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Josh Kerns

Seattle area still snarled by nation’s 4th worst traffic

The Seattle area remains fourth worst in the nation for traffic, according to a new report released Wednesday.
13 years ago
Updated election results Wednesday night show state Sen. Ed Murray has 56 percent of the vote. (AP)...
MyNorthwest.com

Ed Murray defeats Mike McGinn; wins Seattle mayoral race

The leader of Washington state's successful effort to legalize gay marriage is Seattle's next mayor.
13 years ago
Boeing says a deal with its Machinists Union and a legislative package must both be approved in ord...
Josh Kerns

Boeing: Machinists deal and legislative package both needed for 777X deal

Boeing says a deal with its Machinists Union and a legislative package must both be approved in order for the company to guarantee work on the new 777X will remain in the Puget Sound area.
13 years ago
Traffic is heavy during the evening commute on SR 99 and Lander. (Seattle Dept. of Transportation)...
MyNorthwest.com

Another storm blows through Puget Sound, creates traffic backups

The wind has kicked up again Thursday afternoon and it's causing problems on area roadways. The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory in effect until 8 p.m. from Everett to southwest Washington.
13 years ago
MyNorthwest.com

Driver killed in Issaquah-Hobart collision with dump truck

A driver was killed in a collision with a dump truck on the Issaquah-Hobart Road Wednesday afternoon, according to the King County Sheriff's Office.
13 years ago
Dori Monson points out one choice Mayor McGinn made that might have cost him the election....

A lesson every politician in Washington should heed

As Ed Murray leads Mike McGinn in the race for Seattle's mayor, a lesson for future local leaders becomes apparent.
13 years ago
While some may be surprised any Blockbuster’s remain, they won’t for long after the com...
Josh Kerns

Last surviving Blockbuster video stores to shut down

It's surprising to some there are any Blockbuster video stores left. But there won't be soon after parent company DISH Network announced Wednesday it would close the company's remaining U.S. stores by early January.
13 years ago
A small business owners says the potential new SeaTac minimum wage requirement may mean the end for...
Jamie Skorheim

SeaTac Quizno’s owner says business may not survive $15 minimum wage requirement

In early returns, voters appear to be approving SeaTac's Prop. 1 to increase minimum wage to $15 per hour for certain hotels, rental car, shuttle, and other airport related businesses. But at least one small business owner says there's no way he can stay in business with this new requirement.
13 years ago
John Rosentangle leads in the race for King County Water District No. 54 even though he died earlie...
Josh Kerns

Dead candidates lead two western Washington races

Two candidates in western Washington appear headed to victory even though they won't be able to take office. That's because they're dead.
13 years ago
KIRO Radio Staff

Spanaway woman dies after pit bull attack

A Spanaway woman has died of injuries she suffered after a pit bull attack last week.
13 years ago
Starbucks says it plans to hire at least 10,000 veterans and military spouses over the next several...
Jamie Skorheim

Starbucks recognizing veterans with job opportunities, free coffee

Starbucks says it plans to hire at least 10,000 veterans and military spouses over the next five years.
13 years ago
Youth Care knew that funding would be coming to an end for the three-year program, originally provi...
Alyssa Kleven

Teens may lose out as Seattle outreach center forced to shutter overnight program

A green building, just around the corner from Andrew Walsh's gym on Denny, at the bottom of Capitol Hill, that he passes every day. "You always see young people coming and going, and I could always tell that whatever was going on inside there was good. They're the most well behaved kids I see on the street there."
13 years ago
Teachers at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma are part of a nationwide trend, fighting for the ...
Tim Haeck

PLU instructors fight for union, part of national campaign for right to organize

Labor union membership has fallen to an almost 100-year low with just more than eleven percent of American workers belonging to a union in 2012. But teachers at a private college in Tacoma are part of a nationwide trend, fighting for the right to organize.
13 years ago
Steven Powell is seeking to overturn a $1.8 million judgment he was ordered to pay the two young gi...
Josh Kerns

Steven Powell seeks to overturn $1.8 million judgment awarded young voyeurism victims

Convicted voyeur Steven Powell is trying to fight a $1.8 million judgment awarded the two young neighbor girls he spied on and photographed in their Puyallup bathroom, the girl's attorney confirmed Tuesday.
13 years ago
Josh Kerns

Woman rescued from burning home in Seattle

Seattle firefighters saved the life of an elderly woman trapped in a burning home on Tuesday afternoon.
13 years ago
SeaTac’s Prop. 1 would raise the hourly minimum wage to $15 for certain hotels, rental car, s...
MyNorthwest.com

Voters approving SeaTac’s minimum wage proposition in early returns

Early returns show voters approving SeaTac's minimum wage proposition.
13 years ago
Initiative 517 requires that voters be allowed to have their say on any proposal that qualifies for...
MyNorthwest.com

‘Initiative on initiatives’ trails in early results

An "initiative on initiatives" that would make it easier to get measures on the ballot trailed in early returns as counties across Washington state started tallying ballots.
13 years ago
I-522 would require the labeling of certain foods and seeds containing genetically modified organis...
MyNorthwest.com

GMO label initiative, I-522, trails in early election results

In early returns Tuesday night, voters are rejecting I-522, which would require the labeling of certain foods and seeds containing genetically modified organisms, or GMOs.
13 years ago
Boeing and the Machinists Union have reached an agreement while Governor Inslee announced a special...
KIRO Radio Staff

High stakes poker game between Boeing, Washington and union

Boeing has its poker face on with the 777X in the middle of the table. Will Washington and the machinists fold?
13 years ago
Seattle’s Scarecrow Video has seen a big drop in rentals and is trying to figure out how to k...
Jamie Skorheim

Tom: Save Seattle’s Scarecrow Video for at least another day

One of the last holdouts after all the big video giants like Hollywood and Blockbuster shuttered up, is facing make-or-break times.
13 years ago
Flames engulfed a three-story building at a Bellevue apartment complex Tuesday, sending seven peopl...
KIRO Radio Staff

7 people injured in ‘suspicious’ Bellevue apartment fire

Flames engulfed a three-story building at a Bellevue apartment complex Tuesday, sending seven people to hospitals and drawing about 100 first responders, fire officials said.
13 years ago
KIRO Radio will have commercial-free election coverage with Dave Ross, streaming live at MyNorthwes...
Jamie Skorheim

Tune in for Washington state election results at 8 p.m.

There's still time to let your voice be heard. Ballots postmarked by Nov. 5 or dropped off at a drop box by 8 p.m. will be counted. And your voice this time might get a little more sway, as the Washington Secretary of State says they're only expecting about a 51 percent turnout.
13 years ago
Ed Murray...
MyNorthwest Staff

Ed Murray leads in Seattle mayoral race

In early results Tuesday night, Ed Murray leads in the race for Seattle mayor.
13 years ago
Bill Gates is making a course he loves available to the public for free. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)...
Kim Shepard

Bill Gates offers up his favorite class to the public for free

One of the most successful men in the world wants to share a class that had a big impact on him with the masses.
13 years ago