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Seattle, traffic...
Kipp Robertson

Seattle can’t handle more vehicles, SDOT director says

Seattle traffic is overloaded with vehicles and the city's director of transportation says it's time for people to ditch their cars.
10 years ago
Northwest Cable News...
Feliks Banel

Northwest Cable News signs off after 21 years

It's not exactly clear what lead to the demise of Northwest Cable News, but historian Feliks Banel spoke to the first news director about his theories.
10 years ago
laser ferries, high-powered laser...
Dyer Oxley

Man fined $13K for playing with high-powered laser

A Washington man was fined more than $13,000 for playing with a high-powered laser and blinding boat captains. It wasn't his first such incident.
10 years ago
Seahawks tickets, tickets, Seahawks, Seahawks playoff...
Josh Kerns

Jaded 12’s? Market for Seahawks playoff game softer than past seasons

After several trips to the Super Bowl, it looks like 12's aren't nearly as excited about a first round Seahawks playoff appearance.
10 years ago
Seattle, freezing, weather, Seattle weather, cold...
Kipp Robertson

Seattle was colder than Alaska’s Arctic Coast this morning

Today is expected to be the coldest day this week in Seattle. The National Weather Service reports Seattle was colder than Alaska's Arctic Coast
10 years ago
Washington colleges...
Dyer Oxley

Washington colleges left behind in education funding boost

Officials want more money for colleges as the state tires to fund K-12 education. Washington colleges are still under cuts from the great recession.
10 years ago
Apartment construction records are expected to be shattered by the number of units being built and ...
Dyer Oxley

We will see the biggest Seattle rental boom in history this year

A Seattle rental boom is adding more and more new apartments to the market. But demand is likely to stay high as people continue to move to town.
10 years ago
Redmond...
KIRO 7 News Staff

Wild, unauthorized parties common at site of fatal shooting in Redmond

The shooting happened after midnight on New Year’s Eve at “The Trails of Redmond,” just blocks from the Microsoft campus in Redmond.
10 years ago
RV...
KIRO 7 News Staff

RV crashes into WSDOT vehicle on I-5 in Seattle

A recreational vehicle crashed into a Washington State Department of Transportation truck on northbound Interstate 5 in Seattle Monday evening.
10 years ago
mudslide, rainier...
Dyer Oxley

Report: Mount Rainier is about to get upgraded

Washington's Mount Rainier is about to upgrade its mudslide detection system that is about 20 years old and out of date with modern tech.
10 years ago
shooter...
KIRO 7 News Staff

Everett police to conduct monthly shooter training sessions

Police in Everett are taking steps to prepare for an active shooter scenario by running monthly training sessions at the Everett Mall.
10 years ago
fire trucks, 911 calls...
Dyer Oxley

Report: Firetrucks collide in Seattle, sending 8 to hospital

Two Seattle firetrucks collided in North Seattle, sending one vehicle into a building, and eight firefighters to a local hospital.
10 years ago
Baumgartner...
Dyer Oxley

Senator: Colleges are being used as ‘politically-correct batons’

Washington State Senator Michael Baumgartner is proposing a bill that will make university boycotts and divestments of Israel illegal in the state.
10 years ago
minimum wage, wages, jobs, money, union, unions...
Kipp Robertson

Seattle workers welcome higher wages with start of new year

Workers across Washington state are celebrating higher wages. In Seattle, some workers are seeing minimum wages as high as $15 an hour.
10 years ago
freezing, snow, forecast, cold, weather, winter...
Kipp Robertson

‘Back to normal’: Freezing temps will linger in Seattle through the week

The National Weather Service says portions of Western Washington will remain at freezing temperatures through at least part of the week. That includes Seattle, which likely won't warm up until Thursday or Friday.
10 years ago
snow...
Stephanie Klein

Snow falls across Western Washington; 2016 enters climate ‘hall of fame’

Some Western Washington residents woke to pockets of snow and ice around their home on New Year's Day morning.
10 years ago
2017, commute...
KIRO 7 News Staff

What’s planned in 2017 that could impact your commute

In some cases, construction will make things temporarily worse on the roads around Western Washington.
10 years ago
Obama, border...
Todd Herman

Gun rights and Obama’s last three weeks

The Obama administration is winding down as the current president's term nears its end. But Obama himself, is winding up and this is what he's up to.
10 years ago
pet names...
KIRO 7 News Staff

It’s official: The most popular pet names in King County

The Regional Animal Service of King County has released this year’s top 10 pet names over the past year, based on more than 27,000 registered pets.
10 years ago
atm thefts...
Dyer Oxley

Dramatic ATM thefts continue to plague Seattle

Seattle police continue to search for thieves responsible for pulling off a string of dramatic ATM thefts across the city, leaving damage in their wake.
10 years ago
Lyft...
Dyer Oxley

Where Seattle visited most using Lyft during 2016

Seattle is a rideshare-loving city with many people ordering up a ride. Lyft crunched some numbers to find out where all these people were going in 2016.
10 years ago
(National Weather Service...
Dyer Oxley

Snow expected with cold temps in the Northwest

Washington weather is about to get even more cold over next week -- much colder than what is normally expected. And this is why.
10 years ago
plane, missing plane...
KIRO 7 News Staff

Four found dead in wreckage of plane near Hood Canal

A search is underway in the northern Hood Canal area for a plane that air traffic controllers lost contact with Thursday night.
10 years ago
rainshadow...
Kipp Robertson

Check out this ‘amazing’ rainshadow over Puget Sound

The North Puget Sound region got to experience a rainshadow on Thursday that is more often seen north of the Olympic Mountains.
10 years ago