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mariners...
Feliks Banel

All Over The Map: Who named the Seattle Mariners?

How does the "Seattle Schooners" sound? Or the "Seattle Seatacs?" They were among a range of proposed names for the baseball team that would become the Mariners.
8 years ago
cannabis board...
MyNorthwest Staff

New bill aims to dissolve Washington Liquor and Cannabis Board

A new bill proposed by Republican Rep. Drew McEwen looks to completely dissolve Washington State's Liquor and Cannabis Board.
8 years ago
Wildfires, smoke...
MyNorthwest Staff

State Democrats propose bill to raise $62 million to fight wildfires

A new bill proposed by Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz and Washington State Senate Democrats would raise over $62 million annually to fight and prevent wildfires.
8 years ago
Deborah Judd Lake City shooting...
MyNorthwest Staff

‘I want to own it so I can move on,’ says Lake City shooting survivor

56-year-old teacher Deborah Judd survived a tragic shooting near Lake City Wednesday evening, and spoke to media Thursday to let her students know that she's okay.
8 years ago
homeless...
MyNorthwest Staff

King County opens homeless shelter in unused wing of Seattle jail

Seattle's homeless crisis gets a creative solution at the end of March, with the opening of an enhanced shelter in the west wing of the downtown King County Correctional Facility.
8 years ago
lake city...
MyNorthwest Staff

Seattle police identify suspect in Lake City shooting spree

Seattle police have identified the suspect in the Lake City shooting that left two people dead, and two others injured.
8 years ago
Kittitas deputy funeral...
MyNorthwest Staff

Memorial service held for Kittitas Deputy Ryan Thompson

A procession for Deputy Thompson will move through Ellensburg at around noon. A memorial service is at 2 p.m. at the Nicholson Pavilion on the Central Washington University campus.
8 years ago
(KIRO 7)...
KIRO 7 News Staff

Metro bus driver injured in Seattle shooting being called a ‘hero’

A King County Metro bus driver is being hailed as a hero after he steered a bus with a dozen passengers on board away from a gunman after he was shot.
8 years ago
Shooting Lake City...
MyNorthwest Staff

2 dead, 2 injured in Lake City shooting; bus driver hailed as hero

Two people were killed in a shooting, and two others were wounded, including a King County Metro bus driver, in Seattle's Lake City neighborhood Wednesday afternoon.
8 years ago
Smoking vaping age raised...
MyNorthwest Staff

Legislature approves bill raising state smoking, vaping age to 21

The Washington State Senate voted Wednesday in favor of a bill raising the age to purchase tobacco products from 18 to 21 years old, and now it heads to Gov. Jay Inslee's desk to be signed into law.
8 years ago
earthquake, big one, urm, urms, cascadia...
MyNorthwest Staff

New earthquake map shows Washington’s at-risk buildings

Washington has a new interactive map to help determine how dangerous your community will be when a major earthquake hits, showing masonry buildings and the date they were built.
8 years ago
Sound Transit double-decker buses...
MyNorthwest Staff

Sound Transit expands double-decker buses to deal with overcrowding

Sound Transit has introduced double-decker buses on express routes on the I-405 corridor to help with overcrowded rides.
8 years ago
Boeing 737 MAX briefing...
KIRO 7 News Staff

Boeing, FAA announce changes in wake of fatal 737 MAX crashes

Two hundred people from airlines around the world were in Renton on Wednesday to see Boeing's software fix for the 737 MAX, and the FAA announced changes of its own as well in front of a Senate committee.
8 years ago
cold podcast...
MyNorthwest Staff

‘Cold’: U.S. Marshal shares insider account of Susan Powell investigation

A federal law enforcement officer who helped West Valley City police gain access to the home of Josh and Steve Powell in 2010 describes his interactions with the Powells in a bonus episode of the Cold podcast.
8 years ago
fort whitman...
Feliks Banel

Little-known Fort Whitman has been hiding in plain sight

Pretty much everybody knows about Fort Casey on Whidbey Island or Fort Worden near Port Townsend. But almost nobody has heard of Fort Whitman on a little island in Washington.
8 years ago
Congestion tolling Seattle...
Nick Bowman

New York’s approval of congestion tolling not likely to sway Seattle

New York City is getting close to enacting congestion tolling to fund its ailing subway system. But will that be enough to convince Seattle to follow suit?
8 years ago
Spanaway...
KIRO 7 News Staff

Suspect in custody after fatal shooting in Spanaway

An investigation is underway after a fatal shooting in Spanaway. The Pierce County Sheriff's Department tweeted that homicide detectives and forensics had responded to the scene.
8 years ago
bike lane 35th Ave NE...
MyNorthwest Staff

SDOT puts brakes on controversial 35th Ave NE bike lane project

Plans for a controversial bike lane on 35th Avenue Northeast will no longer go forward, according to a recent blog post from the Seattle Department of Transportation. 
8 years ago
Boeing 737 MAX 8...
MyNorthwest Staff

Boeing 737 MAX makes emergency landing in Orlando during relocation

A Southwest Boeing 737 Max 8 plane being relocated to California made an emergency landing shortly after takeoff at Orlando International Airport Tuesday afternoon.  
8 years ago
Seattle dry March, Northwest weather, 70 degree day...
MyNorthwest Staff

Seattle is slated for one of driest Marches in 75 years

It's been an odd last year already for Northwest weather, and as the month winds to a close, the cherry on top is that we're currently on pace for an historically dry March.
8 years ago
ferry, ferries...
KIRO 7 News Staff

Proposed ferry fare increase would go toward electric, hybrid ferries

Some Washington state lawmakers are proposing a 6 percent fare hike that would affect ferry riders across Puget Sound.
8 years ago
vaping...
KIRO 7 News Staff

Washington vape businesses, customers fear proposed 60 percent tax

The price of vaping could soon skyrocket if a proposed 60 percent tax is passed by lawmakers in Washington state. Vape customers are protesting the proposal.
8 years ago
Democrat budget, capital gains tax...
MyNorthwest Staff

Hefty capital gains tax part of Democrats’ $52 billion state budget

Washington State House Democrats have presented their $1.4 billion tax proposal as part of a $52.8 billion budget, including a 9.9 percent capital gains tax.
8 years ago
I-5, semi-truck, crash...
MyNorthwest Staff

Why Tuesday was ‘the worst commute of 2019’

A semi-truck crashed into a jersey barrier in the center of I-5 through Tacoma Tuesday morning. It was the start of what KIRO Radio Traffic Reporter Chris Sullivan already calls "the worst commute of 2019."
8 years ago