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Josh Kerns

Seattle School District bus drivers avert strike, ratify new contract

Parents in the Seattle School District no longer have to worry about getting their kids to and from school after bus drivers officially ratified a new contract over the weekend.
13 years ago
Seattle venture capitalist Nick Hanauer joins KIRO Radio’s Dori Monson for a debate of a $15 ...
Jamie Skorheim

Seattle venture capitalist Nick Hanauer, Dori Monson debate $15 minimum wage

The battle for a $15 minimum wage in Seattle is heating up. Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant is calling out $15 minimum wage supporters to join her Wednesday at the City Council's Town Hall on minimum wage.
13 years ago
Outspoken Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman says the idea to penalize players in the NFL for use ...
Jamie Skorheim

Richard Sherman says proposed NFL ban on N-word ‘almost racist’

Outspoken Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman has plenty to say about the NFL considering a ban on the N-word.
13 years ago
Attorney Andy Cooley, representing the city of Bellevue, talks with Bellevue Police Department SWAT...
Tim Haeck

Inquest begins into Bellevue Police shooting in Seattle neighborhood

Many Columbia City residents were stunned by the volley of gunfire that rattled their Seattle neighborhood about one year ago. An inquest is underway Monday into the early morning police shooting of a robbery suspect.
13 years ago
Escaped Mylar balloons caused a power outage in Seattle Monday morning. (PRNewsFoto/ComEd)...
Jamie Skorheim

Balloons cause power outage in Seattle

Around 7,000 Seattle City Light customers lost power on Capitol Hill Monday morning.
13 years ago
The FAA wants airlines to install a new audible warning system in the cockpits of 737-600s and late...
Chris Sullivan

FAA to require new cockpit warning system in Boeing airplanes

The Federal Aviation Administration is about to require new safety measures on about 500 Boeing airplanes to make sure the pilots know when their planes are losing air speed.
13 years ago
Police tape can is seen in the parking lot at N. 85th and 1st Ave. NW in North Seattle where police...
MyNorthwest.com

Teen arrested for fatally shooting man in Greenwood robbery

A teen will go before a judge Monday, accused of shooting a 54-year-old man in Seattle's Greenwood neighborhood last Sunday.
13 years ago
A series of Pacific storms this week will bring rain to most of Washington. (AP Photo/File)...
MyNorthwest.com

Landslide danger for soggy western Washington

The sun popped out for awhile Monday afternoon, but forecasters say it's short lived. A series of Pacific storms this week will bring rain to most of Washington.
13 years ago
Josh Kerns

Former Pearl Jam accountant sentenced for embezzling over $300k from band

The former financial officer for Pearl Jam's management company has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for embezzling more than $300,000 over three years.
13 years ago
Tracy Pigg called 911 Thursday after spotting a cell phone camera pointed into the restroom stall p...
Josh Kerns

Suspected Peeping Tom caught videotaping in Des Moines library restroom

Police have arrested a suspected peeping tom accused of trying to secretly record video of women in the restroom at the Des Moines Library.
13 years ago
KIRO Radio’s Dori Monson has some questions for Bellevue Police Chief Linda Pillo. She was no...

Dori’s got a few questions for Bellevue police chief about booze and cops

You know the history of issues with the Bellevue Police Department. There's been some sexual improprieties. There was the notorious incident a year and a half ago where two Bellevue cops went to a Seahawks game and were so drunk they had to be kicked out of the stadium.
13 years ago
Wendell Downs III, 20, of Renton, escaped custody while being transported from the King County Jail...
Brandi Kruse

Inmate who fled from Bellevue courthouse captured

A convicted felon who escaped while awaiting trial on robbery and other charges is back in custody, the Bellevue Police Department said Friday.
13 years ago
Seattle Tunnel Partners announced Friday it is considering three options to repair Bertha, and digg...
Josh Kerns

Bertha to sit idle for at least 6 more months before tunneling resumes

Bertha will sit idle for at least six more months before digging resumes on the new State Route 99 tunnel, the contractors for the tunnel announced Friday.
13 years ago
Stevens Pass has received over 160 inches or 13 feet in February, making it the second snowiest Feb...
Josh Kerns

Cascades digging out, adding up epic February snowfall

It's hard to believe we were talking about a snow shortage just a month ago, after near record snowfall pummeled the Cascades throughout February.
13 years ago
Jamie Skorheim

Geologist finds body near Tacoma

A geologist doing field work found a partially decomposed body Friday morning.
13 years ago
Stephanie Klein

Widow of Greenwood victim recounts night of murder

The wife of a 54-year-old man shot and killed in Seattle's Greenwood neighborhood Sunday night says her husband was out for his daily walk.
13 years ago
There’s a possibility of snow in the Puget Sound region this weekend. (KIRO Radio/Kim Shepard...
MyNorthwest.com

Winter weather spotted in northern Puget Sound

Once again there's a possibility of snow in the Puget Sound region this weekend.
13 years ago
KIRO Radio Staff

SR 99 closures could cause weekend traffic delays

Expect delays while driving through downtown Seattle this weekend due to closures on SR 99.
13 years ago
Gov. Jay Inslee knew he was going to get hit with some very tough questions and criticism from Boei...
Chris Sullivan

Governor Inslee faces criticism for role in Boeing vote

Boeing machinists and other union members let Governor Inslee have it during a 35 minute closed door meeting in Olympia. They are still upset at his role in the second 777X vote that they said divided the union.
13 years ago
The union representing the 450 bus drivers reached a tentative deal with First Student after an all...
Chris Sullivan

Potential bus driver strike likely averted in Seattle

It looks like parents in the Seattle School District won't have to scramble to get their kids to school. A potential bus drivers' strike appears to have been averted.
13 years ago
We are entering the time of year when western Washington gets its greatest number of days with unst...
Ted Buehner, NWS Meteorologist

Ready for unstable spring weather?

What is stable air as opposed to unstable air? You hear those terms by many weather authorities, but what do they mean? We are entering the time of year when western Washington gets its greatest number of days with unstable air.
13 years ago
A Seattle City Council committee has voted to limit the maximum number of drivers that can be on th...
Josh Kerns

Seattle City Council votes to limit number of rideshare drivers on road at one time

A Seattle City Council committee has voted to limit the maximum number of drivers that can be on the road for each of the so-called ride sharing services to 150 at any one time during a contentious meeting Thursday.
13 years ago
UW instructor and former Seattle Department of Neighborhoods head Jim Diers is very much alive, des...
Josh Kerns

Whoops: Seattle mayor sends correction after mourning activist who wasn’t dead

To paraphrase Mark Twain, the rumors of Jim Diers' death have been greatly exaggerated. The saying comes to mind after Seattle Mayor Ed Murray's office sent out a statement mourning the death of the former head of the Department of Neighborhoods. Just one problem - Diers isn't dead.
13 years ago
Stephanie Klein

Bellevue police officer investigated for drinking, driving city truck

A Bellevue police officer under watch since he was kicked out of a Seahawks game two years ago is being investigated for driving a bomb squad truck to a pub and then another officer's house after drinking beers.
13 years ago