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The National Transportation Safety Board is recommending states cut the threshold for drunk driving...
KIRO Radio Staff

NTSB recommends new threshold for drunk driving

In an effort to reduce alcohol related deaths, the National Transportation Safety Board is recommending states cut the threshold for drunk driving nearly in half from .08 to .05.
14 years ago
Oklahoma City Thunder player Kevin Durant is showing some love for the city that gave him his start...
Jamie Skorheim

Kevin Durant showing love for Seattle SuperSonics

Oklahoma City Thunder player Kevin Durant is showing some love for the city that gave him his start.
14 years ago
Chris Sullivan

State Supreme Court hears final arguments for health care workers’ back pay

The state could have to pay in-home healthcare workers more than $100 million in back wages if the state supreme court upholds a jury verdict it's been fighting for two years.
14 years ago
A Seattle police officer was bitten while arresting a man who threatened passengers with a knife on...
KIRO Radio Staff

Man bites Seattle police officer on Seattle-Bremerton ferry

A Seattle police officer was bitten while arresting a man who threatened passengers with a knife on a state ferry from Bremerton.
14 years ago
PSE has been dealing with nearly 300 outages that cut power to more than 22,000 customers on Monday...
Chris Sullivan

PSE crews still working to restore power

Nearly 5,000 Puget Sound Energy customers remain without power this morning after that fast-moving and intense storm moved through the area Monday afternoon.
14 years ago
Since last summer, the U.S. Attorney’s office has prosecuted 29 cases out of King County incl...
Kim Shepard

How county, federal prosecutors are targeting repeat gun felons

Local and federal prosecutors are teaming up to make sure convicted felons get the max and are supervised once they're back out in the community.
14 years ago
KIRO Radio is proud to announce its new 7 – 10pm weeknight show: The The John Curley Show wit...
Josh Kerns

John Curley is back behind the mic on KIRO Radio

KIRO Radio is proud to announce its new 7-10pm weeknight show: The The John Curley Show with Andrew Walsh.
14 years ago
Boeing told 1,500 Puget Sound area technology workers on Monday they will be losing their jobs or h...

Boeing tells 1,500 workers they’ll be cut or moved

Boeing told 1,500 Puget Sound area technology workers on Monday they will be losing their jobs or have to move somewhere else.
14 years ago
This tweet from May 8 was one of many in response to a photo posted on the social networking site t...
Brandi Kruse

Exclusive: High school students suspended over sexually explicit photo posted on Twitter

Three high school students have been suspended for a sexually explicit photo sent out over social media last week that depicts two of the students having sex with a freshman girl.
14 years ago
Jurors in Everett will decide if Byron Scherf will be put to death or receive life in prison. (KIRO...
KIRO Radio Staff

Tearful testimony from father of murdered prison officer

Byron Scherf has one last chance to convince a jury in Everett that his life should be spared, even though the Monroe inmate murdered a guard in the prison chapel.
14 years ago
Stephanie Klein

Troopers catch three DUI suspects in one intersection in two hours

Troopers in Kitsap County were busy early Saturday morning with three DUI suspects in two hours in one intersection.
14 years ago
Former SuperSonics player Shawn Kemp will be hosting a “Bring Our Sonics Back” party in...
Josh Kerns

Shawn Kemp hosting ‘Bring Our Sonics Back’ party

Former SuperSonics player Shawn Kemp will be hosting a "Bring Our Sonics Back" party in Seattle on Monday.
14 years ago

Stolen pickup chase ends in Everett with collision, fire

A stolen pickup chase ended in Everett where the truck knocked a car into a natural gas line that caught fire.
14 years ago
Frank Shiers

Police searching for suspect in Central District shooting

Investigators are searching for a suspect in a shooting in Seattle's Central District that left one man dead Sunday.
14 years ago
An intruder was stabbed to death in a struggle with residents of a home in North Bend. (KIRO Radio/...
Chris Sullivan

Intruder stabbed to death in struggle with residents of North Bend home

An intruder who was stabbed to death early Monday at a North Bend home is apparently the same man who robbed a woman in the house Sunday, but King County sheriff's investigators don't know who he is, why the house was targeted or why he came back.
14 years ago
House Democrats and Senate Republicans have each come up with a two year spending plan, but the app...
Kim Shepard

Back to the budget battle in Olympia

State lawmakers will try to reconcile two very different budget plans, as they reconvene for a special session Monday.
14 years ago
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Brandi Kruse

Prom, graduation parties targets for ‘Party Patrol’

The Pierce County "Party Patrol" was out in full force over the weekend, hoping to bust post-prom parties. KIRO Radio was along for the ride.
14 years ago
MyNorthwest.com

Police: Man on bulldozer plows into 2 homes, power pole near Port Angeles

A man was arrested near Port Angeles Friday after he plowed a piece of heavy machinery into two homes, a truck and a power pole, according to the Clallam County Sheriff's Office.
14 years ago
KIRO Radio Staff

Seattle private school teacher charged with child molestation

A private school teacher in Seattle has been charged with four counts of child molestation after two students said he groped them during class.
14 years ago
Five days ahead of an NBA meeting to decide the future of the Sacramento Kings, Seattle investor Ch...
Stephanie Klein

Chris Hansen increases Kings bid by $75 million

Five days ahead of an NBA meeting to decide the future of the Sacramento Kings, Seattle investor Chris Hansen says he has increased his bid by $75 million.
14 years ago
Broken glass came raining down from a high rise hotel on to a Seattle street early Friday morning. ...
Tim Haeck

Glass rains down from Seattle building downtown

Broken glass came raining down from a high rise hotel on to a Seattle street early Friday morning.
14 years ago
Former NBA All-Star Dennis Rodman and Kim Jong-un embrace during a Feb. trip to North Korea. (Scree...
Stephanie Klein

Dennis Rodman: ‘Obama can’t do (beep)’ to free Lynnwood man

'Ambassador' and former NBA All-Star Dennis Rodman tells TMZ he plans to return to North Korea to get Kim Jogn-un to release Kenneth Bae of Lynnwood.
14 years ago
Gary Payton has been named the Grand Marshal for this year’s Torchlight Parade. (AP Photo/fil...
Jamie Skorheim

Gary Payton named grand marshal for Torchlight Parade

Former Seattle Supersonics player Gary Payton has been named as the grand marshal for the 2013 Torchlight Parade.
14 years ago
The Boy Scouts are really in a no-win situation as it decides about allowing opening gay kids into ...
Chris Sullivan

Boy Scouts hearing it from all sides as organization considers allowing gay kids

The Boy Scouts are really in a no-win situation. No matter what the organization decides about allowing openly gay kids into the program at its national meeting next week, it is going to be hammered by all sides of the debate.
14 years ago