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Seattle starts work on bridge from market to waterfront

Seattle has started work on a new pedestrian bridge that will connect Pike Place Market to the downtown waterfront.
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Hanna Scott

Lyles inquest resumes following a week of graphic, emotional testimony

The first week of testimony in the inquest into the Seattle Police shooting death of Charleena Lyles included two days of graphic, emotional testimony from the lead investigator, first responders, and neighbors.
4 years ago
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KIRO 7 News Staff

At least 8 injured in shooting outside rave in Tacoma

At least eight people were injured in a shooting outside a private rave event in Tacoma on early Sunday morning.
4 years ago
KIRO 7 News Staff

Everett police recover body of missing 4-year-old girl

Everett Police have recovered the remains of a missing four year old girl from Everett's Silver Lake.
4 years ago
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KIRO Newsradio staff

KIRO Newsradio’s Heather Bosch has been awarded two prestigious Gracie Awards

KIRO Newsradio's Heather Bosch was awarded two prestigious Gracie Awards at a ceremony in New York City this week.
4 years ago
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MyNorthwest Staff

First in-person Pride Parade brings out community to celebrate

After the pandemic postponed more than two years of June Pride festivities, this month, people are uniting to celebrate in-person once again. 
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MyNorthwest Staff

Thousands protest throughout Seattle over abortion rights

Protestors congregated at the downtown Federal Building at Marion Street and Second Avenue, led by the Democratic Socialists of America.
4 years ago
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Jordan Duncan

Capitol Hill Pride to move forward with event despite lack of traffic control from SPD

The march is not being permitted because the Seattle Police Department has declined to provide traffic control, citing low staffing levels.
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Shawn Garrett

Get up to $250 in Visa gift cards at Kirkland police’s gun exchange event

A program to exchange guns for gift cards will be hosted by the Kirkland Police Department on Saturday, according to a media release. The event will be held June 25 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Kirkland Justice Center, located at 11750 Northeast 118th Street. “Kirkland experienced six gun-related suicides since 2020,” said […]
4 years ago
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Micki Gamez

Seattle is no longer the #1 bike friendly city in the nation

Even though Seattle was knocked off its pedestal, we are still one of the top ten bike-friendly cities in the nation.
4 years ago
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L.B. Gilbert

Starbucks workers go on strike over ‘union busting activity’

Starbucks workers announced they are going on strike today over the treatment of fellow workers.
4 years ago
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KIRO 7 News Staff

Neighbors rescue woman from burning home in Renton

Neighbors pulled a woman from her burning home in Renton on Thursday evening.
4 years ago
MyNorthwest Staff

Protests to hit Seattle in response to Roe v. Wade overturning

The City of Seattle has responded with several protests being organized later today in response to the Supreme Court's decision.
4 years ago
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Associated Press

Ex-Washington state employee pleads guilty to pandemic fraud

A former employee of Washington state’s Employment Security Department pleaded guilty to three federal felonies for exploiting his employment for personal enrichment and fraudulently distributing at least $360,000 in pandemic-related unemployment benefits, prosecutors said.
4 years ago
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Feliks Banel

All Over The Map: Searching for Washington’s lost Airway Beacons

If you know where to look a hike in the Cascades goes right past the remnants of a once sprawling nationwide network of transportation infrastructure.
4 years ago
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KIRO 7 News Staff

Three arrested in connection with street racing in Pierce, King counties

Three people allegedly involved in street racing in Pierce and King counties over the past two weeks were arrested by Tacoma police.
4 years ago
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MyNorthwest Staff

Shooting in Chinatown-International District leaves one dead

A man was shot and killed in an encampment in the Chinatown-International District early Friday, June 24. At 12:04 a.m., police responded to reports of shots fired at 12th Avenue S, where they found a 31-year-old man with a fatal gunshot wound. Two shootings and two fires in MyNorthwest overnight crime report The man was […]
4 years ago
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MyNorthwest Staff

Live reactions to Roe v. Wade ruling from KIRO Newsradio

KIRO Newsradio analyzes and contextualizes the ruling on Roe that will inevitably have cascading political and social ramifications for years to come.
4 years ago
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MyNorthwest Staff

Issaquah woman denied life saving abortion in Malta, airlifted to Spain

While vacationing in Malta, a woman had an incomplete miscarriage and the possibility of a life-threatening infection, and was unable to get an abortion.
4 years ago
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KIRO 7 News Staff

WSP performs emphasis patrols for ‘Move Over’ law

Washington State Patrol performed emphasis patrols for its Move Over law on Snohomish County freeways between 8 and 9 p.m. Wednesday, resulting in 37 cars being stopped, Trooper Jacob Kennett tweeted. Of the 37 cars that were stopped, 13 were “aggressive drivers,” 17 received Move Over law tickets, and two had suspended licenses. According to WSP, […]
4 years ago
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KIRO 7 News Staff

New Washington license plate fees increase starting July 1

New funding for the Move Ahead Washington project will come when the cost of license plate fees across the state rise, starting on July 1.
4 years ago
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Frank Sumrall

SPD barred from participating in Pride Parade, debate ensues

More than 1,300 individuals approved of a police ban when polled by Seattle Pride back in May 2021.
4 years ago
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MyNorthwest Staff

Reports of ‘Long COVID’ continue to rise, depleting workforce worries local health officials

King County Health Director Doctor Jeff Duchin says the volume of those with lingering complications will strain America's health and business systems.
4 years ago
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MyNorthwest Staff

AG Ferguson promises to ensure WA’s abortion access with Roe overturned

Ferguson spoke about the steps his office is taking to ensure that women in Washington state, as well as outside the state, have access to safe abortions. 
4 years ago