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The Union Gospel Mission says for many of our area’s homeless, that sandwich can be the first...
Ursula Reutin

Charity of the Month: Union Gospel Mission

When you're living in a cardboard box underneath a bridge in downtown Seattle, a sandwich is a welcome sight.
13 years ago
Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz outlined a new gun policy for the coffee shop chain in an open letter ...
John Curley

Starbucks’ new gun policy pouring gasoline on the fire

This is a story that has been percolating like hot, fresh coffee. Howard Schultz, the CEO of Starbucks, apparently previously wanted to stay neutral on the gun-carry issue, saying the company would follow gun-carry cues based on local law. Not so anymore.
13 years ago
Seattle Seahawks fans yell during the first half of an NFL football game between the Seattle Seahaw...
Alyssa Kleven

Letter to editor in San Francisco accuses 12th Man, Seahawks of unsportsmanlike conduct

In a letter to the editor in the San Francisco Chronicle, two fans, Judy Spelman and Rich Schiller, accuse the 12th Man of poor conduct during Sunday's 29-to-3 rout.
13 years ago
Kay Kohler, 67, of Friday Harbor, Wash., believed that the Snohomish County farm her grandfather bo...
Brandi Kruse

Property owner, taxpayers victims of Snohomish County’s $404K ‘oversight’

Kay Kohler, 67, believed that the Snohomish County farm her grandfather bought in 1936 was worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. The county agreed - until now.
13 years ago
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KIRO Radio Staff

Seattle Sounders FC owner Drew Carey wasn’t a soccer fan

The owner of the Seattle Sounders FC never really liked the game of soccer growing up.
13 years ago
Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn fought this project on the campaign trail four years ago. It was one of t...
Chris Sullivan

Seattle tunnel issues may impact debate in race for mayor

Governor Jay Inslee stepped in Tuesday to get digging on the Seattle tunnel project back underway after a month-long union fight. Digging should resume in a few days, but the drill is only 24 feet into the job and we've already had a major disruption and delay.
13 years ago
King County veterinarians are barking mad about a proposal that would require them to report client...
Josh Kerns

King County considers requiring veterinarians to rat out pet owners

Dr. Christine Wilford says she became a veterinarian to take care of animals, not rat on their owners. And she says that's exactly what a proposal to help increase revenues for Regional Animal Services of King County (RASKC) would do.
13 years ago
A growing number of seniors fear discrimination because of their sexual orientation. (AP)...
Tim Haeck

Gays, lesbians face new challenges as seniors

Baby boomers are starting to crowd into the nation's nursing homes and assisted living communities. A growing number of those seniors fear discrimination because of their sexual orientation.
13 years ago
Dori Monson was not pleased to find out that Washington lawmakers can get out of a ticket when driv...

We’ve got to start holding politicians, police to the same standards as the rest of us

The car that I drive now, it's got Bluetooth, and it's really a sweet system. If I want to make a phone call, I just hit a button my steering wheel, I say "Telephone," and then I say "Call Jake Skorheim," and it will just call. And it's all hands free and it's sweet.
13 years ago
Ted Buehner

Want to be a Skywarn Weather Spotter?

Want to get more involved in weather? How about becoming a Skywarn Weather Spotter? Skywarn weather spotters are volunteers who report significant weather from home, at work or school.
13 years ago
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Jamie Skorheim

Superbugs sound even scarier in new CDC report

Superbugs have been around the last couple of years, but the Centers for Disease Control is getting serious on sounding the alarm at the release of a new report that says antibiotic-resistant infections are impacting 2 million Americans a year, and resulting in 23,000 deaths.
13 years ago
Luke Burbank thinks the ads featuring he and wife Carey really were a success in that it got the in...
Jamie Skorheim

Luke Burbank says apparent Microsoft online ad fail was actually a success

Even though Microsoft pulled down a recent ad the internet apparently declared a failure in a massive backlash, the actor in the ad, who happens to be a former KIRO Radio personality, said he thinks the whole thing was actually a success.
13 years ago
Tim Haeck

Lost cell phone ends in child porn arrest of Stanwood man

A cellphone found by the side of the road in Seattle leads to an arrest for child porn.
13 years ago
The dirt isn’t being removed from the boring machine’s dig site because there isn&#8217...
Chris Sullivan

Governor increases pressure in Seattle tunnel union fight

Governor Jay Inslee has had it with the union fight that has forced digging on the Seattle tunnel project to stop. He is angry and he is about to go public with his frustration.
13 years ago
A Woodinville man remains held on $1 million bail after a high-speed, fatal car crash in Bellevue l...
Tim Haeck

Driver suspected in fatal, high-speed crash said he was ‘bored’

A Woodinville man is held on $1 million bail after a high-speed, fatal car crash in Bellevue last week.
13 years ago
Officials say the gunman in the Navy Yard shooting has been identified as 34-year-old Aaron Alexis....
KIRO Radio Staff

Police: Navy Yard gunman previously arrested in Seattle

Washington D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray said the shooter suspected in the death of 13 people at the Navy Yard on Monday is dead.
13 years ago
Seattle police display marijuana cigarettes and marijuana-laced brownies seized in April from a Bal...
Josh Kerns

Ballard man faces federal charges for selling marijuana to school kids

A Ballard man faces federal charges for allegedly selling marijuana to high school and middle students out of his home one block from Seattle's Ballard High School.
13 years ago
Chris Sullivan

Seahawks dominate TV ratings

Not only did the Seahawks dominate the 49ers Sunday night, the game dominated the ratings.
13 years ago
A privilege that allows lawmakers to evade a speeding ticket stems from an assumption that detainin...
Alyssa Kleven

State lawmakers can avoid speeding tickets if caught on their way to Olympia

When you speed on the interstate and you're caught, a Washington State Patrol Trooper will write you a ticket. Not necessarily so for state lawmakers.
13 years ago
Amanda Knox, left, speaks with ABC News’ Diane Sawyer in New York in an interview that aired ...
Chris Sullivan

Report: Amanda Knox would like to, but won’t return to Italy for trial

Amanda Knox will not be heading back to Italy this month to stand trial for murder for a third time, but it's not because she fears she'll be found guilty.
13 years ago
Chris Sullivan

Naked man damages Seattle yacht club

Several boats and the docks of a Seattle yacht club were damaged overnight by a half-naked man piloting a stolen boat.
13 years ago
Stephanie Klein

Man shot in Seattle’s SoDo neighborhood

A man in his 30's was shot in the 3100 block of Airport Way South Sunday night.
13 years ago
Stephanie Klein

Seattle Police increase patrols following Pioneer Square stabbing

Following a fatal stabbing in Seattle's Pioneer Square Friday night, police have beefed up patrols.
13 years ago
MyNorthwest.com

1 killed, 1 injured in random Pioneer Square stabbing after Sounders game

One man is dead and his partner seriously injured after a random stabbing in Pioneer Square Friday evening following the Seattle Sounders game at CenturyLink Field.
13 years ago