously to the defense of the clown community.
5 days ago
downtown Seattle...
KIRO Newsradio Opinion

Ross: The myth of pulling yourself up by your bootstraps

A lot of us take that to the extreme by assuming everyone has those magical bootstraps that, if only you pull on them hard enough, will fix everything
5 days ago
downtown Seattle...
Feliks Banel

Cherry trees in front of Pike Place Market are gone

The City of Seattle removed the storied cherry trees on Pike Street between First Avenue and Second Avenue Tuesday.
6 days ago
downtown Seattle...
KIRO Newsradio Opinion

Ross: Census expands ethnicity classifications to 217 unique identities

Next year, just in time for the election, the federal government will be rolling out a new list of possible ethnic and racial census classifications.
6 days ago
downtown Seattle...
Chokepoints

SR-520 drivers won't be getting a lane back for another year

This is not the news westbound State Route 520 drivers want to hear, they will not be getting their second lane back to Interstate 5 any time soon.
6 days ago
downtown Seattle...
Gee and Ursula

Kent Mayor: 'Our police department is fully staffed,' but needs more officers

Kent Mayor Dana Ralph says its police department is fully staffed in budgeted positions but needs more officers.
7 days ago