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Josh Kerns

‘Godfathers of Grunge’: Seattle’s Mudhoney roars again

Seattle's Mudhoney is storming back into the spotlight with a new album and a highly anticipated show with the legendary Sonics.
14 years ago
Tim Haeck

Katt Williams a no-show, again, in a Seattle courtroom

Comedian Micah "Katt" Williams failed to show up in a Seattle courtroom Friday afternoon.
14 years ago
Snohomish County detectives are asking for the public’s help in finding 28-year-old Heather H...
Josh Kerns

Snohomish County cops searching for missing mom

The search is on in Snohomish County for a missing 28-year-old mom who hasn't been seen since Jan. 11.
14 years ago
The Washington Education Association is opposing a bill that would allow principals not to renew a ...
Kim Shepard

New bill would give principals more flexibility to fire displaced teachers

A Senate Bill heard in the education committee Friday would allow principals the option not to renew teachers who are assigned to their school after being displaced.
14 years ago
Washingtonians could be breaking law if they do a couple of these illegal things while trying to or...
Chris Sullivan

Survey finds windshield-clearing lawbreakers in the Northwest

Nod quietly to yourself if you rely on your car's defroster to clear the windshield of ice instead of using a scraper.
14 years ago
The 520 Bridge will be closed this weekend so workers can move some fiber optic cables and put up s...
KIRO Radio Staff

520 Bridge closure this weekend

The 520 Bridge will be closed this weekend so workers can move some fiber optic cables and put up some new signs.
14 years ago
The 49ers and the Ravens won’t be the only athletes hitting the field on Sunday. The date wil...
Jamie Griswold

Cute players to watch in this year’s Puppy Bowl

The 49ers and the Ravens won't be the only athletes hitting the field on Sunday. The date will also mark the ninth annual Puppy Bowl on Animal Planet.
14 years ago
Tim Haeck

Bridge linking downtown and Port of Tacoma reopens

Tacoma is celebrating the re-opening of the 100-year old Murray Morgan Bridge over the Foss Waterway.
14 years ago
Zack wants everyone to know he’s getting better every day. His speech isn’t as clear as...
Ursula Reutin

Nearly killed by concussions suffered during football, Maple Valley man makes amazing progress

A catastrophic head injury during a junior high football game six years ago made Zack Lystedt a national symbol of the dangers of concussions.
14 years ago
Dan Restione

Two-decade game of tag keeps group of friends together

It's no easy feat holding onto a circle of friends as time and distance conspire to drift you farther and farther away from each other, but one local man's group has found a way to stay in touch, even if being touched is the last thing they want.
14 years ago
State Representative Mike Hope is proposing a bill that would require criminals with a record of gu...
Jillian Raftery

Proposed gun law targets offenders, not responsible gun owners

State representative Mike Hope thinks he can target gun violence with a new law that would require people with illegal gun convictions to register for a "gun offender" registry.
14 years ago
Beyonce answers questions during an NFL football Super Bowl XLVII news conference at the New Orlean...
Chris Sullivan

Prop bets make for lively Super Bowl with non-fans

So you can't stand the 49ers or the Ravens, but you've been invited to a Super Bowl party. The commercials and nachos will only get you so far. You can always put-down a few bucks on some crazy bets to keep you interested.
14 years ago
If this bill had been passed, Sen. Pam Roach believes Charlie and Braden Powell would still be aliv...
Chris Sullivan

Bill in state senate aimed at preventing another Powell tragedy

It was a supervised visit one year ago this week when Josh Powell killed his two young sons and then set his house on fire. A bill in Olympia being pushed by the boy's grandparents might have prevented the visitation.
14 years ago

Seattle bound Alaska Airlines flight lands safely after pilot loses consciousness

An Alaska Airlines jetliner bound for Seattle made an emergency landing in Portland, Ore., Thursday night after the pilot lost consciousness, an airline spokesman said.
14 years ago
Tim Haeck

Seattle area bank hold-ups linked to L.A. street gang

The FBI thinks it has stopped a sophisticated gang of L-A bank robbers operating in Washington and several other states.
14 years ago
KIRO Radio Staff

Pasco man faces 25-year sentence for embezzling from Franklin County

A Pasco man is heading to prison for spending millions of dollars in taxpayer money on gambling and cocaine.
14 years ago
KIRO Radio Staff

Bill Gates appears on The Colbert Report

Bill Gates was under fire Wednesday night during a hard-hitting interview about his charity work overseas on the Colbert Report.
14 years ago
A UW study says men that mow the lawn might have more sex than those that do the dishes. (AP Photo/...
KIRO Radio Staff

UW study says men that help cooking, cleaning get less sex

A study from the University of Washington suggests men who do housework like cooking and cleaning, get less sex that those who mow the lawn and fix the car.
14 years ago
Women are paid better in Washington than women in other parts of the country. But new statistics al...
Tim Haeck

Pay gap for Washington women near highest in nation

Women are paid better in Washington than women in other parts of the country. But new statistics also show that the pay gap between men and women is greater in Washington than almost anywhere else.
14 years ago
Add those cute little hedgehogs to the list of pets that can make you sick. (AP Photo/file)...
KIRO Radio Staff

Deadly pets: Hedgehogs linked to death, illness in Washington

Add those cute little hedgehogs to the list of pets that can make you sick. An elderly Spokane man is the first fatality from a flurry of recent salmonella cases nationwide linked to pet hedgehogs.
14 years ago
Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn refuses to appear on the Ron and Don Show to debate the effectiveness of ...
Josh Kerns

Why won’t Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn debate gun buyback with KIRO Radio’s Ron and Don?

Seattle mayor Mike McGinn's plans to stage another gun buyback is drawing sharp criticism from Ron and Don. And the mayor refuses to come on KIRO Radio's Ron and Don Show to talk about.
14 years ago
Chris Hansen’s agreement with the Maloof family to buy the Sacramento Kings could be made pub...
Josh Kerns

Hansen deal to buy NBA’s Sacramento Kings could go public

In the latest twist in the ongoing saga of the Sacramento Kings, a federal bankruptcy judge in Sacramento has denied a requested deadline extension of the sale of a 7 percent stake in the team owned by a bankrupt investor.
14 years ago
KIRO Radio Staff

Woman arrested after trying to dance, sing her way out of bar tab

A Seattle woman decided instead of paying her bar tab, she would dance and sing her way out of it and instead danced her way into jail.
14 years ago
A Kmart employee alerted authorities after finding a 10 pound bag of pot in the stock room. (AP Pho...
Ursula Reutin

Police investigating 10 pound bag of pot found at Kmart

It was a different kind of Blue Light special at the north Seattle K-Mart.
14 years ago