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The Puget Sound Business Journal reports that Tully’s baristas are looking forward to Patrick...
Alyssa Kleven

Report: ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ star Patrick Dempsey buying Eastside home

In the early seasons of "Grey's Anatomy" Dr. McDreamy would ride into work at Seattle Grace Hospital on a ferry from his trailer in the woods.
14 years ago
Chris Sullivan

Tumwater man accused of hiring hitman to kill wife

Police in Tumwater say a man was so fed-up with his impending divorce and the splitting of assets that he reached out to a hitman to kill his wife
14 years ago
KIRO Radio Staff

UW student accused of having sex with 12-year-old girl

A University of Washington student is being held on $100,000 bail, accused of having sex with a 12-year-old girl.
14 years ago
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Chris Sullivan

Lakewood says ‘no,’ Pierce County says ‘not now’ to ‘Cops’ TV show

Shirtless drug dealers and domestic violence suspects in Pierce County won't be featured on COPS this season. The County and the City of Lakewood are passing on the show and its publicity.
14 years ago
Josh Kerns

Search continues for naked woman on ‘spiritual quest’ in SW Washington forest

The search continues for a 19-year-old woman who set out naked on a "spiritual quest" in the forest of southwest Washington.
14 years ago
Peter Hamilton, CEO of Seattle-based HasOffers, was a successful opera singer before changing his t...
Josh Kerns

Opera singer turned CEO sounds unique note for Seattle company

When it comes to getting attention for his Seattle-based technology company, Peter Hamilton knows how to get heard above the noise. After all, he's likely one of the only business leaders' who used to make his living singing opera.
14 years ago
Stephanie Klein

Two men charged for pimping teens on Backpage.com

Two men are charged for pimping a 15-year-old girl after friends and family found her picture on Backpage.com's escort section.
14 years ago
Tim Haeck

South Carolina tries to lure Puget Sound aerospace suppliers

An all-expenses trip the Masters golf tournament is just one incentive recruiters are using to lure Puget Sound aerospace suppliers to South Carolina..
14 years ago
A Crime Stoppers fund is growing in the case of a Seattle high school student shot and killed while...
Tim Haeck

Reward fund grows in case of teen killed in Lake Stevens

A Crime Stoppers fund is growing in the case of a Seattle high school student shot and killed while walking with friends in Lake Stevens.
14 years ago
A Covington man is in intensive care while prosecutors decide whether his neighbor should be charge...
Brandi Kruse

Should stepfather be charged for hitting neighbor with bat?

A Covington man is in intensive care while prosecutors decide whether his neighbor should be charged for hitting him over the head with a baseball bat.
14 years ago
If an effort to get more drivers to slow down near schools, the City of Seattle plans to install ca...
Stephanie Klein

New speed cameras coming to five Seattle school zones

If an effort to get more drivers to slow down near schools, the City of Seattle plans to install cameras at five new locations.
14 years ago
Go to any youth practices or games and the name you hear yelled most often will likely end up being...
Chris Sullivan

It’s not easy being the coach’s kid

Dads all get into coaching with the best of intentions. They want to help their kids excel. They want to share in their lives. Sometimes it goes great and other times not so much. But there is one constant: it's not easy being the coach's kid.
14 years ago
Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma throws against the Houston Astros in the first in...

Statistically, another Mariners pitcher is having a better season than King Felix

Hisashi Iwakuma used all his pitches - and his imagination - during his latest splendid start.
14 years ago
On DuckDuckGo, Weinberg says your searches are end-to-end anonymous. Your searches are encrypted by...
Alyssa Kleven

DuckDuckGo search engine founder touts privacy for users

His search engine didn't start out as the private alternative to Google, but that's certainly what it's become.
14 years ago
The 37-year-old state representative isn’t worried about a backlash over the photos as he eye...
Chris Sullivan

Washington state representative posts beefcake shots online

The state budget might get done sooner if State Rep Mike Hope would only flash his six-pack and biceps to the rest of the lawmakers in Olympia.
14 years ago
Over the next 20 years as Boeing looks to take advantage of the projected $4.8 trillion in airplane...
Chris Sullivan

More than Boeing employees concerned over company’s future in Puget Sound

Boeing announced Tuesday that it expects the world to need more than 35,000 new commercial airplanes over the next 20 years, but just where will those planes be built?
14 years ago
State transportation officials say the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River should reopen some...
Josh Kerns

State says temp I-5 bridge over Skagit River ready next week

State transportation officials say the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River should reopen sometime next week after finishing the installation of a temporary span to replace the collapsed bridge.
14 years ago
A confused contractor tore up a section of the running track at Federal Way’s Sequoyah Middle...
Josh Kerns

Federal Way school track mistakenly torn up by confused contractor

A contractor in Federal Way has made some extra work for himself and a mess for the school district after tearing up a big chunk of the running track at the wrong school.
14 years ago
A woman accused of posing as a nurse at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle has been charged. (Seattl...
KIRO Radio Staff

Woman charged for posing as nurse to steal pain meds

A woman accused of posing as a nurse at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle has been charged.
14 years ago
The city attorney in Seattle wants to make sure the state shares revenue from the legalization of m...
Tim Haeck

City of Seattle wants share of state pot revenue

The city attorney in Seattle wants to make sure the state shares revenue from the legalization of marijuana.
14 years ago
Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn says he’ll close the Nickelsville homeless encampment by Sept. 1 af...
Josh Kerns

Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn agrees to close Nickelsville homeless camp

Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn says he'll close the Nickelsville homeless encampment by Sept. 1 after a majority of Seattle City Councilmembers sent a letter Monday calling for its closure.
14 years ago
A student who was pulled from the bottom of a pool at Lake Stevens high School last week died on Su...
Stephanie Klein

Family says student found in bottom of Lake Stevens pool has died

A student who was pulled from the bottom of a pool at Lake Stevens high School last week died on Sunday after he was removed from life support.
14 years ago
Chris Sullivan

Arlington man arrested in death of older sister

A 50-year-old Arlington man has been arrested in the murder of his 53-year-old sister.
14 years ago
Chris Sullivan

Lunch-makers in Edmonds pad their salaries with waste

Two Edmonds School District employees wasted more than 1,500 school lunches to pad their salaries.
14 years ago