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Belle Clementine is a social experience promoting a sort of intimate group setting through its comm...
MyNorthwest.com

Let’s Eat: Ballard’s Belle Clementine is perfect for adventuruous locavores

This week Let's Eat co-host and Seattle Times restaurant critic Providence Cicero visited Ballard's new Belle Clementine restaurant, where she had a unique communal dining experience.
15 years ago
Seattle musician Rafe Pearlman has performed at festivals and spiritual centers across the Pacific ...
Lisa Brooks

Seattle musician Rafe Pearlman competes in America’s Got Talent

William Close wowed America's Got Talent judges this summer with his Earth Harp, and has recruited local musician Rafe Pearlman to help him put together another amazing act in the last rounds of the competition.
15 years ago
Seattle’s Cafe Racer reopened Friday, roughly seven weeks after a gunman opened fire inside. ...
Brandi Kruse

‘It feels good to be back’: Cafe Racer reopens

Cafe Racer in Seattle's Roosevelt neighborhood reopened Friday, roughly seven weeks after a gunman opened fire inside.
15 years ago
Police officers join patrons eating breakfast at the newly re-opened Cafe Racer Friday, July 20, 20...
Alyssa Kleven

Father of Cafe Racer killer: Nothing is ever going to be the same

When Walt Stawicki talks about his son, he tells the story like a dispassionate anchorman might read the news: cold and removed. On May 30, Ian Stawicki shot and killed five people, killing four of them, and then finally turning the gun on himself.
15 years ago
King County beaches are closed to recreational shellfish harvesting because of potentially dangerou...
Tim Haeck

Toxin closes King County beaches to shellfish harvest

King County beaches are closed to recreational shellfish harvesting because of potentially dangerous levels of a toxin, known as P.S.P.
15 years ago
The man arrested Thursday for the murder of an innocent driver in Seattle’s Central area last...
Tim Haeck

Murder charge in stray-bullet killing of Seattle dad

The man arrested Thursday for the murder of an innocent driver in Seattle's Central area last May is now charged with second degree murder.
15 years ago
Jillian Raftery

Terry Jaymes: Top five guilty pleasure songs

Terry and Jason share their most embarrassing songs on their iPods.
15 years ago
Ellen Felsenthel says the costume contest is always a riot. (Image courtesy New Moon Farm Goat Resc...
MyNorthwest.com

Monroe animal rescue hosts the Goatalympics

High jump, distance jump, and a teeter- totter. It may sound like folks were getting ready for an Olympic competition, but the participants in this contest are a little goatish.
15 years ago
Runs and a triathlon are just a few of the events that will get in the way of driving from point A ...
MyNorthwest.com

Events, construction to plague weekend traffic

Summer events will be the big culprit in causing traffic headaches over the weekend. From Seafair events, to the city's largest block party to fun runs and triathlons, you should check your route before you hit the road.
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Jamie Griswold

Let’s Eat: Try local, lady-made liquor

What's more Northwest than liquor made with pine trees? Two ladies are experimenting with things that grow in the Northwest to craft their new line of botanical "lady-made liquor."
15 years ago
Tim Haeck

Pot rip-off led to fatal gunfire in Arlington park

A disagreement over a 20-dollar marijuana sale prompted a showdown and a fatal gun battle in an Arlington park. One man is under arrest.
15 years ago
Fans are still buying tickets to “The Dark Knight Rises” after a shooting rampage kille...
97.3 KIRO FM Staff

Seattle fans still buying tickets for ‘The Dark Knight Rises’

Movie fans excited for the premiere of the highly anticipated release of the latest installment in the Batman series remain in line for showings after 12 people were killed and 50 injured in a shooting rampage at a midnight showing in Colorado.
15 years ago
Many supporters turned out to let the Seattle and King County Councils know what they think of a ne...
97.3 KIRO FM Staff

Seattle, King County hear from public on arena proposal

The Seattle and King County Councils teamed up to hear from the public on a proposed arena in downtown Seattle on Thursday.
15 years ago
The National Weather Service says there could be thunderstorms and flash flooding across Washington...
97.3 KIRO FM Staff

Thunderstorms, severe weather possible in Puget Sound area

The National Weather Service says there could be thunderstorms and flash flooding across Washington on Friday..
15 years ago
Jeremiah Gilbert, 35, was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the 1993 murders of two me...
Brandi Kruse

Young killers await possibility of parole

After years believing - knowing - that he could never be paroled, Jeremiah Gilbert calls the idea of release "mindboggling."
15 years ago
97.3 KIRO FM Staff

Seattle Fire rescues man who fell 60 feet down Carkeek Park ravine

A couple spotted a man on a the ledge of a ravine at Carkeek Park Thursday morning. When the man was rescued, Seattle Fire learned he had been down there all night.
15 years ago
People put money into race horses, coins, trading cards, fine art, wine and action figures. You cou...
Tim Haeck

Coins, baseball cards; looking for returns beyond stocks

People put money into race horses, coins, trading cards, fine art, wine and action figures. You could consider all those things hobbies or passions. But are they investments? When stock portfoilios and retirement funds falter, investors look to offbeat or exotic places to put their money.
15 years ago
Justin Ferrari, 43, was killed by an stray bullet while driving through Seattle’s Central Dis...
97.3 KIRO FM Staff

Seattle police nab suspect in murder of Madrona dad

It's been almost two months since Justin Ferrari was killed by a stray bullet while driving with his family in Seattle's Central District.
15 years ago
A new report on Washington’s whooping cough epidemic reveals that the vaccine is not as effec...
97.3 KIRO FM Staff

Pertussis vaccine may not be as effective as expected

A new report on Washington's whooping cough epidemic reveals that the vaccine is not as effective as hoped.
15 years ago
John Curley says the legendary Bill Parcells could be a good role model as he takes on his newest r...
Josh Kerns

Rookie coach John Curley searches for football philosophy

To yell or not to yell? Plaid sport coat or tight, beltless elastic pants? So many thing to think about as 97.3 KIRO FM's John Curley embarks on his nascent youth football coaching career.
15 years ago
97.3 KIRO FM Staff

Officer involved in SeaTac shooting

The King County Sheriff's Office says a deputy fired shots Thursday morning when a suspected robber tried to attack an officer near SeaTac.
15 years ago
Tim Haeck

Feds shut down websites selling pirated movies, TV shows

An Everett man pleads guilty in federal court, admitting he sold pirated copies of movies, TV shows, videos and other materials, marketing his sales to the Korean community in the U.S.
15 years ago
President Barack Obama will be making another visit to the Northwest next week. (AP Photo/file)...
97.3 KIRO FM Staff

President Obama planning another visit to Seattle

President Barack Obama will be making another visit to the Northwest next week.
15 years ago
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Josh Kerns

Interview: Joe Roth on celebrity and success from Charlie Sheen to the Sounders

As the producer of some of the biggest blockbuster movies and majority owner of Seattle's beloved Sounders, Joe Roth spends a lot of time in the best seat in the house. And he offered some unique perspectives on fame, fortune and success when he stopped by the Ron and Don Show before Wednesday's big Sounders game against English powerhouse Chelsea.
15 years ago