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Investor Chris Hansen is speaking for the first time since losing his bid to buy the Sacramento Kin...
Josh Kerns

Chris Hansen says he never meant to steal another NBA team

Investor Chris Hansen says he's wouldn't have tried to bring the Sacramento Kings to Seattle if he had known the city would fight so hard to keep the NBA.
14 years ago
The collapse of the I-5 bridge over the Skagit River could reverberate in Olympia where funding for...
Tim Haeck

Skagit bridge collapse could influence Columbia River bridge vote

The collapse of the I-5 bridge over the Skagit River could reverberate in Olympia where funding for a mega-bridge project hangs in the balance.
14 years ago
Drivers navigate a detour around the section of I-5 closed by the collapse of the Skagit River Brid...
Josh Kerns

Tensions mount as some drivers break laws at I-5 bridge detours

Tensions are mounting as drivers try to navigate detours around the collapsed Skagit River Bridge over I-5. And the State Patrol is beefing up its presence to help cool things down.
14 years ago
Biologist Alexandra Morton says she’s found evidence of Infectious Salmon Anemia in salmon in...
Jamie Skorheim

Biologist claims deadly disease found in British Columbia salmon

Biologist Alexandra Morton says she's found evidence of Infectious Salmon Anemia in salmon in British Columbia, which she fears could impact populations of farmed salmon as well as harm native Pacific salmon species.
14 years ago
Stephanie Klein

Charges for man accused of putting infant daughter in freezer

A Pierce County man could face life in prison if convicted of putting his 6-week-old daughter in a freezer.
14 years ago
Grant Acord, 17, was arrested Thursday night after police got a tip that he was making a bomb to bl...
Alyssa Kleven

Mass violence in school is easier to stop in a post-Columbine world

Author Dave Cullen spent 10 years studying Columbine. It wasn't the last mass shooting on school grounds, but Cullen said that because of it, we're able to prevent other violent plots before they come to fruition.
14 years ago
Animal rescue crews have freed a horse that fell down a 70-foot ravine in Redmond. (KING 5 via Face...
KIRO Radio Staff

Rescuers free a pony stuck in a 70 foot ravine

Rescue crews spent Tuesday morning trying to free a pony from a 70 foot ravine in Redmond.
14 years ago
Concertgoers say there was a lot more open marijuana smoking at this year’s Folklife and Sasq...
Josh Kerns

Washington music festivals going to pot with legalized marijuana?

It's little surprise there was plenty of pot smoking over the weekend at the Sasquatch and Folklife Festivals. But with our state's legalization of marijuana, it seems like a lot more people are feeling free to light up in public.
14 years ago
Four people were fatally shot inside Cafe Racer on May 30, 2012. Thursday marks the one-year annive...
Brandi Kruse

Seattle mayor considered announcing second gun buyback at Café Racer

Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn hoped to announce a second gun buyback at Café Racer Thursday, the one-year anniversary of a shooting there that claimed the lives of four people.
14 years ago
Tim Haeck

Pierce County fatal crash was murder-suicide

A head-on car crash that killed two people in Pierce County overnight was a murder-suicide.
14 years ago
Tim Haeck

FBI agents seize, operate child porn website

FBI agents took the unusual step of briefly operating an internet child porn service, hoping to track down its customers.
14 years ago
Brownies, gummy candies and other treats spiked with marijuana are often used by medicinal users wh...
KIRO Radio Staff

Changing marijuana laws & treats may send more kids to ER

The tricks that make marijuana palatable for some medicinal uses might also make it tempting for young kids.
14 years ago
Hydraulic shears are cutting away the metal beams and cranes are removing them, and are only secure...
MyNorthwest.com

Crews remove I-5 bridge pieces from Skagit River with investigation in mind

Workers are fighting gusty winds and the fast moving Skagit River Tuesday morning as they remove pieces of the collapsed Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River.
14 years ago
Tim Haeck

Four dead in crash identified as Stanwood family

Four people killed in a car crash in Grant County, Wash. Sunday were from the same family.
14 years ago
“These are the nameless heroes who live and die each day without want of recognition,” ...
Tim Haeck

Remembering the non-combat heroes on Memorial Day

Memorial Day events were held all around the Puget Sound Monday from the capital rotunda in Olympia to Seattle's Bread of Life Mission to various cemeteries throughout the region.
14 years ago
An assault that left a man with a fractured face raises questions about safety inside The ‘Pe...
Brandi Kruse

Assault at Safeco Field raises safety concerns at The ‘Pen

An assault that left a man with a fractured face raises questions about safety inside The 'Pen at Safeco Field, which has grown in both size and popularity.
14 years ago
Tim Haeck

Man tries to open emergency exit door on flight to Portland

An Alaska Airlines flight on final approach landed safely in Portland, Ore. after a passenger tried to open an emergency exit door.
14 years ago
The chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board said the bridge collapse in Washington sta...

NTSB: Bridge collapse in Washington is wake-up call

The chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board said Saturday the bridge collapse in Washington state is a wake-up call for the nation.
14 years ago
A truck that was carrying an oversize load sits parked southbound on Interstate 5 immediately south...

Truck driver who allegedly hit Skagit bridge is horrified

The trucker was hauling a load of drilling equipment when his load bumped against the steel framework over an Interstate 5 bridge. He looked in his rearview mirror and watched in horror as the span collapsed into the water behind him.
14 years ago
Local businesses worry the Skagit River bridge collapse will drive many customers away, especially ...
Josh Kerns

Local businesses worry about big hit from I-5 Skagit River bridge collapse

For many Skagit Valley businesses, the Memorial Day weekend is a big one. And many are nervously watching to see the impact of the I-5 bridge collapse on their bottom lines.
14 years ago
Google Maps reflected the missing I-5 bridge span soon after the collapse into the Skagit River Thu...
Josh Kerns

Tech companies scramble to update maps after I-5 bridge collapse

Tech companies are scrambling to adjust their maps in the wake of Thursday night's collapse of the I-5 Skagit River bridge.
14 years ago
A dented upper right corner and a scrape along the upper side are visible on the “oversize lo...
Tim Haeck

Trucker with wide load likely cut off at Skagit bridge

Truckers know the dangers of oversized loads and how to maneuver those big rigs along narrow roadways, such as the I-5 bridge across the Skagit River.
14 years ago
Three people were pulled from the water of the Skagit River after a section of a bridge over Inters...
KIRO Radio Staff

‘I hit the brakes and we went off;’ survivor shares story of I-5 bridge collapse

Three people were pulled from the water of the Skagit River after a section of a bridge over Interstate 5 fell 25 feet into the water.
14 years ago
Washington has seen several major bridge collapses over the years, the worst of them all, in terms ...
Tim Haeck

Unfortunate history of bridge disasters in Washington

Washington has seen several major bridge collapses over the years, from the Tacoma Narrows to the Hood Canal.
14 years ago