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Officials are imploring concertgoers to take alternate routes to the White River Amphitheater Sunda...
Josh Kerns

Will Motley Crue create another White River Amphitheater traffic nightmare?

Complaints continue pouring in from concertgoers who got stuck in hours-long traffic trying to get to the White River Amphitheater last weekend. And with another big show Sunday, there are fears of a repeat of the ordeal that kept many from the show.
12 years ago
This WSDOT photo show a damaged expansion joints on the East Channel Bridge near Mercer Island. You...
Josh Kerns

Why I-90 ‘car-mageddon’ didn’t materialize

If you feel a big wind blowing around the region, it could be the collective sigh of relief from the Washington Department of Transportation, because the widely feared "car-mageddon" from the big I-90 construction project never materialized.
12 years ago
The Puyallup Indian tribe says it doesn’t want right-wing rocker Ted Nugent performing at its...
Stephanie Klein

Ted Nugent defended comments that got his Northwest shows canceled

The Puyallup Indian tribe says it doesn't want right-wing rocker Ted Nugent performing at its casino Aug. 2 and 3 after pressure from critics who blast the Motor City Madman for "racist and hate-filled remarks."
12 years ago
Thursday, 116 years later, Seattle Police Officer Mike Severance made sure Officer Roberts’ m...
Libby Denkmann

116 years later, Seattle Police honor a fallen officer

It was Easter Sunday when Seattle Police Officer Thomas Roberts was walking his beat near 18th and Jefferson on First Hill.
12 years ago
Tom Robichaud said in his searches he primarily finds ecstasy (including Molly pills) and heroin. T...
Colleen O

Trainer of drug-sniffing dog for hire tells parents to wake up

Marijuana is legal in our state and while that move is championed by many there are parents that worry the drug could end up in the wrong hands - primarily, those of their kids.
12 years ago
Crews replace expansion joints on the I-90 bride. (WSDOT Photo)...

I-90 reopens after week-long lane closures from Bellevue to Seattle

It's back to normal on Interstate 90 Friday morning. A week's worth of westbound squeeze while crews replaced expansion joints in the floating bridge has come to an end.
12 years ago
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Tim Haeck

2.8 earthquake felt in Duvall, Redmond

A small, shallow earthquake was felt in the Duvall area early this morning.
12 years ago
Federal prosecutors say that between 2009 and 2011, Kasey Anderson told people he was raising money...
Tim Haeck

Vancouver musician sentenced in concert, album scheme

A Vancouver, Wash. musician and would-be promoter is sentenced to prison for using the names of famous performers, including Tom Petty and Bruce Springsteen, to con investors.
12 years ago
Bellevue’s interim police chief tells Ron and Don sex-trafficking is a significant problem in...
Josh Kerns

Investigation underscores growing sex-trafficking problem in Bellevue

Bellevue's interim police chief says a widespread sex-trafficking investigation involving a Bellevue anesthesiologist underscores a significant problem on the Eastside and across the country.
12 years ago
This is a photo taken from a drone, but not the one that crashed into the Space Needle. (Chris Pend...
Stephanie Klein

Attack of the drone at Seattle Space Needle

A tourist may have gotten a little too close to the Space Needle Tuesday night - with his drone.
12 years ago
Crews stand by an oil train that derailed early Thursday in Seattle. (Hayley Farless/Washington Env...
Josh Kerns

Seattle oil train derailment further fuels concerns, opposition

While no oil spilled when a train carrying crude oil through Seattle derailed Thursday morning, local officials say it's a dangerous wake up call that can't be ignored.
12 years ago
Storms Wednesday provided hail and relief for crews fighting Washington’s largest wildfire in...
Alyssa Kleven

Storms provide relief for crews fighting wildfires; hot, dry weather to return

Officials say the massive wildfire that has destroyed about 150 homes in north-central Washington is now more than half contained.
12 years ago
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Chris Sullivan

What airplane-building robots mean for Boeing Machinists

Boeing says automation is going to be expanded around its planes to increase efficiency and safety. Should thousands of the company's Machinists be worried that they will soon be losing their jobs to airplane-making robots?
12 years ago
Josh Kerns

Bellevue doctor accused in international sex trafficking ring

Overlake Medical Center says an anesthesiologist linked to a widespread prostitution and sex trafficking operation is no longer practicing at the hospital and has taken a voluntary leave of absence.
12 years ago
Prices for Seahawks tickets on the secondary market are averaging $329 each, over 50 percent higher...
Josh Kerns

Want to see the Seahawks? Be prepared to pay hefty price

With the Seahawks selling out all of the team's tickets for the upcoming season, fans turning to the secondary market can expect to pay a hefty premium to see the Super Bowl champs in action.
12 years ago
Tim Haeck

Firefighters pulled off Carlton Complex wildfire for flash floods

Firefighters have been pulled off the fire line at the Carlton Complex wildfires for flash flooding.
12 years ago
Josh Kerns

Pilot reported dead in helicopter crash near Wenatchee

A pilot is reported dead after a helicopter used for spraying orchards crashed near Wenatchee.
12 years ago
Seattle Fire crews work to put out the flames at a house fire they say was started when a man used ...
Jamie Skorheim

Listen to 911 call of Seattle fire: So I was trying to kill a spider

A 911 call has been released of a man who was trying to kill a spider in his Seattle house with a makeshift blowtorch.
12 years ago
This July 30, 2009 photo shows X-rays from a tuberculosis patient. King County has about 120 new ca...
Tim Haeck

Gates Foundation funding test of new tuberculosis drug

A drug-resistant form of the infectious disease tuberculosis is expanding worldwide and it also poses a threat here in the Seattle area.
12 years ago
The National Weather Service says the over 0.68 inches that fell at Sea-Tac Wednesday broke a recor...
Stephanie Klein

Record rain pours on Puget Sound in summer storm

The afternoon commute kicked off Wednesday under a huge rain cloud with the heaviest precipitation near the construction zone on I-90.
12 years ago
It won’t be just another day at the beach. The weather service says an inch-and-a-half of rai...

Rain, dark clouds move in, thunderstorms expected in Washington

A stormy day Wednesday could bring heavy rain to Western Washington and thunderstorms to Eastern Washington where lightning could spark new wildfires and flash floods could sweep debris down freshly burned hills.
12 years ago
Ron and Don say the president’s latest fundraising foray is an insult along with a major inco...
Josh Kerns

Presidential hit and run: Time to cut off the ATM

President Obama's latest fundraising foray to the Seattle area is drawing plenty of criticism, especially the timing.
12 years ago
Search and rescue crews have found the last body from the March 22 landslide that killed 43 people ...
Tim Haeck

Final body found in Oso mudslide

Search and rescue crews have found the last body from the March 22 landslide that killed 43 people in Oso.
12 years ago
Even with a portion of westbound I-90 being limited to just one lane, the big delays anticipated ne...
Jamie Skorheim

No carmageddon: How do we keep these breezy commutes?

Drivers around the region were likely "packing their patience," but it turns out they didn't need it as the anticipated long delays due to I-90 lane closures have yet to materialize. Dori says this adds fuel to a theory of his he's been promoting for years.
12 years ago