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Richard D. Oxley

Massive Puget Sound raid strikes blow to illegal drug market

Puget Sound law enforcement made 17 arrests, taking in 53 pounds of narcotics and $178,000 in cash, striking a blow to a regional drug-trafficking organization.
11 years ago
The machine responsible for boring a tunnel under Seattle is being prepped to be placed back into t...
Kipp Robertson

Crews begin reassembling Bertha as repairs wrap up

The machine responsible for boring a tunnel under Seattle is being prepped to be placed back into the ground.
11 years ago
Former MLB player Jamie Moyer will be inducted into the Mariners Hall of Fame on Aug. 8. (AP)...
Josh Kerns

Jamie Moyer had a few chuckles on the road to the Hall of Fame

Jamie Moyer may be one of the most unlikely players to make the Hall of Fame.
11 years ago
Kerri Kasem is shown with her father, radio legend Casey Kasem. Kerri founded the Kasem Cares Found...
Josh Kerns

Casey Kasem’s daughter fights for family rights after father’s death

It's been just over a year since the sad end of radio legend Casey Kasem's life played out in Kitsap County. Now, one of his daughter's has dedicated her life to trying to prevent the abuse that plagued her father's last days.
11 years ago
Sea levels could rise by 10 feet by 2065, according to James Hansen. The “social disruption&#...
Kipp Robertson

Climate change already rearing its ugly head in Northwest

Unless emissions are cut, there sea levels could rise at a drastically higher rate than originally predicted.
11 years ago
Starbucks chairman and CEO Howard Schultz will not be running for president. (AP photo)...
Stephanie Klein

Starbucks CEO puts presidency rumors to bed

He says his friends have been pushing him to throw his hat in the political ring, but Starbucks chairman and CEO Howard Schultz will not be running for president.
11 years ago
Stephanie Klein

Off-duty police officer shoots, kills robbery suspect in Tacoma

An off-duty Tacoma police officer reportedly shot and killed a robbery suspect on Wednesday evening.
11 years ago
A University of Washington study will attempt to determine if Seattle’s current $15 minimum w...
Richard D. Oxley

Will $15 minimum wage work in Seattle? Study attempts to find out

A University of Washington study will attempt to determine if Seattle's current $15 minimum wage is for better or worse.
11 years ago
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Stephanie Klein

‘Deadliest Catch’ fishermen find out about Seahawks’ Super Bowl loss

The hit Discovery show 'Deadliest Catch' has finally caught up to February, when the Seahawks lost Super Bowl XLIX to the New England Patriots.
11 years ago
Slide organizers claim health department permits have prevented the event from happening, but the h...
Richard D. Oxley

Massive Seattle waterslide canceled

Slide organizers claim health department permits have prevented the event from happening, but the health department said that no application was submitted for the event.
11 years ago
Rainier Avenue accounted for two vehicular fatalities between 2011 and 2014. The road is undergoing...
Kipp Robertson

Deadly corridor getting facelift in South Seattle

The heavily used road accounts for hundreds of injuries and two fatalities in recent years.
11 years ago
Kshama Sawant and Pamela Banks dominated District 3 in early primary election night results. (Seatt...
Stephanie Klein

Jean Godden trails, Kshama Sawant leads in early primary election results

Many Seattle voters waited to see their new City Council districts begin to take shape on Primary Election Night.
11 years ago
A man fired a shotgun into the air, before saying he put bombs on the marina’s fuel tanks, ac...
Kipp Robertson

Bomb threat forces evacuation of Lakebay Marina

A man fired a shotgun into the air, before saying he put bombs on the marina's fuel tanks.
11 years ago
Starbucks CEO and chairman Howard Schultz, may be despised by Supersonics fans, but reportedly cons...
Richard D. Oxley

What America would look like if Howard Schultz was president

Judging from his history with the SuperSonics, 710 ESPN Seattle's Danny O'Neil has a pretty good idea of what a Howard Schultz presidency would look like.
11 years ago
An 18-year-old pizza delivery driver called 9-1-1 after a hit-and-run on Dexter Avenue North. The p...
Kipp Robertson

Seattle pizza driver called 911 after bike hit and run

The driver in a viral video may have made the right decisions, but too late.
11 years ago
Rents in Seattle are up 7.5 percent compared to a year ago, according to new survey from Axiometric...
Tom Kelly

Seattle rents on the rise, rank 8th in nation

Rents in Seattle are up 7.5 percent compared to a year ago, the eighth highest increase in the country, according to new survey from Axiometrics, a company specializing in apartment and student housing statistics.
11 years ago
You still have time to drop your ballot into the mail. (KIRO Radio file photo)...
Stephanie Klein

What you need to know about Primary Election Day

It might shock you to realize that today is election today and it's the deadline to get your ballot in on a number of races.
11 years ago
The Teanaway River near Cle Elum is considerably low. (Department of Ecology)...
Sara Lerner

Nearly all of Washington in severe drought

From fishermen to firefighters, Washington is feeling the harsh effects of drought.
11 years ago
Seahawks long snapper Clint Gresham experienced a little car trouble on Monday and felt no sympathy...
Richard D. Oxley

12th Man turns on Seahawk in Seattle traffic

Before you honk and yell out your car window, maybe make sure to check who is behind the wheel of the offending vehicle first. You never know, it could be a Seahawk.
11 years ago
Seattle’s first Civic Poet, Claudia Castro Luna, started a two-year term in August. (City of ...
Kipp Robertson

City will pay poet $10K to hold performances, workshops

Seattle's first civic poet can look forward to a $10,000 stipend for two years of her work.
11 years ago
Another rower has reported falling debris from Seattle’s Ship Canal Bridge. WSDOT is now perf...
Richard D. Oxley

Second report of falling debris from Ship Canal Bridge

People are concerned falling debris from the Ship Canal Bridge is endangering lives.
11 years ago
Richard D. Oxley

Teen daughter discovers murder-suicide in Puyallup

Deputies with the Pierce County Sheriff's Office responded to a Monday morning murder suicide that at a Puyallup home.
11 years ago
Puget sound, traffic, seattle, fish, truck...
Chris Sullivan

Drivers top fish in Seattle’s new traffic plans

Months after wiping the egg from its face after an overturned fish truck shut the city down for nine hours, Seattle is beginning to implement some changes to the way it handles major collisions.
11 years ago
Matt Wolcott prepares a baseball with mud and spit in the umpires clubhouse beneath the stands at S...
Josh Kerns

Spit, mud make for special sauce on every Mariners baseball

Whenever a ball gets fouled off into the Safeco Field stands, a lot of people get pretty excited. Matt Wolcott isn't one of them.
11 years ago