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MyNorthwest.com

Powerful windstorm expected to slam Puget Sound

Forecasters expect heavy wind to blow in across the Puget Sound region around 3 p.m.
11 years ago
The windstorm Wednesday night that knocked out power to thousands downed trees across the region, f...
MyNorthwest.com

High winds that knocked out power to thousands not quite done

The strong winds that blew through Puget Sound aren't quite done yet.
11 years ago
John Vidale with the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network reports a seismometer north of Greenwood Ave...
Kipp Robertson

Powerful Greenwood explosion recorded by earthquake monitor

The explosion that rocked Seattle's Greenwood neighborhood was picked up by a seismometer 250 meters away.
11 years ago
Greenwood gas explosion...
MyNorthwest.com

Massive gas explosion obliterates Greenwood businesses

Seattle firefighters were called to a reported gas leak in Seattle's Greenwood neighborhood shortly after 1 a.m. on Wednesday.
11 years ago
Seattleite Adam Johnson with his daughters. Five-year-old Anna says her mother and father always pu...
Sara Lerner

Study shows children concerned with parents’ smartphone use

A new study reveals kids are worried about their parents' smart phone usage.
11 years ago
Lloyd's Rocket...
Feliks Banel

Lloyd’s Rocket launched a thousand memories in downtown Seattle

On the edge of downtown Seattle, a quirky bit of history stubbornly clings to a triangular piece of land bordered by busy thoroughfares.
11 years ago
So far, eight tiny homes and 22 tents propped up on wood platforms dot the small site just off the ...
Jillian Raftery

Seattle opens tiny home village to fight homeless crisis

Seattle is pinning its hopes on a village full of tiny homes to be a model for solving the area's homeless crisis.
11 years ago
This RV was parked in Magnolia for months despite neighbor complaints and video allegedly showing d...
Josh Kerns

Seattle neighbors argue connection between RVs and crime

Seattle neighbors argue the police department's own statistic prove that removing RVs from Magnolia has decreased crime in that area.
11 years ago
Council member Mike O'Brien told council member Debora Juarez he was sorry for a mistake he made du...
Kipp Robertson

‘I can do a better job there,’ Seattle council member says during quick apology

A quick public apology by a Seattle City Council member is apparently all that was needed to put a mistake in the past. Council member Mike O’Brien told council member Debora Juarez that he was sorry for not properly counting her vote during a committee meeting regarding the future of the bike-share program, Pronto! “I […]
11 years ago
The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network reports that the episodic tremor slip, which is a fairly comm...
Kipp Robertson

River of ground tremors started in Puget Sound, stops in mid-Oregon

A series of tremors that began near Puget Sound and marched south appears to have finally stopped.
11 years ago
The annual performance review is generally a hated experience. Some companies are switching to week...
Colleen O

Seattle company ditches annual reviews; does this instead

The annual performance review is generally a hated experience. But it is on the way out to make way for this new method.
11 years ago

Washington hovers near middle of states’ property tax list

New Jersey has the highest real-estate taxes, $4,029, which is eight times more expensive than in Hawaii, the state with the lowest, $489.

11 years ago
Council member Mike O’Brien told council member Debora Juarez he was sorry for a mistake he m...
Kipp Robertson

‘I can do a better job there’ Seattle council member says during quick apology

A quick public apology by a Seattle City Council member is apparently all that was needed to put a mistake in the past.
11 years ago
Tacoma Public School District head legal counsel Shannon McMinimee said Larchmont elementary teache...
KIRO 7 News

Tacoma kindergarten teacher allegedly found drunk in classroom

A Tacoma kindergarten teacher has been fired after she was allegedly found drunk in her classroom.
11 years ago
Hope you booked ahead. It will take quite a trip to see the full eclipse on March 8. (NASA)...
Richard D. Oxley

Alaska Airline passengers in for quite a show during total eclipse

Hope you booked ahead. It will take quite a trip to see the full eclipse on March 8.
11 years ago
They still work: vintage airplane dials are kept in a locked room at the Museum of Flight, with rad...
Sara Lerner

Popular Seattle park found to be ‘perfectly safe’ after radiation scare

You can walk your dog, play with your kids, and garden at Seattle's Magnuson Park without fear of radiation exposure.
11 years ago
seattle dark...
Ted Buehner

This is how wet Puget Sound has been this season

Despite some days of sunshine, this winter season has been one of the wettest on record in Seattle dating back to the 1890s.
11 years ago
A poll conducted by challenger Bill Bryant shows that less than 40 percent of Washington voters bel...
Richard D. Oxley

Gov. Inslee won’t sign any bills if legislators don’t finish budget on time

Gov. Jay Inslee said Monday that he will not sign any bills coming his way if legislators in Olympia do not finish the budget on time.
11 years ago
Bertha has completed a conditional period that allowed it to install 25 rings. The machine will now...
Richard D. Oxley

WSDOT approves Bertha for another run; tunnel is now 15 percent complete

Bertha has completed a demonstration demanded by state officials. The boring machine is now allowed to continue to a planned maintenance stop on Yesler Way in Seattle.
11 years ago
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray says the city cannot sustain its current support of the homeless population...
Kipp Robertson

Mayor Murray: Seattle is ‘third-most generous’ in US for housing homeless

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray is convinced the national-tune will change when it comes to homelessness.
11 years ago

Three signs of a sketchy moving company

Don't just go with the cheapest quote.

11 years ago
Those who have lost loved ones because of drunken drivers will be pushing for stricter DUI laws Mon...
KIRO 7 News

Victims’ families pushing for stricter DUI laws

Those who have lost loved ones because of drunken drivers will be pushing for stricter DUI laws Monday morning.
11 years ago
government control...
Kipp Robertson

Kirkland senator requests study of ‘adverse impacts’ of I-405 toll lanes

The I-405 express toll lanes have caused enough frustration from Kirkland drivers that Sen. Rosemary McAuliffe is now taking steps to mitigate the alleged problems.
11 years ago
John Vidale with the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network reports earthquakes such as the 4.7-quake re...
Kipp Robertson

Magnitude-4.7 earthquake recorded off the coast of Vancouver Island

A magnitude-4.7 earthquake was recorded off the west coast of Vancouver Island Saturday morning.
11 years ago