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Jennifer Hutson was last seen last July 24 running errands. Huston’s family says she spent ti...
Stephanie Klein

Couple reports seeing missing Oregon woman on Washington ferry

Investigators are checking surveillance video from the Washington state ferry system to see if they can confirm a report that a missing Dundee, Oregon, woman was spotted Thursday on the ferry out of Anacortes to Friday Harbor in the San Juan Islands.
12 years ago
Tim Haeck

Seattle’s Matthews Beach remains closed to swimming

Matthews Beach, in north Seattle, remains closed to swimming today due to high levels of bacteria in the water.
12 years ago
Janice Paulette Wright is described as Caucasian and Native American-Filipino. She is 3 feet tall, ...
Alyssa Kleven

Police search for missing Bremerton girl

Police are asking for help in the search for a missing 6-year-old girl in East Bremerton.
12 years ago

Another wildfire set ablaze by lightning in Eastern Washington

The Snag Canyon Fire is the newest inferno raging across Central Washington.
12 years ago
Five people were injured in a rollover crash on I-5 near the Mercer Street exit early Sunday mornin...
Stephanie Klein

11 people injured in two rollover crashes on I-5

The Washington State Patrol is investigating two separate rollover car crashes on I-5 early Sunday morning that sent 11 people to the hospital.
12 years ago
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Jamie Skorheim

Drone delivery service founder touts benefits of UAVs

In light of concerns over drones flying across Seattle, a representative for a drone delivery service makes the case that there are plenty of positives to consider.
12 years ago
The last 10 days of July and the first 10 days of August are the driest and warmest time of the yea...
Ted Buehner, NWS Meteorologist

Welcome to the warmest, driest time of year in Seattle

The last 10 days of July and the first 10 days of August are the driest and warmest time of the year in western Washington.
12 years ago
Onlookers pose for pictures by the U.S. Navy Blue Angels at Boeing Field, Monday, July 28, 2014, in...
Stephanie Klein

Why the Blue Angels aren’t worth the traffic headaches

It's hard to argue the Blue Angels screaming across Lake Washington in perfect formation isn't breathtaking, but not everyone loves the Seafair performances.
12 years ago
Healthcare workers from Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors without Borders) prepare isolation and tr...
Josh Kerns

Health expert: No cause for Ebola fears in Seattle

With so much media attention focusing on a fast moving Ebola outbreak in West Africa, it's understandable some might worry about the infection spreading all the way to Seattle. But a local expert says there's no cause for concern.
12 years ago
While we might think of otters as cute and cuddly, it was made obvious Thursday morning that they c...
Stephanie Klein

Attack reminds us cute otters can be dangerous

An otter attacked a woman and her grandson in the Pilchuck River Thursday morning, which is so rare that the state Department of Fish and Wildlife doesn't have a protocol confrontations with these usually peaceful creatures.
12 years ago
Forecasters say there’s a possibility thunderstorms will be in Seattle during the Blue Angels...
Stephanie Klein

Lightning strikes during Blue Angels practice?

Thunderstorms are headed north from southern Washington and forecasters say there's a possibility they'll be in Seattle during the Blue Angels practice on Friday.
12 years ago
KIRO Radio Morning News Anchor Colleen O’Brein learned something about technology from her 13...
Colleen O

How do you keep kids from becoming smartphone zombies?

The other day my 13-month-old daughter taught me something. She taught me that we're wrong about smartphones and technology. It's not the new way of life. It never will be. Staring at a screen all day is just not natural.
12 years ago
Help is on the way for ferry riders dealing with just one boat on the Edmonds to Kingston route. (W...
Tim Haeck

Normal service returning to ‘fragile’ ferry system

Help is on the way for ferry riders dealing with just one boat on the Edmonds to Kingston route.
12 years ago
An increase in public pot smoking has some parents complaining their kids are being exposed to smok...
Josh Kerns

Public pot smoking around kids sparking growing blowback

With so many more people smoking pot in public - even though it's still illegal to do so - there's growing blowback from those who say even though they support legalization, they don't want their kids to have to breathe it.
12 years ago
CleanScapes said Friday morning one of its trucks was involved in a fatal pedestrian accident on Se...
Stephanie Klein

CleanScapes truck hits, drags woman in fatal hit-and-run

A garbage truck struck and killed a pedestrian on Seattle's First Hill Thursday afternoon, dragging a woman nearly a block before leaving the scene.
12 years ago
A 19-year-old Seattle man tells police a Gas Works Park graffiti spree started early Monday after h...
Josh Kerns

Seattle police arrest 19-year-old man for Gas Works graffiti spree

Seattle police have arrested a 19-year-old man for a massive graffiti spree at Gas Works Park early Monday.
12 years ago
Former Seahawks standout Marcus Trufant prepares for the flight of his life with the Blue Angels. (...
Josh Kerns

Former Seahawk Marcus Trufant succumbs to Blue Angels blackout

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to fly with the Blue Angels? Former Seahawks standout Marcus Trufant got his shot this week, and admits it knocked him out, literally.
12 years ago
Blue Angels fans stand on the I-90 bridge Thursday morning to watch practice. (Photo: WSDOT)...
Stephanie Klein

False alarm: WSDOT didn’t actually shut down 520 bridge at worst possible time

The state transportation department made a mistake Thursday morning when it announced the 520 bridge would close to drivers and open for boat traffic between the Blue Angels' two practices.
12 years ago
Boeing said final assembly of its 787-10 plane, a planned larger version of its “Dreamliner&#...
Chris Sullivan

Boeing 787-10 too big for Puget Sound

The Dreamliner, Boeing's signature new airplane, has become too big for the Puget Sound, literally. It's too big. The third version of the plane is so big it has to be built in South Carolina exclusively.
12 years ago
That Pacific Northwest will be a winner in terms of climate change, says University of Washington A...
Dave Ross

Cliff Mass: Pacific Northwest will be winner in climate change

As you know, climate change is here. There is some debate perhaps over whether it is man-made or not, but it's pretty clear things are changing. University of Washington Atmospheric Sciences Professor Cliff Mass has been looking at what will happen to different areas as we move into the next century and he says there will be some winners and there will be some losers.
12 years ago
I-90 closures for Blue Angels practices and air shows begin Thursday. There will be closures Thursd...
Jamie Skorheim

Blue Angels I-90 closures begin Thursday

The Blue Angels will take to the skies on Thursday to begin their practice runs for the air shows over Seafair weekend.
12 years ago
Seattle Parks Department and Seattle Police believe Gas Works Park is safe, but are increasing patr...
Stephanie Klein

Despite recent crime, city says Gas Works Park is safe

Seattle police officers shot a glass-wielding man Wednesday morning and crews are still cleaning up $8,000 worth of vandalism at Gas Works Park, but the city says the iconic park is safe.
12 years ago
Byron Barton (center) is flanked by supporters in his hospital bed after breaking into his foreclos...
Josh Kerns

Property owner seeks legal action to force Seattle mayor to order disabled vet’s eviction

Two weeks after Seattle Mayor Ed Murray ordered police officers to stand down and not remove a disabled vet from his foreclosed home, the new owner is taking legal action to force the eviction.
12 years ago
The ferry Tacoma sits idle after breaking down Tuesday off Bainbridge Island. (Curt Gammell photo)...
Josh Kerns

Ferry system scrambling to deal with unprecedented ‘coincidence of events’

As passengers face waits of up to 2 1/2 hours on the Edmonds-Kingston run, the interim head of Washington State Ferries says he'll move a ship from the San Juan Islands Thursday to help deal with service outages caused by what he calls an unprecedented "coincidence of events."
12 years ago