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While some people are out looking for the job, a new report finds they are receiving their unemploy...
James Rynasiewicz

Report: Policies encourage fee-laden unemployment cards

A new report from the National Consumer Law Center says millions of jobless Americans are paying needless fees to collect their unemployment benefits because state policies encourage the use of fee-laden payment cards.
14 years ago
Tolling the one and only way on and off the island does not sit well with residents. “No toll...
Chris Sullivan

Mercer Island caught in middle of I-90 tolling debate

The state doesn't have the money to finish the 520 Bridge project. It is more than a billion dollars short. So the state wants to toll I-90 to pay for it.
14 years ago
So many people are rushing out to get permits, many cities now have waiting lists that are being co...
Chris Sullivan

Wait times for concealed weapons permits skyrocketing in Washington

Getting a concealed weapons permit in Washington is pretty easy. You just pass a background check, give up your fingerprints, pay your money and wait 30 days.
14 years ago
Seattle’s Dick’s Drive-Ins continue going strong 59 years later. (Image courtesy Dick&#...
Tim Haeck

Dick’s still going strong at 59

Dick Spady was just a kid when he started Dick's Drive-In in 1954. Monday is the Seattle-based burger joint's 59th birthday and Spady is still involved at age 89.
14 years ago
Cops in rural areas around Western Washington are dealing with a growing crime wave deep in the woo...
Josh Kerns

Thieves increasingly cutting, stealing old-growth trees to fund drug habits

A KIRO Radio listener is just the latest victim of a growing crime wave: tree theft.
14 years ago
Tolling on I-90 might be the way chosen to make up a funding shortfall for the 520 Bridge. (AP Phot...
Tim Haeck

Tolls on I-90 focus of meetings in Seattle, Bellevue, Mercer Island

The new highway 520 bridge is under construction but hanging over the project to improve the Seattle to Bellevue corridor is a funding shortfall of $1.4 billion.
14 years ago
Josh Kerns

Soundgarden rocks Segways in new Dave Grohl-directed video

Soundgarden fans can hardly wait for the legendary Seattle band's return to town Feb. 7 and 8 at the Paramount. In the meantime, they're giving them plenty of chuckles and generating plenty of buzz with their new video for the song "By Crooked Steps."
14 years ago
North Cascades Highway...
MyNorthwest.com

Heavy snow forecast in Washington mountains

Forecasters say two weather systems Monday and Tuesday will drop up to four feet of new snow in the Cascades by early Wednesday, making driving difficult through the mountain passes.
14 years ago
Don is finally sharing his story of being tricked by a woman posing as a 31-year-old professional a...
Jamie Griswold

KIRO Radio host Don O’Neill was catfished by woman in Seattle

With massive media attention on the Manti Te'o case and a new TV show, the practice of catfishing seems to be revealing itself as a more common occurrence than anyone thought. After years of not sharing his story with anyone, KIRO Radio's Don O'Neill decided it was time for him to join the ranks of those bravely speaking out about being tricked by someone online.
14 years ago
Sacramento Kings fan Robert Robbins holds a poster of Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson before the Kin...
Josh Kerns

Sacramento ‘whale’ watch: Fitness magnate meets with Kings investors, mayor

24 Hour Fitness magnate Mark Mastrov reportedly met Monday with investors and Sacramento's mayor, the latest indication the city will mount a serious challenge to the deal to bring the Kings to Seattle.
14 years ago
Seattle Public Utilities’ new South Transfer Station was built to replace the existing recycl...
Brandi Kruse

Months after ribbon-cutting, Seattle Public Utilities facility still not open

Eight months after a ribbon-cutting ceremony, Seattle Public Utilities new, state-of-the-art South Transfer Station remains closed.
14 years ago
On a table in the mayor’s conference room, Seattle police displayed some of the high-powered ...
Tim Haeck

Stolen guns, assault weapons part of Seattle buyback

On a table in the mayor's conference room, Seattle police displayed some of the 716 guns and high-powered weapons handed over Saturday during the city's gun buy back.
14 years ago
KIRO Radio Staff

Shots fired at West Seattle house on Sunday

A drive-by shooting Sunday left two West Seattle residents shaken up, but OK.
14 years ago
The only marijuana trade association in the country is hopeful that federal authorities will allow ...
Tim Haeck

Seattle forum to answer questions about selling pot

The only marijuana trade association in the country is hopeful that federal authorities will allow Washington to set up a reasonable and responsible system for selling pot.
14 years ago
Parts of the disassembled battery taken from the Japan Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner that caught f...
Alyssa Kleven

MIT professor says Boeing has two options for Dreamliner’s troubled battery

As Boeing rushes to find a solution to a battery problem that has grounded the company's entire fleet of 787 Dreamliners, an expert said he didn't expect the problem.
14 years ago
In this Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012 file photo, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks during Iowa Gov. ...
MyNorthwest.com

Rubio wins WA GOP’s first straw poll while new report says West leaning more left

More than 450 Republican leaders and activists gathered in Ocean Shores for a weekend conference, and held their first straw poll of this election cycle.
14 years ago
“People working in the hotels making your beds or people who are working in the restaurants s...
Chris Sullivan

Is the state set to kill the family medical leave act?

The legislature passed a family medical leave bill six years ago, and it still hasn't figured-out how to implement it or how to pay for it. So some lawmakers say it's time to simply get rid of it.
14 years ago
Chris Sullivan

Seattle Police kill man after shooting inside bar

Seattle Police shot and killed a man as he ran from a bar in the Central District after he opened fire on customers.
14 years ago
A member of the Seattle Police Department holds what was described as a “military rocket laun...
Brandi Kruse

Hundreds show up for Seattle gun buyback

Seattle police started turning people away hours before their gun buyback program was supposed to end Saturday.
14 years ago
Numerous sources say Billionaire Ron Burkle met Thursday with NBA Commissioner David Stern to talk ...
Josh Kerns

Sacramento “whale” watch: Billionaire reportedly meets with NBA

Numerous sources say Billionaire Ron Burkle met Thursday with NBA Commissioner David Stern to talk about buying the Sacramento Kings and building a new downtown arena, further complicating the deal to sell the team to a group of Seattle investors led by Chris Hansen.
14 years ago

Officials warn of Sea-Tac measles exposure

Local health officials are warning people who were at Sea-Tac Airport on January 18 to make sure they’re vaccinated for measles. That’s after a person traveling from Amsterdam through Seattle to Portland was diagnosed with the highly contagious disease that mainly spreads through the air after a sneeze or a cough. James Apa with Public […]
14 years ago
Brandi Kruse

Lynnwood man accused of shooting girl dozens of times with pellet gun

A Lynnwood man has been arrested after allegedly tying up a 4-year-old girl and shooting her dozens of times with a pellet rifle.
14 years ago
Tim Haeck

Hit man is actually undercover cop, woman gets 14 years

A Pierce County woman who tried to hire a hit man to kill her husband is going to prison instead. Fortunately for her husband, the parolee she contacted for help turned her in.
14 years ago
Tim Haeck

Cell phone video helps ID drive-by shooter

Cell phone video helped detectives identify and locate two teenagers suspected in a drive-by shooting Thursday that wounded a 15 year old boy near Lacey.
14 years ago