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KIRO 7 News Staff

Costco raises prices for 2 popular food court items

Costco shoppers may notice some price hikes at the food court.
4 years ago
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Feliks Banel

All Over The Map: Iconic smokestack will be demolished in August

An ornate smokestack just north of the Columbia River is slated to be demolished in August.
4 years ago
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Darren Dedo

Dedo’s daily crime corner: Drunk man pulls gun on casino dealer, Ferndale killer still at large

K9 unit catches a suspect in an assault case, a man who killed his boss is still at large, an incident at a casino outside Kingston where a man pulled a gun on a dealer, and a man chasing two young girls with a gun charged with assault.
4 years ago
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KIRO 7 News Staff

Tacoma restaurants team up with The Peace Bus to fight child hunger

The Peace Bus is teaming up with Tacoma restaurants to provide free meals to kids 18 and under.
4 years ago
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MyNorthwest Staff

Both directions of Seattle’s Ballard Bridge were blocked by collision

Both directions of traffic on Seattle’s Ballard Bridge are closed following a crash Friday morning.
4 years ago
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Chris Sullivan

Double whammy of weekend freeway closures

Two of Seattle's freeways will not be options for getting around this weekend.  Construction will be impacting both 520 and southbound I-5.
4 years ago
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MyNorthwest Staff

Pacific Science Center reopens its doors after 2 years

The Pacific Science Center is reopening its doors after more than two years of being closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 
4 years ago
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MyNorthwest Staff

Boeing could be forced to cancel 737 MAX 10, according to CEO

Boeing has a December deadline to win approval for the 737 MAX 10 -- the largest member of its best-selling single-aisle airplane family.
4 years ago
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South Sound fireworks reporting portal fields nearly 1,000 complaints over Fourth of July weekend

South Sound 911 announced it received 3,124 calls on Fourth of July this year, in addition to 545 reports received via its FireworksReport.com tool.
4 years ago
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MyNorthwest Staff

A codified Roe first requires the constitutional right to privacy, former AG explains

Rob McKenna went on Seattle's Morning News to speak with Dave Ross and Colleen O'Brien to talk about the Roe decision from a legal standpoint.
4 years ago
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MyNorthwest Staff

Seattle’s 2021 summer heat dome echoes in King County’s extreme weather plan

King County councilmembers used the meeting to discuss ways of developing a plan to shelter the county's most vulnerable residents in extreme heat.
4 years ago
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Jordan Duncan

Why King County isn’t in ‘high risk’ category for COVID-19 despite rising case rates

Despite rising COVID-19 case rates across King County, it is not considered to be in the “high risk” category, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
4 years ago
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MyNorthwest Staff

Tsunami waves could hit Seattle in minutes, study finds

The new study showed tsunami waves would reach the shoreline in fewer than three minutes in many places on the eastern side of the Seattle Fault.
4 years ago
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Darren Dedo

Shooting at Auburn Golf Course leaves one dead

The Auburn Golf Course was the scene of a lethal shooting Thursday morning.
4 years ago
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MyNorthwest Staff

King County housing prices fall 3 percent as supply increases, economist says

King, Snohomish, and Pierce Counties added a combined 9,213 new listings of single-family homes in June. Last month’s total was the highest volume of new real estate listings since May of 2019
4 years ago
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KIRO 7 News Staff

Understaffed and overworked: Kirkland firefighters say the department is in crisis

An outraged group of firefighters told Kirkland City Council members the department is in the midst of a severe staffing crisis. They say some of their colleagues are working 20 days in a row. Capt. Justin Becker says the last two weeks he’s worked 260 hours straight. Typically, in that same time, he’d have logged […]
4 years ago
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MyNorthwest Staff

Dedo’s daily crime corner: 50 vehicles stolen in Pierce County, and delivery driver arrested for burglary

Seattle police arrest a man for threatening people in South Seattle, a new report about 50 stolen vehicles in Pierce County over the July Fourth weekend, UPS driver and failed burglar arrested, and a suspect identified in shooting at a salvage yard in Lynnwood.
4 years ago
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Chris Sullivan

Where did the NB I-5 congestion in Tacoma go?

As soon as the new northbound lanes opened on June 26, the traffic just vanished.
4 years ago
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MyNorthwest Staff

Man sentenced to 45 years in killing of WSP Justin Schaffer

A judge has sentenced a man to 45 years in prison for hitting and killing a state trooper with his car as he was placing spike strips on I-5.
4 years ago
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KIRO 7 News Staff

Amazon Prime adding free Grubhub meal delivery for members

The deal is part of a partnership between Amazon and Just Eat Takeaway, the Amsterdam-based delivery company that bought Grubhub in 2020 for $7.3 billion.
4 years ago
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Frank Sumrall

King County tackles short and long term plans to restrict local gun violence

Since the mass shooting in Uvalde, 106 mass shootings have occurred across the U.S., resulting in 113 casualties and 493 people injured.
4 years ago
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KIRO 7 News Staff

Charleena Lyles inquest: Jury finds officers used reasonable force in deadly 2017 shooting

The jury ruled it did not appear as though a reasonably effective alternative to deadly force existed, and that the amount of force used was reasonable.
4 years ago
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KIRO 7 News Staff

14-year-old girl dead after shooting in Tacoma’s Hilltop neighborhood

A girl is dead after a shooting in Tacoma’s Hilltop neighborhood, according to the Tacoma Police Department.
4 years ago
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MyNorthwest Staff

WA AG orders $500,000 in restitution from UW sorority over rent payment scheme

A UW sorority is accused of taking "advantage of students" by kicking them out during the pandemic but still charging them for housing.
4 years ago