Man, Woman Found Slain In Belfair

Sheriff's deputies in Mason County are investigating the killing of a young couple who were engaged to be married, KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reported. Video: Authorities Have No Suspects In Homicides The bodies of a man and woman were found in a home on Monday morning by the man's brother, ...

• Updated: 5:09 p.m. Monday, Jan. 31, 2005

Woman Shot On Muckleshoot Reservation

A woman was shot early Monday morning at the Muckleshoot Indian Reservation in Auburn, KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reported. The woman was taken by helicopter to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.There was no immediate word on her condition.The shooting reportedly took place a few blocks from the Muckleshoot Casino, but ...

• Updated: 8:31 a.m. Monday, Jan. 31, 2005

Local Iraqis Vote

A 21-hour drive from Seattle to a polling center in Southern California was trivial to a group of Iraqi expatriates who took just minutes to vote in their country's first independent election in a half century."This is something we've never experienced," said Yahya Al-Garib, 37, an Iraqi community leader now ...

• Updated: 11:28 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 30, 2005

Both State Party Chairs Re-elected

State Democratic Chairman Paul Berendt won a sixth term Saturday in Olympia, while Republican Chris Vance was elected for his third term in Tukwila. Both men have been at the center of the vortex swirling around the state governor's race as the GOP's Dean Rossi challenges Christine Gregoire's 129-vote edge ...

• Updated: 8:11 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 30, 2005

Crews Assessing Oil Spill Near Vashon Island

Crews are assessing the waters Saturday where an oil sheen was spotted Friday morning in Dalco Passage near Vashon Island. It's the same area where a thousand-gallon oil spill occurred about three months ago. State Ecology spokeswoman Sandy Howard says one boat from the agency is out on the water ...

• Updated: 10:24 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 29, 2005

First Avenue South Bridge Back In Operation

The First Avenue South bridge is back up and working after becoming stuck in the upright position Saturday morning around 6:45am. The Department of Transportation says the problem may have been with a breaker. Crews are checking to ensure everything is working properly before re-opening the road to traffic.

• Updated: 8:23 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 29, 2005

Thousands Of Car License Refund Checks Not Cashed

State officials say thousands of drivers have forgotten to cash their car license fee refund checks.The state says 96,000 drivers in the Seattle-Tacoma area didn't cash checks issued after the Supreme Court ruled that a $15 fee in King and Pierce counties was illegal.Those checks have expired, but motorists who ...

• Updated: 4:43 p.m. Friday, Jan. 28, 2005

Scientists Ask For Photos Of Visiting Orcas

Killer whales that have been visiting Hood Canal in recent days are transients and aren't from the pods normally seen in Puget Sound, scientists said. Ken Balcomb, of the Center for Whale Research, said the animals are probably part of a group that roams widely, sometimes between Puget Sound and ...

• Updated: 4:36 p.m. Friday, Jan. 28, 2005

Oil Spill Spreads In South Sound

Oil from an unknown source spread across South Sound waters Friday in almost the same spot where a spill fouled beaches last fall, KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reported. Video: Oil Spill Spreads Unchecked Oil was spotted at about 11 a.m. at Dalco passage between Tacoma and Vashon Island and west ...

• Updated: 6:46 p.m. Friday, Jan. 28, 2005

Truckers Accused Of Massive Fuel Theft

Police have arrested two men and accused them of stealing 1.5 million gallons of gasoline from a distribution center at Harbor Island in Seattle. Video: Raid Ends Years Of Alleged Theft Port of Seattle investigators said the truck drivers would punch in a maintenance code that allowed them to pump ...

• Updated: 1:58 p.m. Friday, Jan. 28, 2005

Total Recall

KIRO 7 PRIME MOVIE: TOTAL RECALLStars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin, Sharon Stone. A man visits Mars in search of his own identity and the secrets behind an incredible conspiracy. Watch Tonight At 9 p.m. On KIRO 7

• Updated: 11:16 a.m. Friday, Jan. 28, 2005

Suspect Sought In Break-In Of Trooper's Car

Police are looking for a man who allegedly broke into a Washington State Patrol trooper's unmarked car and stole a gun and sensitive police documents, KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reported. Conann Yow, accused of stealing gun from WSP car on 1-19-05 Conann Yow Conann Yow An arrest warrant has been ...

• Updated: 11:57 a.m. Friday, Jan. 28, 2005

Man Convicted On Drug Charges Bolts From Courtroom

A Port Orchard man is on the run after escaping from a courtroom while a jury read a verdict against him, KIRO 7 Eyewitness News reported. Jody Lemon, escaped from Kitsap courtroom 1-27-05 Jody Lemon Jody Lemon Jody Ray Lemon, 31, is being hunted after he bolted from court in ...

• Updated: 9:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 28, 2005

M.E. Releases Cause Of Child's Death

A 4-year-old Lake Stevens girl was killed by "blunt-force trauma to the head and trunk," the Snohomish County Medical Examiner's office said. Sheriff's detectives are investigating the death last Friday of Sirita Sotelo as a homicide, and are looking at several people in connection with the death, KIRO 7 Eyewitness ...

• Updated: 9:02 a.m. Friday, Jan. 28, 2005

Lakewood Officer Resigns After Prostitution Arrest

Lakewood Police arrested a 57-year-old officer and a suspected female prostitute after other officers allegedly caught them having sex in his unmarked police car. The detective was not on duty at the time and resigned immediately.Police told KIRO 7 the incident happened about 7 p.m. Tuesday in a parking lot ...

• Updated: 11:58 a.m. Friday, Jan. 28, 2005

Arson Charges Dropped Against Tukwila Firefighter

A charge of attempted first-degree arson against a Tukwila fire lieutenant has been dropped because someone else is taking responsibility for setting the firefighter's house on fire, authorities say. Philip Scott Lyons, 48, a 25-year veteran firefighter, returned to his regular duties after the case was dropped last week, nearly ...

• Updated: 4:28 a.m. Friday, Jan. 28, 2005

KIRO 7 Presents Winter “InColor”

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Kristina Moy, Community Relations Manager (206) 728-2375SEATTLE -- KIRO Television is proud to present the winter edition of Emmy award-winning “InColor” hosted by Deborah Horne on Sunday, January 30, 2005 at 5:30 p.m. This thirty-minute program features the following issues and people who make up our Pacific ...

• Updated: 5:58 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 27, 2005

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• Updated: 5:25 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 27, 2005

2 Children Killed In Fire

Two children were killed in a trailer fire Wednesday night near Ocean City that also injured a 27-year-old woman. Video: Grandfather Mourns Loss Of Grandchildren The woman was flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with severe burns, said Grays Harbor Sheriff Mike Whelan. She was first listed in critical ...

• Updated: 5:33 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 27, 2005

Kirkland Couple Escapes Burning Home

A man was injured while rescuing his wife from the couple's burning home early Thursday morning near Kirkland, firefighters said. Video: Couple Lucky To Get Out Of Burning Home In Time The woman had to be carried out of the home by her husband because she is unable to walk, ...

• Updated: 9:01 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 27, 2005