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Standout Student Haylee Rae Beltran, a graduating senior at Glacier Peak in Snohomish, will be the ...
Josh Kerns

Snohomish teen strives to help others while becoming first in family to attend college

While a lot of young people have no idea what they want to do when they grow up, that's never been an issue for Haylee Rae Beltran.
13 years ago
Kim Shepard

Prosecutor: Man suspected of setting girlfriend on fire admits to crime from hospital bed

A Puyallup man, accused of setting his girlfriend on fire, has allegedly admitted to the crime from his hospital bed.
13 years ago
Many experts believe the plant wouldn’t have fallen so far behind if Boeing hadn’t gott...
Chris Sullivan

Boeing close to paying out South Carolina bonus

Boeing might have to pay a performance bonus to its workers in South Carolina for a situation it created when it laid-off hundreds of employees at the plant last year.
13 years ago
Danford Grant’s attorney Richard Hansen said he suffers from sex addiction, which he claims i...
Chris Sullivan

As Danford Grant pleads guilty, attorney uses ‘sex addiction’ to explain massage parlor rapes

Prominent Seattle attorney Danford Grant pleaded guilty to five rapes on Wednesday and will likely spend at least the next 15 years in prison for his crimes. But what changed in the final hours before trial to make him take a deal, and why was his attorney talking about sex addiction after he took deal?
13 years ago
Then came the lottery, last month, and Pete O’Neil was among the 1,174 applicants across the ...
Tim Haeck

Lottery loser hopes he’ll be big retail marijuana winner

For some hopefuls, the lottery to award recreational pot licenses in Washington was the end of the line. But a few losers are going with their "Plan B."
13 years ago
Washington state’s 220 breweries will be in the spotlight for the next 11 days as beer lovers...
Josh Kerns

Hop heads bubbling over for Seattle Beer Week

Although it seems like every week is beer week around here, the official annual celebration of the Seattle-area's craft brewing industry gets underway Thursday.
13 years ago
Volunteers found a human foot inside this shoe while cleaning up a park on the Seattle waterfront T...
Josh Kerns

Medical Examiner releases photo of shoe found with dismembered foot

The King County Medical Examiner hopes a photo of a shoe found with a human foot Tuesday on Seattle's waterfront will lead them to the victim.
13 years ago
Members of Seattle’s St. Bridget Church are outraged they weren’t notified a beloved pr...
Josh Kerns

Seattle Archdiocese: Big difference between gay vice principal and gay priest

Is it fair to compare the way church leaders handled a gay vice principal fired for his same-sex wedding and a gay priest who kept performing ministerial duties even after he was prohibited from doing so? A spokesman for the Archdiocese of Seattle insists the two are completely different.
13 years ago
Kent-based Oberto has landed Richard Sherman as its highest-profile pitchman (Oberto image)...
Josh Kerns

Video: Oberto lands Richard Sherman as highest-profile jerky pitchman

Talk about good timing. Kent-based Oberto has rolled out a new national ad campaign featuring Richard Sherman on the same day the All-Pro cornerback signed a four-year contract extension worth a whopping $57.4 million.
13 years ago
Cornerback Richard Sherman announced via his blog Wednesday that he has reached an agreement on a c...
MyNorthwest.com

Seahawks sign Richard Sherman to 4-year contract extension, lock in Legion of Boom

Seattle cornerback Richard Sherman announced via his blog Wednesday that he has reached an agreement with the Seahawks.
13 years ago
Danford Grant, seen here at a pretrial hearing, pleaded guilty to pleaded guilty to one count first...
Brandi Kruse

‘Courage prevails’ as Seattle attorney pleads guilty to massage parlor rapes

Prosecutors say Danford Grant was a man of "power and privilege," who terrorized women who had neither.
13 years ago
Doctor Jeff Duchin said the virus originated in animals – namely camels – and until now...
KIRO Radio Staff

Should we worry about first MERS case in United States?

MERS, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, has spread to the United States.
13 years ago
KIRO Radio Staff

Investigators search for cause of fire at Mountlake Terrace church

A two-alarm fire early Wednesday has done extensive damage to a Mountlake Terrace church.
13 years ago
U.S. foreign policy is really an economic policy, and everyone is tied together. So these sanctions...
Chris Sullivan

Sanctions on Russia, Ukraine put US companies, Boeing in a tough spot

U.S. foreign policy is really an economic policy, and everyone is tied together. So these sanctions could actually hurt U.S. companies like Boeing.
13 years ago
In this June 29, 2013 photo, Leah Overbaugh, a sales representative at the E Cig Crib in Coon Rapid...
Tim Haeck

Research reveals bad news for fans of e-cigarettes

New research suggests that electronic cigarettes are not as harmless as advocates claim. But, are the findings enough to force the federal government to finally regulate the tobacco-free cigarette?
13 years ago
Sandra Bennatts, 34, was ordered held on $250,000 bail Tuesday for the kidnapping of her son that s...
MyNorthwest.com

Woman who sparked Amber Alert held on $250,000 bail

The Bremerton woman who triggered an Amber Alert Monday after taking her 6-year-old son from his grandmother at knifepoint, has been ordered held on $250,000 bail.
13 years ago
Seahawks receiver Doug Baldwin is just one of the many undrafted free agents to make the team, a st...
Josh Kerns

Seahawks use new brochure to pitch prospective undrafted free agents

While most of the football talk this week is focused on who the Seahawks will take in the draft, the Super Bowl champs are also gearing up to make a hard sell to potential undrafted free agents.
13 years ago
A volunteer clean up crew discovered a human foot in a tennis show Tuesday morning along the Seattl...
Josh Kerns

Clean up crew discovers human foot on Seattle waterfront

Volunteers cleaning up trash along the Seattle waterfront Tuesday morning made a grisly discovery - a human foot.
13 years ago
Fans will get a special Mariners Sriracha t-shirt along with a ticket and Sriracha-spiced food at a...
Josh Kerns

Mariners to heat things up with special Sriracha Night at Safeco Field

From the King's Court to beard hats, you have to give the Mariners marketing staff credit for their clever promotions. But their latest idea just might be the hottest.
13 years ago
MyNorthwest.com

3 arrested after ramming into Seattle police car

Two men and a woman were arrested after police say they rammed into a patrol car on Capitol Hill Friday afternoon.
13 years ago
Members of Seattle’s St. Bridget Church are outraged they weren’t notified a beloved pr...
Josh Kerns

Seattle Catholic church members outraged to learn of violations by longtime priest

Members of a Seattle church are outraged they're just learning a priest who had a longtime sexual relationship with a young man was disciplined in 2004, and was prohibited from performing baptisms and other sacraments but continued doing so.
13 years ago
Dori found that 2,960 UW employees made over $100,000 in 2011. (MyNorthwest.com file photo)...
Stephanie Klein

How many UW staffers make six-figure salaries?

A national report shows tuition at Washington's public universities increased more during the recession than in any state except Arizona. Meanwhile, Dori found that 2,960 employees made over $100,000, 401 of which made over $200,000.
13 years ago
A study is asserting a link between climate change and both the intensifying California drought and...
Stephanie Klein

New report: How climate changes will affect the Northwest

A new climate report expects harms "are expected to become increasingly disruptive across the nation throughout this century and beyond."
13 years ago
Danford Grant, a father of three married to a (now former) assistant Seattle city attorney, would l...
Brandi Kruse

Danford Grant defense ‘very happy’ as serial rape trial begins

"Good morning," said Danford Grant, as he turned and faced a packed gallery at the King County courthouse Monday.
13 years ago