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Kevin Ko, KIRO 7 News

Pierce County man pleads guilty to killing pregnant ex-girlfriend in 2020

A Pierce County man accused of killing his pregnant ex-girlfriend in 2020 pleaded guilty to murder charges on Monday.
4 years ago
Then-MacKenzie Bezos arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on March 4, 2018, in Beverly Hills, Cal...
Thalia Beaty and Glenn Gamboa, Associated Press

MacKenzie Scott acknowledges another $2B in donations

Megadonor and novelist MacKenzie Scott announced almost $2 billion in donations to 343 organizations in a short blog post Monday, emphasizing her interest in supporting people from underserved communities.
4 years ago
A worker holds a net as thousands of young fingerling Chinook salmon are released into a holding pe...
Associated Press

Washington won’t renew leases for Puget Sound fish farms

The Washington state Department of Natural Resources said Monday it will not renew a fish-farming company’s last remaining leases on net pens in Puget Sound.
4 years ago
Road Rage highway violence...
Deborah Horne, KIRO 7 News

‘Turn yourself in’: Victim’s grandfather speaks out to Renton road-rage shooter

A grandfather is speaking out three days after his 9-year-old grandson was critically wounded in a road rage shooting.
4 years ago
air quality...
Ted Buehner

Warm fall weather causes air quality to drop again

No, it’s not wildfire smoke, but once again Puget Sound air quality is on the decline. This time, it is our current dry sunny fall weather pattern
4 years ago
Seattle City Budget...
Frank Sumrall

Seattle city budget now more than $200 million in the hole

Certain infrastructure projects and programs will go unfunded over the next few years, according to the Seattle City Council.
4 years ago
ferry...
Bill Kaczaraba

Commission says ferry fuel surcharge is now up for discussion

The Washington State Transportation Commission wants public input on the possibility of adding a fuel surcharge to fares.
4 years ago
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Associated Press

Mayor calls University of Idaho students’ deaths ‘senseless’

The mayor of the small town where four University of Idaho students were found dead on Sunday said the “senseless” event is a reminder that acts of violence can occur anywhere.
4 years ago
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Tim Booth, Associated Press

Seahawks brought back down after clunker in Germany

The Seattle Seahawks head into their bye week following a clunker of a performance on an international stage in Sunday's 21-16 loss to Tampa Bay.
4 years ago
transit...
Micki Gamez

SDOT launches program encouraging people to bike, scoot to transit

Seattle’s Department of Transportation just launched a new pilot program to motivate people to bike or scoot their way to transit.
4 years ago
semi...
L.B. Gilbert

Semi collision blocked off-ramp on I-90, now reopened

A semi-truck collision blocking the off-ramp on Interstate 90 near Edgar Martinez Drive.
4 years ago
Red king crab season canceled...
KIRO Newsradio Newsdesk

WA crabbers sit idle amid population busts

Washington's North Pacific crabbers are sitting idle this year, because, for the first time, the U.S. snow crab season has been canceled.
4 years ago
walkout...
L.B. Gilbert

Students walkout following fatal Ingraham school shooting

Nearly a week after a 17-year-old student was shot and killed at Ingraham High school-- students there are planning to walk out of class Monday
4 years ago
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is seen on the sidelines before the start of an NFL football game, Sept. ...
Associated Press

Jeff Bezos says he will give away most of his fortune

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said he will give away the majority of his wealth during his lifetime, becoming the latest billionaire to pledge to donate much of his vast fortune.
4 years ago
Amazon...
Bill Kaczaraba

Thousands to be laid off at Amazon starting this week, will hit the region hard

Amazon plans to lay off approximately 10,000 people starting as early as this week, according to a report in The New York Times and CNBC.
4 years ago
blood...
L.B. Gilbert

Mariners host pop-up blood drive at T-Mobile Park this week

The Seattle Mariners are back for an extra inning looking to save lives, by teaming up with Bloodworks Northwest to host a blood drive at T-Mobile Park.
4 years ago
Central campus scene at the University of Idaho. (Photo by: Education Images/Universal Images Group...
Associated Press

4 University of Idaho students found dead by campus

Police are investigating the deaths of four University of Idaho students found Sunday in a home near the campus.
4 years ago
Democratic candidate Marie Gluesenkamp Perez waits before taking the stage for a candidates debate,...
Gene Johnson, Associated Press

Democratic wins in Washington state buoy party hopes

Democrats won a second key House race in Washington state Saturday — an open seat in a conservative region that long evaded the party.
4 years ago
Road Rage highway violence...
Jake Chapman, KIRO 7 News

Witness of Renton road rage shares story

Family of the boy shot told KIRO 7 before 7 p.m. Friday evening he was in surgery at the hospital, and are optimistic he will be OK.
4 years ago
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Jake Chapman, KIRO 7 News

Community near Ingraham High hoping to move forward from tragic school shooting

It’s been almost a week since a 17-year-old student was shot and killed inside Seattle’s Ingraham High School by another student.
4 years ago
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KIRO 7 News Staff

Troopers searching for suspect after 74-year-old woman carjacked in Kent

The Washington State Patrol is searching for a suspected carjacker who stole a 74-year-old woman’s car after he caused a four-car collision in Kent on Saturday.
4 years ago
Renton Child...
Deborah Horne, KIRO 7 News

Search continues for Renton road rage shooter; young victim improving

A 9-year-old Isiah Johns boy is still hospitalized in serious condition after he was shot in the face and chest during a road rage incident on state Route 167 in Renton.
4 years ago
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KIRO Newsradio Newsdesk

9-year-old shot, injured in Renton road rage attack

A 9-year-old boy has suffered a life-threatening gunshot wound after a reported case of road rage Friday afternoon.
4 years ago
stilly doe...
Ryan Simms, KIRO 7 News

‘Stilly Doe’ man identified 42 years after being found in Stillaguamish River

For decades, that person was known only as “Stilly Doe,” yet cutting-edge science has finally managed to give that man a name: Othaniel Philip Ames.
4 years ago