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Chris Sullivan

GPS track finds car down ravine

The family of a missing Renton man used the GPS function on his cell phone to find his truck more than 200 feet down a ravine in Maple Valley last night.
13 years ago
A rendering truck that spilled dead animal parts across two lanes of northbound Interstate 5 create...
MyNorthwest.com

Dead animal parts cause backup on I-5

The Washington State Patrol says a rendering truck that spilled dead animal parts across two lanes of northbound Interstate 5 created a seven-mile traffic backup Thursday evening.
13 years ago
Dan Restione before and after his appearance on “Extreme Makeover” (left and center) an...
Dan Restione

Doctor searches for evidence that plastic surgery produces youth, beauty

It's a huge industry in the U.S. and it's all based on the idea that you'll look younger and better than every before.
13 years ago
Chris Sullivan

Fatal beer run getaway driver could face homicide charges

Vehicular homicide charges could be filed today against the driver in a Tacoma convenience store robbery that ended with his two alleged accomplices dead as he sped from the scene.
13 years ago
Police arrested eight people Wednesday at Seattle’s Westlake Plaza after a day of protests in...
Josh Kerns

Arrests cap day of Seattle fast food wage protests

Police arrested eight people Wednesday at Seattle's Westlake Plaza after a day of protests in support of fast food workers demanding higher wages.
13 years ago
The search continues for convicted felon, Timothy Lussier in a Seattle’s Ravenna neighborhood...
Josh Kerns

Armed, dangerous felon eludes capture in Seattle for second time in week

A large manhunt shut down parts of Seattle's Ravenna neighborhood as Snohomish County Sheriff's deputies and Seattle police try and track down a convicted felon wanted in connection for an armed robbery.
13 years ago
This is an image Stranger reporter Dominic Holden captured of Seattle Police Officer John Marion. (...
Jamie Skorheim

Seattle reporter threatened with arrest for taking pictures of police activity

Stranger reporter Dominic Holden says he's confirmed with authorities he was well within his rights and operating totally legally when officers threatened to arrest him for taking photos of police activity in downtown Seattle on Tuesday.
13 years ago
If there was a “right to shelter” it would mean police could better enforce public camp...
Alyssa Kleven

Seattle pastor has solution for city’s homelessness problem

It's not people taking up residencies under business doorways or setting up a tent, but the rest of Seattle that has a homeless problem, according to a pastor. Because we see homeless people as a permanent fixture, we are morally failing.
13 years ago
Public information officers for the City of Seattle have been advised they might want to avoid usin...
Jamie Skorheim

‘Brown bag’ and ‘citizen’ too offensive for use in Seattle

Public information officers for the City of Seattle have been advised they might want to avoid using the terms "brown bag" and "citizen" because some find these words offensive.
13 years ago
Drivers may have experienced a one mile back-up while traveling through the area. (WSDOT Photo)...
MyNorthwest.com

Overturned semi truck blocks SB I-5 in Tukwila during morning commute

Traffic in Tukwila was bottle-necked Thursday morning when a semi truck overturned during the commute.
13 years ago
Josh Kerns

Two people shot on I-405 near Southcenter

Two people have been shot and police are searching for a black Cadillac Escalade after a shooting Wednesday afternoon on northbound I-405 near Southcenter.
13 years ago
KIRO Radio Staff

2 launched from car, 1 killed in Federal Way DUI crash

A fiery crash launching two people from their car in Federal Way, killing one of them, is being blamed on a suspected drunk driver.
13 years ago
Forbes Magazine has named Seattle America’s most miserable sports city for our lack of titles...
Josh Kerns

Feeling our pain: Seattle named most miserable sports city in America

Whether it's a decade of futility from the Mariners, the failed efforts to bring the NBA back to town or last season's heart-breaking, season-ending Seahawks playoff loss in the final minutes to Atlanta, Seattle sports fans know misery. And now Forbes is making sure the rest of the country feels our pain, naming Seattle the most miserable sports city in America.
13 years ago
wenatchee wildfire...
Chris Sullivan

Wenatchee wildfire confounding firefighters

Firefighters are making contingency plans to protect a major wind farm in case the wildfire burning outside Wenatchee makes a sudden run to the southwest.
13 years ago
KIRO Radio’s Dori Monson says he’s approved a number of parks levies and he’s rej...

King County Parks levy says ‘not a new tax,’ but adds $176 million to our tab

One of my great frustrations with voters in this region in which I grew up is that they have turned into lemmings. I truly believe that the Seattle of my youth was a pretty free-thinking place. I think people actually gave thought to their votes. That does not happen anymore and you're about to be had again.
13 years ago
Researchers perform a necropsy on a gray whale that washed up on the Washington coast near Westport...
Josh Kerns

Huge whale carcass washes up on Washington beach

A dead gray whale that washed up on the Washington coast overnight Sunday was likely killed in a collision with a ship, researchers determined after a preliminary necropsy. And you'll soon be able to see the skeleton.
13 years ago
Dawn H. Vrentas, 31, of Edmonds, was charged with felony DUI Wednesday. She has two prior convictio...
Brandi Kruse

Attorney says repeat drunk driver who killed friends ‘is human’

Dawn H. Vrentas, 31, of Edmonds, faces a standard sentencing range of 33 to 43 months in prison if convicted.
13 years ago
MyNorthwest.com

Police: Off-duty Fife cop shoots, kills Orting neighbor armed with rifle

Police say an armed man with mental health issues showed up at the Orting home of an off-duty Fife police officer Tuesday night.
13 years ago
Chris Sullivan

Beer run, convenience store assault ends in fatal Tacoma car crash

Two men who ripped-off a Tacoma convenience store early this morning died in a crash as they sped away from the scene.
13 years ago
KIRO Radio Staff

Man abandons luggage, causes Sea-Tac security scare over bag fees

It wasn't your usual security situation early Tuesday morning at Sea-Tac Airport, after a man taking a Delta flight abandoned his four bags and left on the flight for New York.
13 years ago
Bertha, the world’s largest tunneling machine, began drilling the new Highway 99 tunnel Tuesd...
Josh Kerns

Bertha starts drilling new Seattle tunnel beneath downtown

Seattle's big dig is officially underway, as the world's largest tunneling machine began drilling the new Highway 99 tunnel Tuesday afternoon.
13 years ago
Josh Kerns

Escaped suspect manages to elude police, drive home handcuffed

A suspect who escaped from custody at Burien District Court has been arrested again, after driving all the way home to Renton while handcuffed.
13 years ago
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Jamie Skorheim

Video: Man goes on window smashing rampage in downtown Seattle

A man made quite a scene smashing up windows of vehicles parked in downtown Seattle on Sunday evening.
13 years ago
MyNorthwest.com

Lockdown lifted at Clover Park Technical College

According to the school's website, Clover Park Technical College was in lockdown at its Lakewood campus for about an hour on Tuesday.
13 years ago