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KIRO 7 News Staff

Franklin High School students rally against gun violence, honor slain student

Students and staff at Franklin High School in Seattle are calling to end gun violence with a rally and march Friday.
8 years ago
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MyNorthwest Staff

A look at four upcoming Sound Transit stations

Despite a massive budget shortfall, Sound Transit is pushing ahead on its planned 8.5 mile extension from Northgate to Lynnwood -- as part of ST2. 
8 years ago
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MyNorthwest Staff

Unusual weather rolls in over Western Washington

The snow level this weekend in Western Washington will drop to levels that are "definitely not normal."
8 years ago
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MyNorthwest Staff

Magnitude 3.3 earthquake recorded NW of San Juan Islands

The USGS reports a magnitude 3.3 earthquake shook about 22 miles from the town of Friday Harbor.
8 years ago
Hepatitis C...
KIRO Newsradio Newsdesk

Puyallup hospital announces 6 more Hepatitis C cases

There are six new confirmed Hepatitis C cases linked to the outbreak at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup.
8 years ago
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MyNorthwest Staff

Seattle considers mobile safe injection van

Instead of a safe injection site, Seattle council members are considering an alternate option -- a safe injection van that would park in one spot to monitor addicts consuming drugs.
8 years ago
asylum seekers, ICE...
MyNorthwest Staff

Gov. Inslee, AG Ferguson demand answers over imprisoned asylum seekers

At least two mothers seeking asylum have been separated from their daughters at the Texas-Mexico border and were sent to be held at a federal detention center in SeaTac.
8 years ago
New Year's Eve, King County Metro, contract seattle bus service,...
Kipp Robertson

Officials explore contracted Seattle bus service as traffic worsens

The work to contract out Seattle bus service has mostly been overshadowed by the city's ORCA card program, which passed through committee Tuesday.
8 years ago
injection sites...
Kipp Robertson

Seattle council member hears good news on injection sites, runs with it

When she heard that U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams came out in support safe consumption sites, Seattle Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda could hardly hold back her excitement.
8 years ago
train derailment, amtrak train...
KIRO Newsradio Newsdesk

DuPont train crash survivor suing Amtrak; alleges company knew of electrical failure

An 81-year-old holocaust survivor who was on the train that crashed near DuPont is suing Amtrak. His lawyer argues there was an electrical failure that should have stopped the train from departing that day.
8 years ago
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MyNorthwest Staff

They did it! Washington has finally fully funded education

The Washington Supreme Court announced that state lawmakers have fully funded K-12 education as ordered through the famous McCleary decision after years of budgeting.
8 years ago
standoff...
MyNorthwest Staff

Man suspected of shooting his wife arrested after brief standoff with Seattle PD

A Shoreline man suspected of shooting his wife in the leg was in a brief standoff with Seattle police Thursday morning.
8 years ago
Capitol Hill rape suspect...
KIRO Newsradio Newsdesk

Sketch of Capitol Hill rape suspect released

Seattle detectives are attempting to identify a suspect after DNA testing found a link in three separate reported rapes on Capitol Hill in 2014.
8 years ago
car fire, SB I-5 in Everett...
MyNorthwest Staff

SB I-5 reopens after car fire in Everett

A car fire has shut down all lanes of southbound I-5 near SR 526 in Everett.
8 years ago
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KIRO 7 News Staff

Man critically injured in Seattle stabbing

Seattle police are searching for someone who stabbed a man near a 7-Eleven in downtown Seattle early Thursday.
8 years ago
drug busts...
KIRO Newsradio Newsdesk

Police seize 75 guns, money in series of drug busts across Puget Sound

Police are calling it one of the biggest drug investigations ever in the Puget Sound region. Hundreds of local, state, and federal officers were involved in the drug busts that stretched from Skagit to Thurston Counties.
8 years ago
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MyNorthwest Staff

No Tax on Jobs Coalition confident it will have enough signatures for ballot

Organizers of an effort to repeal a recently passed head tax, aka the Seattle jobs tax, say they expect to get enough signatures to get their referendum on the November ballot.
8 years ago
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MyNorthwest Staff

White nationalist elected to Washington GOP position

James Allsup is now a Republican Party Precinct Officer for Precinct 129 in Whitman County, located in Eastern Washington. He garnered headlines last year after attending the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
8 years ago
summer, may...
MyNorthwest Staff

May’s record-setting warmth foreshadows dry summer

Will we continue to see record-setting temperatures in Western Washington? Current data points to yes.
8 years ago
firearms...
Kipp Robertson

Should teachers have the right to request student disarmament?

Should teachers have the right to petition a court to take away firearms from students? At least one governor says so.
8 years ago
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MyNorthwest Staff

One arrested after Federal Way explosion

A Federal Way man was arrested after an explosion that destroyed an SUV Tuesday evening.
8 years ago
standoff...
MyNorthwest Staff

King County deputy in standoff charged with assault

Seattle police say a deputy involved in a standoff was taken safely into custody Wednesday afternoon after a SWAT team used robots to search the suspect's apartment.
8 years ago
western washington wildfires...
KIRO Newsradio Newsdesk

There was a ‘categorical shift’ in Western Washington wildfire season

While Eastern and Central Washington has required most fire preparation in the past, officials say that the threat from Western Washington wildfire season is becoming more severe.
8 years ago
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MyNorthwest Staff

‘Scofflaws,’ parking among top dislikes with Seattle bikeshares

There's plenty of reasons to praise Seattle bikeshares since they began operating last year, including 468,000 rides since July. But that doesn't mean there aren't complaints.
8 years ago