Search And Rescue Effort In Progress On Snoqualmie River

The Fall City and Eastside fire departments are conducting a search and rescue effort on the Snoqualmie River.One person may be missing.The operation is near Snoqualmie at Fish Hatchery Road, said Josie Williams with the Fall City Fire Department.Eastside Fire and Rescue is assisting in the operation and interviewing possible ...

• Updated: 6:44 p.m. Monday, June 30, 2008

Solutions Considered For Crime-Ridden Park

A fight between two groups of people at a popular Seattle park that escalated into a gunfight Sunday night underlines the need for change there, said people who live and work near the park.Three people who suffered gunshot wounds at Victor Steinbrueck Park near Pike Place Market were sent to ...

• Updated: 6:23 p.m. Monday, June 30, 2008

Airborne Car Lands On Truck, Enters Building

A car traveling at a high rate of speed in south Kitsap County became airborne, struck a parked pickup and then struck and entered a garage, the Kitsap County Sheriff’s Department said.The area of the crash on Southeast Harper Hill Road has a 90 degree curve to the right and ...

• Updated: 5:01 p.m. Monday, June 30, 2008

Sheriff’s Sergeant Shoots, Kills Marauding Bear

A Pierce County sheriff’s sergeant shot and killed a bear that had been causing problems for residents just south of Key Center, reported KIRO 7 Eyewitness News.Authorities and Department of Fish and Wildlife agents said they had received numerous calls about the bear in the last few days near Jackson ...

• Updated: 6:07 p.m. Monday, June 30, 2008

Apartment Fire That Killed 3 Ruled Arson

The King County sheriff's office said the Burien apartment fire that killed three people was arson. Sheriff’s office spokesman Sgt. John Urquhart said investigators are certain the fire was set. A $10,000 reward is offered for information leading to an arrest. SLIDESHOW: Burien Apartment Building Destroyed By Fire Evidence from ...

• Updated: 6:00 p.m. Monday, June 30, 2008

2008 Seafair Marathon Results

Nearly 5,000 athletes took part in the VM Team Medicine Seafair Marathon, crossing the 520 Floating Bridge and spanning multiple cities all while raising money for Cancer Research at Virginia Mason Medical Center.Edward Kiptum (2:20.28) took home the men’s full marathon crown; While Wendy Terris (2:50.55) of Milwaukee, OR, grabbed ...

• Updated: 2:43 p.m. Monday, June 30, 2008

Body Pulled From Nisqually River Confirmed As Missing Boy's

The body found in the Nisqually River by a dive team is confirmed to be that of 9-year-old Cameron McCartney, one of three people who were killed June 12 when the boat they were on capsized.Thurston County Coroner Gary Warnock said the boy's cause of death was freshwater drowning.The body ...

• Updated: 3:25 p.m. Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Two Homes Burned In Marysville

Firefighters responded to a report of two homes that had caught fire in Marysville Monday afternoon.The homes were adjacent to each other.Flames from one home spread to the other.Fire officials said no one was home at the time of the fires.One firefighter was injured when a ceiling collapsed. He is ...

• Updated: 12:44 p.m. Monday, June 30, 2008

Carnation Murder Suspect: 'I Don't Deserve To Live'

KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reporter Essex Porter spoke with Michele Anderson, the woman accused of killing six of her family members last Christmas Eve.Anderson has admitted her part in the slaying of her family members. Her boyfriend is also accused in the murders.Anderson called KIRO from the King County Jail ...

• Updated: 12:32 p.m. Monday, June 30, 2008

Narrows Bridge Toll Rises Tuesday

The toll to cross the Tacoma Narrows Bridge is increasing $1 starting Tuesday.The price at the tollbooths will change from $3 to $4. For those with "Good To Go" transponders, the price will change from $1.75 to $2.75.The increase is part of a long-term plan the state is using to ...

• Updated: 6:13 p.m. Monday, June 30, 2008

Investigation Continues Into Fire That Killed 3

King County fire investigators said they completed their work and federal investigators are at the scene of the apartments where a three-alarm fire killed an 8-year-old boy, his grandfather and another man early Sunday.Investigators from the Department of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms are gathering information but have not released any ...

• Updated: 12:23 p.m. Monday, June 30, 2008

3 Shot In Downtown Seattle Gunfight

Three people are recovering after gunfire erupted in downtown Seattle Sunday night.The shootings happened at Blanchard and Western Avenue at about 6 p.m.Witnesses two groups of people got into a fight and then gunshots were fired.“There was no warning at all. They just started fighting. They had knives. It was ...

• Updated: 5:28 p.m. Monday, June 30, 2008

Temperatures A Bit Cooler In Western Washington Today

The National Weather Service said temperatures in Washington should begin to ease Monday.The agency issued heat advisories for the Puget Sound area and parts of Eastern Washington through Sunday night as temperatures tied or broke records in some spots on Saturday.The temperature at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport hit 91 on Saturday, ...

• Updated: 5:22 a.m. Monday, June 30, 2008

Police Searching For Missing Man In Seattle

King County police are looking for a missing developmentally disabled man who wandered off Sunday morning.Melvin Jones, 54, was last seen around 11:45 a.m. at Camp Long in the 5200 block of 35th Avenue Southwest.Jones has gray hair, hazel eyes and wears glasses. He was last seen wearing a yellow ...

• Updated: 5:22 p.m. Sunday, June 29, 2008

• Updated: 4:01 p.m. Sunday, June 29, 2008

5 Teens Ejected From I-405 Rollover Crash

Five teens were ejected from a vehicle as it rolled over on Interstate 405 near Renton, said the Washington State Patrol.WSP responded around 3:45 a.m. Sunday to a rollover accident on southbound I-405 just south of state Route 900.When troopers arrived they found that the five teenagers, ranging from 14 ...

• Updated: 4:19 p.m. Sunday, June 29, 2008

Investigators: 'Suspicious' Burien Fire Kills 3

Three people are confirmed dead in the overnight three-alarm Burien fire that officials are calling suspicious, said King County officials.Units responded around 12:45 a.m. Sunday to an apartment fire in the 400 block of Southwest 155th Street. When crews arrived at the scene they found the building had a fire ...

• Updated: 5:36 p.m. Sunday, June 29, 2008

Head-On Collision Kills One On Highway 18

One person has died after a serious crash on Highway 18 near North Bend, said the Washington State Patrol.Another person remains in critical condition after the head-on collision Friday night that closed the highway in both directions.WSP said a woman driving a Pontiac crossed the center line and slammed into ...

• Updated: 5:45 p.m. Saturday, June 28, 2008

Woman's Leg Severed In Boating Accident

A woman’s leg was severed just below the knee in a boating accident in Kitsap County, said the U.S. Coast Guard.A couple from Seattle took their 20-foot boat to Dyes Inlet Saturday afternoon to visit with family.The 45-year-old woman was putting supplies into the boat as the 48-year-old husband started ...

• Updated: 4:48 p.m. Saturday, June 28, 2008

Body Found On Nisqually River May Be Missing Boater

A body found in the Nisqually River may be of a missing boater from earlier this month.The man disappeared when a boat he was riding in with four other people flipped over. A young boy also disappeared in the fast-flowing river.Two people made it to shore, another child died in ...

• Updated: 3:30 p.m. Saturday, June 28, 2008