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panhandling...
KIRO 7 News Staff

Marysville, Arlington team up to stop panhandling

The cities of Marysville and Arlington are teaming up to crack down on panhandling. Some say it’s really going to hurt them.
9 years ago
Seattle parking...
MyNorthwest Staff

Seattle parking prices, hours are going up – and down

Seattle parking will get a more expensive in some areas, while paid parking hours will be extended in others. Some areas will see parking rate decreases.
9 years ago
The overturned semi-truck on NB I-5 near Sea-Tac on Tuesday. (WSP)...
MyNorthwest Staff

Crash that jammed NB I-5 into Seattle for hours finally clear

An overturned dump truck caused long backups on northbound I-5 in Sea-Tac. The drive from Tacoma to Seattle was two hours.
9 years ago
Bob Ferguson, daca, contraception, ghost guns...
MyNorthwest Staff

Washington sues Trump over contraception controversy

Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson is suing the Trump administration over new rules limiting contraception coverage for women.
9 years ago
safe injection sites, i-27...
Dyer Oxley

King County should defend I-27, then we should vote it down

King County should defend I-27 in court, not to ban safe injection sites, but to defend voters' rights to take part in the process.
9 years ago
An off-duty officer stands next to a "road closed" sign in Ballard. (File, MyNorthwest)...
MyNorthwest Staff

Report: Seattle utility spends millions for off-duty officers from one company

Seattle City Light has paid Seattle's Finest Security & Traffic Control more than $7.8 million over five years for off-duty officers.
9 years ago
Diners had to leave the Meridian Cafe Sunday afternoon for a fire.
 (Puyallup Police)...
KIRO Newsradio staff

Restaurant fire in downtown Puyallup sends patrons packing

A two-alarm commercial fire at Meridian Cafe in Puyallup sent a packed house of patrons rushing for the exit signs.
9 years ago
Nelly...
KIRO Newsradio staff

Rapper Nelly released from jail after rape allegation

The Auburn Police Department says officers arrested the Grammy Award winning rapper Nelly after a woman said he raped her in Auburn.
9 years ago
Graham...
MyNorthwest Staff

Graham neighborhood evacuated as fire nears homes

Heavy winds have expanded a wildfire near Graham, Wash. and prompted an evacuation of a neighborhood near the flames.
9 years ago
Kirsten Harris-Talley...
MyNorthwest Staff

Seattle council selects Harris-Talley as temporary council member

The Seattle City Council selected Kirsten Harris-Talley to take over Tim Burgess' recently vacated council seat as it goes into its budget.
9 years ago
tax credit, Senator O'ban, Sound Transit, train derailment...
Hanna Scott

Lawmakers grill Sound Transit over car-tab fees, release of thousands of emails

A committee held its final investigatory hearing into whether Sound Transit misled the Legislature and voters about the $54 billion light-rail expansion.
9 years ago
Alaskan Way Viaduct...
MyNorthwest Staff

What seven years of Seattle viaduct inspections have found

Ever since the magnitude 6.8 Nisqually earthquake damaged the Alaskan Way Viaduct, the state has conducted twice-yearly inspections of the seismically vulnerable and outdated viaduct.
9 years ago
Viaduct-SDOT...
KIRO 7 News Staff

Alaskan Way Viaduct closed this weekend for inspection

The Washington State Department of Transportation will close the Alaskan Viaduct for its twice-yearly inspection this weekend.
9 years ago
Hq2, amazon...
MyNorthwest Staff

King, Snohomish counties are bidding for Amazon HQ2

The Puget Sound region is coming together to try and keep Amazon's expanding business local, and plant HQ2 not far from Seattle.
9 years ago
Sound Transit, $318 million, Red Line...
MyNorthwest Staff

Sound Transit questioned about release of 173k private emails

Lawmakers met for the second time in two weeks to look into the legality of Sound Transit 3 and the $54 billion tax package approved by voters in November.
9 years ago
free2move...
Dyer Oxley

Seattle transportation confusion? There’s an app for that

Free2Move is a European car company's effort to break into the American market. But it's not bringing cars into the country.
9 years ago
seattle sodo...
KIRO 7 News Staff

Fatal SODO stabbing closes Fourth Ave. S. in Seattle

Police are at the scene of a fatal stabbing in Seattle's SODO neighborhood.
9 years ago
wildfire ash, haze...
MyNorthwest Staff

2017 was smokiest summer in over 100 years

No need to keep wondering if this was the smokiest summer you've ever experienced in Western Washington. Most of us haven't seen one this bad in our lifetimes.
9 years ago
Boeing challenge jetpack...
Chris Sullivan

Personal jetpacks? Boeing issues challenge to inventors

In a recently-released video, Boeing challenges aerospace inventors to create a personal flying device, also known as a jetpack.  
9 years ago
Seattle...
Feliks Banel

Target Seattle and the city’s long history of anti-nuke activism

The old Kingdome really lived up to its “multipurpose” billing. It was also the site of a unique Cold War-era event called Target Seattle.
9 years ago
Scott Pettersen. (KIRO 7)...
KIRO 7 News Staff

Former Snohomish County firefighter commandeered ambulance to save lives in Las Vegas

As a former firefighter and an EMT in Snohomish County, Scott Pettersen thought he'd seen nearly every kind of emergency.
9 years ago
income tax...
MyNorthwest Staff

Report: How Seattle considered spending its income tax

Seattle officials and consultants brainstormed a few ideas for how to spend revenue from the city's recently-approved income tax.
9 years ago
bump stock...
MyNorthwest Staff

Gov. Inslee calls for ban of firearm attachment Vegas gunman used

In the wake of the Las Vegas massacre, Governor Jay Inslee is calling for a ban of bump stock attachments, devices used to enable weapons to fire rapidly.
9 years ago
Flowers and candles are left at a makeshift memorial site on Las Vegas Boulevard on Tuesday, Oct. 3...
KIRO 7 News Staff

Seattle woman among those killed in Las Vegas shooting

A Seattle woman is among the 59 people killed in the Las Vegas massacre, the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history.
9 years ago