Colorado shares its success in marijuana business

It is a sea of green. In a 20,000-square-foot Colorado warehouse, marijuana is legally permitted and grown on a scale not yet seen in Washington. Several rooms across two levels provide places for pot to grow at various stages of cultivation. Voters in Colorado and Washington both legalized recreational marijuana ...

• 6:15 p.m. Thursday, May 16, 2013
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May Day rioters pleads not guilty to hitting cop with rock

Two defendants arrested in Seattle’s May Day rioting pleaded not guilty to assault charges against them. Police used tear gas and flash-bang grenades in arresting 17 people that night.  Most of the charges are misdemeanors for damaging property.  But five people were charged with felonies, including three who are accused ...

• 5:48 p.m. Thursday, May 16, 2013
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May Day 2013 suspects

• 4:56 p.m. Thursday, May 16, 2013

Doctor accused of friend requesting patient on Facebook 2 days after colonoscopy

A Seattle doctor is accused of friend requesting a woman on Facebook two days after performing an intimate, invasive procedure on her: a colonoscopy.   Dr. Mitchell Cohen is charged with unprofessional conduct by the Washington Medical Quality Assurance Commission.  KIRO 7 Eyewitness News went to Cohen’s office on First ...

• 3:30 p.m. Thursday, May 16, 2013
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Authorities looking for man who attempted to lure 10-year-old boy

A 10-year-old boy walking to Olympic View Elementary near Lacey tells police he was the victim of an luring attempt. The boy told Thurston county detectives a man in a silver car, possibly a Saturn, stopped and offered him $100. The boy told authorities that he told the man he ...

• 2:45 p.m. Thursday, May 16, 2013

Proposed recommendations to minimize aircraft noise given at public meeting

Residents attended a public meeting Wednesday evening in regards to the aircraft noise around Sea-Tac Airport. The public was invited to offer formal comment during the fifth and final meeting held at Cedahurst Elementary School in Burien. The agenda was to review the proposed recommendations for minimizing noise impacts on ...

• 1:40 p.m. Thursday, May 16, 2013
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Semi overturns in SoDo

• 12:46 p.m. Thursday, May 16, 2013

Overturned semi-truck blocks SoDo street

The southbound lanes of First Avenue in SoDo were blocked Wednesday morning after a semi-truck overturned, police said.  The incident happened at First Avenue South and South Horton Street around 8:45 a.m.  A westbound ramp from First Avenue was blocked.  Police are still investigating the incident because an unknown fluid ...

• 12:26 p.m. Thursday, May 16, 2013
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Fans, businesses disappointed in NBA’s decision to keep Kings in Sacramento

After the NBA Board of Governors voted to keep the Kings in Sacramento, Sonics fans were disappointed, but some were hopeful a team would come back to Seattle in the future. KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reporter Henry Rosoff spoke with Don Tremblay, the owner of T.S. McHugh’s in Lower Queen ...

• 11:45 a.m. Thursday, May 16, 2013
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Medicinal and recreational pot working together?

Only KIRO 7 Eyewitness News has learned about a possible deal in the works that could change the way marijuana is sold in Washington state. A local medical marijuana company - the Northwest Patient Resource Center -  and a recreational marijuana company – Diego Pellicer -- might be teaming up.  ...

• 9:58 a.m. Thursday, May 16, 2013
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