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The Gates Foundation plans to spend $2 billion over the next two years to get artificial intelligence tools in the hands of educators, healthcare workers, and farmers.

The Northwest is preparing for its largest grid build-out in decades to meet a historic surge in electricity demand, expected to cost billions of dollars. The problem is, nobody really knows how big it needs to be. The region could need between 40% and 100% more electricity in the next...

LYNNWOOD, Wash. - Two suspects were injured following a rollover crash and pursuit that ended in Lynnwood Monday night. Just before 8 p.m., deputies initiated a pursuit of a stolen vehicle at the Home Depot near Airport Road and Highway 99 in Everett. Two men were inside the stolen vehicle...

The rampant illegal parking on the airport expressway is one of the most selfish and most dangerous things I see drivers do in our region. Why am I bringing it up now? It’s not like this hasn’t been a problem forever, but KIRO Newsradio listener Bernie hit me up a few weeks ago asking why these drivers aren’t ticketed

In the latest sign of trouble for Washington's cooling economy, the state saw the launch of yet another star-studded economic task force. On Monday, Seattle-area politicians and business leaders gathered to launch the Partnership for a Competitive Puget Sound, a high-profile task force aimed at reviving a regional econ

PCC Community Markets, one of Seattle's homegrown grocery stores, will add another location in the city's Madison Valley neighborhood this fall. The local chain announced in April that a new store was planned at 2925 E. Madison Street. PCC's new Madison Valley location will around a mile north of the Central District P

The awkward part of taking a train from Iowa to Washington is not the distance across Montana. It is getting onto the right westbound train in the first place. Iowa’s California Zephyr corridor and the Empire Builder’s northern route do not meet at an Iowa station, so a seemingly simple trip to Seattle begins with a ro

Amazon plans to vacate another South Lake Union office, continuing its retreat from leased space across Seattle. Jake Skorheim, co-host of “The Jake and Spike Show” on KIRO Newsradio, said Amazon’s latest office departure from Seattle, combined with the company’s absence from a major 35-business coalition letter demand

Councilmember Maritza Rivera sharply criticized Mayor Katie Wilson while defending a $418,000 "focused deterrence" proposal to curb gun violence, which combines supportive services for offenders with warnings of swift consequences. Mayor Wilson dismissed the proposal on the radio as "grandstanding," prompting Councilme

It’s human suffering on full display. The parks of North Beacon Hill, stretching down to 12th and Jackson. People struggling with addiction and mental illness, clearly in need of help, clearly in danger. Preyed upon by dealers whose whole job is to keep them sick. Some, not all, turning to crime and violence to feed th