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Major crash on I-5 sends five people to hospital

A major crash on I-5 closed the freeway for around five hours late Monday night.
15 years ago
Is coconut water really all it’s hyped up to be. (AP Photo)...
Tim Haeck

Nutritionist: Coconut water is overpriced and overhyped

Gatorade has been around for years, a staple on sports sidelines from Little League to the NFL. Vitamin water made a push a few years back. Now the big drink craze is coconut water, but is it really all that?
15 years ago
Lawyers for Steven Powell have filed a notice of appeal in his Washington state voyeurism case. (AP...
Chris Sullivan

Steven Powell appealing voyeurism conviction

Steven Powell's defense still believes the search of his home that turned up the hundreds of pictures that led to his voyeurism conviction was illegal, and it's taking the case to the court of appeals.
15 years ago
Everett is deciding how it will handle medical marijuana gardens. (AP Photo/file)...
Chris Sullivan

Everett takes up medical marijuana issue again

Cities like Mukilteo and Seattle allow collective medical marijuana gardens. Others like Kent have banned them. Now Everett is deciding what to do with theirs.
15 years ago
Boomer responds to his name, and the nickname “Boo,” and says that his squawk is much l...
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Bellevue woman offers $500 reward for her lost macaw

As large black crows squawk and dive bomb you and your dog, a scarlet red macaw may stand out among the newly green foliage.
15 years ago
Major was 20 years old when she was reported missing in December, 1982. She was last seen getting i...
97.3 KIRO FM Staff

Detectives identify another victim of the Green River Killer

Detectives have put a name on another victim of the Green River Killer.
15 years ago
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Jamie Griswold

GeekWire’s app of the week: 5-0 Radio Police Scanner

Ever wonder where those police vehicles are going when sirens blare past your house? GeekWire's app of the week may be able to help you figure it out.
15 years ago
This March 3, 1991 image made from video provided by KTLA Los Angeles shows police officers beating...
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Former Seattle police chief says progress made since Rodney King beating

The day after Rodney King was found dead at his Rialto, Calif. home, former Seattle Police Chief Norm Stamper recalled the beating of King as the "most brutal and cowardly act of policing" he's ever seen.
15 years ago
Chris Sullivan

Two people shot in drug deal at Parkland apartment

Two people were shot Monday morning in Parkland when a meth deal turned into a gun fight.
15 years ago
A mourner gathers outside Cafe Racer in Seattle, scene of last month’s mass shooting that lef...
97.3 KIRO FM Staff

Would-be gun offenders face threat of federal prison

Federal prosecutors plan to more aggressively target those who carry out gun violence on the streets of Seattle.
15 years ago
Proposed Seattle arena investor Chris Hansen has closed a deal for more land in Seattle’s SoD...
97.3 KIRO FM Staff

Seattle arena investor acquires more land in SoDo area

Proposed Seattle arena investor Chris Hansen has closed a deal for more land in Seattle's SoDo area.
15 years ago
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer unveils “Surface”, a new tablet computer to compete with Ap...
MyNorthwest.com

Microsoft unveils new tablet: Surface

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has unveiled the Surface, the company's new tablet.
15 years ago
Police released this sketch of the suspect from the June 15 sexual assault. (Image courtesy SPD)...
97.3 KIRO FM Staff

Man impersonating cop sexually assaults woman

Police say a man posing as an undercover plain clothes officer sexually assaulted a woman in Seattle.
15 years ago
Recycling and yard waste pickup for nearly 300,000 Waste Management customers could be disrupted th...
Chris Sullivan

Union recycling and yard waste drivers preparing for labor trouble

Recycling and yard waste pick up for nearly 300,000 Waste Management customers could be disrupted this week after contract talks failed to produced a new contract for drivers.
15 years ago
This image provided by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows a 20-foot, open boat f...
97.3 KIRO FM Staff

Washington officials plan for arrival of more tsunami debris

Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire says federal help is needed to help clean up tsunami debris that reaches the West Coast.
15 years ago
Alyssa Kleven

‘Grassroots’: Real life personalities behind the fictional characters

On film, it's dramatized. Plot foils may only be half-truths and love interests are imagined more than based on the reality. The major points, according to the two former Seattleites, are there.
15 years ago
Tiger Woods takes a shot on the 18th hole at The Olympic Club during the first round of the U.S. Op...
Bill Swartz

Chambers Bay learns from The Olympic Club

If Northwest golf fans took in this weekend's U.S. Open at The Olympic Club near San Francisco, they no doubt saw thousands of spectators basking in the sunshine on steep hills near the eighth and 18th greens.
15 years ago
Travis Baumgartner is taken out of a van by Canadian Border Services officers at the Aldergrove, Br...
97.3 KIRO FM Staff

Canadian murder, robbery suspect caught at border

Travis Baumgartner, the man wanted in the recent murders of three armored car guards in Alberta, Canada, has been captured while trying cross the U.S. border.
15 years ago
This July 16, 1992 file photo shows Rodney King being escorted from jail in Santa Ana, Calif. after...
Jillian Raftery

Civil rights symbol Rodney King dead at 47

Rodney King was found dead in his home's swimming pool Sunday morning by his girlfriend. The announcement was made official to the press by his representative, Suzanne Wickman.
15 years ago
This undated file image provided by the U.S. Air Force shows the X-37B spacecraft. The unmanned Air...
Kim Shepard

Boeing’s new baby makes it through a tough test

The X-37B is an unmanned space craft designed to orbit the earth and return by landing itself. Designers say it incorporates the best of an aircraft and a spacecraft.
15 years ago
Waste Management is facing a strike after recycling truck drivers demand pay equal to garbage truck...
Lisa Brooks

Union solidarity with Waste Management strike

Waste Management is facing a strike after recycling truck drivers demand pay equal to garbage truck drivers. Representatives from the local Teamsters are voting for a strike.
15 years ago
FILE – Steve Powell is led out of court after hearing the verdict in his trial, Wednesday, Ma...
MyNorthwest.com

Steven Powell sentenced for voyeurism

The father-in-law of missing Utah woman Susan Powell has been sentenced to to 30 months with 36 months community custody in a Washington state court for recording images of two young neighbor girls in their bathroom.
15 years ago
Washington drivers are finally seeing lower prices at the pump. (AP Photo/file)...
97.3 KIRO FM Staff

Washington gas prices finally falling

Call it reverse sticker-shock, Washington drivers are finally seeing lower prices at the pump.
15 years ago
97.3 KIRO FM Staff

Washington man cleared in roadside shooting, after victim confesses he shot himself

A Washington man has been cleared as a suspect after a man originally reporting he'd been shot confessed to authorities that he had shot himself.
15 years ago