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MyNorthwest Video

Video: Why the Seattle Mariners couldn’t get a deal done with Shohei Ohtani

Gee Scott joins Seattle’s Morning News to discuss MLB superstar Shohei Ohtani’s massive new contract with the LA Dodgers. Listen to Seattle’s Morning News, weekdays from 5am to 9am on KIRO Newsradio 97.3fm!
3 years ago
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Dave Ross

Ross: When it comes to hate speech, are you with me?

We now know that if you’re a University President, you need to take a strong stand against hate speech. Last week New York Rep. Elaine Stafanik confronted three college Presidents about the anti-Israel demonstration on campus.
3 years ago
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MyNorthwest Video

Video: The WORST commutes and traffic jams in Washington State history

In this video, we discuss the absolute worst commutes and traffic jams in Washington State’s history. Which ones did we miss? Let us know in the comments below! Check out more of Chris’ Chokepoints.
3 years ago
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Dave Ross

Ross: Being an entertainer for a 5-year-old grandchild is a tough gig

This trip involved some serious time spent as an entertainer my five-year-old grandchild.
3 years ago
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MyNorthwest Video

Video: How one family started a movement to show support to Jewish families this holiday season

One man and his family has started a movement to show support for Jewish families at a time where anti-semitism has become worse and worse the last few months. Travis Mayfield shares the details.
3 years ago
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Frank Sumrall

Jack on mask requirements at Wash. clinics: ‘It’s not weird’

Both Providence Swedish and MultiCare clinics announced they would start requiring masking from visitors, patients and caregivers.
3 years ago
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Jake Skorheim

Skorheim: How do you feel about WSDOT’s $10M bathrooms?

WSDOT says the agency needs $500 million to fix their 47 aging rest stops throughout the state.
3 years ago
Travis Mayfield

Mayfield: Trump wants a dictatorship; he said so himself

It was a simple question. It was posed twice. The questioner was a friend and ally. It all happened in front of a fawning crowd of true believers.
3 years ago
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Chris Sullivan

Sullivan: Goodbye and good luck to my 2nd favorite college football players

First, let me say that I absolutely hate the college football transfer portal. I hate what it's doing to my favorite sport
3 years ago
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MyNorthwest Video

Video: The bitter downside of the NCAA transfer portal for athletes and their families

Our very own Chris Sullivan details his experience as a dad in the college football world and discusses the NCAA transfer portal in this personal commentary
3 years ago
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MyNorthwest Video

Video: KIRO Newsradio presents ‘A Christmas Carol’ airing December 7th at 8pm!

Tune in December 7th at 8pm to KIRO Newsradio for a special edition of “A Christmas Carol” from our very own hosts! Get in the Christmas spirit as your favorite voices depict this beloved holiday story, on KIRO Newsradio 97.3fm!
3 years ago
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Travis Mayfield

Mayfield: Eastern Wash. city council tries yet another book ban

According to a report, the Liberty Lake City Council thinks it should tell the library what books to shelve and which to trash.
3 years ago
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MyNorthwest Video

Video: How gift cards in Washington State may change for good in 2024

Ursula Reutin joins Seattle’s Morning News to discuss how Washington State may pass a bill that will change how gift cards work in this state forever.
3 years ago
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MyNorthwest Video

Video: A disappointing sports weekend in Seattle, even for a non-sports fan

Travis Mayfield, a self described non-sports fan, explains why it was a tough weekend for Seattle. Listen to Seattle’s Morning News, weekdays from 5am to 9am on KIRO Newsradio 97.3fm!
3 years ago
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Travis Mayfield

Mayfield: A disappointing sports weekend, even for a non-sports fan

I know nothing about sports. I mean I know absolutely nothing about sports, but that's not stopping me from having opinions about sports this morning.
3 years ago
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MyNorthwest Video

Video: Seattle manager gives car thief ‘a second chance’ by hiring him

Tutta Bella pizzeria manager Jordan Mullner in Columbia City, Seattle, joined Mike Lewis and Urusla Ruetin to discuss how he turned a local car thief into an employee.
3 years ago
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Colleen O'Brien

Colleen: Sen. Randall wants federal funding for Washington ferries

A important question we asked Sen. Randall was what she would do in Congress to help funding for Washington state's ailing ferry system.
3 years ago
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MyNorthwest Video

Video: What do our Spotify Wraps say about us?

Micki Gomez joins Seattle’s Morning News to discuss Spotify Wraps and what they say about us! And we share the most listened to artists of the year!
3 years ago
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James Lynch

Lynch: I watched the Hamas videos so you don’t have to

There aren’t enough suitable adjectives to describe watching the Hamas videos. Horrific. Barbaric. Brutal. Appalling. Those are just a few.
3 years ago
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Travis Mayfield

Mayfield: The Washington state ferry system needs to be saved

Washington State Ferries -- the largest public ferry system in the entire world -- is sinking fast, and our neighbors are drowning.
3 years ago
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Ursula Reutin

Ursula: Record-low King County election turnout ‘disturbing’

King County had the lowest recorded turnout rate for a general election in modern history this year. Ursula explains why it's disturbing.
3 years ago
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MyNorthwest Video

Video: How companies manipulated customers on Black Friday to spend more

Micki Gomez joins Seattle’s Morning News to discuss how companies used some secret tactics to get customers to spend more on Black Friday. Listen to Seattle’s Morning News, weekdays from 5am to 9am on KIRO Newsradio 97.3fm!
3 years ago
Travis Mayfield

Mayfield: Public schools are good but you wouldn’t hear it from them

We are in the market for a middle school. We are an eager family with a bright-eyed 10-year-old hopeful about the future.
3 years ago
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Frank Sumrall

Gee & Ursula: How Amazon’s Black Friday Football will change consumerism

"You know Amazon is winning when the majority of people that can't stand Amazon still use its platform," Gee Scott said on The Gee and Ursula Show.
3 years ago