The man many credit with keeping horse racing alive in Washington is stepping away from the track after 20 years, handing the reins of Emerald Downs over to the Muckleshoot Tribe. Emerald Downs owner Ron Crockett joins The Dori Monson Show for a chat about his experience.
Five teen girls have been hospitalized after getting sick from taking prescription medications one of the girls brought to their Chehalis high school Friday.
Amid numerous complaints of drivers having to relieve themselves in coffee cups, wearing diapers or even losing control of their bladders in their seats, the state Department of Labor and Industries has issued a citation to King County Metro Transit for failing to provide drivers with unrestricted access to bathrooms.
In Jimi Hendrix' classic tune 'Spanish Castle Magic,' he sings of a journey to the famed local club that took a half day on dragonfly. It turns out the dragonfly was actually a Metro bus. So it's only fitting a newly unveiled bus shelter in the Central District honors Seattle's greatest guitarist.
In the wake of toxic algae blooms that have closed Green Lake over the past several summers, the Seattle City Council is stepping up efforts to speed cleanup and prevent closures for years to come.
At first, Seattle police thought it must have been road rage. There was seemingly no other explanation for the shooting death of a Seattle wine steward as he sat in his car at a traffic signal in August 2012. As a murder trial gets underway, the prosecutor says it was a random killing, but one that was planned far in advance.
The Woodland Park zoo announced Wednesday it's closing the elephant program and will move its two remaining pachyderms, but advocates for Bamboo and Chai say that's not enough.
