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Man caught hiding drugs in back of Seattle Police car

Early Thursday morning, a man busted for dealing crack learned that the back of a patrol car is a terrible place to hide your drugs.
14 years ago
Brandi Kruse

Daycares worry they are targets for car prowlers

In broad daylight outside a North Seattle daycare, a car prowler spots his target. Within seconds, he has smashed in the passenger-side window of a van and taken a diaper bag off the front seat.
14 years ago
L’Abattoir in Vancouver is worth the drive all by itself says Let’s Eat host Terry Jaym...
Jamie Griswold

Let’s Eat road trip: Tastes from Vancouver and Portland

Typically Let's Eat focuses on restaurants around the Puget Sound area, but this week the hosts are taking the show on the road sharing some of their favorite eats from the nearby dining hotbeds in Portland, Ore. and Vancouver B.C.
14 years ago
According to The Nicaragua Dispatch, Puracal’s long-awaited appeal hearing began in Granada, ...
Brandi Kruse

Appeal underway in Nicaragua for Tacoma man

Nearly a year after his conviction on charges that he laundered drug money, an appeal is underway in Nicaragua for Tacoma man Jason Puracal.
14 years ago
Callie Lentz, 8, started a coffee company after losing her friend, Ben Towne, to cancer. All procee...
Kim Shepard

Selling “Callie’s Coffee” to find a cure for cancer

An 8-year-old Medina girl who lost a friend to cancer is now hoping to help a foundation created in his name find a cure for cancer.
14 years ago
An Omak family makes T-shirts, hats and sweatshirts that commemorate major fires that tear through ...
Chris Sullivan

Family selling T-shirts at scene of Taylor Bridge wildfire

Some might consider it profiting on the misery and suffering of others, but a family from Omak sees it as a way to make a few bucks to make ends meet.
14 years ago
97.3 KIRO FM Staff

Police shoot, kill man reportedly aiming rifle at passing cars

A Little Rock man was killed in a face-off with police on Wednesday after witnesses reported he was aiming a rifle at cars traveling by his home.
14 years ago
97.3 KIRO FM Staff

20-year-old man drowns in Snoqualmie River

A King County sheriff's spokeswoman says a 20-year-old man has died after he went swimming with co-workers in the Snoqualmie River at Carnation and slipped under the water.
14 years ago
The smog levels in King and Pierce counties could reach unhealthy levels by this weekend. (AP Photo...
97.3 KIRO FM Staff

Smog to hit unhealthy levels by weekend

The smog pollution in King and Pierce counties could reach unhealthy levels by this weekend.
14 years ago
The National Weather Service says Thursday and Friday are likely to be the hottest days of the year...
97.3 KIRO FM Staff

Excessive heat warning issued for Puget Sound area

The National Weather Service says Thursday and Friday are likely to be the hottest days of the year in Western Washington.
14 years ago
More people were evacuated from their homes Wednesday evening. (AP Photo/Shannon Dininny)...
97.3 KIRO FM Staff

Fire crews still five to seven days from full containment

Hundreds of firefighters employed every weapon they had Wednesday to battle a stubborn wildfire east of the Cascades that has destroyed dozens of homes across roughly 35 square miles.
14 years ago
A mentally ill woman is accused of shooting David Long, 40, three times inside a grocery store on t...
Brandi Kruse

Grocery store victim was ‘shy,’ ‘innocent’

A mentally ill woman is accused of shooting David Long, 40, three times inside a grocery store on the Key Peninsula. He frequented the market and lived across the street due to his mental disability.
14 years ago
MyNorthwest.com

Man upset about lack of turn signals shot by police

In unincorporated Thurston County, people weren't using their turn signals and it had one man upset he reached for his gun.
14 years ago
Wear that sunscreen: An offshore flow is pushing temperatures into the 90s, and even at night the t...
97.3 KIRO FM Staff

Excessive heat watch issued for Puget Sound area

The National Weather Service says hot weather will continue through the weekend across Washington.
14 years ago
Amina Bowman, 9, recovering from gun shot wounds at Harborview Medical Center. (Bremerton Police De...
Josh Kerns

Family of Bremerton girl shot at school sues district

The family of a Bremerton girl shot in her classroom is suing the school district and the family of the boy who brought the gun to class.
14 years ago
As embers still smolder and the charred hillside is seen behind, people sift through the remains of...
Josh Kerns

Wildfire evacuees wonder if they’ll have a home to return to

There's plenty of uncertainty for the hundreds of people evacuated from the Taylor Bridge wildfire who don't know if they'll have a home to go back to.
14 years ago
Smoke billows from a wildfire near Cle Elum, Wash. The fast-moving wildfire has burned 60 homes acr...
97.3 KIRO FM Staff

Smoke from wildfire expected to reach Seattle by week’s end

Signs of the massive fire near Cle Elum are expected to reach Seattle by the end of the week.
14 years ago
97.3 KIRO FM Staff

Seattle cop avoids suspension for stomping

A Seattle police officer won't have to serve a 10-day suspension for a stomping incident if he stays out of trouble.
14 years ago
Josh Kerns

Alleged drunk driver accused of killing again

A drunk driver who spent a decade in prison for a deadly crash has allegedly killed again.
14 years ago
97.3 KIRO FM Staff

Washington state trooper hits, kills pedestrian

A Washington state trooper responding to a call Tuesday night hit and killed a pedestrian in Mount Vernon.
14 years ago
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MyNorthwest.com

Snow leopard cubs undergo eye surgery at Woodland Park Zoo

Three-month-old snow leopards cubs born with eye and eyelid defects, a condition known as coloboma, went through another surgery Tuesday at Woodland Park Zoo.
14 years ago
A new medical marijuana PAC has come out in opposition of I-502 in Washington state. (AP file)...
Josh Kerns

New pro-pot PAC fighting legalization initiative

A group of medical marijuana advocates is taking a somewhat surprising stand against the initiative that would legalize and regulate cannabis in Washington.
14 years ago
Mercer St. will host two-way traffic beginning Aug. 27. (97.3 KIRO FM/file)...
MyNorthwest.com

Mercer Street opening to two-way traffic Aug. 27

After a full weekend closure, Mercer Street will open to two-way traffic on Aug. 27. This marks the third phase in the four phase project to clean up the "Mercer mess" in Seattle's South Lake Union neighborhood.
14 years ago
The John Curley Show thinks these picnic table pyramids could be a real draw for Spokane. (AP Photo...
Jamie Griswold

John Curley Show: Don’t take down those picnic table pyramids

Park officials in Spokane are trying to stop pranksters after discovering several pyramids of picnic tables over 25 feet high in the parks. But The John Curley Show thinks perhaps they should leave them standing.
14 years ago