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Kim Shepard

Wrongly convicted Clark County men get $10M settlement

Imagine spending 17 years in prison for a violent crime you didn't commit and then coming out to a completely different world.
13 years ago
Washington never used to have to worry about impressing companies like Boeing or the smaller firms ...
Chris Sullivan

States make their play to poach Boeing from Washington

Washington is known as one of the world's aerospace hubs, and other states are looking to poach some of our best and brightest employees and companies so they can get into the game.
13 years ago
Crystal Mountain will open for one day Tuesday to a limited number of skiers thanks to a rare early...
Josh Kerns

Crystal Mt. opens for one day as snow comes early to Cascades

Snow is falling in the Cascades as the first major storm of the season blankets local mountains, prompting Crystal Mountain to open for a day.
13 years ago
David Becher, a WSDOT 520 bridge project manager, said the barge and crane (similar to the barge an...
KIRO Radio Staff

520 construction barge floats away during windstorm

At the height of the windstorm Sunday night, a barge carrying a 520 bridge construction crane broke loose and came within feet from a dock in Seattle's Laurelhurst neighborhood.
13 years ago
Jamie Skorheim

Prosecutor: Dad wanted ex-wife to find him, son injected with heroin

The Redmond man accused of injecting his 4-year-old son with heroin has been charged with attempted first-degree murder in a crime prosecutors believe was carried out to get back at a spouse in a bitter divorce.
13 years ago
Heralded as one of the biggest plays in franchise history, Edgar Martinez’s double in the bot...
Feliks Banel, Local Historian

Art museums might have losing Mariners to thank

In 1995, it had been 18 years since the Mariners had first taken the field in Seattle. Those dozen-and-a-half seasons had produced equal amounts of expansion team excitement and disappointment, and a roster of colorful characters. But the team never made it to the post-season.
13 years ago
A white pride group that left flyers at the doorsteps of Des Moines, Wash., residents in July wants...
Brandi Kruse

Klan group behind Des Moines flyers seeks a better public image

A white supremacist group that left flyers at the doorsteps of Des Moines, Wash., residents in July wants the public to give them a chance.
13 years ago
New research shows Seattle has the most gay couples in America, surpassing San Francisco. (AP file)...
Josh Kerns

More gay couples in Seattle than San Francisco

San Francisco has always been able to lay claim to the most gay couples in America, but Seattle is now home to the highest percentage of gay-couple households among America's large cities.
13 years ago
Tim Haeck

Teenagers plead not guilty to murder of Tacoma man

Two teenagers are charged with murder for killing a Tacoma man during a robbery earlier this month. Lawrence Howse was found shot dead in his condominium parking garage September 5.
13 years ago
Police describe John E. Stains as a white male with brown hair and blue eyes. He wears glasses. He&...
Stephanie Klein

Marysville police want help finding dangerous sex offender

He hasn't been seen or heard from for several weeks and now Marysville police say they need help finding a Level III sex offender who has said he wants to reoffend.
13 years ago
Russell Wilson and his wife, Ashton, meet with 11-year-old Children’s Hospital patient Alliso...
Jamie Skorheim

Children’s Hospital patient who made Russell Wilson duct-tape wallet gets heart transplant

The Children's Hospital patient whose duct-tape wallet creation sparked an online frenzy after Russell Wilson debuted his new accessory at a press conference, has received a new heart.
13 years ago
Tim Haeck

Mail, identity thief gets more than three years in prison

A thief who raided locked mailboxes for more than a year in the greater Seattle area is sentenced to 44 months in federal prison.
13 years ago
Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn is considering a penny-per-ounce tax on sugary drinks to help raise money...
KIRO Radio Staff

Seattle mayor considering penny-per-ounce soda tax

Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn is considering a penny-per-ounce tax on sugary drinks to help raise money for city parks, according to The Seattle Times.
13 years ago
CBS auto industry reporter Jeff Gilbert said that amongst the rumors about Alan Mulally, his heir a...
KIRO Radio Staff

Ford’s Alan Mulally rumored to be in the lead for Microsoft CEO

According to sources close to the situation, Ford CEO Alan Mulally, formerly the CEO of Boeing commercial division, has taken the lead to become the new CEO of Microsoft.
13 years ago
Traffic around SoDo was backed up for miles Thursday afternoon following the second fatal motorcycl...
Josh Kerns

Motorcyclist killed in viaduct crash that snarled Seattle commute

A motorcyclist was killed in a crash on the Alaskan Way Viaduct for the second time in less than 24 hours, snarling traffic Thursday afternoon.
13 years ago
Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll, center, signals to players in the second half of an NFL f...
Tim Haeck

Seahawks Coach Pete Carroll shares passion for gang intervention

Seattle's youth violence prevention campaign is getting national attention, featured at a U.S. Justice Department conference this week. Seahawks coach Pete Carroll was a featured speaker.
13 years ago
Could you taste the difference? A noted panel of food experts picked frozen, farm-raised salmon ove...
Josh Kerns

Wild Washington king salmon gets waxed by Costco frozen, farm raised in blind taste test

Most foodies would insist wild salmon tastes far better than farmed. So there's plenty of surprise among even experts about a new Washington Post blind taste test that gave the highest marks to Costco frozen Atlantic salmon.
13 years ago
Dori was outraged by a new youth football policy in California, and was shocked to find similar thi...
Jamie Skorheim

Mercy rule, fines for running up youth football scores sparks outrage

After sharing his outrage on Wednesday's show about a new mercy rule in California that would suspend and fine youth football coaches $200 if their team beat another team by more than 35 points, Dori heard from a bunch of listeners, including a former Eastside youth football official, that says things like this happen here too.
13 years ago
Seattle police say two violent robberies at gunpoint took place in a suburban University District n...
Tim Haeck

Armed robberies of students in U-District might be linked

Police are investigating two violent robberies in Seattle's U-District, days apart, at nearly the same location.
13 years ago
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What the ‘No on 522’ people don’t want you to know about their food

If 522 passes, it would force food manufacturers to put a sticker on any food that contains genetically engineered ingredients. Now the people that are opposed to this, the food manufacturers, are dropping tons and tons of money into stopping the initiative from passing.
13 years ago
If a knock at the door turned out to be a small child, do you automatically open it, or is it smart...
Jamie Skorheim

Would you open the door for a child knocking in the middle of the night?

Any unexpected knock at the door after dark can be a little disconcerting, but what happens when the voice on the other side sounds like a child?
13 years ago
Kim Shepard

Adoptees in Washington state to get new access to birth records

Adults adopted as children will soon have unprecedented access to their medical records - and possibly even their official birth certificates.
13 years ago
One grocery store worker show has already cast her vote said no one wants to go out on strike, but ...
Chris Sullivan

Puget Sound grocery workers reject contract, vote to authorize strike

On Thursday morning thousands of grocery workers around Puget Sound voted to reject a contract and strike. They will walk off the job as they fight for wages and most importantly their health care benefits.
13 years ago
The committee looking at tolling the tunnel looks to have settled on charging drivers a dollar to u...
Chris Sullivan

Committee hopes $1 toll would sway you to use Seattle tunnel

Would you still consider skipping Seattle's downtown tunnel if the toll was only a dollar?
13 years ago