Fillets of Copper River Salmon are shown, Friday, May 18, 2012, after the annual first air shipment of the prized deeply-colored fish arrived from Alaska early Friday morning in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) While Thierry Rautureau isn’t a huge Copper River Salmon fan, he concedes it’s one of the most gorgeous salmon on the […]
Rachel Belle proposed the challenge. Luke Burbank, Sean DeTore and Libby Denkmann went head to head, to head to head, with Belle to see who could eat the most cheeseburgers from Dick’s in three minutes. _
By Rachel Belle Listen to Tom Douglas…The New Seattle Lunch Lady? The plastic trays, the lunch ladies, the little cartons of milk; I think everyone has memories of their school’s cafeteria lunch. At my elementary school, the chimichangas were notoriously disgusting and uncool. Eating one could turn even the most popular girl into a social […]
By Rachel Belle Listen to Feature: When 12-Year-Olds Try and Cure Cancer Dutch Hill elementary sixth grade teacher, Alex Snyder, says he was reading the Dune series when a paragraph about energy gave him an educational epiphany. “It kind of stopped me, and I was thinking ‘What if I look at my classroom as purely […]
Despite all the enthusiasm for the new Seattle
arena proposal, some doubters including 97.3
KIRO FM's Dave Ross remain skeptical and wonder
why investor Chris Hansen can't go to a bank
instead
Police say a hostile crowd prevented
emergency responders from immediately
helping a man with multiple gunshot wounds
Wednesday night in the parking lot of a
south Seattle fast food restaurant.
Seattle's mayor said he was briefed on the
challenges and plans to look into it
further.
By Rachel Belle Listen to Get Bugled at Emerald Downs I made my first trip to Emerald Downs a few weeks ago and it wasn’t the athleticism of the horses or the thrill of gambling that my friend used to get me excited; it was the promise of getting bugled. Daniel Harrington has been the […]
A top Justice Department official says
Seattle Mayor Mike
McGinn's claims that proposed reforms to the
Seattle
Police Department would cost $41 million are
"frankly
absurd."
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg turns 28
Monday. It would be hard for anyone to compete
with all he has achieved. Should we feel bad if
we're older than him and haven't reached near
his level of success?
On the heels of Toms’ “Dark Shadows” review, Andrew quizzes Dave, Luke and Tom about the history of soap operas. 1. Two soap operas both debuted on the same day on April 1, 1963. One was “General Hospital”. What was the other called? A. The Emergency Room B. The Surgeons C. The Doctors D. Under […]
This is the peak season for asparagus. Seattle Kitchen hosts Tom Douglas and Thierry Rautureau don’t necessarily see eye to eye on every way to prepare this dish. Take a listen for their varied ways to serve this vegetable.
What would you do if your spouse told you
that they wanted to change sexes? The topic
came up on 97.3 KIRO FM's Ross and Burbank
Show after the front man of punk band
Against Me! told Rolling Stone he planned to
become a woman and remain married to his
wife. A listener also shared their
experience with the same subject matter.
By Rachel Belle Listen to Feature: Seattle’s Floating Farmer’s Market…with tacos! The Virginia V is a beautiful, beloved boat here in Seattle. Built in 1922 to move passengers, freight and mail around the Puget Sound, now you can check her out at this weekend’s Seattle Maritime Festival or even get married on her. She was […]
A woman who has been at the center of battle
for equal rights for same-sex couples in
Washington will be hosting a thank you rally
for the president during his visit to
Seattle on Thursday.
