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KIRO 7 News Staff

Police investigate fatal officer-involved shooting in Auburn

Police are investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting Friday night in Auburn.
10 years ago
Bertha...
Dyer Oxley

Seattle soil wears Bertha down

This is what it looks like when Bertha wears down. Crews are replacing cutting tools at the front of the machine.
10 years ago
container homes...
Tom Kelly

Container homes: Cost, benefits and limitations

Tom Kelly examines the popularity of container homes on this week's edition of Real Estate Today on KIRO Radio.
10 years ago
Seattle Seahawks' Russell Wilson stretches during the team's NFL football training camp Saturday, J...
Stephanie Klein

Russell Wilson gets goofy during ‘Tonight Show’ Superlatives

Russell Wilson, Seahawks QB, certainly had the best appearance on The Tonight Show Thursday night during the Superlatives feature.
10 years ago
Touchdown City...
Josh Kerns

Seahawks Touchdown City bigger and better than ever

Touchdown City is the Seahawks fan-friendly pre-game party and it's open to anyone with, or without, a ticket. More than 20,000 attend.
10 years ago
A social media post is taking a jab at Seattle's developers who are tearing down characteristic cor...
KIRO 7 News Staff

Social media post blasts developers

A social media post is taking a jab at Seattle's developers who are tearing down characteristic corners of town, and putting up ... something else.
10 years ago
Sept. 11...
Feliks Banel

How KIRO Radio covered the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11

Seattle historian Feliks Banel looks back on KIRO Radio's coverage of 9/11 leading up to the 15th anniversary of the deadly attacks.
10 years ago
homeless...
Kipp Robertson

Effort to ‘uncomplicate’ homeless issue could be lesson for Seattle

The City of Albuquerque, New Mexico is celebrating one year of a pilot program that provides panhandlers jobs for a day.
10 years ago
seattle homeless crisis...
Dyer Oxley

Seattle homeless crisis could be mostly fixed in a year, report says

Experts assessed the Seattle homeless crisis and reported their conclusions to the city council. This is what they told the city.
10 years ago
Bettie Page house...
Dyer Oxley

Bettie Page house restored with Divine intervention

The formerly defaced Bettie Page house mural in Seattle has been restored, and now boasts the addition of famous drag queen Divine.
10 years ago
bike...
Kipp Robertson

Leader of Seattle’s bike programs quits job, heads back East

Though Nicole Freedman always seemed positive about bike programs in Seattle, she left after less than two years on the job.
10 years ago
science...
Colleen O'Brien

Block party in Downtown Seattle could change how kids think about science

Some kids just lose interest in science. But a block party in Downtown Seattle Saturday hopes to change that trend.
10 years ago
Kipp Robertson

Gun shop owners argue against AG’s assault weapons ban

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson was surrounded by supporters when he announced his proposed assault weapons ban Wednesday, but there are those who disagree.
10 years ago
3-year-old Beatrix's first time eating cotton candy led to an exciting night at Safeco Field Wednes...
MyNorthwest Staff

Watch: Cotton candy girl at Safeco conquers internet with sugar high

An adorable 3-year-old named Beatrix ate cotton candy for the first time. The Mariners hit a grand slam. The rest is internet history.
10 years ago
speed, speeding ticket, cameras...
KIRO 7 News Staff

School zone speeders getting out of tickets in Seattle neighborhood

Back to school means more traffic, and school zone speed cameras are back up and running, except in the Montlake neighborhood, where drivers have been beating tickets on a technicality.
10 years ago
Camp Second Chance, second chance...
Dyer Oxley

Seattle’s homeless ordinance surrounds Camp Second Chance

Camp Second Chance has been placed amid a Seattle debate over homeless encampments as the council considers controversial measures.
10 years ago
whale, humpback...
Kipp Robertson

The ‘humpback comeback’ is ‘great news’ for the species

Federal authorities are taking many humpback whales off the endangered species list, after decades of the whales being endangered.
10 years ago
NLIHC , Tacoma rent, affordable housing,...
Dyer Oxley

What Craigslist says about Seattle housing

Seattle housing is included in this recent PhD study on rising rents based off of everyone's favorite online classified marketplace.
10 years ago
assault weapons, high capacity magazines...
Kipp Robertson

Washington AG supports ban of assault weapons

Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson is proposing a ban on some assault weapons, citing the Mukilteo shooting as one reason to do so.
10 years ago
Bellingham...
Kipp Robertson

That was ‘definitely a quake’ felt in Bellingham

The earthquake that shook Bellingham late Tuesday night was one recorded as a magnitude-3.2. Several people reported feeling it.
10 years ago
Starbucks, Howard Schultz...
Kipp Robertson

Starbucks CEO gives surprise presidential endorsement

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz officially endorsed Hillary Clinton during an interview with CNN.
10 years ago
Marguerite, sailed...
Feliks Banel

Memories sailed away with Princess Marguerite

When the coastal liner Princess Marguerite sailed her last round-trip it was the end of a century of Canadian steamship memories in the Pacific Northwest.
10 years ago
seattle area traffic, seattle traffic, start times...
KIRO 7 News Staff

New Seattle school start times shifting traffic patterns

It's the first day of school for nearly 50,000 students in Seattle, but high school students will be sleeping in a little this year because of changed school start times.
10 years ago
Gian ice cube...
Dyer Oxley

How long will it take this giant ice cube to melt in Seattle?

A giant ice cube art display will be placed in a Seattle park. A local scientist is asking the public to estimate how long it will take to completely melt.
10 years ago