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Washington Governor Jay Inslee banned travel to N. Carolina in response to that state’s anti-...
Richard D. Oxley

Inslee shames North Carolina for anti-transgender law

Washington state is the latest government to ban official travel to North Carolina in the wake of its anti-transgender legislation.
11 years ago
A crash on Interstate 5 near Tacoma trapped four people including children on Tuesday afternoon, ac...
KIRO 7 News

4 trapped in car during I-5 crash near Tacoma

A crash on Interstate 5 near Tacoma trapped four people including children on Tuesday afternoon, according to Washington State Patrol.
11 years ago
A 14-year-old Seattle Prep football player is being called a hero on Tuesday after he helped Bellev...
KIRO 7 News

Teen football player tackles suspected shoplifter

A 14-year-old Seattle Prep football player is being called a hero on Tuesday after he helped Bellevue police nab a suspected shoplifter.
11 years ago
This map shows where a new portion of bike lane will be built through Belltown, adding on to the ex...
Richard D. Oxley

Seattle’s downtown bike lane is getting a whole lot bigger

The 2nd Avenue bike lane through downtown Seattle is no longer a pilot project, and is about to get a whole lot bigger.
11 years ago
A campaign to help the man, aka #ManInTree, make bail was created on YouCaring. The campaign’...
Kipp Robertson

Campaign started to help #ManInTree make bail appears to be suspended

The man who refused to leave a tree for more than 24 hours and was later arrested for third-degree assault and malicious mischief had some support on the outside.
11 years ago
Studies show the number of obese dogs has ballooned more than 37 percent since just 2007, while obe...
Jillian Raftery

Obesity epidemic hitting Seattle pets even harder than their humans

As American doctors try to solve an obesity epidemic, veterinarians are dealing with a health crisis of their own - more than half of dogs and cats and dangerously overweight.
11 years ago
A dash cam video shows a witness in a police car telling an officer that Taylor had a gun. (Seattle...
Richard D. Oxley

Woman says Che Taylor attempted to ‘get his gun’ when he was shot

Seattle police have released a series of audio clips, and a video, amid controversy over a fatal shooting of a black man in February.
11 years ago
King County, sales tax, sales-tax hike, dow constantine, King County, health care, Affordable Care,...
Richard D. Oxley

‘Does anyone feel free driving on I-5 these days?’

King County Executive Dow Constantine pointed to mistakes made by King County voters a generation ago when making the case for Sound Transit 3.
11 years ago
seattle parking, ticket...
Richard D. Oxley

Where more neighbors call 911 for parking offenses in Seattle

A new interactive map shows where Seattleites call 911 for parking offenses the most. And that's not all it shows.
11 years ago
A convenience store clerk shot a shoplifter in Spanaway. That clerk is now being charged with murde...
KIRO 7 News

Clerk who shot suspected shoplifter arrested on murder charge

A convenience store clerk shot a shoplifter in Spanaway. That clerk is now being charged with murder. His wife was shot by a robber recently at the same store.
11 years ago
Paula Andrews found a baby in a dumpster in Everett on March 25. (KIRO 7)...
KIRO 7 News

Woman who found baby in dumpster wants to hold him just once

A woman who found a newborn baby in a dumpster in Everett spoke for the first time publically about the incident.
11 years ago
According to the International Rescue Committee, Moayad and his six-month-old daughter, Zehraa, are...
Sara Lerner

Bainbridge resident says photos of refugee camp don’t ‘do it justice’

With a population that has swelled to as many as 15,000, the makeshift refugee camp near the Greek village of Idomeni is now home to one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world. 21-year-old Madi Williamson, of Bainbridge Island, says it's mind-blowing.
11 years ago
Some recent Rainier Scholars show off sweatshirts representing the colleges they now attend thanks ...
Josh Kerns

From streets of Seattle to Stanford, Rainier Scholars breaking education color barrier

We've heard plenty about the income and opportunity gap as a key issue in the presidential election. But how do you actually help close it?
11 years ago
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray sent a threat via text to Councilmember Sally Bagshaw over The Jungle and h...
Eric Mandel

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray signs order banning city employee travel to North Carolina

Mayor Ed Murray responds to North Carolina's passage of a bill that revoked civil rights protections for LGBTQ people.
11 years ago
The Tahoma High School robotics team, Bear Metal, found out Sunday that the trailer carrying the ch...
KIRO 7 News

Maple Valley high school team’s winning robot stolen from trailer

Some Maple Valley high school students are scrambling after someone stole their competition robot.
11 years ago
The man who caught the nation's attention for spending more than a day in a tree was charged with t...
Kipp Robertson

#ManInTree charged for third-degree assault, malicious mischief

The man who caught the nation's attention for spending more than a day in a tree was charged with third-degree assault and first-degree malicious mischief Monday.
11 years ago
Sound Transit’s two boring machines, nicknamed Brenda and Pamela, are going to be named tunne...
Kipp Robertson

Confusion forces Sound Transit to re-think names of tunneling machines

Sound Transit's two boring machines, nicknamed Brenda and Pamela, are going to be named tunnel-boring machine 1 and tunnel-boring machine 2, The Seattle Times reports.
11 years ago
More than eight months after the New Yorker published a story about the “big one,” U.S....
Kipp Robertson

Retiring seismologist says you’re more likely to be murdered than die in an earthquake

Sure, the prospect of the "big one" is terrifying, but the chances of being part of a homicide investigation are more likely.
11 years ago
Alan Smith of Enumclaw purchased an old peanut butter jar for which he paid $204.28 on eBay. (Court...
Feliks Banel

Enumclaw man spends $204.28 for empty peanut butter jar featuring J.P. Patches

Alan Smith of Enumclaw drove down to Centralia on Saturday to take delivery of the newest addition to his collection of treasures: an old peanut butter jar for which he paid $204.28 on eBay.
11 years ago
Whether or not Hawaii’s stricter model would work in Seattle, Curley says making homelessness a c...
Eric Mandel

Reports: Cost kills proposal for West Seattle RV safe lot

Seattle City Council member Lisa Herbold has told multiple media outlets that the second of two RV safe lots will not open.
11 years ago
Ann Kormos is one of many Bernie Sanders supporters expressing frustration online over what she say...
Jillian Raftery

Accusations of voter suppression waged ahead of Washington Democratic caucuses

With 101 delegates at stake, Washington Democrats want to make sure every vote counts.
11 years ago
Emil Fredreksen, who served on the gunship USS Bennington, received the Medal of Honor back in 1906...
Dan Restione

Seattle cemetery honors forgotten hero 66 years later

Today is National Medal of Honor day and in Seattle, a hero who was buried and forgotten in a Seattle cemetery for more than six decades will finally be honored as he deserves.
11 years ago
The setting sun strikes the terminal and its blown out windows at Zaventem airport, one of the site...
Dyer Oxley

Travel expert: Don’t be concerned with changes at Sea-Tac after attack on Brussels

Travel is affected in the wake of attacks, such as the tragedies in Brussels. This is what travelers need to know.
11 years ago
This week 210 years ago, Lewis and Clark left Fort Clatsop and headed back home. (AP)...
Kipp Robertson

Uncovering the buried legacies of Lewis and Clark

While most people think of Oregon's Fort Clatsop as the final destination of Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery back in 1805, at least one Northwest historian and author disagrees with this interpretation.
11 years ago