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Nisqually flood...
KIRO 7 News Staff

Floodwaters receding in Nisqually Valley; cleanup is next

Floodwaters were receding all day Saturday across the Nisqually Valley. Now comes the cleanup.
7 years ago
washington wolves, wolf, dancing man...
MyNorthwest Staff

New bill would collar ‘problem’ wolves in Washington state

Proposed collars would allow ranchers to track where Washington wolves are and make it easier to target ones who kill cattle.
7 years ago
king county metro, library levy...
KIRO 7 News Staff

Prolific pickpocket charged with targeting Seattle Metro commuters

Maloy is suspected of targeting only female commuters by “unzipping backpacks, opening purses, looking for wallets and taking them quickly before they even know what’s going on.”
7 years ago
Link, light rail, Sound Transit...
Kathryn Altena

Link light rail closed downtown this weekend for Connect 2020 project

This weekend is the second of three planned weekend closures for downtown Seattle Link service as part of the Connect 2020 project.
7 years ago
Kathryn Altena

Sanders campaign raises $1.3 million from WA in January

Senator Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign announced Friday it has raised more than $1.3 million in Washington state in the first month of 2020.
7 years ago
cheese...
MyNorthwest Staff

Auburn burglar hid in rafters of grocery store for weeks and stole gourmet cheese

An Auburn burglar hid in the rafters of a grocery store for weeks, and had a predilection for cigarettes, alcohol, and gourmet cheese.
7 years ago
Seattle rain...
Nick Bowman

Seattle area gets wettest start to a year in over a decade

The Seattle area has been drenched in 2020, marking the third most rain the region has ever seen to start a year. 
7 years ago
Kshama Sawant...
Nick Bowman

Sawant: Amazon support of state head tax is ‘bottom line political calculus’

Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant addressed her stance Friday on a controversial big business tax proposal currently in the state Legislature.
7 years ago
Issaquah flooding, puget sound...
KIRO 7 News Staff

Issaquah residents struggle with flooding and raging waters

Flooding in Issaquah had residents scrambling on Thursday, with many residents finding vehicles underwater after heavy rain.
7 years ago
Seattle shooting downtown, Assaggio Ristorante...
KIRO 7 News Staff

Girlfriend of Seattle shooting suspect helped duo escape to Las Vegas

An Edmonds woman was charged on Thursday in King County Superior Court after prosecutors said she helped the Seattle shooting suspects escape to Las Vegas.
7 years ago
housing, snohomish county, dave somers, cronyism, controversy...
MyNorthwest Staff

Snohomish County task force has plan to address affordable housing

After months of collaboration, a task force in Snohomish County released a report Wednesday that suggested the region's housing situation is dire and getting worse.
7 years ago
MyNorthwest Staff

FAA announces possible certification flight for Boeing 737 MAX in coming weeks

After discovering a new software issue with the 737 MAX, Boeing said the issue will not further delay the plane's return to flight. 
7 years ago
Flooding, landslides, rain...
MyNorthwest Staff

Landslides, flooding persist across Puget Sound region

Rain has had parts of Issaquah, May Valley, and more dealing with flooding and landslides for the better part of Thursday morning. 
7 years ago
Downtown Bellevue, Amazon...
Nick Bowman

Amazon hopes to have 15,000 jobs in Bellevue in ‘next few years’

Amazon confirmed its plans to create thousands of new jobs in Bellevue in a recent post to the company's "Day One" blog. 
7 years ago
Pramila Jayapal, impeachment, unemployment...
Nick Bowman

WA Rep. Jayapal: GOP ‘exemplified cowardice’ in impeachment vote

With the Senate voting to acquit the President on impeachment charges, Washington state's own representatives in Congress weighed in.
7 years ago
seattle cyclists...
MyNorthwest Staff

Seattle data: Most pedestrian crashes from cars turning at intersections

The phase 2 analysis on Seattle cyclists and pedestrian includes 13 years of crash data between 2004 and 2017, totaling 6,817 pedestrian crashes and 5,108 bicycle crashes.
7 years ago
flooding, flood...
Kathryn Altena

Gov. Inslee issues emergency weather proclamation for 19 counties

Gov. Jay Inslee issued an emergency proclamation for 19 Washington counties on Wednesday for flooding and winter weather.
7 years ago
seattle shooting...
Stephanie Klein

Seattle shooting suspects charged with murder, assaults

Two men suspected in the downtown Seattle shooting that left one woman dead and seven other people injured were formally charged on Wednesday in a Las Vegas court.
7 years ago
quarantine...
MyNorthwest Staff

Fire academy in North Bend selected as coronavirus quarantine site

The Washington State Patrol Fire Training Academy in North Bend was designated Wednesday as a coronavirus quarantine site for travelers from the Hubei Province of China.
7 years ago
I-5 collision...
MyNorthwest Staff

All lanes of NB I-5 near Mercer ramp reopened after major collision

All lanes of northound I-5 near the Mercer Street off-ramp have been reopened, after a multi-vehicle collision late Wednesday morning. 
7 years ago
Stevens Pass...
MyNorthwest Staff

Avalanche warning in effect at Stevens, Snoqualmie passes

An avalanche warning is in effect for the central west slopes of the Cascades, including Stevens Pass and Snoqualmie Pass. 
7 years ago
Bypassers look over the scene of a shooting at 3rd Avenue and Pine Street on January 22, 2020. (Pho...
KIRO 7 News Staff

Over 200 frustrated businesses, neighbors sign letter calling for downtown Seattle safety reform

More than 200 downtown businesses, organizations and neighbors signed a letter that was sent to Seattle and King County leadership Tuesday.
7 years ago
State of the Union...
Nick Bowman

WA Sen. Patty Murray: State of the Union was ‘more blunder and broken promises’

In the wake of 2020's State of the Union address, Washington state's Democrats and Republicans stood divided.
7 years ago
MyNorthwest Staff

KIRO Radio, KTTH react to 2020 State of the Union

Standing before a Congress and nation sharply divided by impeachment, President Donald Trump used his State of the Union address Tuesday to extol a “Great American Comeback” on his watch, three years after he took office decrying a land of “American carnage” under his predecessor.
7 years ago