MyNorthwest News

woodinville restaurant steak...

Luke Duecy

Woodinville’s wine-country dining scene welcomes new steak, seafood restaurant

Woodinville welcomes a new dining gem, blending steak and seafood to create an unforgettable culinary experience.

SR 164 enumclaw fatal crash...

Jason Sutich

Two drivers killed in head-on crash on SR 164 near Enumclaw

Two people died after a collision on SR 164 near Enumclaw that closed the road in both directions for more than four hours early Monday morning.

montlake pedestrian bridge sr 520...

Nate Connors

Montlake pedestrian bridge closes for a week at SR 520

Pedestrians and bicyclists at Montlake will need to navigate a detour crossing over SR 520 for a full week, beginning Monday, Oct. 19, at 7 a.m.

Sound Transit budget deficit delays...

Michael Strite

Sound Transit to host community forum after Ballard light rail delayed to 2042

Sound Transit is encouraging Seattle residents to speak up about the proposed light rail extension to the Ballard neighborhood.

SR 18 crash tiger mountain...

Frank Sumrall

All westbound SR 18 lanes reopen after crash near Tiger Mountain summit

All westbound lanes of SR 18 were blocked at I-90 in Snoqualmie for nearly an hour due to a crash near the Tiger Mountain summit.

bird flu...

KIRO 7 News Staff

Yakima resident tests positive for bird flu

A person in Yakima County has tested positive for avian flu, otherwise known as bird flu, according to the Yakima Health District and Washington State Department of Health.

KIRO Newsradio Opinion

WA Ballot box...

Charlie Harger

Harger: Washington ballots are on kitchen tables. Here are five things I'm watching as they come back

By now, your ballot should be sitting on your kitchen table. As ballots start coming back, here's what I'm keeping an eye on.

seattle restaurant rising cost...

Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show

‘They’ve had to make choices’: Gee and Ursula discuss restaurant cutbacks as Hawaii General Store plans to close

Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin explore how Seattle's rising costs affect restaurant choices and customer visits.

wa income tax ken jennings...

John Curley Show

‘You did a great job reading the script’: Curley takes aim at Ken Jennings’ arguments against repealing WA’s income tax

John Curley critiques Ken Jennings' ad against Initiative 645 on WA's income tax, highlighting key arguments for voters.

landlord damage charges...

Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show

‘There are some bogus landlords out here’: Gee recalls rental dispute as Tacoma tenant sues over $10,000 damage bill

A Tacoma woman claims retaliation after receiving a hefty damage bill for asserting her tenant rights against her former landlord.

amazon acquisition AI...

Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show

‘How big’s too big?’: Spike raises concerns about Amazon’s reach as the company reportedly pursues another AI acquisition

Ursula Reutin questions Amazon's potential $7 billion acquisition of AI startup Decart amid rising concerns about its market influence.

seattle restaurant close...

Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show

‘It’s taking everything from me’: Pam’s Kitchen owner details rising costs behind Seattle restaurant’s closure

After 20 years, Pam's Kitchen in Seattle closes due to debt and rising costs, highlighting challenges faced by local restaurants.

Seattle Sports

Rams hammered with new injuries, including to WR Davante Adams

The Associated Press

Rams hammered with new injuries, including to WR Davante Adams

Adams will be out for six to 10 weeks with a significant hamstring injury, Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay said Monday.

Insider reports potential Mariners’ manager hire timeline

Zac Hereth

Insider reports potential Mariners’ manager hire timeline

The Athletic's Jim Bowden reported the club hopes to hire its new manager by the end of October.

The positive sign Seahawks’ offense showed in Week 6 loss

Zac Hereth

The positive sign Seahawks’ offense showed in Week 6 loss

Former NFL wide receiver Michael Bumpus was happy to see Seattle get its secondary receiving threats more involved.

MLB qualifying offer for pending free agents rises 5.1% to $23.15 million

The Associated Press

MLB qualifying offer for pending free agents rises 5.1% to $23.15 million

The figure is determined by the average of the top 125 major league contracts this year.

Roster Moves: Seahawks sign two players to practice squad

Zac Hereth

Roster Moves: Seahawks sign two players to practice squad

Seattle added a fullback and tight end and waived a running back and wide receiver in corresponding moves.

Florida is No. 1, Gonzaga included in preseason men’s hoops AP Top 25

The Associated Press

Florida is No. 1, Gonzaga included in preseason men’s hoops AP Top 25

The Gonzaga Bulldogs are the lone team from the new-look and reformed Pac-12 in the rankings.

Seattle Red

Cliff Mass takes a shot at the Seattle Times Climate Lab over El Niño’s Washington coast Kelvin wave hype

Jason Rantz

Cliff Mass takes a shot at the Seattle Times Climate Lab over El Niño’s Washington coast Kelvin wave hype

UW scientist Cliff Mass says El Niño’s Kelvin waves are barely touching the Washington coast, rebutting coverage that warned of a foot of sea level rise.

Gas prices jumped 34% in a year as voters rank inflation their No. 1 worry heading into Election Day

Jason Rantz

Gas prices jumped 34% in a year as voters rank inflation their No. 1 worry heading into Election Day

A new poll shows 46% of voters rank inflation a top issue while just 13% name the debt, even as interest payments top $1 trillion and outpace defense spending.

Inslee-appointed clemency board keeps recommending violent felons for release; Ferguson keeps saying no

Jason Rantz

Inslee-appointed clemency board keeps recommending violent felons for release; Ferguson keeps saying no

Governor Bob Ferguson has denied all 15 early releases sought by Washington’s Inslee-appointed clemency board, including a convicted racially motivated killer.

Vote early: More than 20,000 Washington ballots were thrown out in August, and conservatives paid the steepest price

Jason Rantz

Vote early: More than 20,000 Washington ballots were thrown out in August, and conservatives paid the steepest price

Washington rejected 20,267 primary ballots for late postmarks, with rural Trump-leaning counties hit hardest. Here is why conservatives should mail ballots now.

New I-645 ad turns the tables on Ken Jennings over the income tax that stripped 79-year-old pension protections

Jason Rantz

New I-645 ad turns the tables on Ken Jennings over the income tax that stripped 79-year-old pension protections

A Yes on I-645 ad brands Jeopardy! host Ken Jennings the Tax Man for backing a Washington income tax that strips pension protections from teachers and cops.

The Bend father who killed a school gunman broke a district gun rule; here’s how Washington law would treat him

Jason Rantz

The Bend father who killed a school gunman broke a district gun rule; here’s how Washington law would treat him

A father stopped the Bend, Oregon school shooter. Washington bars guns inside schools, but necessity and self-defense law give a parent strong legal defenses.

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SR 164 enumclaw fatal crash...

Jason Sutich

Two drivers killed in head-on crash on SR 164 near Enumclaw

Two people died after a collision on SR 164 near Enumclaw that closed the road in both directions for more than four hours early Monday morning.

montlake pedestrian bridge sr 520...

Nate Connors

Montlake pedestrian bridge closes for a week at SR 520

Pedestrians and bicyclists at Montlake will need to navigate a detour crossing over SR 520 for a full week, beginning Monday, Oct. 19, at 7 a.m.

Sound Transit budget deficit delays...

Michael Strite

Sound Transit to host community forum after Ballard light rail delayed to 2042

Sound Transit is encouraging Seattle residents to speak up about the proposed light rail extension to the Ballard neighborhood.

MyNorthwest Weather

october seattle driest...

Ted Buehner

Seattle on track for one of its driest Octobers on record

The driest October on record was back in 1895, when records were kept in downtown Seattle. Only 0.02 inches of rain fell that month.

El Niño (2)...

Ted Buehner

Strengthening El Niño boosts odds of warmer Pacific Northwest winter

El Niño is strengthening, raising concerns about a warmer winter and less mountain snow in the Pacific Northwest.

earthquake north bend great shakeout...

MyNorthwest Staff

Magnitude 2.7 earthquake shakes North Bend area just before Great ShakeOut drill

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck near North Bend Wednesday evening, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) confirmed.

MyNorthwest Politics

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Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show

‘This is not KCRHA 2.0’: Tacoma mayor explains how Pierce County’s regional homelessness approach will differ

Tacoma Mayor Anders Ibsen addresses homelessness in Pierce County's unified strategy for effective service coordination on "The Gee and Ursula Show."

bob ferguson governor salary...

Frank Sumrall

Panel adopts proposed 2-year salary freeze for Gov. Bob Ferguson; final vote in February

Washington Governor Bob Ferguson won’t get a pay raise for the next two years.

King County homelessness agency...

Aaron Granillo

Review finds nearly $17 million shortfall at King County homelessness agency

Seattle and King County taxpayers face a nearly $17 million bill to cover a funding shortfall at the King County Regional Homelessness Authority.

MyNorthwest History

7-eleven downtown seattle inconvenient...

KIRO Newsradio Newsdesk

Former 7-Eleven location in downtown Seattle turns into an 'inconvenient store' art exhibit

The former 7-Eleven at Third and Pine is now home to the Inconvenience Store, the latest interactive art exhibit in downtown Seattle.

wa smoke heat wildfire spokane...

Ted Buehner

Heat, smoke make for true 'dog days of summer' in western Washington this week

August is already here, sometimes called the dog days of summer. Temperatures are forecast to climb back into the 80s on Thursday with some areas in the 90s.

Kaiser Canyon Fire wildfire...

Ted Buehner

Red Flag Warning: Eastern Washington braces for dangerous wildfire conditions this weekend

Have plans to head to eastern Washington this weekend to escape the expected much cooler weather in western Washington?

National News

The Mall of America flies an American flag, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026, in Bloomington, Minn. (AP Phot...

Associated Press

Minnesota teen accused of plotting terror attack at Mall of America to remain jailed

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An 18-year-old from Minnesota who prosecutors say planned a terror attack at the Mall of America and who was arrested after buying an AK-47 from an undercover FBI employee must remain in custody, a federal judge ruled Monday. Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud, an American-born U.S. citizen of Somali descent, won’t be released because […]

World Food Programme Executive Director Carl Skau, center, visits a camp for displaced Palestinians...

Associated Press

Short of funds, UN food agency cuts aid to 500,000 Palestinians in Gaza and 200,000 in the West Bank

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations has cut food assistance to 500,000 Palestinians in Gaza and 200,000 in the West Bank due to a serious funding shortage, the head of the U.N. food agency said Monday. Carl Skau, acting head of the World Food Program, urged the international community to provide $450 million so […]

The Supreme Court is seen in Washington, Sept. 29, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Credit: AP P...

Associated Press

Activist Mahmoud Khalil asks Supreme Court to let US judges quickly reverse immigration detentions

WASHINGTON (AP) — Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil asked the Supreme Court on Monday to let federal judges quickly determine the legality of immigration-related detentions so that individuals cannot be held for months or years without judicial oversight. In papers filed with the high court, Khalil asked it to overturn a ruling earlier this year by […]

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Swedish CyberKnife prostate cancer treatment...

MyNorthwest Staff

Seattle doctor leads breakthrough study on prostate cancer treatment

Meier and the co-authors conducted a 10-year trial measuring outcomes of over 300 patients treated with CyberKnife across 21 centers.

Organic...

MyNorthwest Staff

Know what you're eating: Why choosing organic matters

In a world of crowded grocery aisles and endless labels, one designation cuts through the noise with a guarantee you can trust: USDA Organic.

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MyNorthwest Staff

AC not cooling during Seattle heat wave? 4 things to check before calling for emergency repair

As temperatures climb across the Seattle area, many homeowners are discovering that their air conditioner is running but not cooling the home effectively.