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Ted Buehner

After warmest December on record, new year to bring new cooler days

With a record warm December in the rearview mirror, cooler more seasonable January weather is in store for the next couple of weeks.
3 years ago
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KIRO 7 News Staff

Person pinned against Seattle’s Queen Anne Beerhall when car backs into building

Shortly after, the victim was put onto a gurney and then loaded into an ambulance. The extent of their injuries is not yet known.
3 years ago
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Dave Ross

Ross: Am I me, or am I AI?

There are Artificial Intelligence (AI) programs that will write stuff for you, but now there are AI programs that will read that stuff aloud in your own voice.
3 years ago
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Bill Kaczaraba

House fire that closed Northgate Way for hours now out

Crews fought a fire at a vacant building in Seattle’s Northgate neighborhood Tuesday morning.
3 years ago
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Louie Tran, KIRO 7 News

‘It’s just so exciting’: Generations of Husky fans celebrate as UW advances to national championship

Generations of Husky fans are celebrating after the University of Washington Huskies defeated Texas and advanced to the national championship game.
3 years ago
A display panel advertises tickets for a Powerball drawing at a convenience store in Renfrew, Penns...
Steve Coogan

We have a winner: $842.4M Powerball jackpot ticket sold in Michigan

After close to three dozen consecutive Powerball jackpot drawings without anyone taking the top prize, that streak ended Monday night.
3 years ago
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Greg Beacham, The Associated Press

Michigan earns way into college football championship game

Top-seeded Michigan advanced to its first College Football Playoff championship game with a 27-20 victory over Alabama in the Rose Bowl on Monday.
3 years ago
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Ranji Sinha and Colleen West, KIRO 7 News

Nearly 100 firefighters respond to massive 3-alarm blaze at First Hill apartment building

A massive 3-alarm fire that burned a vacant four-story apartment building in Seattle’s First Hill neighborhood spread to a second building, displacing its residents and causing evacuations in others.
3 years ago
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Steve Coogan

What’s open on New Year’s Day in Washington?

It's time to say goodbye to the year 2024 as New Year's Eve and New Year's Day 2025 are rapidly approaching. See what's open those days.
3 years ago
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Steve Coogan

Students who stopped moving bus after driver lost consciousness honored

A group of South Sound high school students were able to stop a runaway school bus in mid-December after their driver had a medical emergency.
3 years ago
Image: A King County Fire District 20 fire fighter helps a cat after a 2-alarm fire broke out in Re...
Steve Coogan

Fire crew in Renton contains 2-alarm fire, saves several pets

Fire crews in Renton contained a quick-moving two-alarm fire in an apartment building Sunday morning and saved several pets in the process.
3 years ago
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Steve Coogan

Separate suspected drunk driving incidents lead to deaths in Spanaway, Kent

Washington State Troopers say a suspected drunk driver with a five-year-old child in her car struck and killed a pedestrian in Spanaway Friday night.
3 years ago
A display panel advertises tickets for a Powerball drawing at a convenience store in Renfrew, Penns...
Steve Coogan

No Powerball jackpot winner in the final drawing of 2023

The national jackpot has climbed yet again, this time to an estimated $810 million after no one won Saturday night's drawing.
3 years ago
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KIRO 7 News Staff

Everett police investigating deaths of two people in their 40s

Just before noon Friday, the Major Crimes Unit with the Everett Police Department responded to a shooting in the 2500 block of Euclid Avenue.
3 years ago
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KIRO 7 News Staff and Brittany Toolis, KIRO 7 News

Lynnwood police arrest woman accused of costing Ulta nearly half a million in robberies across PNW

Investigators said the 26-year-old woman allegedly cost the company about half a million dollars in damages and stolen merchandise.
3 years ago
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Kate Stone

Record temperatures hit the Seattle area and more could come

KIRO Newsradio's Ted Buehner said SeaTac Airport measured 57 degrees at 7 a.m. Friday, shattering the record that was in place.
3 years ago
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Kate Stone

As ‘Big Dark’ fades in Washington, daylight saving time debate goes on

Western Washington is less than a month away from a 5 p.m. sunset — and for those who dread the yearly "Big Dark," it can’t come soon enough.
3 years ago
Bill Kaczaraba

‘It’s a miracle’: Pierce County Habitat for Humanity recovers stolen $56K truck

The Tacoma/Pierce County Habitat for Humanity box truck that was stolen on over the Christmas holiday has been found.
3 years ago
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Bill Kaczaraba

Gee & Ursula: The never-ending debate about if the ‘Seattle Freeze’ is real

The old 'Seattle Freeze' discussion and the idea that we are famous for giving people the cold shoulder was discussed on Gee & Ursula.
3 years ago
Seattle City Light says customers should expect to see a 10% increase in their bills. (Getty Images...
Bill Kaczaraba

Electric bills will rise in 2024, Seattle City Light says

Seattle City Light announced a nearly 10% rate increase for all customers beginning Jan. 1, 2024.
3 years ago
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Bill Kaczaraba

Seattle City Councilmember Sara Nelson: ‘We need to reconsider what we’re spending money on’

When it comes to an often criticized organization Nelson said, "We need to reconsider what we're spending money on and what they're spending money on."
3 years ago
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KIRO 7 News Staff

Boeing recommends airlines inspect 737 Max planes for critical loose or missing bolt

Boeing is strongly urging airlines to inspect every 737 Max aircraft for a critically important bolt that may be either loose or missing.
3 years ago
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Ted Buehner

El Niño, drought, wildfires defined Washington’s weather in 2023

The good news was there were no heat domes, no long-lived cold waves and no widespread strong damaging wind storms.
3 years ago
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KIRO 7 News Staff

Lumen to pay $825,000 after illegally disconnecting customers during pandemic

According to Attorney General Bob Ferguson, Lumen -- formerly known as CenturyLink -- disconnected 1,099 customers in 2020 and 2021.
3 years ago