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Tacoma homeless...
Bill Kaczaraba

Tacoma councilmember: Social workers key to making new ordinance work

Tacoma city council member John Hines says the new homeless ordinance can work.
4 years ago
Sky Sanchez reunited with father. (Facebook: Demetre Wilkins)...
KIRO 7 News Staff

5-year-old girl taken by parent during supervised visit returned to father

Sky was returned to her father at around 11 p.m. on Wednesday after Kianna Sanchez’s brother turned Sky over to police.
4 years ago
sea-tac...
L.B. Gilbert

Pierce County: Infrastructure ‘does not exist’ for new airport

County leaders are opposing a proposed new airport at either of the two sites being considered in Pierce County, according to a joint letter.
4 years ago
us 2 bolt creek fire...
L.B. Gilbert

Bolt Creek Fire mitigation closes US 2 again

Starting at noon Thursday a portion of US Highway 2 will be closed again as local firefighters continue to battle the Bolt Creek Fire.
4 years ago
ferries baby...
Lisa Brooks

Washington State Ferries renamed for Mariners during postseason

The Seattle Mariners were named for the city's maritime heritage, and now the team is receiving an honor worthy of their name, by naming the vessels
4 years ago
Student concerns grow over University District prowler (Photo from KIRO 7)...
Jake Chapman, KIRO 7 News

Former UW student claims prowler police are looking for is same person who targeted their home

An ex-UW student believes the person who broke into a home in the U-District is the same person who targeted her home earlier this year.
4 years ago
greenhouse gas...
Briseida Holguin, KIRO 7 News

Seattle invests $8.3 million in program to end traffic deaths, serious injuries by 2030

The National Center for Safe Routes to School presented Seattle with the 2022 U.S. Vision Zero for Youth Leadership Award.
4 years ago
Jan 6...
Bill Kaczaraba

Two WA men arrested in connection with Jan. 6 insurrection

According to a press release from the Justice Department, the two men are facing felony and misdemeanor charges.
4 years ago
anacortes teacher dies crash...
Darren Dedo

Second bomb threat this week at Anacortes HS delays classes

Officials delayed school by two hours as law enforcement worked to make sure that the Anacortes High School campus is safe. 
4 years ago
Ventrella...
Bill Kaczaraba

Former broadcaster believes Mariners magic will prevail

Tony Ventrella feels the Mariners are better than the '95 team and can win its series against the Astros.
4 years ago
foxes...
L.B. Gilbert

WA lists Cascade red fox as endangered species

The Washington state Fish and Wildlife Commission has listed the cascade red fox as endangered.
4 years ago
Yejin Choi, Computer Scientist, 2022 MacArthur Fellow, Seattle, WA (John D. and Catherine T. MacArt...
Theresa Robinson, KIRO 7 News

UW computer science professor Yejin Choi awarded 2022 MacArthur ‘genius grant’

Yejin Choi, a University of Washington professor and computer scientist, has been named one of this year’s MacArthur fellows.
4 years ago
camping...
Bill Kaczaraba

Tacoma bans camping near shelters to contain homelessness

City of Tacoma passes ordinance to ban camping in an effort to contain homelessness.
4 years ago
Muckleshoot stolen...
Deborah Horne, KIRO 7 News

Thousands stolen from Renton residents after leaving casino

An 81-year-old woman may have been followed home from the Muckleshoot Casino before being viciously beaten and robbed.
4 years ago
(Photo courtesy of Downtown Seattle Association)...
L.B. Gilbert

Seattle ends COVID-19 emergency mandates aligning with state orders

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell announced Tuesday that the city would be ending all emergency proclamations issued in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
4 years ago
boulder...
Lisa Brooks

Man rescued from ‘refrigerator sized’ boulder near Lake Viviane

A boulder described as being approximately "the size of a refrigerator" threatened the life of a Montana man as he was hiking south of Leavenworth.
4 years ago
drug possession...
Associated Press

Court overturns woman’s conviction for soliciting to kill ex

An appeals court has overturned a Mount Vernon woman’s conviction for soliciting to kill her former husband.
4 years ago
Photo from KIRO 7...
KIRO 7 News Staff

Thurston County massage therapist suspended amid accusations of sexual misconduct

Washington state health officials have suspended the license of a Thurston County massage therapist amid charges of sexual misconduct with his patients.
4 years ago
CLINTON, MD - MARCH 22: Crab and Shrimp tray with snow crab legs, shrimp, sausage, egg and potatoes...
Associated Press

Alaska’s Bering snow crab, king crab seasons canceled

Alaska officials have canceled the fall Bristol Bay red king crab harvest, and for the first time, have also scrapped the winter harvest of smaller snow crab.
4 years ago
Lake Washington...
KIRO Newsradio Newsdesk

1 dead after wakeboarding accident on Lake Washington

A 42-year-old has man died after a wakeboarding accident near Hunts Point on Lake Washington Tuesday evening.
4 years ago
CHOP...
Hanna Scott

Panel issues recommendations after reviewing CHOP fallout

An SER panel heard from dozens of protesters, city staff, and officers during the months-long review of what they call the third wave of the protests.
4 years ago
gas prices...
Micki Gamez

Gas prices skyrocket as tight oil supply hits WA

Gas prices continue to skyrocket as they near record-highs in Washington state thanks to a tight supply of crude oil.
4 years ago
Mariners Mojo...
Bill Kaczaraba

‘Mariners will need the mojo to win this series,’ legendary broadcaster says

"New York" Vinnie Richichi has fond memories of the Mariners, past and future, as the team prepares for their matchup against Houston.
4 years ago
vehicles...
Darren Dedo

Two dead after being hit by vehicles in separate incidents

Seattle Police detectives are investigating an incident where a motorist hit and killed a woman in a wheelchair early Monday morning in Licton Springs.
4 years ago