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Rep. June Robinson said she knows there are critics who debate the science behind vaccines, but sai...
Stephanie Klein

Lawmaker explains bill to end personal choice exemptions for vaccines

In the midst of a measles resurgence, a state lawmaker from Everett has introduced a bill to remove the personal belief exemption for vaccines.
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Kipp Robertson

Driver arrested for pulling gun on another driver in Seattle

A man was arrested Friday afternoon for pulling a gun on another driver in a road rage incident on Rainier Avenue.
12 years ago
The King County Prosecutor has charged five Juanita High School students with attempted rape after ...
Kipp Robertson

Kirkland teens charged with attempted rape of special needs student

Five Kirkland teens were charged with attempted rape of a special needs student Friday following an assault in a high school locker room.
12 years ago
Two Suquamish Elementary fifth grade classes learned a few life lessons from the Seattle Seahawks&#...
Kipp Robertson

Kitsap County teachers use Super Bowl loss for ‘life lessons’

Two Suquamish Elementary fifth grade teachers used the Seahawks' Super Bowl loss as a teaching moment.
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Josh Kerns

Video: Brazen prowler hits car while victim pumps gas feet away

The Olympia Police Department is trying to track down a brazen thief who broke into a truck in broad daylight while the truck's owner pumped gas on the other side.
12 years ago
Kipp Robertson

Naked man stabs someone in front of Seattle church, one arrest made

One person was transported to Harborview Medical Center after being stabbed in the chest in front of a church in downtown Seattle Friday afternoon.
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A dejected Pete Carroll walks off the field after the Seahawks’ Super Bowl XLIX loss last Sun...
Josh Kerns

GOP cites Pete Carroll’s Super Bowl call in mail criticizing Democrats

Pete Carroll's ill-fated decision to pass from the one-yard line in the Super Bowl has now transcended politics, with the National Republican Congressional Committee using it in an attack on its Democratic counterparts.
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Joseph McEnroe enters a King County courtroom on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015. (KIRO Radio/Libby Denkmann...
Libby Denkmann

Joseph McEnroe describes grisly murder of six in taped confession

On Thursday a King County jury heard the chilling taped confession of Joseph McEnroe, on trial for killing six members of his girlfriend's family on Christmas Eve 2007.
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Kipp Robertson

Mudslide shuts down Sounder service

The Sound Transit passenger train shut down Friday due to a mudslide south of Everett.
12 years ago
Tom Kelly

New-home communities bolstered by MIP reduction

Pacific Ridge's David Duncan said he anticipates the new FHA fee change will keep the demand high for new homes in communities like Marysville.

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Stephanie Klein

Reports: Pierce College evacuated for suspicious car on campus

Pierce College in Puyallup was reportedly evacuated Friday morning after a parked car was discovered with a suspicious substance inside.
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The owners of a failed West Seattle health club and several others are charged with wage theft and ...
Josh Kerns

Former Seahawks’ player charged with wage theft, defrauding state

In only the second case of its kind ever brought by the state, Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson has filed wage theft and fraud charges against former Seahawks defensive lineman Sam Adams and his partner.
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MyNorthwest.com

Seahawks begin to relax, embrace the offseason

It's officially the offseason and the Seahawks have spent the week clearing out their locker room, learning of fines, having a baby, and getting over a Super Bowl loss.
12 years ago
Lake Stevens-native turned Hollywood star Chris Pratt, who played Star-Lord in the hit summer movie...
Alyssa Kleven

Chris Pratt honors bet, but Captain America will appear at Seattle Children’s, too

Two Marvel heroes placed a bet on the Super Bowl and even though one team was victorious and the other lost, both superheroes, and their charities, will be winners.
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Several homes are under water in Brinnnon, Wash. Friday morning. (Photo courtesy Nicole Black, resi...
Stephanie Klein

Heavy rain brings flooding, mudslides

Forecasters say days of heavy rainfall have increased the threat of landslides in Western Washington.
12 years ago
Lawmakers are considering a bill that would eliminate that risky yellow light decision by changing ...
Chris Sullivan

Lawmaker wants to lengthen yellow lights, reduce fines

To speed up or to slam on the brakes? That is the question as you approach yellow light at an intersection with a red light camera. Lawmakers are considering a bill that would eliminate that risky decision by changing the length of the yellow light.
12 years ago
Pediatrician Charles Goodman, talks with patient Carmen Lopez, 37, holding her 18-month-old son, Da...
Colleen O

Study: Doctors have sway when it comes to parents choice for measles vaccine

The biggest headline all week has been the measles outbreak and subsequently vaccinations. Can I share one more? Because a local doctor and researcher recorded pediatricians and parents during child well-visits and he found out what might be causing more parents to opt out of vaccinations.
12 years ago
National Weatherperson’s Day is a day to recognize the men and women who collectively provide...
Ted Buehner, NWS Meteorologist

Celebrating National Weatherperson’s Day

Today is National Weatherperson's Day. This day commemorates the birth of John Jeffries in 1744. One of America's first weather observers, Jeffries began taking daily weather observations in Boston in 1774 and he took the first balloon observation in 1784.
12 years ago
Tacoma has continually ranked on the Advocate’s annual list of most gay-friendly, and frequen...
Chelsea Hawkins

A look at the queerest city in Washington: Tacoma

The queerest city in Washington isn't Seattle, it's Tacoma.
12 years ago
Human remains were uncovered on a Bainbridge Island property Jan. 9 by local authorities. The remai...
Kipp Robertson

Human remains found on Bainbridge will be repatriated to Suquamish Tribe

Human remains uncovered not once, but twice near a cabin on Bainbridge Island will soon have a home.
12 years ago
A proposal by Governor Inslee would significantly increase taxes and restrict flavors and online sa...
Josh Kerns

Battle over e-cigarette restrictions lighting up in state Legislature

Should electronic cigarettes be treated the same as tobacco, even though they're tobacco free? The state's growing electronic cigarette industry and users have launched a major counter-offensive to block legislation that would significantly raise taxes and limit flavors and sales of the popular cigarette alternative.
12 years ago
Darcy Smith is shown after being named “Teacher of the Year” in 2012. (Photo courtesy H...
Josh Kerns

Award-winning SeaTac elementary teacher charged with child rape

A SeaTac elementary school teacher once honored as one of the best instructors in the state has been charged with child rape after allegedly having sex with a former student who lived in her home.
12 years ago
Keyanna Monson (r) and Samantha Eldredge left their homes Jan. 28 and have been missing ever since,...
Josh Kerns

Detectives seek missing 16-year-old girls in Snohomish

Two 16-year-old Snohomish girls are missing and considered endangered, and the Snohomish County Sheriff's Department is pleading for the public's help to find them.
12 years ago
Kipp Robertson

Man stabbed in University District is in critical condition

A 22-year-old man is in critical condition after he was stabbed during a brawl in the University District Thursday morning.
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