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Everett Police have arrested the owner of several bikini barista stands for investigation of sexual...
Josh Kerns

Everett coffee stand owner arrested for sexual exploitation

Everett Police have arrested the owner of several bikini barista stands for investigation of sexual exploitation of a minor.
14 years ago
Lucinda Pieczatkowski, 57, was struck and killed by a truck while walking in North Bend on New Year...
Brandi Kruse

Small community keeps quiet about fatal accident

Two months after a fatal hit and run on New Year's Eve near North Bend, detectives hope someone with knowledge of the crime will have the courage to come forward.
14 years ago
A Snohomish County jail guard could be behind bars himself after allegedly trading cookies for sex ...
Josh Kerns

Snohomish County jail guard busted for trading cookies for sex

A Snohomish County corrections officer faces a felony charge for allegedly giving a jail inmate homemade chocolate chip cookies in exchange for sex.
14 years ago
Tim Haeck

DUI deja vu: Drunk driving suspect busted twice in eight hours

State Patrol troopers who nailed a woman for drunk driving Tuesday morning did a blood draw and then released her. She wasn't so lucky the second time.
14 years ago
Tim Haeck

Courier takes a break, loses $500,000 in jewels

Somebody made off with $500,000 worth of jewels Tuesday afternoon when a courier took a break and parked his car in Mercer Island.
14 years ago
Jamie Griswold

14-year-old girl fights off attacker in South Seattle

Seattle police say a 14-year-old girl fought off an attacker in South Seattle Tuesday evening.
14 years ago
Law enforcement is shooting down a deal on a proposed gun control measure in the Washington State L...

Cops shoot down Washington state gun control deal

What was thought to be a pending deal on a key gun-control measure in the state legislature appears to be getting shot down by a dispute over whether to keep a database of gun sales.
14 years ago
The state’s new jobless numbers show the unemployment rate was unchanged in January, at 7.5 p...
Tim Haeck

Job growth in January but unemployment rate unchanged

The state's new jobless numbers show the unemployment rate was unchanged in January, at 7.5 percent, despite a spike in job growth.
14 years ago
Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn says he’s ready to end a very public squabble and work together wit...
Ursula Reutin

Seattle mayor regrets public fighting; wants to sit down with city attorney, monitor

Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn says he's ready to end the squabbling and work together with the city attorney and the independent monitor on a plan to reform the Seattle Police Department.
14 years ago
Months after the fires that onslaught of dangerous wildfires in Eastern Washington were put out, a ...
Tim Haeck

2012 wildfires didn’t burn down wineries, but they may have hurt the vintage

When talking about wine, smokey is not usually a good thing. Smoke could be a problem for the 2012 vintage in Washington.
14 years ago
The Sacramento City Council is stepping up their timeline to get an arena project started, in hopes...
Chris Sullivan

Sacramento accelerates arena deal timeline in continued effort to keep Kings

Sacramento's city manager says waiting until April 2 to get an arena plan before the city council is cutting it too close so he's moving up the timeline.
14 years ago
The owner of a Tacoma bike shop says he accepts Rep. Ed Orcutt’s apology after the Republican...
Josh Kerns

Bike shop owner laughs off emission claims email flap

The owner of a Tacoma bike shop at the center of a flap over bicyclists supposedly creating emissions says he accepts Rep. Ed Orcutt's apology for the comments that caused a worldwide storm.
14 years ago
A King County Sheriff’s Dept. helicopter bearing the body of one of the victims of a small pl...
Josh Kerns

NTSB says pilot in deadly Mount Si crash was drunk

The National Transportation Safety Board says a pilot who crashed his single-engine plane into Mount Si last year, killing himself and two passengers, was drunk at the time.
14 years ago
The U.S. Department of Education confirms it is investigating the rate at which black students are ...
Tim Haeck

Feds look at race disparity in Seattle schools discipline

The U.S. Department of Education confirms it is investigating the rate at which black students are disciplined in the Seattle Public Schools.
14 years ago
A house that fell off a truck caused significant delays on I-5. (Image courtesy WSDOT)...
KIRO Radio Staff

House falls off truck on I-5 near Marysville

Falling houses sounds like something from "The Wizard of Oz," but such an incident caused significant traffic backups on I-5 Tuesday.
14 years ago
The U.S. Energy Secretary has sent a letter to Washington Gov. Jay Inslee warning automatic budget ...
Tim Haeck

Budget cuts could delay leaking tank fix at Hanford

The Energy Department is warning that automatic federal budget cuts could delay the clean-up of leaking storage tanks of radioactive waste at the Hanford nuclear reservation.
14 years ago
Monitor Merrick Bobb Tuesday submitted his formal oversight plan to reform the Seattle Police Depar...
Brandi Kruse

‘Sad day for Seattle’: City officials clash as police monitor submits oversight plan

The independent monitor tasked with overseeing Seattle Police Department reforms submitted his proposed plan to a federal judge for approval Tuesday.
14 years ago
A stock trader works at the New York Stock Exchange as a television screen carries financial news, ...
Alyssa Kleven

Watching the Dow: ‘A little fear is healthy right now’

The Dow Jones industrial average surged past its record high and kept going on Tuesday. It jumped from the opening bell, climbed as much as 158 points early and reached 14,286, breaking through its previous record high set in October 2007.
14 years ago
A union of dockworkers is pursuing a legal challenge to plans for a new sports arena in Seattle. (A...
Tim Haeck

Longshore union appeals ruling favoring new Seattle arena

A union of dockworkers is pursuing a legal challenge to plans for a new sports arena in Seattle.
14 years ago
Dave Ross and Luke Burbank have some ideas on how to keep the Fourth of July fireworks show going a...
Jamie Griswold

A few ideas to save Seattle’s Fourth of July fireworks show

After the public stepped up to save Seattle's Fourth of July fireworks show in 2010, the show's producers are going to the pot again, asking for donations for the 2013 show. But KIRO Radio's Dave Ross who actually launched the 2010 drive for donations is doubtful this route can continue to deliver. But he has a few other ideas.
14 years ago
Chris Sullivan

Tuba man killer to do serious time

One of the three men convicted of killing Seattle street musician Ed "Tuba Man" McMichael will be spending the next few years in federal prison.
14 years ago
A man spent the night in his car after it crashed into a ravine in North Seattle. (Image courtesy S...
KIRO Radio Staff

Man spends night in crashed vehicle in Seattle ravine

Firefighters rescued a man who spent the night in his car down a ravine in North Seattle.
14 years ago
KIRO Radio Staff

Body of man found near crashed van in Redmond

Authorities say it appears that a man whose body was found near a crashed van in a rural area northeast of Redmond died at least a week ago.
14 years ago
Eight former Drug Enforcement Administration chiefs said Tuesday that the federal government needs ...
Tim Haeck

Ex-DEA heads say feds should nullify state pot laws

Eight former Drug Enforcement Administration chiefs said Tuesday that the federal government needs to act now or it might lose the chance to nullify Colorado and Washington's laws legalizing recreational marijuana use.
14 years ago