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sodo homeless...
KIRO 7 News Staff

SoDo homeless camp where woman bitten by dogs cleared out

A homeless camp in Seattle’s SoDo area where a woman was recently attacked by dogs is expected to be swept by a city navigation team Friday.
8 years ago
Pearl Jam...
MyNorthwest Staff

Pearl Jam donates $1.3 million to Seattle homeless youth center

Pearl Jam is donating $1.3 million from its August benefit concerts to a Seattle-based organization that helps the area's homeless youth community.
8 years ago
Joe Fain...
MyNorthwest Staff

Seattle woman publicly accuses Washington Sen. Joe Fain of rape

A Seattle woman has alleged Washington State Senator Joe Fain raped her in 2007. She was inspired by the Blasey Ford hearing to go public with her story.
8 years ago
showbox...
Mike Lewis

Legal experts: Seattle council’s Showbox zoning on shaky ground

The Showbox has spurred more than Seattle nostalgia and an effort to preserve it, it has put the city in the middle of a legal argument that experts are not sure it can win.
8 years ago
bike lane...
MyNorthwest Staff

Study pinpoints most dangerous intersection for Seattle bike riders

Seattle dominates a list of the most dangerous areas for bike riding in Washington state. These are the most dangerous places for cyclists in the region.
8 years ago
KIRO Newsradio Newsdesk

Teens arrested for robbing Auburn convenience store as clerk suffered heart attack

Two teenagers, who are suspected of burglarizing an Auburn gas station after the clerk had a heart attack, have been arrested.
8 years ago
boeing...
MyNorthwest Staff

Boeing wins $9 billion Air Force contract

Boeing, in partnership with Saab, has secured a $9 billion contract with the U.S. Air Force to build a new training jet.
8 years ago
early primary, kim wyman...
Nicole Jennings

WA Secretary of State Kim Wyman talks voter expansion, election hacking

Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman took to Reddit to talk to voters about efforts to expand voter registration and turnout, as well as foreign attempts to tamper with Washington's election in 2016.
8 years ago
Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearing...
MyNorthwest Staff

UW professor disputes Kavanaugh’s claims about drinking habits

Brett Kavanaugh has emphatically denied "blacking out" in college, but one UW professor who attended Yale with the judicial nominee says otherwise.
8 years ago
Lyft Seattle...
MyNorthwest Staff

Can Lyft convince stubborn Seattle commuters to ditch their cars?

Seattle drivers have proven reluctant to give up their cars on their daily commute, but that hasn't stopped Lyft from trying anyway.
8 years ago
Kavanaugh...
MyNorthwest Staff

Rob McKenna on the political battlefield around the Kavanaugh decision

Beyond the allegations against Brett Kavanaugh, former Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna says there is a larger political battle at play in Washington D.C.
8 years ago
licton springs, homeless camps, tiny house village...
KIRO 7 News Staff

Seattle to close controversial tiny house encampment

Seattle will shut down the Licton Springs tiny house homeless encampment after crime rose in the area around it, and most of its residents did not move on to more permanent housing.
8 years ago
Welcome to Swamp City sign in homeless encampment, homefree...
Ron and Don Show

The difference between ‘homefree’ and homeless in Western Washington

There's a difference between homeless and "homefree," according to Pierce County Sheriff's Detective Ed Troyer. It's an important difference that people need to understand when talking about the homelessness crisis.
8 years ago
Mike O'Brien and challenger...
MyNorthwest Staff

Seattle councilman Mike O’Brien gets challenger

Mike O'Brien is set to face a challenger for his city council seat, with documentary filmmaker Chris Rufo having filed for candidacy.
8 years ago
Olympia Bomb Threat...
MyNorthwest Staff

State Patrol clears building at capitol after bomb threat

Employees are allowed to return to the Highway and License Building on the Capitol Campus in Olympia on Thursday after a bomb threat prompted its evacuation on Wednesday.
8 years ago
Duwamish...
Feliks Banel

Why won’t Seattle Mayor Durkan meet with the Duwamish Tribe?

The history of the Duwamish Tribe, which helped Seattle get its start in the 1800s, has been marred by a lack of federal recognition. Seattle leaders still refuse to meet with Duwamish leaders about the issue.
8 years ago
Doug Baldwin...
KIRO 7 News Staff

Why Seahawks’ Doug Baldwin spent Tuesday morning at Seattle Municipal Court

Seattle Seahawks' Doug Baldwin spent Tuesday morning at Seattle Municipal Court
8 years ago
weather, sunset, fire...
MyNorthwest Staff

September is sixth straight warmer than usual month

While recent the most recent stretch of weather -- 11 days -- is cooler than normal for September, it's the sixth straight warmer than usual month.
8 years ago
orca...
MyNorthwest Staff

Another orca is sick; more orcas are pregnant

Two weeks after it was announced J50 was presumed dead, NOAA reports another resident orca appears to be ailing.
8 years ago
whale tracking, orcas, orca...
MyNorthwest Staff

Go slow and no fishing zones among initial orca recommendations

Gov. Inslee's task force charged with helping Southern Resident orca has developed draft recommendations to help the ailing species in Puget Sound.
8 years ago
MyNorthwest Staff

Senator Maria Cantwell agrees to debate Susan Hutchison

Senator Maria Cantwell is being called out for not participating in two debates.
8 years ago
Starbucks peta...
MyNorthwest Staff

Starbucks preparing for layoffs at Seattle headquarters

In a company memo sent to Seattle headquarters employees last week, Starbucks announced it plans to make "significant changes" which could result in a series of layoffs over the coming weeks.
8 years ago
Pierce County homeless camp, homefree...
MyNorthwest Staff

Homeless campers are suing Puyallup, Pierce County after sweeps

Homeless residents are suing Pierce County and the City of Puyallup following years of encampment sweeps. They argue they have lost property to unconstitutional seizures.
8 years ago
gridlock...
MyNorthwest Staff

94 percent of Northwest drivers say they will never give up their car

A total of 94 percent of Northwest drivers say they will never give up their cars no matter what, according to a recent survey. What will get them out of their cars?
8 years ago