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Seattle’s proposed $15 an hour law faces a long list of changes Thursday, including a trainin...
Stephanie Klein

Seattle City Council panel OKs $15 minimum wage, delays start date

An ordinance that increases the minimum wage in Seattle has been approved by a City Council committee, moving it forward to a full council vote next week.
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Jamie Skorheim

Video: Seahawks cooking with First Lady Michelle Obama

The Seattle Seahawks are showing off their culinary skills preparing healthy school lunches.
13 years ago
A broken expansion on southbound I-5 in Seattle damaged multiple vehicles and caused a big backup. ...
Jamie Skorheim

Broken expansion joint cover on I-5 damages cars, causes big backup

A broken expansion joint cover on southbound I-5 in Seattle damaged multiple vehicles and left a huge traffic backup during the Thursday morning commute.
13 years ago
The centennial time capsule is shown in the rotunda of the state capitol in Olympia. (Image courtes...
Chris Sullivan

Washington scouting new class for ‘Capsule Keepers’ preservation society

Washington has a semi-secret society hard at work today. It's a group you probably didn't know existed. Its job is to collect and protect all the most precious artifacts in the state and preserve them. And what makes this group so unique is that is made up of 10 year old children.
13 years ago
Max Carnage will take on four different burger challenges around the Seattle area this Saturday. (P...
Alyssa Kleven

Competitive eater takes on 16 pounds of food in epic challenge

This weekend one man will eat nearly 16 pounds of food in four different eating challenges, over the course of 12 hours.
13 years ago
The Purple Store is sandwiched between a Crossfit and a medical equipment company near 75th and Aur...
Stephanie Klein

Nothing but purple at Seattle’s The Purple Store

Adam Sheridan, owner of The Purple Store in Seattle, followed through on a crazy idea and now he's shipping thousands of everyday items, in the color purple, to fans across the country.
13 years ago
In this Oct. 27, 2003 file photo, Casey Kasem poses for photographers after receiving the Radio Ico...

Casey Kasem’s wife ordered to appear in Kitsap County Court

The wife of ailing radio personality Casey Kasem has been ordered to appear in Kitsap County court on Friday in an ongoing dispute with a stepdaughter who has been given authority to determine whether her father is receiving adequate medical care.
13 years ago
Josh Kerns

Seattle police officers file civil rights lawsuit against city, feds

More than 100 Seattle police officers have filed a federal civil rights complaint, arguing that federally imposed use-of-force policies are violating their Constitutional rights.
13 years ago
Lady Gaga has postponed her Wednesday night Key Arena concert because of bronchitis. (AP file)...
Josh Kerns

Sorry Little Monsters: Lady Gaga postpones Seattle show due to bronchitis

One of the biggest Seattle concerts of the year is on hold indefinitely after Lady Gaga postponed Wednesday night's KeyArena show because of what's being called "severe bronchitis."
13 years ago
Detectives display some of the heroin disguised as chocolates seized in a recent sting operation. (...
Josh Kerns

King County drug dealer busted shipping heroin hidden in chocolates

A South King County man is behind bars for swapping out hazelnuts for heroin in an elaborate scheme to smuggle drugs to Alaska.
13 years ago
Four people were killed in a Boeing plane crash on Oct. 19, 1959 near Oso. (Photo courtesy Twin Cit...
Stephanie Klein

Washington state’s only jetliner crash was near Oso

Seattle TV producer and historian Feliks Banel was recently researching the 60th anniversary of the debut of the Boeing Dash-80 when he discovered that Washington state's only jetliner crashed near Oso in Snohomish County.
13 years ago
Seventh grader Jennifer M. Tennant, 13, of Father Andrew White S.J. School, Leonardtown, Md., spell...
Alyssa Kleven

As National Spelling Bee revs up, local judge shares kids’ biggest obstacle

As the Scripps National Spelling Bee got underway on Tuesday, Seattle historian, and local spelling bee judge, Feliks Banel shared how many of the kids got ready, because what can knock them out of the first round often times, is nerves.
13 years ago
Jamie Skorheim

Snoop Dogg says Sounders player is best in world

Rapper Snoop Dogg calls Sounders player Clint Dempsey "the number one soccer player in the world" in a new video shout out to Dempsey and team USA.
13 years ago
The Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office has released a sketch of a man in connection with what ...
Jamie Skorheim

Authorities searching for driver who frightened teen

The Snohomish County Sheriff's Office has released a sketch of a man who they say stopped a girl walking along a Lake Stevens road.
13 years ago
New speed zone cameras are being installed outside five more schools in Seattle. (AP photo)...
Chris Sullivan

New speed cameras being installed in Seattle

New speed zone cameras are being installed outside five more schools in Seattle.
13 years ago
The most recent study was funded by the American Beverage Association, whose contributors include C...
Colleen O

Study: Diet drinks play role in successful weight loss

A new study claims diet soda drinkers lose more weight than those who drank only water while trying to shed pounds.
13 years ago
For nearly 15 years, fire officials have pleaded with the Grant County Board of Commissioners to do...
Brandi Kruse

Letters warn that ‘major disaster’ at the Gorge is imminent

For nearly 15 years, fire officials have pleaded with the Grant County Board of Commissioners to do something before lives are lost at the Gorge.
13 years ago
Josh Kerns

420-pound man charged with brutal Tacoma double murder

A Tacoma man faces two counts of first-degree murder after a vicious attack that involved an ax, knife, dumbbell, electrical cords and a wooden walking stick.
13 years ago
Quincy Valley Medical Center reports it was overwhelmed by patients from the nearby Gorge Amphithea...
Josh Kerns

Sasquatch Festival-goers again overwhelm local hospital with drug, alcohol cases

As has been the case with a number of music festivals at the Gorge Amphitheater, the nearby Quincy Valley Medical Center was overwhelmed over the weekend due to Sasquatch.
13 years ago
Seattle-area home prices continued to rise faster than all but one city nationwide, according to a ...
Josh Kerns

Seattle-area home prices continue to soar

It's no surprise to people to trying to buy a new home, but Seattle-area home prices continued their climb as the area posted the biggest gain of the top cities nationwide except San Francisco.
13 years ago
DreamGirls at Rick’s will have to pay to replace five trees it illegally chopped along Lake C...
Josh Kerns

Notorious Seattle strip club in trouble for taking too much off top

A notorious strip club is in big trouble with the city of Seattle for taking too much off - off some trees that is.
13 years ago
Four people were injured in a rollover crash on I-5 in Tacoma Monday morning. (WSDOT)...
Stephanie Klein

I-5 reopens after 5-car crash in Tacoma; 4 people injured

Four people were injured in a rollover crash on I-5 in Tacoma Monday morning.
13 years ago
A Seattle man could spend the next 16 1/2 years in prison after his conviction for stealing 4.3 mil...
Josh Kerns

Seattle man convicted in state’s largest ever copper wire theft

A Seattle man faces over 16 years in prison after being convicted of stealing 4.3 miles of copper wiring from Sound Transit in what's thought to be the state's biggest metal-theft ever.
13 years ago
Josh Kerns

Naked man leads police on chase through Seattle before jumping in Elliott Bay

A man who ran naked through the streets of Seattle Monday morning is undergoing mental evaluation after fleeing police and jumping into Elliott Bay.
13 years ago