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Chris Sullivan

Tukwila brothers claim excessive force

Two brothers are accusing the Tukwila Police Department of excessive force after they were arrested on a walk home over the summer.
14 years ago
State workers put down down asphalt on Highway 18 to fix all the holes near Tiger Mountain. (KIRO R...
Chris Sullivan

Dry weather a boon for WSDOT work crews

While some of you might be happy to finally see our long streak of dry weather coming to an end, the department of transportation wishes it would keep on going.
14 years ago
Alyssa Kleven

Californian couple’s crime spree ends in chase with SeaTac police

The crime spree of a young married couple began with an escape from prison, ended with a police chase and included an accusation of murder in-between.
14 years ago
Will thinking about pot as more of a cocktail than drug change the way you vote in November? (AP Ph...
Alyssa Kleven

How smoking pot is like enjoying a single malt scotch

It wasn't the sandy time that has had people talking - it's what Ramsey was doing on the beach. KIRO Radio's Luke Burbank thinks he might as well have been drinking a single malt scotch. After all, that's what a respectable Northwesterner would have been doing.
14 years ago
An elementary school in Issaquah was in lockdown Wednesday while a bear and her cubs wandered throu...
Stephanie Klein

Bear family prompts Issaquah school lockdown

An elementary school in Issaquah was in lockdown Wednesday while a bear and her cubs wandered through campus.
14 years ago
Tim Haeck

Murder suspect arrested at Sea-Tac Airport

A man charged with a murder in Tacoma last weekend was arrested at Sea-Tac Airport after buying a one-way ticket to Chicago.
14 years ago
KIRO Radio Staff

Tully’s Coffee files for bankruptcy protection

Seattle-based Tully's Coffee is closing stores and filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
14 years ago
Justin Bieber’s Believe Tour has moved on to Canada, although the Bieb’s is now without...
Kim Shepard

Justin Bieber tweets he was ripped off in Tacoma

Justin Bieber's Believe Tour took a sour note Tuesday night in Tacoma, when the singer says his laptop and camera were stolen.
14 years ago
Danford Grant appeared before King County Superior Court Judge Mary Yu as he pleaded not guilty to ...
Kim Shepard

Alleged serial rapist pleads not guilty

Prominent Seattle attorney Danford Grant is pleading not guilty to six counts of rape, attempted rape and burglary.
14 years ago
Josh Kerns

Health officials investigate Auburn school illness outbreak

The King County Health Department is investing an illness outbreak that's sent a number of kids home sick from an Auburn elementary.
14 years ago
The TSA insists it followed proper protocol despite the complaints of a dying woman who says agents...
Chris Sullivan

TSA denies mistreating dying woman

TSA officials are disputing the claims of a dying woman who says agents subjected her to a humiliating security screen at Sea-Tac Airport.
14 years ago
Contract negotiations between Boeing and its engineers and technical workers resume Wednesday after...
Chris Sullivan

Boeing engineers say company underestimated resolve

It appears Boeing underestimated the resolve of its engineers and technical workers during the last few months of negotiations. The 96-percent vote against the company's first offer last week made that pretty clear, and SPEEA said Boeing had better not make that mistake again, or it could be facing a big problem.
14 years ago
MyNorthwest.com

Woman accused of faking bank robbery to take home cash

A Tukwila bank teller is accused of faking a robbery so that she could walk away with $11,000 in cash, but it wasn't that easy.
14 years ago
MyNorthwest.com

Woman leaves two sick children in car in Marysville; one dies

A woman has been arrested after two sick children, one of whom died, were found in car in Marysville.
14 years ago
Stephanie Klein

Video: AG Rob McKenna attempts Gangnam Style

While everyone is riled up over the latest Obama ad featuring Big Bird, a much more entertaining video was being uploaded to YouTube.
14 years ago
Alyssa Kleven

Remains found near school identified as man missing since 2006

Remains discovered in the woods near the Bastyr University in Kenmore have been identified.
14 years ago
The DFI has been able to track down just 21 of the 40 companies they say were involved in scamming ...
Kim Shepard

State goes after scammers preying on distressed homeowners

The state is charging 40 companies with stealing thousands of dollars from hundreds of homeowners who thought the scammers could help save their homes from foreclosure.
14 years ago
Researchers say all the sunshine most have enjoyed can cause depression much like winter seasonal a...
Josh Kerns

Depressed? It could be all the sunshine

With our nearly non-stop run of sunny weather, plenty of people are complaining the sunshine is actually depressing. And studies say it's not just their imagination.
14 years ago
Both the King County and Seattle City Council’s will vote next Monday on a proposed deal for ...
Josh Kerns

Arena deal heads for final approval

A new Seattle arena is one step closer to reality after a King County Council committee vote Tuesday to approve an agreement with developer Chris Hansen.
14 years ago
You can look at Green Lake – just don’t get in. Toxic levels of photosynthetic cyanobac...
Kim Shepard

Combating toxic algae on Green Lake with vacuum, sponges

King County workers are using shop-vacs and sponges to try and rid Green Lake of some of the blue-green algae that's reached toxic levels.
14 years ago
While the state used to pay for about 2/3 of college costs and students were responsible for about ...
Kim Shepard

College students paying more, earning less over their lifetimes

Students at Washington's public colleges and universities are now paying a lions share of the cost of their education, but a new report finds they can expect to earn less over their lifetimes.
14 years ago
Josh Kerns

Two men charged with prostituting teen on Backpage.com

Two men have pleaded not guilty to charges they prostituted a 16-year-old girl they advertised on Backpage.com and raped a woman who refused to work for them.
14 years ago
A dying woman is the latest to complain about a humiliating security pat down at Sea-Tac Airport, s...
KIRO Radio Staff

Dying woman complains of abusive TSA search

A dying woman says she was humiliated by a TSA screening at Sea-Tac after agents refused her request for privacy.
14 years ago
The stretch of street in front of the J.P. Patches statue will be renamed for the famous Northwest ...
Tim Haeck

Fremont street to be renamed for J.P. Patches

Legendary Northwest clown J.P. Patches will soon have a street named after him.
14 years ago