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It is with a heavy heart that we announce KOMO 4’s Steve Pool passed away this week surrounded by family and friends. He was 70-years-old.
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Sen. Patty Murray, 72, is the first woman to serve in this role and is now third in line for the presidency.
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Early Friday morning, Elon Musk wrote on his social media platform Twitter that "Any parent or doctor who sterilizes a child before they are a consenting adult should go to prison for life."
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Do you support the petition tor recall Councilwoman Sawant?
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"We are with you, we're not against you."
@BvuePD
chief Steve Mylett addresses the crowd gathering in Bellevue; condemns the four officers involved in
#GeorgeFloyd
's death and other police-involved deaths - and how his police force is learning and moving forward.
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Some state lawmakers are trying to make it a felony crime to intentionally obstruct Washington highways.
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After Seattle Police abandoned the East Precinct, officers said they are receiving reports of armed people manning the checkpoints intimidating people trying to enter and committing extortion.
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#BREAKING
Washington State Gov. Jay Inslee will not seek a fourth term, he announced on Monday morning.
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BREAKING: Gov. Inslee announces statewide mandatory face mask rule.
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WOW! Check out these great photos of the Pink Super Moon at the Space Needle!
📸: Brennen Tse
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What a SPLASH! 🐋 Amazing video from Golden Gardens Park in Seattle on Saturday shows orcas enjoying the water 🌊 We love the PNW 😍
Thanks to Alyssa Slovinac for sharing this video with us!
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POLL QUESTION: Should President Trump be impeached and removed from office?
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BREAKING: WA Electoral college presidential results: 8 votes Hillary Clinton, 3 votes Colin Powell, 1 "Faith Spotted Eagle"
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Mary Kay Letourneau, who made headlines in the 1990s for an affair with her underage student, has died after losing a battle with cancer.
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Yakima County Sheriff Robert Udell said the problem is not the guns, but rather the mental health and drug issues our society is facing.
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"(For) young women that watch the show, there is no possibility that you can't be chief of surgery and an African American female," said Chandra Wilson of
@GreysABC
, who visited Seattle with the cast this summer.
Season 15 of Grey's Anatomy premieres Thursday on ABC!
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After more than 40 years in the business, KOMO TV's beloved weathercaster Steve Pool is retiring from broadcasting.
From everyone at KOMO, you will be dearly missed, Steve. We wish you all the best in your retirement!
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KOMO 4’s beloved Steve Pool passed away this week after battling early onset Alzheimer's. We know he touched the lives of so many across the region. Share your memories of Steve using
#RememberingSteve
as we pay tribute to his legacy in the Northwest.
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Judge rules Washington's ban on high-capacity magazines unconstitutional:
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According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Seattle has the second-highest percentage of people considering or planning to move away.
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Bill to ban high-capacity gun magazines headed to desk of Gov. Inslee, who said he plans to sign it.
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JUST IN: From
@ChrisDaniels_TV
- Former King County Sheriff Dave Reichert appears to be a Republican front running in the Washington governor race.
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Have you missed seeing Mt. Rainier these past few weeks? Good news, the mountain is back 😍
📷: Jim Burns
#SoNorthwest
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Current conditions on Highway 101, just west of Morse Creek (Baker Dip)
Credit: Clallam County Sheriff's Office
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The committee co-chair who was recorded screaming in a public meeting to defend the nomination of a sex offender to a homelessness oversight board has been removed from her position.
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Stuntman Eddie Braun makes the jump across Snake River Canyon!
The latest:
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King County Health Officials say an overwhelming majority of new Covid-19 cases are coming from unvaccinated people.
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All Washington state children under the age of 5 can now register to receive a free monthly book from Dolly's organization.
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Las Vegas Metropolitan Police have released the booking photos of 4 teenagers arrested in the fatal beating of a high school student.
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An 82-year-old woman is threatening to sue her local YMCA after it banned her from its facilities for expressing concerns over seeing a “man in woman’s swimsuit” in the women’s locker room, her lawyer told The National Desk Wednesday.
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BREAKING: Donald Trump has been disqualified from the presidential ballot in Colorado for 2024 after a ruling from the Colorado Supreme Court.
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People on Whidbey Island are being warned to stay away from one of the island's most popular residents because he's grumpy right now.
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BREAKING: A Thurston County judge denied 8 petitioners' request to remove former president Donald Trump's name from Washington ballots on Thursday:
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A 90-year-old great-great-grandma who caught the coronavirus at Life Care Center in Kirkland is now getting better, and says, "I ain't dead yet!"
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If the bill is passed, it would make Washington state the first in the U.S. to recognize the Lunar New Year as a paid legal holiday.
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WOW😍 Talk about the best day ever! These breathtaking images were taken at Lowman Beach in West Seattle, just 50 yards offshore.
📷: Kersti Muul, Salish Wildlife Watch
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Pro-Palestinian protestors have blocked the road to arrivals and departures at Seattle–Tacoma International Airport.
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Police arrested 46 pro-Palestinian protesters for blocking the expressway leading to Sea-Tac airport Wednesday afternoon.
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The view from Kerry Park on Saturday morning was one for the books 😍
📷: Debbie Heyer
#SoNorthwest
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JUST IN: Cordell Goosby has been charged with murder for the shooting death of a pregnant woman at a Belltown intersection. He also was charged with attempted murder. What the charging documents say:
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The "Greater Idaho" movement proposes that nearly everything east of the Cascades - except Bend - becomes part of Idaho.
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NBA player Isaiah Thomas distributed 500 backpacks filled with school supplies Saturday to children in need as they get ready to go back to school.
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Some state lawmakers are trying to make it a felony crime to intentionally obstruct Washington highways. This comes after pro-Palestinian protesters blocked the expressway leading to Sea-Tac International Airport for three hours Monday.
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Minors seeking gender-affirming care in Washington will be protected from the intervention of estranged parents under a measure signed into law by Gov. Jay Inslee Tuesday afternoon.
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WOW! Check out the ominous skies over Seattle earlier tonight!
#SoNorthwest
Thanks
@sigmas
for sharing!
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Montana has an old law that states if a student rides their horse to school the school principal must take care of the horse throughout the day.
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The tables turned on an armed person who was shot and killed after announcing plans to "shoot up the crowd" on Sunday night:
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A political shift is beginning to take hold across the U.S. as tens of thousands of suburban swing voters who helped fuel the Democratic Party's gains in recent years are becoming Republicans:
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The state capital sure looked pretty in the snow ❄
📷: Kevin Finn McNeal
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Gov. Inslee just announced a statewide order that will forbid businesses from serving customers who are not wearing face masks.
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Starting June 6, law enforcement agencies will go back to being able to chase when they suspect someone has broken the law.
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During the Friday afternoon protest on northbound I-5 in downtown Seattle, protesters blocked an ambulance that was treating a 37-year-old male who was in critical condition.
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HAPPENING NOW: Thousands are gathered in Olympia to protest Washington's vaccine and mask mandates.
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Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte signed a controversial bill that bans gender-affirming care for minors.
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HAPPENING NOW: Hundreds have gathered at
#CalAndersonPark
in
#Seattle
to rally in support of abortion rights.
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BREAKING: Washington State's Nick Rolovich has been fired after the coach, among the state's highest paid workers, declined to comply with Gov. Inslee's mandate for state employees to be vaccinated by Monday.
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Oak Harbor's football team offers to forfeit playoff match against
#MPHS
& give them 1st place-
http://t.co/6peG01wCAZ
http://t.co/mqKRvmYzTT
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Volunteers -- of all ages -- headed into Downtown
#Seattle
Sunday morning to help the city clean up after the
#SeattleProtests
Saturday night.
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A Kitsap County judge will hear a challenge on Tuesday to remove former President Donald Trump from Washington state's presidential primary ballot in March.
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BREAKING NEWS: The voter-led effort to recall controversial Seattle City Council member Kshama Sawant will appear on the ballot of an upcoming winter election.
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After a group of protesters shut down I-5 in downtown Seattle last week, a group of bipartisan legislators have proposed a new law to give stiffer consequences to people who block Washington freeways.
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Bigg's killer whales seen near Seattle Monday.
📷: Janine Harles / KOMO
#SoNorthwest
Photography
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A man was arrested Sunday following a high speed chase on I-5 in which the suspect's pet pit bull may have been driving the vehicle during part of the incident, authorities said.
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#TaylorSwift
had this to say about
#Seattle
reflecting on her last performance here:
“On my last tour here, I made a diary entry and I wrote: Seattle, Washington is the best crowd I have ever played for….
Clearly, you’re still just as out of your minds as last time.”
#eras
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Hundreds marched to honor and grieve Eina Kwon, a pregnant Seattle business woman who was shot and killed in Belltown earlier this week.
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Tiffany Smiley greeted supporters at a stop in Tumwater Monday morning, sending a message to voters.
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The University of Washington honored alumnus Steve Pool, KOMO News' beloved longtime weather forecaster who died Tuesday, prior to Saturday's Apple Cup.
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Do you support the idea of defunding the Seattle Police Department?
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The iconic California burger chain In-N-Out is expected to open its 1st Washington location.
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A proposed bill authorizing the death penalty as punishment for the rape of a child has cleared its first hurdle in Tennessee:
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The numbers are impressive: Johnson & Johnson said its COVID-19 vaccine is 85 percent effective in protecting against severe illness and 100 percent effective in preventing getting hospitalized or dying from coronavirus.
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BREAKING: Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson launched an exploratory campaign Tuesday to become the state's next governor.
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BREAKING UPDATE: Seattle police say there was no interaction between the woman and the suspect prior to him approaching the car and firing his gun into the driver’s side window.
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Former King County sheriff and U.S. Rep. Dave Reichert announced Friday he is running for Washington governor in 2024, becoming the most prominent Republican candidate in the race.
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TORNADO IN PORT ORCHARD: A tornado touched down in Port Orchard this afternoon.
Matthew Hargis captured this video in the Safeway parking lot earlier today.
Video courtesy: Matthew Hargis
DETAILS:
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Seattle scores 4.24 out of 10 in 'quality of life' poll:
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.
@ConnieKOMO
is celebrating 45 years at KOMO today.
Congratulations, Connie! We are so lucky to have you!
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Issaquah Highlands resident Mark Svendsen captured quite the scene Tuesday when more than 100 goats escaped an enclosure and ran free in the neighborhood.
More:
Video courtesy Mark Svendsen
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The stock price for Unilever, the owner of Ben & Jerry's, has rapidly declined since the ice cream company referred to the United States as "stolen Indigenous land" on July 4.
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On Monday evening, the Lakewood City Council approved two ordinances that will ban public camping and the use of controlled substances in public.
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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has made headlines with his decision to move to Miami, Florida, after nearly three decades in Seattle. The move is projected to save him approximately $600 million in taxes.
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Gov. Inslee signed a bill requiring schools to teach LGBTQ+ history starting in 2025:
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Who do you think won the gubernatorial debate between Jay Inslee and Loren Culp?
Loren Culp
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KOMO Photo:
@CenturyLink_Fld
Lit up in French colors tonight to honor the victims in
#ParisAttacks
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#BREAKING
: The Supreme Court has restored Donald Trump to 2024 presidential primary ballots, rejecting state attempts to hold the former president accountable for the Capitol riot.
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