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Hot tubs are referenced in the new plans for the Seattle waterfront. KIRO Radio’s Dori Monson...

Public hot tubs on Seattle waterfront might solve two problems

Hot tubs are referenced in the new plans for the Seattle waterfront. KIRO Radio's Dori Monson says public hot tubs might solve two problems.
13 years ago
David Peterson, 54, was found dead from a single gun shot wound to the chest in a parking lot in Se...
Brandi Kruse

Ballard HS student says he ‘had to shoot’ Greenwood victim

A Ballard High School senior has been charged as an adult in the Feb. 23. shooting death of a man in the Greenwood neighborhood of Seattle.
13 years ago
Surveillance video captured a man suspected of robbing a blind man at a downtown Seattle ATM. (Seat...
Josh Kerns

Update: Seattle police capture suspect who robbed blind man at downtown ATM

Seattle police have arrested a suspect who robbed a blind man at an ATM outside a downtown bank branch.
13 years ago
Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson signs autographs for a large crowd in attendance to wat...
Chris Sullivan

Russell Wilson’s Rangers jersey a top MLB seller

Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson is selling a lot of Texas Rangers jerseys.
13 years ago
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Jamie Skorheim

Seahawks QB Russell Wilson turned down ‘Dancing with the Stars’

Russell Wilson's got pretty good moves on the football field but he apparently isn't ready to share them with the world on the dance floor.
13 years ago
A huge avalanche closed US 2 at Stevens Pass for about seven hours on Wednesday. The Washington Sta...
Stephanie Klein

US 2 at Stevens Pass reopens after massive avalanche

A massive avalanche closed US 2 at Stevens Pass on Wednesday for about seven hours.
13 years ago
According to Elizabeth O’Connell, director of the GMO Inside campaign, pushing Starbucks to m...
Alyssa Kleven

Group urges changes to Starbucks’ milk

A group has launched a campaign to change what Starbucks serves in your latte.
13 years ago
In this image released by mountain guide Adrian Ballinger of Alpenglow Expeditions and taken Saturd...
Chris Sullivan

Trash Everest: New rule will have climbers descend with 18 pounds of garbage

Pack in what you pack out. It's been the outdoor code for campers for decades as people have tried to keep campsites clean across America. The same guideline doesn't apply to most extreme mountain campsite in the world: Mount Everest. On the world's tallest mountain tons of trash has piled up over six decades of expeditions.
13 years ago
It wasn’t your imagination, Washington got some much-need rain last month. (AP Photo/File)...
Ted Buehner, NWS Meteorologist

Rain in February way above normal precipitation levels

Washington state got the hose turned on it in February with nearly everyone seeing above to way above normal precipitation for the month.
13 years ago
Julie Spencer is shown with her father James and brother Chris. James died recently after a battle ...
Josh Kerns

Washington high school player trying to get from father’s funeral to state championship

Basketball should be the only thing Julie Spencer is thinking about this weekend when her W.F. West High School team heads to Yakima for the state tournament. But the Chehalis junior has something much heavier on her mind and her heart - her dad's recent death.
13 years ago
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Jamie Skorheim

Dori Monson’s 911 call leads to DUI arrest

Driving home on Monday, KIRO Radio's Dori Monson witnessed a vehicle he says was driving all over the road.
13 years ago
Josh Kerns

Seattle police seek bloodied bank robber

Seattle police are searching for a man who robbed a downtown Seattle bank Tuesday afternoon with a bloody bandage on his head.
13 years ago
A House committee narrowly approved a 75 percent tax on electronic cigarettes. (AP)...
Tim Haeck

House committee approves 75 percent tax on e-cigarettes

Lawmakers in Olympia want to slap a stiff tax on a tobacco substitute that's growing in popularity as a quit-smoking tool. A House committee narrowly approved a 75 percent tax on electronic cigarettes.
13 years ago
Jamie Skorheim

Seahawks’ Super Bowl championship season DVD released

Seahawks fans can now relive the team's championship season with the Super Bowl XLVIII Champions DVD release from NFL Films.
13 years ago
Brian Smith, with the liquor control board, said the first licenses are “ceremonial” &#...
MyNorthwest.com

First legal marijuana licenses to be issued in Olympia

The legal marijuana industry in Washington will reach a big milestone Wednesday.
13 years ago
MyNorthwest.com

Uncle, nephew believed involved in stabbing that locked down Everett school

Police in Everett believe a man accused of stabbing a member of his family may have been suffering from mental issues.
13 years ago
MyNorthwest.com

Suspected Everett bank robber’s getaway attempts prove futile

Police in Everett responding to bank robbery were able to arrest a suspect attempting to flee the area shortly after responding to the scene.
13 years ago
Seattle Public Schools (SPS) announced that it would not renew the lease it has held with the non-p...
Colleen O

Seattle Public Schools emails indicate officials were told to mislead school for disabled children

A trail of email evidence shows major inconsistencies in the story Seattle Public Schools is trying to weave as it drops the lease of Queen Anne's Northwest Center school.
13 years ago
Russell Wilson...
Chris Sullivan

Russell Wilson joins Rangers spring training but he won’t take an at bat

Russell Wilson is the Seahawks franchise quarterback, but Monday he'll have a different uniform on and a mitt on his hand as he takes part in Spring Training with the Texas Rangers.
13 years ago
The family behind Seattle’s Great Wheel is proposing a downtown Seattle gondola that would ru...
Josh Kerns

Seattle Great Wheel developers propose downtown gondola line

It sounds a little pie in the sky, but the folks behind Seattle's Great Wheel are proposing an even grander project: a gondola between downtown Seattle and the waterfront.
13 years ago
Attorney Andy Cooley, representing the city of Bellevue, talks with Bellevue Police Department SWAT...
Tim Haeck

Bellevue police officers face inquest for shooting of felon in Seattle

The cacophony of police gunfire that shattered the pre-dawn silence in a Columbia City neighborhood last winter killed an armed robbery suspect. Now, an inquest is underway to explain what led up to that fatal confrontation.
13 years ago
David Peterson, 54, was found dead with a single gun shot wound in a parking lot in Seattle’s...
Brandi Kruse

Lead detective details ‘twists and turns’ in Greenwood homicide

After a week of "long, hard work," Homicide Det. Cloyd Steiger tells KIRO Radio what led to the arrest of a 17-year-old high school student for murder.
13 years ago
Ryan Lewis recently purchased this Magnolia home for $3.3 million, according to Redfin. (Google Map...
Josh Kerns

No Thrift Shop: Ryan Lewis of Macklemore fame buys Seattle mansion

Seattle hitmaker Ryan Lewis, Macklemore's producing and songwriting partner, has clearly traded in the thrift shop for something a little more upscale, recently buying a palatial mansion in Seattle's Magnolia neighborhood.
13 years ago
Although the Democratic National Committee asked the city to bid, Seattle will not try to land the ...
Josh Kerns

Seattle says ‘no thanks’ to Democratic National Convention

Seattle won't be making a bid to host the 2016 Democratic National Convention, even though the Democratic National Committee invited the city to throw its hat in the ring.
13 years ago