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Jake Chapman, KIRO 7 News
The impact of the devasting earthquakes in Japan can be felt across the globe, including here in the Puget Sound. Trey and Rie Manning of Puyallup said Rie’s parents live in Japan and their home of 50 years on the Noto Peninsula was heavily damaged by the earthquakes.
3 years ago
L.B. Gilbert
A fire erupted at the vacant Gault Middle School Wednesday morning east of Interstate 5 in Tacoma. The school has been empty since 2009.
3 years ago
KIRO 7 News Staff
SEATTLE — Police are investigating a daring — and illegal — base jump off a building near Downtown Seattle. A video shows two men jumping off a high-rise building in the First Hill neighborhood in the area of Eighth Avenue and Columbia Street. The men jumped from what could be a balcony or rooftop plaza, […]
3 years ago
Bill Kaczaraba
Seattle-based singer, songwriter and guitarist Nikhil Bagga is 14 years old and took at NHL Winter Classic by storm.
3 years ago
Frank Sumrall
The Seattle City Council welcomed five new members at its official swearing-in ceremony, with Councilmember Sara Nelson named as the new council president.
3 years ago
Heather Bosch
The money comes from a settlement Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson won after suing chicken and tuna companies for price fixing.
3 years ago
Ted Buehner
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
KIRO 7 News Staff
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
Dave Ross
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
Bill Kaczaraba
Crews fought a fire at a vacant building in Seattle’s Northgate neighborhood Tuesday morning.
3 years ago
Louie Tran, KIRO 7 News
Generations of Husky fans are celebrating after the University of Washington Huskies defeated Texas and advanced to the national championship game.
3 years ago
Steve Coogan
After close to three dozen consecutive Powerball jackpot drawings without anyone taking the top prize, that streak ended Monday night.
3 years ago
Greg Beacham, The Associated Press
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
Ranji Sinha and Colleen West, KIRO 7 News
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
Steve Coogan
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
Steve Coogan
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
Steve Coogan
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
Steve Coogan
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
Steve Coogan
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
KIRO 7 News Staff
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
KIRO 7 News Staff and Brittany Toolis, KIRO 7 News
Investigators said the 26-year-old woman allegedly cost the company about half a million dollars in damages and stolen merchandise.
3 years ago
Kate Stone
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
Kate Stone
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
The Tacoma/Pierce County Habitat for Humanity box truck that was stolen on over the Christmas holiday has been found.
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