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A good number of Seattle students and teachers were among the crowd out celebrating the Seahawks. (...
Jamie Skorheim

Seattle students, teachers miss school for Seahawks Super Bowl parade

Thousands of Seattle Public School students didn't show up for school on Wednesday and they weren't the only ones.
13 years ago
Seahawks fans wait in unprecedented lines for the Bainbridge Island to Seattle ferry Wednesday morn...
Josh Kerns

Seahawks fans overwhelm Washington State Ferry system

Seahawks fans from across the Puget Sound found it tough to get to Wednesday's Super Bowl parade, as thousands overcrowded Washington State Ferries.
13 years ago
A Super Bowl celebration will be held at CenturyLink Field where the 12th Man is ready to roar. (71...
MyNorthwest.com

12th Man celebrates Seahawks at CenturyLink Field

The 12th Man is streaming into CenturyLink Field and Safeco Field to celebrate the Seahawks' Super Bowl win.
13 years ago
Seattleites love a parade. Over 300,000 are expected to turn out for the Seahawks celebration parad...
Feliks Banel, Local Historian

Seattle loves a parade

The big Seahawks parade on Wednesday is just the latest large civic gathering of celebratory Seattleites, and the city's history is dotted with similar events over the past century or so.
13 years ago
King County Metro says it’ll have extra buses running following a Seahawks Super Bowl celebra...
MyNorthwest.com

Seahawks fans flock home after Seattle celebrations

With an estimated 700,000 people in downtown Seattle for the Seahawks Super Bowl celebration, there is sure to be major gridlock when fans head home.
13 years ago
Lenny Wilkens holds up the NBA title trophy during the parade celebrating the SuperSonics 1979 worl...
Josh Kerns

Former Sonics great Wally Walker remembers Seattle’s last big parade

It's been 35 years since fans lined the streets of downtown Seattle to honor the NBA champion SuperSonics. And all these years later, the memory remains strong for former Sonic Wally Walker.
13 years ago
seattle pioneer square toy store close...
Josh Kerns

12th Man crowdsources to fix Pergola damaged in Super Bowl celebration

When the 12th Man took to the streets of Seattle Sunday night, the revelers were pretty well behaved. But they did cause $25,000 in damage to the historic Pioneer Square Pergola. So in true Seattle fashion, an online fundraiser has been set up to help the Parks Department repair the structure.
13 years ago
While some 12’s will have to call in sick to catch the Seahawks parade, at least one company ...
Josh Kerns

Puyallup boss gives Seahawks fans day off for parade

There'll likely be plenty of people calling in sick Wednesday to catch the Seahawks Super Bowl parade. But the two dozen or so employees at one Puyallup-based company won't have to fake an illness, because they have the blessings of the boss.
13 years ago
Seattle skyline...
Jamie Skorheim

Super Bowl expected to boost Seattle tourism

The Seahawks Super Bowl win might mean big business for Seattle tourism.
13 years ago
A group of seniors is pretty upset with the state’s decision to shut down their twice weekly ...
Jamie Skorheim

Snohomish seniors fight state, city council over shut down poker night

A group of seniors is upset with the state's decision to shut down their twice weekly card games at the Snohomish Senior Center.
13 years ago
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray says the city has a long way to go in reforming the police department. He s...
Tim Haeck

Training next priority in reform of Seattle Police

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray insists that police are making progress toward police reforms mandated by the U.S. Justice Department. But, he says, the city still has a long way to go.
13 years ago
Denver’s Julius Thomas (80) is tackled by Seattle’s Kam Chancellor (31) and Walter Thur...
Josh Kerns

Pete Carroll: We felt we could ‘knock the crud’ out of Broncos

There's been plenty of talk about why the Seahawks so thoroughly dominated the Broncos 43-8 in Super Bowl XLVIII, but head coach Pete Carroll says it was actually quite simple.
13 years ago
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Alyssa Kleven

Sasquatch! lineup released for Memorial Day, July 4th weekends

For the first time ever, the Sasquatch! Music Festival is spanning two weekends, and the lineup for both events was released at a party Monday night.
13 years ago
People around the Puget Sound area can expect more cold temperatures this week. The National Weathe...
Jamie Skorheim

Week of cold temperatures could be capped off with snow

Colder temperatures are expected to hang around in Western Washington through Friday.
13 years ago
Alyssa Kleven

Furniture stores lost thousands when Seahawks won

The Seahawks' Super Bowl win is even sweeter for 65 lucky people who shopped at Harkness Furniture in Tacoma over the weekend. A pre-Super Bowl promotion means customers are getting their money's worth.
13 years ago
King County Sheriff’s Deputy “K.C.” Patrick Saulet is shown during a confrontatio...
Josh Kerns

King County Sheriff fires deputy who threatened reporter

The King County Sheriff has fired a deputy who threatened to arrest a reporter who took his picture during an incident last year.
13 years ago
World Vision distributed thousands of T-shirts in Africa commemorating the Bears Super Bowl victory...
Josh Kerns

Broncos Super Bowl championship merchandise headed overseas after loss

Some kids in Africa could soon be wearing T-shirts, hats and other clothing clothing commemorating the Broncos Super Bowl championship that Denver didn't win
13 years ago
Kids in school will have to miss the Seahawks homecoming parade celebration in Seattle unless their...
Jamie Skorheim

Permission or not, parents plan on pulling kids out of school for Seahawks parade

The parade to celebrate the Super Bowl Champion Seahawks will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, which also happens to be in the middle of the school day, leaving many parents wondering whether it's appropriate to pull kids out of school.
13 years ago
Denver Broncos’ Peyton Manning leaves the field after interception that the Seattle Seahawks ...
Josh Kerns

Broncos broadcaster eats humble pie served by Tom and Curley

Last week Tom and Curley met a cocky Denver radio host who was convinced there was no way the Seahawks could score enough points to knock off the Broncos and Denver was the superior team. Needless to say, he's eating his words Monday.
13 years ago
This image provided by the Hogle Zoo shows Eli the ape with a paper mache Seattle Seahawks helmet h...
Jamie Skorheim

Ape picks seventh straight Super Bowl winner with Seahawks

An ape at a Utah zoo is now 7-for-7 after correctly picking the winner of Super Bowl XLVII.
13 years ago
Denver Broncos’ Peyton Manning walks off the field after the NFL Super Bowl XLVIII. (AP Photo...
KIRO Radio Staff

Listen to a mashup of pre-Super Bowl predictions

It might have felt like everyone outside of Washington was rooting against Seattle. They were wrong.
13 years ago
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, right, carefully lifts a glass bowl as the artist, Dale Chihuly, looks on....
KIRO Radio Staff

Seattle mayor, Washington governor celebrate Seahawks’ Super Bowl victory

Washington's governor and Seattle's mayor were on hand at MetLife Stadium as the Seattle Seahawks beat out the Denver Broncos to become the World Champions at Super Bowl XLVIII.
13 years ago
Seahawks Super bowl...
MyNorthwest Staff

Seahawks fans in Seattle celebrate first ever Super Bowl win

Fans in Seattle have taken to the streets to celebrate the city's first ever Super Bowl win.
13 years ago
Richard Sherman is helped off the field after getting injured. (AP)...
Josh Kerns

Sherman suffers high ankle sprain in Super Bowl win

Standout cornerback Richard Sherman says he suffered a high-ankle sprain in the fourth quarter of the Seahawks 43-8 Super Bowl victory over the Denver Broncos, but expects to be fine by the start of team activities in the spring.
13 years ago