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Image: Emergency vehicles are parked outside the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wiscons...
The KTTH staff with wire reports

Girl, 15, fatally shoots a teacher and a teen at a Wisconsin Christian school

A 15-year-old student opened fire inside a study hall at a Christian school in Wisconsin, killing a teacher and a teenager in the shooting.
2 years ago
Image: A house fire in Lynnwood killed a woman on Sunday, Dec. 15....
Steve Coogan

Grandmother of 7 in her 80s dies in Lynnwood house fire

A grandmother of seven in her 80s died in a Lynnwood fire that destroyed a house Sunday, South County Fire reported.
2 years ago
Image:The sun can be setting from a balcony in Mountlake Terrace on Nov. 28, 2024, Thanksgiving Day...
Ted Buehner

Expect a wet, but mild final week of fall ahead of the winter solstice

This final week of fall can be summarized as wet and mild. A series of Pacific frontal systems are slated to swing onshore.
2 years ago
Photo: North Puget Sound Gray Whale "Little Patch" returned to the Salish Sea early....
Julia Dallas

Whale ‘Little Patch’ among animals returning to Salish Sea early

The whale "Little Patch" is the first of the North Puget Sound Gray Whales, or "Sounders," to return to the Salish Sea, as reported by the Orca Network and Cascadia Research Collective.
2 years ago
Rays of sunshine on these new, Washington-state-grown Sunflare variety of apples help give them the...
Tom Brock

Washington’s newest apple hybrid to be named ‘Sunflare’

A new variety of apple in Washington state has a new name.
2 years ago
Photo: South County Fire crews in Mountlake Terrace respond Saturday to a tree that fell on a vehic...
Steve Coogan

Utilities restore most power outages that impacted thousands in Western Washington

Utility crews worked to fix power outages that impacted tens of thousands of customers in Western Washington over the weekend.
2 years ago
Photo: The Auburn Police Department identified three people as being the same suspects in a series ...
Sam Campbell

Auburn police link teens, 10-year-old to crime spree in South King County

Three of five people – most of them teenagers – arrested for allegedly trying to break into a Fall City gun store are now being linked to a string of robberies in South King County.
2 years ago
Puget Sound weekend crime...
James Lynch

Police warn elderly women after string of purse snatchings in Gig Harbor

Police in Gig Harbor are warning elderly women to be on the lookout for purse snatchers after three women were attacked in grocery store parking lots this week.
2 years ago
Photo: A school bus drives through a neighborhoods....
Julia Dallas

Ellensburg School District settles with Dept. of Justice after investigation into harassment, assault

The U.S. Department of Justice made a settlement agreement with the Ellensburg School District after it determined the district failed to protect students.
2 years ago
Crews respond to an amonia leak in Mukilteo. (KIRO 7)...
KIRO 7 News Staff

Emergency crews respond to ammonia leak in Mukilteo

A brief ammonia leak caused a hazmat response in Mukilteo early Wednesday.
2 years ago
Photo: KIRO Newsradio obtained a drone video from New Jersey....
Luke Duecy

KIRO Newsradio obtains video as mysterious drones reach Western Washington

On the heels of an ongoing drone scare in New Jersey, dozens of people across the Puget Sound region have claimed they've also seen drones flying around at night.
2 years ago
Sears opened at Southcenter Mall in Tukwila, Wash. in 1994 in the old Frederick & Nelson department...
Feliks Banel

All Over the Map: Final hours for the last Sears in Washington

It wasn’t so long ago that the name “Sears” was synonymous with American retail and with holiday shopping in particular.
2 years ago
Example of one of the scam letters being sent to WA small businesses, (Photo: WA Attorney General)...
Bill Kaczaraba

Scammers continue to target small Washington businesses

The Washington Attorney General's office continues to warn small businesses of scam letters demanding payment.
2 years ago
stanley recalling...
Frank Sumrall

Stanley recalling millions of travel mugs over concerns of shrinking lids causing burns

Stanley is recalling approximately 2.6 million stainless steel travel mugs because of a potential burn hazard.
2 years ago
A car crashed into a building after attempting to turn east onto Center Street from North Tower in ...
Frank Sumrall

Man escapes police after crashing car into building in Centralia

Centralia Police is actively searching for a suspect who crashed into a building in Centralia after a high-speed pursuit Thursday morning.
2 years ago
machete border...
Frank Sumrall

Machete-wielding suspect arrested after stealing car near the border

The Washington State Patrol (WSP) arrested a man who carjacked a driver using a machete at the U.S. border crossing in Blaine.
2 years ago
Pathway of Lights at Greenlake. (Photo: ARC Seattle)...
Paul Holden

Participate in holiday weekend happenings, many of them free

A wintry weekend full of things to do lies ahead, from ice skating to band concerts to bonsai trees. Many of them are free.
2 years ago
Photo: A mother and her child walk in front of festive Christmas displays....
James Lynch

King County expert urges parents to talk to children amid teacher abuse allegations

KIRO Newsradio reached out to a King County expert to learn what parents should look out for amid teacher sex crime allegations.
2 years ago
Photo: Seattle Laestadian Lutheran Church in Snohomish County was destroyed by fire in August 2023....
Julia Dallas

Texas woman accused of setting fire that destroyed Snohomish County church indicted

Natasha Marie Odell, 38, garnered three felonies related to arson at Seattle Laestadian Lutheran Church in Snohomish County last year
2 years ago
Photo: Seattle and King County have been penalized for sewer discharge violations....
Bill Kaczaraba

Sewer overflow violations cost Seattle, King County thousands of dollars

Seattle and King County were penalized for sewer overflow violations, according to the WA Ecology Dept. and the EPA.
2 years ago
Photo: Shoreline Police Department used drones to help capture a suspect....
Julia Dallas

Shoreline police release video game-esque drone footage of suspect’s capture

The Shoreline Police Department and King County Sheriff's Department had help from a special tool last month.
2 years ago
Photo: The goalkeeper guards the net as girls take part in a high school soccer match....
Bill Kaczaraba

WIAA director: Transgender champion brings attention to high school rules

High schools in Washington are considering new trans-athlete rules, partly due to high-profile cases.
2 years ago
biden clemency...
Charlie Harger

Biden pardons 3 Washington residents in biggest single-day act of clemency

A Seattle man and two others people in Washington were among the 39 people granted a pardon by President Joe Biden on Thursday.
2 years ago
Image: The National Weather Service released a map with the maximum wind gust forecast for much of ...
Ted Buehner

Will your weather forecasts soon be done without humans?

A listener recently asked how Artificial Intelligence or AI is involved in weather forecasting. That is a great and timely question.
2 years ago