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Bridgette Hempstead founded Seattle’s Cierra Sisters after a her own diagnosis of breast canc...
Josh Kerns

Breast cancer survivor says God’s command to get mammogram saved life

Bridgette Hempstead is used to talking to God, but he doesn't usually talk back. That is, until the day she swears a message from the Lord saved her life, and inspired her to create a Seattle foundation helping save detect and treat breast cancer.
12 years ago
Kansas City Chiefs fans registered a world record 142.2 decibels Monday night to reclaim the world ...
Josh Kerns

Chiefs fans reclaim stadium noise record from Seattle

Kansas City is once again home to the loudest stadium in the world after Chiefs fans took the record back from Seattle Monday night in earsplitting fashion.
12 years ago
Josh Kerns

Detectives discover more victims of Bremerton child rapist , school volunteer

Investigators say they've identified at least five additional victims and there could be more after the arrest of an accused Kitsap County child rapist and pornographer who volunteered at local schools.
12 years ago
The King County Council has decided to halt two rounds of additional Metro Transit cuts slated for ...
Tim Haeck

King County Council shelves additional Metro Transit cuts

Metro bus cuts planned for next February are shelved, for now. The King County Council Monday refused to approve further cuts until after the county's two-year budget is adopted in November.
12 years ago
Boeing says work will continue in Renton on the submarine hunting P-8A Poseidon despite the consoli...
Josh Kerns

Boeing to cut, move 2,000 jobs out of Puget Sound area

An estimated 2,000 Boeing workers in the Puget Sound area will lose their jobs or be forced to move over the next few years as the company consolidates the majority of its defense work to the midwest.
12 years ago
Seattle tops a new ranking of the best cities for coffee snobs put out by local real estate company...
Josh Kerns

Rankings: Seattle tops for ‘coffee snobs’

Sure there's a Starbucks on every corner. But a new survey says Seattle is tops in the country for coffee snobs who wouldn't set foot anywhere near the mermaid.
12 years ago
A proposal by a Seattle transit group calls for a new light rail line running between Ballard and R...
Josh Kerns

Transit group pushes Sand Point-Kirkland Lake Washington light rail crossing

It's only a dream, but some transportation advocates are hailing Sound Transit's willingness to study the long-term feasibility of a new light rail line running between Ballard and Redmond.
12 years ago
The Washington State Patrol says they pulled over a woman carrying a giant stuffed bear in lieu of ...
Jamie Skorheim

State patrol: Woman caught driving with Costco bear ‘passenger’ in HOV lane

HOV lane violators are getting creative, like one woman busted in Lynnwood Monday morning for using a giant Costco bear as her second passenger.
12 years ago
Mercer Island restaurants can reopen after a visit from an inspector. All restaurants on Mercer Isl...
Jamie Skorheim

Boil water advisory for Mercer Island lifted

An advisory for Mercer Island residents to boil water has been lifted after the latest test results were analyzed and proved clear of E.Coli.
12 years ago
Kansas City fans will try to reclaim the world record for noisiest stadium Monday night. (AP file)...
Josh Kerns

Kansas City Chiefs fans trying to reclaim noise record from Seattle Seahawks fans

Seahawks fans will be keeping a close eye and ear on Kansas City Monday night, as Chiefs fans will try again to take back the world's record for the noisiest stadium from Seattle.
12 years ago
In a rare move, 15 businesses have agreed to shut down until next summer while the city builds a ne...
Tim Haeck

Seattle waterfront businesses hope to survive 9-month closure

"Closed" signs are going up on the Seattle waterfront this week. In a rare move, 15 businesses have agreed to shut down until next summer while the city builds a new seawall.
12 years ago
A flyer advertises a pizza and beer party put on by Comcast at a Seattle apartment building. The co...
Josh Kerns

Comcast turning to pizza and beer to attract Seattle apartment dwellers

Is Canadian bacon enough to get you to sign up for cable? Comcast hopes so, throwing a series of pizza and beer parties at apartment buildings around Seattle to attract new customers.
12 years ago
Highway 167 was never finished. It was not supposed to dead-end in Puyallup and dump drivers onto M...
Chris Sullivan

SR 167 was never finished, now it’s a $2 billion project

It has the potential to ease congestion at a series of chokepoints in King and Pierce Counties, and it was supposed to be built 30 years ago.
12 years ago
This image shows tumor paint lighting up a tumor before surgery. The Seattle doctor working with sc...
Colleen O

Seattle tumor paint doctor gets FDA approval

The Seattle doctor working with scorpion venom in an effort to find a more effective treatment for brain tumors has received approval to start testing his "tumor paint" by the FDA.
12 years ago
A Lacey fire fighter administers oxygen to a hamster baby rescued Friday from a mobile home fire.(L...
Josh Kerns

Lacey firefighters turn rodent rescuers in mobile home blaze

Some Lacey firefighters are being hailed as lifesavers after rescuing a family from a burning mobile home Friday. But they aren't expecting thanks from the survivors - a family of hamsters.
12 years ago
Metro Transit will eliminate 28 bus routes entirely and reduce service on another 13 routes startin...
Josh Kerns

King County Metro bus service cuts start Saturday

After more than a year of warnings, King County Metro Transit's first wave of service cuts take effect Saturday.
12 years ago
Several events on Saturday are expected to bring extra traffic congestion to the City of Seattle. (...
Jamie Skorheim

Weekend events expected to complicate Seattle traffic

Several events on Saturday are expected to bring extra traffic congestion to the Seattle area.
12 years ago
Bob Larson

Pedestrian killed in Federal Way collision

Rain-soaked streets and darkness may have played a role in an accident in Federal Way where a woman was struck by a car while crossing the street.
12 years ago
Seattle author Garth Stein defends his book “The Art of Racing in the Rain” after it wa...
Josh Kerns

Banned Seattle author defends ‘Art of Racing in the Rain’

Seattle author Garth Stein has a new distinction to add to his resume: his best selling book "The Art of Racing in the Rain" has been banned by a Texas high school.
12 years ago
Over 150 Seattle School District students will be offering their opinions about new school lunch of...
Josh Kerns

Lentil sloppy joes? Seattle Schools put new food offerings to taste test

The folks who cook up meals for the Seattle School District face a tough crowd Friday, as over 150 students visit headquarters to put potential new food offerings to a taste test.
12 years ago
In some cases, officers’ hands are tied. A significant number of complaints from downtown vis...
Tim Haeck

Downtown Seattle business, residents want plan to stop crime

Pot smoking in public, open air drug dealing, sleeping in doorways, using stairwells as toilets. People who live and work in downtown Seattle see that behavior and wonder if there are some laws that simply don't get enforced.
12 years ago
Incident on Metro Transit bud in Kent. (KIRO Radio Photo/File)...
Chris Sullivan

Bellevue College completes $200K roadwork project to avoid Metro bus cuts

King County Metro's latest round of service cuts take effect tomorrow. 28 routes will be eliminated. Another 13 will be reduced, but there's at least one route that was going to be cut that isn't going away after customers cut a deal with the transit agency.
12 years ago
KIRO Radio’s Dori Monson recently saw a pregnant panhandler. While he thinks panhandling is s...

Dori Monson: Panhandling shouldn’t be banned in downtown Seattle

A downtown Seattle business owner wants a ban on panhandling. But Dori Monson doesn't think it should be banned.
12 years ago
The Washington State Patrol says some ‘glitches’ in the system delayed an Amber Alert W...
Josh Kerns

Amber Alert delay exposes ‘glitches’ in system

A delay of nearly 30 minutes exposed some continuing flaws in the state's Amber Alert system.
12 years ago