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Visit a Safeway, Fred Meyer or a WalMart to find a growing organic brand section in those stores. (...
Colleen O

Northwest helps drive local, organic food movements

With recent moves by Subway and Kraft to remove artificial and somewhat confusing ingredients from their foods there are grander implications for the food industry as a whole.
13 years ago
Two Seattle City Councilmembers believe making lockers available to the homeless will help them get...
Chris Sullivan

Lockers considered to help Seattle homeless

Small storage lockers. The solution to Seattle's homeless problem? Two Seattle council members believe making lockers available to the homeless will help them get off the streets and clean the city at the same time.
13 years ago
Stephanie Klein

Police shoot homicide suspect who led troopers on high-speed chase

Police shot a 34-year-old man suspected of shooting two Camano Island residents and then leading state troopers on a high-speed chase along I-5 that ended in Mukilteo Sunday afternoon.
13 years ago
Stephanie Klein

Two teen boys hurt in Seattle home explosion

Police say two teen boys injured in a home explosion in North Seattle on Sunday morning were using materials for a science project for school.
13 years ago
Rain and wind hammered areas from Bellingham to Chehalis all weekend with wind advisories both Satu...
MyNorthwest.com

Weekend storm packs second punch

Rain and wind hammered areas from Bellingham to Chehalis all weekend with wind advisories both Saturday and Sunday nights.
13 years ago
Seattle-resident Roberto Carcelen skis with the Peruvian flag during the men’s 15K classical-...

Seattle skier gets warm welcome despite last place finish in Olympic race

Roberto Carcelen won't be bringing home any medals from the Olympics, but the Seattle Olympian is still getting a hero's reception after finishing dead last in the men's 15-kilometer classical race Friday at the Sochi Games with a broken rib.
13 years ago
Carolyn and Keith van der Meulen get ready to deliver some of the bikes they’ve fixed up for ...
Josh Kerns

Mukilteo teens donate dozens of bikes to foster kids

Mukilteo teens Carolyn and Keith van der Meulen have donated dozens of bicycles to foster children through their non-profit "Foster Bikes"
13 years ago
The FBI believes fugitive Kevin Anthony Briggs might have fled Montana for Washington state. (FBI i...
Josh Kerns

FBI searches for escaped Montana convict in Washington state

The FBI is searching for a convicted felon and registered sex offender who fled Montana after attacking a woman and a police officer and might be in Washington state.
13 years ago
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Tim Haeck

Feds clear path so pot businesses can do their banking

The federal government Friday issued new guidance on how legal marijuana businesses can do their banking.
13 years ago
Tim Haeck

Gonorrhea outbreak hits Snohomish County particularly hard

Cases of gonorrhea are rising statewide and Snohomish County is reporting a 50-percent increase.
13 years ago
Police have arrested a woman in the suspected murder of her husband 10 years ago after discovering ...
KIRO Radio Staff

Body found under slab of concrete in Arlington

A body has been found buried underneath a slab of concrete in Arlington and detectives say they have a woman in custody suspected of murder.
13 years ago
Cupid’s Undie Run, in its third year in Seattle, is a 1K run/walk event where participants we...
Alyssa Kleven

Fremont hosts underwear-clad runners for Cupid’s Undie Run

Cupid's Undie Run, in its third year in Seattle, is a 1K run/walk event where participants where their underwear and flaunt what they got as they run around in a loop stopping and ending at the Ballroom in Fremont.
13 years ago
KIRO Radio Staff

WSDOT warns of weekend traffic delays with I-5 lane closures in Seattle

The Washington State Department of Transportation is warning of 60-minute delays heading southbound through downtown Seattle on I-5 this weekend.
13 years ago
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Colleen O

You don’t have to be a snob to enjoy wine

From the simplicity of how to open a bottle of wine, to deciphering a magnum from an imperial and those are wine bottle sizes, Madeline Puckette wants you to know you don't have to be a snob to enjoy wine.
13 years ago
Rep. Dave Reichert (R-WA) is sponsoring a bill in the U.S. House that would help identify victims o...
Tim Haeck

Reichert bill aims to help foster kids, stop sex trafficking

It's a good bet that most of the children caught up in prostitution and sex trafficking are part of the foster care system. A new bill would force states to identify victims and make better lives for foster kids..
13 years ago
MyNorthwest.com

Newborn baby found, Amber Alert in Everett cancelled

Everett Police have located a missing newborn baby that led to an Amber Alert Thursday evening.
13 years ago
Alyssa Smith, 23, was shot and killed by a stray bullet last Father’s Day. The alleged shoote...
Josh Kerns

Man charged in Ferndale woman’s stray-bullet shooting death

A Whatcom County man has been charged with manslaughter for the stray bullet shooting of a 23-year-old woman in Ferndale last Father's Day.
13 years ago
A driver tried to pull a fast one on the Washington State Patrol, getting busted for driving in the...
Josh Kerns

What a dummy: Trooper busts driver with mannequin in I-405 HOV lane

If you're going to drive in the HOV lane with a dummy, you probably don't want to try it on I-405 near Bellevue.
13 years ago
A University of Washington professor and crow expert says the birds’ brains are more on par w...
Jamie Skorheim

UW professor explains why crows don’t like Dori Monson

Twenty years ago, KIRO Radio's Dori Monson did something he's not proud of. After spending a good chunk of money on growing a plush, green lawn he soon found someone was tearing out chunks of his beautiful lawn. After investigating, Dori figured out the culprits were crows. So one day he got out a pellet gun and shot one of the offending birds. The bird was killed, but that wasn't the end of it.
13 years ago
The TSA has opened several new PreCheck enrollment centers in the Seattle-area to allow more travel...
Josh Kerns

TSA opens new PreCheck center at Sea-Tac for faster airport screening

Far more travelers will soon be able to avoid some of the inconveniences of airport security and use those fast, PreCheck security-lanes at Sea-Tac Airport thanks to an expanded effort by the Transportation Security Administration.
13 years ago
MyNorthwest.com

Neighbors complain of piles of dead animals on Enumclaw farm

An Enumclaw pig farmer is accused of illegally dumping piles of animal carcasses on his property.
13 years ago
Tim Haeck

Man with knife shot dead by Centralia police officer

Police in Centralia shot and killed a man who threatened officers with a knife early Thursday morning.
13 years ago
KIRO Radio Staff

JBLM soldier accused of child rape, possession of child porn

A Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldier has been arrested for allegedly raping a child over a three year period.
13 years ago
Senator O’Ban believes Gov. Inslee should have involved victims’ families. Leola &#8220...
Chris Sullivan

GOP weighs in on Gov. Inslee’s death penalty decision

We've heard from the governor, defense attorneys and prosecutors, and now the State Republican Party is weighing-in on the decision to put a moratorium on the death penalty in Washington. There is legislation being drafted in Olympia that would prevent the Governor from acting on his decision to grant blanket reprieves for the nine men on death row.
13 years ago