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Former Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes used a textbook crisis communications strategy during a news conference following the deadly Bite of Seattle mass shooting, according to a new analysis by KIRO Newsradio reporter Luke Duecy. In the latest edition of “The Spin,” Duecy examined Barnes’ responses to tough questions

SEATTLE — Woodland Park Zoo has named its newest arrival: a baby colobus monkey born June 15 who has now been named Ngobi (en-GOH-bee). The zoo said the name Ngobi is of Bantu origin and is primarily found among the Ganda people of Uganda, one of several African countries where colobus monkeys are found.

(Photo provided by Jake W.) Lots of questions this morning about that fire on Alki overnight. Four portable toilets that had been brought in before the Canoe Journey arrivals burned at about 1 am. Archived police radio indicates SFD asked for SPD response because witnesses said “the suspect was still on scene.” What ha

A manhunt is underway near I-5 in Mill Creek after a suspect stole items from a vehicle — potentially including a firearm — and fled on foot into a wooded area, Snohomish County sheriff’s officials said. Deputies with a K-9 unit and a drone, Washington State Patrol...

The 51-year-old woman who died Tuesday after colliding with a gate on the 1st Avenue South Bridge has been identified as Janine Cross. Our condolences to her friends and family. Janine was riding a Letric XPLite northbound in the biking and walking path of the bridge shortly before noon when...

The 2026 Boeing Seafair Air Show begins Friday, lasting through the weekend, over Lake Washington near Genesee Park, with the Blue Angels headlining all three days. But meteorologist Scott Sistek is warning those who will attend the event that rare early August rain could be in play on Saturday. “I...

KIRO host Gee Scott revealed he was the one who broke the news to now-former Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes that he was going to be asked to resign. “I had a trusted source hit me up, and they said to me, ‘Hey, they just canceled some press briefings or some type of interviews, and actually, they’re gonna be drawing

KIRO host Jake Skorheim gave Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson a B+ for her delivery at Friday’s news conference — her first since asking former Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes to resign — but said the substance was lacking. He posed the question: “She said a lot of stuff, but did she say anything at all?”

KIRKLAND, Wash. — A 21-year-old Seattle man was killed early Friday after the car he was driving went airborne and crashed into a pickup truck near an Interstate 405 exit in Kirkland, according to the Washington State Patrol. The crash happened at about 12:33 a.m. near 116th Avenue Northeast...

Paving is now complete on SR 104/Ballinger Way NE, 35th Avenue NE and NE 185th Street. This is another milestone on the SR 104 Lyon Creek fish passage project. Crews repaved throughout the work zone overnight Tuesday, July 28, and replaced a speed hump on 35th Avenue NE that was removed early in this project.