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Tom Kelly

Do real estate agents ever turn down a listing?

Recently, a longtime acquaintance and agent reduced the price of a waterfront second home by $500,000.

12 years ago
Richard D. Oxley

Woman shot in the head while watching street fight

A Sunday morning street fight turned bloody when one man fired a gun and hit a bystander.
12 years ago
When software developer Seth Morabito decided to move from the Bay Area to Seattle, he had one abso...
Josh Kerns

Software developer says Comcast mistake might cost him his home

When software developer Seth Morabito decided to move from the Bay Area to Seattle, he had one absolute deal breaker. His new home had to have good, solid, dependable broadband for his work.
12 years ago
People gather at the end of the reflecting pool near the 9:03 Gate during a remembrance ceremony, S...
Jillian Raftery

Oklahoma City bombing prepared a first responder for the Oso mudslide

It would come to be known as one of America's worst cases of homegrown terrorism: the Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 people and injured over 300 more.
12 years ago
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MyNorthwest.com

Photos: Seahawks in Maui for annual spring training trip

The Seahawks spent the week in Maui for some spring training - an annual tradition.
12 years ago
Kipp Robertson

One dead after car crashes through closed overpass in Tacoma

For the second time in a week, a car has gone off an overpass in Tacoma.
12 years ago
People living near Seattle’s seawall construction say it’s difficult to live near all t...
Libby Denkmann

Seawall construction keeping Seattle residents up late

Progress for downtown Seattle's seawall is about 50 percent complete, but it comes at a cost.
12 years ago
In dozens of doctors offices across the country, reading is now part of the standard checkup. (AP)...
Colleen O

Seattle doctors among those trying to shrink ‘word gap’

For children born into families who worry about unemployment or where they'll sleep tonight, their little ears will hear 30 million fewer words by the time they're 4 years old.
12 years ago
Seahawks coach Pete Carroll sold his home in Hunts Point for $6.1 million. (Photo from King County ...
Stephanie Klein

Seahawks Coach Pete Carroll sells Hunts Point home

Seahawks coach Pete Carroll sold his home in Hunts Point for $6.1 million.
12 years ago
Kipp Robertson

Cash, weapons stolen in West Seattle home invasion

Two masked men tied up a West Seattle homeowner before stealing thousands of dollars in cash and weapons.
12 years ago
Stephanie Klein

Seattle University classes resume after threat

Classes at Seattle University have resumed after an earlier evacuation over a threat found on campus Friday morning.
12 years ago
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Chelsea Hawkins

Building memories at Puyallup’s Spring Fair

Elephant ears are frying, potbelly pigs are racing, and Puyallup is alive for the Washington State Spring Fair.
12 years ago
A drill rig that six Greenpeace activists illegally boarded for six days arrives in Port Angeles Fr...
Kipp Robertson

Oil drilling rig arrives in Port Angeles; protesters preparing

A drill rig that six Greenpeace activists illegally boarded for six days arrives in Port Angeles Friday.
12 years ago
Bellevue’s Chick-fil-A has caused enough traffic issues since it opened just over a week ago ...
Kipp Robertson

Bellevue Chick-fil-A causing traffic backups, forces city to implement mitigation plan

Bellevue's Chick-fil-A has caused enough traffic issues since it opened just over a week ago that the city was forced to create a mitigation plan.
12 years ago
Seattle’s Real Change is the first “street paper” in the nation to launch an app ...
Josh Kerns

No change? No problem as homeless newspaper launches first-of-its kind digital sales

For years, hundreds of homeless and low-income vendors have relied on selling the Real Change newspaper to survive. And now it's becoming the first in the nation to allow people to buy it with the swipe of a smartphone.
12 years ago
MyNorthwest.com

Family of baby shot in the head seeking answers

Kent police say a 1-year-old girl was shot in the head as she sat in a car with her parents Thursday afternoon.
12 years ago
A baggage handler called 911 after waking up from a nap in the cargo hold of an ascending airplane....
Richard D. Oxley

911 call was dropped as airplane ascended from Sea-Tac

The Alaska Airlines baggage handler who fell asleep in the cargo hold of an airplane tried to call 911, but didn't get across too much information before losing reception.
12 years ago
Daryl R. Sharma, also known as the ‘Westlake groper,’ has been sentenced to three years...
Stephanie Klein

Westlake groper sentenced 3 years

Daryl R. Sharma, also known as the 'Westlake groper,' was sentenced to three years in jail for sexually assaulting women in downtown Seattle.
12 years ago
Speculation has been swirling around Troy Kelley, a Democrat elected in 2012, since federal agents ...
Kipp Robertson

Indicted state auditor is ‘very, very confident’ he can prove his innocence

Governor Jay Inslee called for the state auditor to resign not long after Troy Kelley was indicted Thursday.
12 years ago
Stephanie Klein

Elderly woman killed in Seattle house fire

A woman in her 90s is dead and her 76-year-old son is hospitalized following a house fire on Capitol Hill.
12 years ago
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Stephanie Klein

Former CEO of Safeco Field catering company sentenced for animal cruelty

The former CEO of Centerplate, which provides food services at Safeco Field, has been sentenced for kicking a 5-month-old puppy.
12 years ago
Governor Jay Inslee was annoyed by a reporter’s question on Wednesday and suggested the pair ...
Stephanie Klein

Gov. Inslee suggests to reporter they ‘go out in the alleyway’

Governor Jay Inslee was annoyed by a reporter's question on Wednesday and suggested they "go out in the alleyway."
12 years ago
Joseph McEnroe is cross-examined Wednesday by King County Senior Deputy Prosecutor Scott O’To...
Libby Denkmann

Prosecutor: McEnroe ‘baited the trap’ for Anderson family in 2007 Carnation killings

Joseph McEnroe, convicted with the murder of six people, was subdued in court Wednesday, a far cry from his angry, combative answers at the start of cross-examination.
12 years ago
WSDOT says if you want to get your King Felix bobblehead Saturday night, leave yourself plenty of t...
Chris Sullivan

WSDOT tries to improve I-90 closure just in time for big Mariners crowds

The state is once again closing westbound I-90 to spend the weekend working inside the Mercer tunnel and the Mount Baker Tunnel.
12 years ago