Stories for December 2004
Stories for Sunday, December 26
Local Agency Mobilizes Earthquake Relief
World Vision is mobilizing at least half of its more than 8,000 Asia-based relief workers to help people affected by the earthquake in Sumatra, the agency said Sunday. HOW TO HELP WorldVision.org The Christian relief and development organization based here also was sending relief specialists from around the world to ...
Granite Falls' Main Street Cracking And Sinking
The main street in Granite Falls was rebuilt only last year at a cost of more than 600-thousand dollars, and already the pavement is cracking and sinking in some places. The town's engineering consultant, Gray and Osborne of Seattle, and the contractor, Division 2Construction of Kirkland, agree that the most ...
Stories for Saturday, December 25
Man Fatally Shot In Field Near Duvall
A 25-year-old Utah man was fatally shot Friday afternoon in a field near Duvall when either he or another man apparently stumbled and his gun discharged. The victim and his 30-year-old brother had gone out hunting or target shooting when the incident occurred about 3:30 p-m. The men's names were ...
Stories for Friday, December 24
Orca Newborns Spotted Near Vashon Island
Two families of Puget Sound killer whales have welcomed newborns.Mark Sears, a Seattle-based orca researcher, said he saw each calf Wednesday in Colvo Passage, between Vashon Island southwest of Seattle and the shores of southern Kitsap County."They are pretty glued to their mothers right now," Sears told The Sun newspaper ...
Governor Locke Expresses Sympathy For Stryker Families
Governor Locke has issued a statement of sympathy for the families of six men from the Stryker Brigade. The soldiers were among those killed in Tuesday's attack on a dining tent in Mosul, Iraq.Locke says -- in his words -- "My heart goes out to the families of these brave ...
Fort Lewis Strykers Killed
The Defense Department today has released the identities of 13 soldiers killed in an attack on a dining tent in Mosul, Iraq, on Tuesday. Six of those identified were based at Fort Lewis and assigned to the Stryker Brigade Combat Team. They are:--Captain William W- Jacobsen Junior, age 31, of ...
Stories for Wednesday, December 22
Text Of Supreme Court's Decision
The text of the Washington state Supreme Court's unanimous decision, written by Chief Justice Gerry Alexander and released Wednesday, allowing King County to add hundreds of mistakenly disqualified ballots to be added to the hand recount: During the hand recount in the 2004 Washington State election for governor, the King ...
Woman Arrested In Baby Assault Investigation
King County sheriff's deputies have arrested a 29-year-old woman for investigation of assaulting a baby girl. A spokesman says deputies were called last night to a home in the White Center area where the woman runs an unlicensed day care -- caring for two small children as a favor to ...
Stories for Tuesday, December 21
The Best Of KIRO InColor
KIRO InColor is an Emmy award winning quarterly special that celebrates and examines issues of diversity in the Pacific Northwest. KIRO In Color is hosted by KIRO 7 Eyewitness News Reporter Deborah Horne. Since 1994, the show has explored issues important to the Northwest, specifically the region's minority communities. The ...
KIRO-TV Holds “SURVIVOR” Casting Call Auditions
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Kristina Moy, Community Relations Manager (206) 728-2375Darbie Kirk, Promotions & Marketing Associate (206) 728-5086 SEATTLE –The search is on in Western Washington for the next castaways of the number one reality program on television. On Saturday, January 8, 2005 join KIRO-TV and Wave Broadband at the Kitsap ...
Stories for Monday, December 20
Kennedy Center Honors
Tony Bennett, Suzanne Farrell, Julie Harris, Robert Redford and Tina Turner are the honorees at the 28th annual gala, hosted by Caroline Kennedy. Performers and presenters include Paul Newman, Oprah Winfrey, Beyoncé, Melissa Etheridge, Diana Krall, k.d. lang, Willie Nelson, Vanessa Williams, Glenn Close, Quincy Jones, Al Green, Alec Baldwin, ...
Many Cell Phone Users Concerned About Telemarketers
You've probably heard the rumor that after January 1, telemarketers will get free access to your cell phone number.Many cell phone users are reacting with horror at the mere thought that telemarketers will soon get ahold of their carefully guarded numbers. MORE ON THIS STORY File a complaint against a ...
Stories for Sunday, December 19
SPD Chief Issues New Policy For Officers Working Off Duty
About 400 of the Seattle Police Department's more than 12-hundred officers work off duty. These freelancing police officers have a new set of rules to follow. Chief Gil Kerlikowske has issued a new policy guiding off-duty work. Assistant Chief Jim Pugel says off-duty police work is a great crime deterrent. ...
Stories for Saturday, December 18
Federal Judge Fines Animal-Rights Activist In Firebombing Incident Investigation
A federal magistrate judge has fined a Friday Harbor animal-rights activist and sentenced her to probation for failing to cooperate with a grand jury investigating the firebombing of a forest-products company. 45-year-old Allison Lance Watson had refused to answer questions raised by investigators looking into a fire at the Olympia ...
Island Murder
Mason County sheriff's officers were seeking a person of interest Saturday in connection with a double homicide on Harstine Island.David W. Barnard, 37, of Bremerton, was sought by investigators in the case, but is not currently a suspect, according to the sheriff's office.A man and woman were found fatally shot ...
Mason County Police Investigating Double Murder Near Shelton
A man and woman were found fatally shot Friday on Hartstene Island, east of Shelton, in what Mason County sheriff's officers describe as a double homicide. The bodies were found shortly before noon at a waterfront residence at the south end of the island by a friend who had gone ...
Stories for Friday, December 17
More Information On DanceChance
If you would like more information about DanceChance, contact the DanceChance Cooordinator at (206) 441-2435 ext. 3516 or e-mail dancechance@pnb.org
Goverment Grant Scam Targets Washington Couple
If someone told you that you had just been awarded a $10,000 grant from the U.S. government, you just might keep listening.People all over Western Washington are hearing this pitch every day.Government grants can be a huge help to people in need, but it can be confusing process.Con artists have ...
Stories for Thursday, December 16
Car Crashes Into Home, Nearly Hits Woman
A 78-year-old woman inside her home narrowly missed being struck by a car that spun out of control during a street race, went airborne and smashed into her house, KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reported. CAR CRASHES INTO HOME Slideshow: High-Speed Street Race Ends In Crash Into House The car jumped ...
Thousands Signing Up For Prescription Help
A new program that helps people pay for their prescriptions has been flooded with requests. MORE ON THIS STORY Best Buy Drugs - from Consumer Reports More than 50,000 people have contacted the 'RxHelp' company in just the past month.It's a statewide prescription drug clearinghouse that helps patients find free ...
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