Stories for August 2008
Stories for Wednesday, August 27
2 Fishing Vessels Run Aground Near Port Ludlow
The Coast Guard says its investigators are heading to two vessels that are grounded near Port Ludlow.A Coast Guard patrol spotted the unrelated groundings about an hour before low tide.Video from Chopper 7 showed the two vessels on a beach near a park by the Port Ludlow Marina. SLIDESHOW: Two ...
Arrest Slows I-90 Traffic At Mount Baker Tunnel
Police activity slowed traffic along Interstate 90 at the Mount Baker Tunnel during Wednesday morning's commute.A Department of Transportation camera showed numerous trooper patrol cars along the freeway just east of the tunnel.A State Patrol sergeant told KIRO 7 Eyewitness News that troopers arrested a pedestrian.He said callers had reported ...
Boys Injured In Snow Cave Collapse Improving
The 14-year-old injured in the collapse of a snow cave near Snoqualmie Pass has improved to satisfactory condition at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.Alessandro Gelmini had surgery Monday morning -- his third since the incident -- to repair a fractured ankle. Doctors also sewed up an incision they made over ...
Stories for Tuesday, August 26
Last Two Teens Airlifted Off Mountain
Rescuers have airlifted the last two of the three teens who were stranded on a mountain overnight, officials told KIRO 7 Eyewitness News.The first boy, 17-year old Steven Bette, walked down the mountain with the help of volunteers Wednesday afternoon.The second boy, 16-year-old Van McKeon, was the first to be ...
Metro Proposing Bus Fare Increase
Weeks after King County told bus riders it would hold off on fare increases, Metro said Tuesday that fares could soon go up.For Metro riders, the increase would be the second this year.In July, KIRO reported that a 25-cent proposed fare increase would not get Metro out of a budget ...
Orphaned Bear Cubs Captured At Campground
Department of Fish and Wildlife agents said they were forced to capture two black bear cubs found near a campground after their mother was struck and killed by a car, reported KIRO 7 Eyewitness News.Wildlife officials said the mother was hit and killed on Saturday near Interstate 90 after she ...
Fort Lewis Air Cavalry Soldiers Get Warm Welcome
Hundreds of soldiers returned home from Iraq to Fort Lewis Tuesday morning. The 4th Squadron, 6th Air Cavalry returned after 15 months. About 270 soldiers out of the 600 that make up the 4/6 Air Cavalry marched in to the enthusiastic cheers of friends and family members.The remaining soldiers will ...
Huge Tree Shattered By Lightning
A 100-foot cedar tree was shattered after it was blasted by a bolt of lightning during a severe summer storm Monday evening.The storm brought thunder, lightning, hail and funnel clouds rolling through western Washington.During the storm, west Seattle resident Ed Fischburg said he was watching the Cubs game on his ...
Rollover Crash Slows Traffic On I-5
Injuries were reported in a rollover crash on Interstate 5 near the Puyallup River Tuesday afternoon.The collision happened a little after 2 p.m. in the southbound lanes of the freeway at Port of Tacoma Road, the Department of Transportation said.A DOT camera showed fire, police and medic units at the ...
Training Shell Causes Scare In Thurston County
A training shell found by people looking for a spot to fish caused the Washington State Patrol bomb squad and military explosives experts from Fort Lewis to respond to the scene in Thurston County Tuesday afternoon.The 40 mm shell was found in about 4 feet of water in McCallister Creek, ...
Teacher Talks Threaten Start Of Classes In Several Districts
With a week left before school starts in districts throughout the Puget Sound, unresolved teacher contract talks could delay the start of classes in several communities.Puyallup teachers will vote Tuesday on the school district's best proposal. If it doesn't pass, a strike is a possibility.In Snoqualmie, teachers plan a rally ...
1 Dead, 1 Injured In Seattle Rollover Crash
One woman was killed and another injured after a violent rollover crash on Aurora Avenue North.The crash happened at about 9:15 p.m. on Monday near Crockett Street.The northbound lanes of Aurora were closed while police investigated the scene.The Seattle Times reported that a minivan crashed into a concrete barrier and ...
Stevenson: How T-Storms Developed, Grew
Monday afternoon in the 3 p.m. hour, a cluster of thunderstorms developed on the northern Kitsap Peninsula between Bremerton and Poulsbo. This was the beginning of a convergence zone developing as a trough of low pressure was moving through western Washington and winds were shifting.The line of thunderstorms grew more ...
Grocery Bag Fee May Go Before Voters
Voters could decide whether Seattle will be able to charge shoppers 20 cents for every plastic or paper bag they use.A group called the Coalition to Stop the Seattle Bag Tax said it has turned in more than enough signatures to put the issue to a vote. SURVEY: Support Plastic ...
Stories for Monday, August 25
Police Searching For Hoodsport Burglar
The Mason County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in identifying and locating a burglar whose photo was released on Monday.Police said a burglary occurred at a home in the Hoodsport area within the last few weeks. A photo was taken of a white man with a mustache ...
Storm Rolls Into Puget Sound Area; Funnel Clouds Spotted
Late afternoon thunderstorms and lightning strikes broke out along the Kitsap Peninsula west of Seattle and moved into the Seattle metro area, KIRO 7 Chief Meteorologist Rebecca Stevenson said.The system, along with rain showers, developed in the Puget Sound convergence zone Monday afternoon and spread east through Seattle.Thunder shook downtown ...
Urban League Seeks To Stop Gang Violence
The Seattle Urban League is leading a push to stop violence that's killed six young African-Americans this year in Seattle alone.On Monday, Seattle's Urban League announced Project Interruption, a community partnership designed to put a "time out" on the escalation of violence.Among those killed was 16-year-old Pierre LaPoint who was ...
Flying For Free Comes With Catch
Donald Lofton said he didn't want to call KIRO 7 for help."It's the principal that bothers me," said Lofton.But he that felt telling his story was his last option."I feel like I'm trying to share that with anyone who can help eliminate this kind of abuse. It's just not right," ...
Water Main Break In Kirkland
A water main break has closed a street in Kirkland. SLIDESHOW: Water Flows Over Kirkland Street Kirkland Public Works officials told KIRO 7 Eyewitness News that the11700 block of 98th Ave Northeast is closed between Northeast 116th and Northeast 120th. Officials said the street could remain closed as long as ...
Father Of Molestation Victim Erupts In Anger
An outburst from an angry father got the man ejected from a Tacoma courtroom Monday during the sentencing of a convicted child molester, reported KIRO 7 Eyewitness News.Former Boy Scout master Price Nick Miller, who pleaded guilty to molesting two Boy Scouts, was in the packed courtroom for his sentencing ...
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