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Lake City drive-by shooting may have been caused by road rage

Seattle Police now say the shooting death of a 42-year-old man near Lake City Friday night might have been directly related to a road rage incident.
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Chris Sullivan

Arlington sniper found dead

Residents in a neighborhood five miles outside of Arlington were evacuated from their homes for about ten hours Sunday as police hunted a man who was firing shots at passing cars and people.
14 years ago
Frank Shiers

Four Seattle WWII veterans knighted in France

In a ceremony Saturday, France presented four local World War II veterans with the Legion of Honor, its highest award, in recognition of their service to the country.
14 years ago
Jillian Raftery

Man shot in downtown confrontation

A man shot north of the Seattle downtown area early Sunday morning was taken to Harborview Medical Center and is expected to make a full recovery. His shooter is still at large.
14 years ago
MyNorthwest.com

Man dies in Lake City drive-by shooting

The Seattle Police Department is looking for a suspect involved in a deadly shooting Friday night in the Roosevelt neighborhood, near the 7500 block of 15th Ave. NE.
14 years ago
MyNorthwest.com

Tacoma man killed in officer involved shooting

A man was shot and killed by police in Tacoma Friday afternoon. Officers were responding to a domestic violence call, says KING 5. The incident at S. 8th St. and S. M St. is being classified as an officer involved shooting, but the victim was not a police officer.
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Brandi Kruse

Man says threat against school ‘taken out of context’

The man who police say sent a threatening email to the Peninsula School District says it was taken out of context.
14 years ago
MyNorthwest.com

Olympia lake contaminated with fecal bacteria

Think twice before dipping your toe in Olympia's Ward Lake this Labor Day weekend.
14 years ago
Olympia Police believe that Karen Lewis and Jack Short are in the Olympia area. Anyone with informa...
MyNorthwest.com

Missing 10-day-old infant found by police

Police have found the infant said to be at risk by child protective services.
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MyNorthwest.com

Airplane makes emergency landing on I-5 near Bellingham

An airplane had to make an emergency landing on the interstate Friday, when it experienced engine trouble.
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Master gardener Ciscoe Morris says it’s the perfect weekend for picking up good deals as nurs...
Stephanie Klein

Ciscoe Morris says shop til you drop

After you're done watering this weekend, grab the truck and head to the nursery.
14 years ago
New applications like, INRIX Traffic, are helping people drive smarter and make plans based on real...
Jillian Raftery

GeekWire: The future of transportation

Bryan Mistele, CEO of the Kirkland-based traffic data company INRIX, joined GeekWire to talk about his start-up and how the technology world is changing transportation.
14 years ago
Josh Kerns

Shoes found with ‘meat-like’ substance part of hoax

Police confirm that three children's shoes with containing a "meat-like" substance were a part of a hoax.
14 years ago
Tim Haeck

State pays $3 million to families of three murder victims

The state of Washington will pay a settlement of $3 million for its failure to supervise an ex-con who killed three people in Lewis County in 2010.
14 years ago
Brandi Kruse

Two men arrested in Seattle purse, necklace snatchings

Police have arrested two men for a series of strong-armed robberies in South Seattle, but caution that there may be more suspects at-large.
14 years ago
Brandi Kruse

Man sentenced for $4M in bogus medical bills

A medical worker has been sentenced to a year in jail and ordered to pay restitution for submitting millions of dollars in bogus medical bills to insurance companies, the state insurance commissioner announced Friday.
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Jamie Griswold

GeekWire’s app of the week: Slices for Twitter

GeekWire's app of the week promises "a completely new way to experience Twitter."
14 years ago
MyNorthwest.com

New way to get to West Seattle Bridge

The Spokane Street Viaduct opened to drivers Friday morning, allowing westbound drivers another option without having to get onto Highway 99 or I-5.
14 years ago
No rain has fallen this month at Sea-Tac Airport and the National Weather Service forecasts none on...
97.3 KIRO FM Staff

No rain makes for driest August on record

No rain has fallen this month at Sea-Tac Airport and the National Weather Service forecasts none on Friday, setting a record for the driest August.
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Josh Kerns

Bumbershoot planning like juggling and doing jigsaw puzzle at same time

Seattle's biggest music festival kicks off Saturday as Bumbershoot takes over Seattle Center. The guy in charge says there's still plenty of last minute scrambling to pull it off.
14 years ago
97.3 KIRO FM Staff

Gig Harbor teacher in trouble before hazing

A Gig Harbor middle school teacher at the center of a hazing controversy caught on camera has been in trouble with the district before.
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97.3 KIRO FM Staff

Two plead not guilty in killing of Navy veteran in senior community

A 51-year-old Lake Stevens man and a 49-year-old Seattle woman have pleaded not guilty to first degree murder charges in connection with the killing of a decorated Navy veteran inside his North Seattle apartment in December.
14 years ago
Husky fans with satellite TV had better buy a ticket to the season opener Saturday against San Dieg...
Chris Sullivan

Pac-12, DirecTV squabble leaves fans out in the cold

Husky fans with satellite TV had better buy a ticket to the season-opener Saturday against San Diego State because the game most likely won't be on the screen.
14 years ago
One person died at the scene of the brutal head-on collision on highway 9 that blocked much of the ...
MyNorthwest.com

Arlington police investigate fatal head-on collision on SR-9

A head-on collision claimed the life of one driver, and four in the other car were rushed to the hospital on State Route 9 in Arlington Thursday.
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