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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.
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Chris Sullivan

Possible save for Washington’s GET program

A lot of parents are worried the money they've put in that state's Guaranteed Education Tuition program won't be there when their kids hit college-age, but a state analyst has a plan to save the day.
14 years ago
Leaders of the union for Boeing’s engineering and technical workers have voted to include str...
Chris Sullivan

Union leaders approve strike authorization at Boeing

Leaders of the union for Boeing's engineering and technical workers have voted to include strike authorization on ballots going to members next week.
14 years ago
The Smith & Wesson 9 mm pistol recovered by Seattle police after a shooting at Twilight Exit ba...
Brandi Kruse

Even with help of ATF, tracking firearm can lead to dead end

Seattle police track every weapon used to commit a crime within the city, but often seek the help of federal agents.
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Josh Kerns

How Seattle’s Macklemore made it to the top of the Billboard charts

Seattle's Macklemore and Ryan Lewis are atop the Billboard charts for the second straight week with their hilarious and infectious hit "Thrift Shop." It's an impressive feat for anyone. But extraordinary considering the duo have done it all themselves without a record label or major money behind them.
14 years ago
The Seattle Police Department report they broke up a murder-for-hire plot being organized by an inm...
Jamie Griswold

Seattle police break up murder-for-hire plot

The Seattle Police Department report they broke up a murder-for-hire plot being organized by an inmate out of the King County Jail.
14 years ago
Josh Kerns

Batman brings more hope to young Seattle cancer patient

The Dark Knight is bringing more light to a young Seattle cancer patient, as actor Christian Bale again surprised 8-year-old Zach Guillot with a care package full of Batman memorabilia.
14 years ago
1 Second Everyday allows users to record snippets of their lives to compile into a larger video lat...
Jamie Griswold

GeekWire app of the week: 1 Second Everyday

Perhaps GeekWire intern Lily Katz used this week's app of the week to record her first appearance on the GeekWire podcast.
14 years ago
A state survey shows job vacancies increased by about 35 percent from spring to fall of last year w...
Tim Haeck

Washington job openings, hiring stronger in 2012

More indications of an improving job market and economy in Washington. A state survey shows job vacancies increased by about 35 % from spring to fall of last year while hiring grew, as well.
14 years ago
KIRO Radio’s Luke Burbank argues tolling I-90 unfairly limits access to thousands of struggli...
Josh Kerns

Luke Burbank: Why tolling I-90 is unfair

While many Mercer Islanders are angry about talk of tolling I-90 between Seattle and the Eastside, KIRO Radio's Luke Burbank argues the toll would be unfair to thousands of other struggling drivers on both sides of the water.
14 years ago
Shawn Helbig took part in a clinical trial to find a treatment for a genetic condition. (AP Photo/R...
Tim Haeck

Lack of clinical trial volunteers slowing research

Researchers in the Seattle area complain that trouble recruiting volunteers for clinical trials is delaying crucial research for months, sometimes for more than a year.
14 years ago
Mercer Island residents at a community meeting Tuesday were not shy about how they feel about poten...
Dave Ross

Mercer Island residents say tolls would cut their umbilical cord, turn island into Alcatraz

An open house was held at the Mercer Island Community Center to discuss tolling across the I-90 Bridge. Craig Stone from the Department of Transportation was there, merely to host an exhibit on the various tolling options on I-90, but it quickly turned into an impromptu public hearing.
14 years ago
Crews worked to clean the paint spill that at one point caused a three-mile traffic back up in Rent...
Alyssa Kleven

Roofing nails, paint spill on Renton freeway cause big traffic backups

A paint spill closed down the two right lanes of northbound SR 167, just before on 10 a.m. on Wednesday.
14 years ago
Boeing needed to provide a system that contained the smoke, fumes, heat, that would occur as a resu...
Alyssa Kleven

Former inspector general says FAA dropped the ball on Boeing batteries

In 2007 the Federal Aviation Administration knew there was problems with the lithium ion battery that would be used inside the Boeing 787 Dreamliner. According to the former Inspector General of the Department of Transportation, the FAA at the same time gave Boeing permission to use the troubled batteries.
14 years ago
Boeing is projecting that it will break that record this year with revenues as high as $85 billion,...
Chris Sullivan

Amid Dreamliner woes, Boeing reports record revenues

For Boeing, 2012 was a record year. The company's 4th quarter earnings were released Wednesday.
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Brandi Kruse

‘I should have hit her harder’: Elderly man charged in road rage incident

William Zesbaugh, 71, has been charged in a violent road rage attack on a woman in Tacoma.
14 years ago
Police say a fight between parents led up to the deadly shooting at a Seattle nightspot Sunday. (Im...
Tim Haeck

Gunman and victim fought before Seattle nightclub killing

Police say a fight between parents led up to the deadly shooting at a Seattle nightspot Sunday.
14 years ago
KIRO Radio Staff

Tacoma man arrested for choking kids who refused to go to sleep

Police have arrested a Tacoma man for choking two of his young children who refused to go to sleep.
14 years ago
On Tuesday, lawmakers in Olympia will discuss a bill that would assign each of the state’s pu...
KIRO Radio Staff

Should schools be graded just like their students?

Your kids get graded, so why not their schools? On Tuesday, lawmakers in Olympia will discuss a bill that would assign each of the state's public schools a letter grade based on performance.
14 years ago
This image provided by Microsoft shows the company’s new version of its Office software. The ...
KIRO Radio Staff

Microsoft Office moves into cloud with new subscription service

Microsoft is selling a retooled version of its Office software to consumers as an online subscription service for the first time in an attempt to extend one of the company's key franchises beyond personal computers.
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Tom Tangney

‘Baby Got Back’ center of ‘Glee’ cover controversy

Most everyone knows Sir Mix-a-Lot's classic 1992 song, "Baby Got Back," but on the mid-season premiere of "Glee," network TV audiences got a version of the song they'd never heard before. Or did they?
14 years ago
King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg is trying to change a state law that lets juveniles get convi...
Josh Kerns

Lack of penalties encouraging young criminals to keep using guns

It takes five convictions before a juvenile is sentenced to long term punishment for illegally possessing a gun. But King County Prosecutor Dan Satterberg is trying to change that.
14 years ago
President Barack Obama boards Air Force One, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md....
MyNorthwest.com

Despite bipartisan immigration plan, group still plans to fight reform

Seeking swift action on immigration, President Barack Obama on Tuesday will try to rally public support behind his proposals for giving millions of illegal immigrants a pathway to citizenship, as well as making improvements to the legal immigration system and border security.
14 years ago
MyNorthwest.com

Lake Stevens cop ordered to work on his communication skills

After a bar fight and a civil rights lawsuit a Lake Stevens police officer is being ordered to work on his communication skills.
14 years ago