News Stories for December 2008
Stories for Monday, December 29
Power Restored To Majority Of Seattle Customers
City Light crews have restored power to more than 3,000 customers after three power outages Monday afternoon.Three smaller outages are still affecting 360 customers in the north end. All three of these outages are believed caused by trees in the lines.The boundaries of the outages in Lake Forest Park and ...
First Of Three Storms Brings High Winds
In the first of three storms this week, Western Washington saw rain showers and breezy weather Monday.KIRO 7 meteorologist Sam Argier said the winds will die down Monday night, but won’t be gone for long as they arrive again Tuesday night in the next storm. VIDEO: Scattered Outages In North ...
Big Thaw Leaves Pothole-Filled Streets
Drivers tired of dealing with snow, ice and slush on the roads now have a new hazard to deal with -- potholes.The cycle of streets thawing and freezing over the past few weeks has taken a toll on roads and making for a bumpy ride in many places.In the city ...
Woman Held Hostage Gets Help By Texting
A Northwest woman was saved from a man holding her hostage last week by a text message she sent to her mother.Police in Springfield, Ore., were chasing a man they thought was casing houses to rob them when that man broke into 18-year old Tiara Hammond's home and took her ...
Man Arrested In Bremerton Home Invasion
Police said a man broke into a Bremerton home Sunday afternoon and attacked a woman, reported KIRO 7 Eyewitness News.Bremerton police said at about 3 p.m. Sunday, a man knocked on the door of a house and violently assaulted a 52-year-old woman who was home alone.Investigators said the man entered ...
Cleanup Continues Following Storm
As piles of snow and icy streets continue to melt, plows are out working around the clock in some areas and garbage pickup is starting to resume Monday.One such area that is still fighting the snow is the Cottage Lake area of Woodinville, where many streets are still covered with ...
Stories for Sunday, December 28
Planes Bump On Ground At Sea-Tac Airport
No one was injured when two passenger-filled planes backed into each other as they left their gates Sunday morning at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.Airport spokeswoma Terri-Ann Betancourt told The Seattle Times that both flights from Seattle to the Midwest were canceled.Betancourt said a Delta 737-800 plane, Flight 1288 to Cincinnati, was ...
Flood Watch Canceled For Western Washington Counties
The National Weather Service Sunday canceled its flood watch for Thurston, Lewis, Mason and Grays Harbor counties that had been in effect for two days because of possible minor flooding from the Skokomish and Chehalis rivers. I n addition, the weather service also canceled its urban and small stream flood ...
3 Families Displaced In Tukwila Apartment Fire
An early morning fire displaced three families from a Tukwila apartment complex.A Tukwila Fire Deparment spokesman said that the fire broke out at about 6 a.m. Sunday at the Canyon Estate apartments in the 15100 block of 65th Avenue South.At least one person was transported from the fire to Harborview ...
Stories for Saturday, December 27
Roof Of Riding Arena Collapses
The roof of a riding arena in Olympia collapsed early Saturday under the weight of rain-soaked snow.Co-owner Cathy Noyes said owners of Sherman Valley Ranch, a horse- and dog-boarding facility, had been working for several days to clear the snow from the 76- by 156-foot roof, KIRO 7 reported.No horses ...
Snow Pays Off Big For Crafty Enterpreneurs
Andrew Knight wishes it could snow 360 days a year.If that happened, he'd be able to put lot more money in the bank.During Christmas week, Knight, of DMK Tractor Services in Bremerton, barely had a chance to let his Kubota tractor cool off, The Kitsap Sun reported.On Monday, he began ...
Flood Watch Canceled For 10 Western Washington Counties
The National Weather Service Saturday canceled its flood watch for 10 counties, but kept it in effect for four other counties in western Washington.In eastern Washington, 4 to 7 inches of new snow fell overnight from Spokane to Ritzville up to Colville and there was almost a new foot of ...
Two Seattle Police Officers Assaulted On Capitol Hill
A Seattle Police Department spokesman said two officers were assaulted by a suspect earlier Saturday morning.A man ran a stop sign at the intersection of East Mercer Street and Summit Avenue East Saturday morning.The driver sideswiped a taxi cab that was heading in the opposite direction.The suspect continued driving east ...
Stories for Friday, December 26
Firefighter Hurt When Snow-Covered Roof Falls
A firefighter working to help a patient with heart pain was seriously injured Friday evening when a snow-covered awning collapsed on him.Lisa Allen with the Bothell Fire Department told KIRO TV News that fire crews were preparing to transport a patient from a home when the accident happened. A firefighter ...
Body Found In South Sound Motorhome
The body of a 50-year-old man has been found by sledders inside a motorhome near Ashford.Pierce county sheriff's investigators say the man was inside a sleeping bag, frozen solid.Det. Ed Troyers tells KIRO 7 the sledders knew the man was living in the motorhome, and became concerned when they noticed ...
2-Alarm Fire Breaks Out On Yacht In Port Orchard
A two-alarm fire broke out at the Port Orchard Yacht Club Friday morning.The fire destroyed 196 36-foot Chris-Craft boat and its covered boat house.Firefighters and the Coast Guard responded shortly after 5 a.m. to find the yacht burning. No other vessels were damaged. Port Orchard2 The fire was contained by ...
Thousands Spend Christmas In Dark
About 18,000 homes and businesses in North King County were without electricity for at least part of Christmas Day.In Woodinville, resident Aaron Stevens showed KIRO 7 his snow bank beer cooler and the more than 2 feet of snow that has piled up in his yard.Stevens said he is anxious ...
Stories for Thursday, December 25
Maritime Group Wants New Seattle Viaduct
A maritime industry group has weighed in for a new elevated highway to replace the deteriorating Alaskan Way viaduct.Gov. Christine Gregoire is expected to decide by next week her preference on a replacement, the Seattle Times reported.Options include a tunnel, new surface roads along the waterfront, a new elevated highway ...
Skier Killed In Collision With Rocks
A skier died when he hit some rocks on a ski run at Whistler Mountain Wednesday afternoon according to reports in the Vancouver Sun newspaper.A 47-year-old man was killed while skiing on the upper Dave Murray Downhill Run when he left the main area of the run and collided with ...
Olympia High School Roof Collapses
A large portion of the roof of an Olympia high school collapsed Christmas morning under the weight of snow, ice and water from recent storms.KIRO 7 reported that the Olympia Fire Department responded just before 5 a.m. Thursday when alarms went off at Capitol High School, said Assistant Fire Chief ...
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