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Lenzi: As U.S. casualties mount in war with Iran, I remember losing my brother in Iraq
starts taking casualties in the war with Iran, we are learning the names of those killed — those service members who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. This is giving me flashbacks to 2003, when I was still living in my hometown of Portland, Oregon at the beginning of the Iraq War.In the opening days of the war in March of 2003, my brother, Idaho Air National Guard Major Gregory Stone, 40, was at Camp Pennsylvania in Kuwait when another soldier rolled grenades into the tent where he
5 arrested after children were found in unsafe conditions during search warrant near Hobart
Additionally, methamphetamine and four firearms, including one reported stolen, were discovered.“Several children were found living in unsafe and unsanitary conditions,” the Covington Police Department stated.Five adults were booked into jail, facing multiple charges including child neglect, burglary, ID theft, and mail theft.“This operation was a coordinated effort involving the Postal Inspector’s Office, King County Sheriff’s Office, our detectives, and Maple Valley PD,”
Hegseth urges Latin American allies to go on offense against drug cartels
MIAMI (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday urged Latin American countries to take a more aggressive approach against drug cartels, warning that the Trump administration would be forced to act by itself if governments fail to effectively combat criminal organizations that directly threaten the United States and border security.“America is prepared to take on these threats and go on the offense alone if necessary,” Hegseth said in a speech at U.S. Southern Command in Miami with defens
Savannah Guthrie makes offscreen visit to ‘Today’ show, first since her mother went missing
Savannah Guthrie made an off-camera appearance Thursday at NBC’s “Today” show studios to thank colleagues for their support since her mother Nancy went missing from her Arizona home a month ago.The “Today” show said Guthrie, a longtime co-host of the morning news program, plans to return to the air at some point but “remains focused right now supporting her family and working to help bring Nancy home.”Nancy Guthrie was last seen at her home outside Tucson on Jan. 31 and was reported missin
WA Dept. of Licensing responds to Spanish accent ‘glitch’ shown in viral TikTok
The Washington Department of Licensing recently corrected a technical glitch that caused its automated phone system to answer Spanish-language requests in English with a Spanish accent.The issue was brought to public attention after a Bainbridge Island resident documented the experience in a social media video that went viral.The Department of Licensing attributed the error to a configuration change made during an expansion of its self-service options.Follow this link to read additional stories
Meet Pedro Sánchez, Europe’s most vocal critic of Trump’s attacks on Iran
President Donald Trump, drawing his ire for refusing to allow the American military to stage operations for its attacks on Iran from Spanish military bases.Trump lashed out at the Spanish prime minister on Tuesday, saying he would “ cut off all trade with Spain ” in retaliation for the affront. The spat intensified the next day when Spain’s foreign minister contradicted a claim by the White House press secretary that Spain had heard Trump’s message “loud and clear” and wa
Seattle area braces for nearly two weeks of rain starting Friday
<p>Enjoy the dry afternoon, because rain is abound for the next two weeks throughout the Puget Sound region.</p><p>By Thursday night, there is a 60% chance of rain, according to <a href="https://weather.com/weather/tenday/l/e5df6df1b95181d6ea367f0efdfb0c5deb7119883497c8dde394caa80321b71a" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Weather Channel</a>. Light rain is expected to hit the region early morning Friday, with 11 of the following 13 days having a 55% or higher chance of rain. The only reprieve from rain could happen on Saturday, March 7, and Tuesday, March 10. An uptick of rain is expected to begin this Sunday.</p><p>For Thursday, rain is settling over the region south of Seattle and east of Burien, primarily hitting Renton, Mercer Island, Issaquah, and Maple Valley.</p><p>“Some convergence zone showers now with a few showers during the day,” KIRO 7 meteorologist Nick Allard stated. “We’ll be more dry than wet later today, but light rain does return tomorrow with weekend showers.”</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Happy Thursday! Some convergence zone showers now with a few showers during the day. We’ll be more dry than wet later today, but light rain does return tomorrow with weekend showers. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NickKnows?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">#NickKnows</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/wawx?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">#wawx</a><a href="https://t.co/sUqZ8Qki43">pic.twitter.com/sUqZ8Qki43</a></p><p>— Nick Allard (@NickAllardKIRO7) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickAllardKIRO7/status/2029532590768587197?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">March 5, 2026</a></p></blockquote><p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p><p>Some showers early next week could turn into a mix of rain and snow in the Puget Sound. Additionally, several isolated, weak thunderstorms could occur along the coast now that western Washington has entered “thunderstorm season.”</p><p>Daylight Saving Time begins this Sunday, followed by the region’s induction of Spring, which is a little more than two weeks away. Seattle’s first 7 p.m. sunset of 2026 will be Sunday, March 8.</p><div class="related alignright"><div class="col_label"><h2>RELATED STORIES</h2></div><ul><li><a class="related-link" href="https://mynorthwest.com/pacific-northwest-weather/blood-moon-pnw/4211181"><img decoding="async" width="719" height="404" src="https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Blood-Moon-420x236.jpg" class="sub_art" alt="Blood Moon appears over Pacific Northwest early Tuesday morning" loading="lazy"></a><div class="sub_story"><h3><a class="related-link" href="https://mynorthwest.com/pacific-northwest-weather/blood-moon-pnw/4211181">Blood Moon appears over Pacific Northwest early Tuesday morning</a></h3></div></li><li><a class="related-link" href="https://mynorthwest.com/pacific-northwest-weather/thunderstorm-season-wa/4210048"><img decoding="async" width="719" height="404" src="https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/thunderstorm-season-420x236.jpg" class="sub_art" alt="March kicks off thunderstorm season in western Washington" loading="lazy"></a><div class="sub_story"><h3><a class="related-link" href="https://mynorthwest.com/pacific-northwest-weather/thunderstorm-season-wa/4210048">March kicks off thunderstorm season in western Washington</a></h3></div></li><li><a class="related-link" href="https://mynorthwest.com/pacific-northwest-weather/nisqually-earthquake/4209255"><img decoding="async" width="719" height="404" src="https://mynorthwest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Nisqually-Earthquake-420x236.jpg" class="sub_art" alt="We live in earthquake country. The Nisqually Earthquake proved it 25 years ago." loading="lazy"></a><div class="sub_story"><h3><a class="related-link" href="https://mynorthwest.com/pacific-northwest-weather/nisqually-earthquake/4209255">We live in earthquake country. The Nisqually Earthquake proved it 25 years ago.</a></h3></div></li></ul></div><h2>Winter weather advisory for elevations of 3,500 feet</h2><p>Snow is expected to continue falling in the Cascades on Thursday, especially in areas above 3,500 feet.</p><p>A Winter Weather Advisory was issued for areas in the mountains above 3,500 until 10 a.m. Thursday, as weather experts believe, there will be seven to nine inches of snow.</p><p><a class="twitter-follow-button" href="https://twitter.com/http://twitter.com/Mynorthwest" data-show-count="false" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Follow @http://twitter.com/Mynorthwest</a><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p>
I-405 to close in both directions near SR 522 this weekend, Bothell expecting some gridlock
But that detour won’t be ready when the closure starts on Saturday.WSDOT wants to add a second lane to that northbound off-ramp to handle more cars.“We’re going to be re-striping that ramp so that we can accommodate two lanes of traffic through the detour, which will really help keep that flowing a little bit better and help that detour route perform better,” Penning said.Until that striping is finished, northbound drivers will be diverted to eastbound SR 522 to Woodinvil
Azerbaijan accuses neighbor Iran of a drone attack and vows to retaliate
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Azerbaijan on Thursday accused Iran of a drone attack on its territory that injured four civilians, and it vowed to retaliate in a sign that the war in the Middle East was spreading.Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Iranian drones attacked its exclave of Nakhchivan and damaged an airport building.President Ilham Aliyev accused Iran of carrying out “a groundless act of terror and aggression,” and said his military has been told to prepare and implement
O’Reilly Auto Parts ordered to pay $5.6M over discrimination against pregnant employees in WA
One of the women claimed an assistant manager admitted to the retaliatory action.Several pregnant employees said that after they gave birth, multiple managers coerced them into returning to work before the end of their scheduled maternity leave.As a part of the agreement, for the next four years, O’Reilly Auto Parts must provide the Washington Attorney General’s Office with biannual compliance reports which will include a “description of any pregnancy discrimination complaints made by a Wa
Families turn to states for civil rights support as Trump dismantles the Education Department
In its place, there’s an emerging push for states to step up.In Pennsylvania, a lawmaker is proposing a new state agency that would investigate schools and uphold students’ civil rights — traditionally the role of the federal government. At the same time, advocates there and in other Democrat-led states are pressing existing state agencies to intervene when students face discrimination based on race, disability or sex.The idea carries risk. Pushing the work to states could create a patchwo
Republicans take another crack at Homeland Security funding, citing Iran war
Katie Britt, the Republican chairwoman of a panel that oversees homeland security funding, said she’s been talking to Democrats about a possible pathway forward, but prospects are unclear.She and other Republicans are citing last weekend’s mass shooting in Austin as an example of the dangerous threat environment that’s facing Americans following the attack on Iran.“I think that it is incredibly irresponsible to not fund the agency that is supposed to keep us safe here at home,” Britt
Haitian man dies in US immigration custody with untreated toothache, brother says
(AP) — A Haitian man confined at an Arizona immigration detention center for months died at a hospital Monday after a tooth infection was left untreated, the man’s brother said Wednesday.Emmanuel Damas, 56, told medical personnel at the Florence Correctional Center that he had a toothache in mid-February, but he was not sent to a dentist, said Damas’ brother, Presly Nelson.Nelson believes the staff at the facility did not take his brother’s complaints seriously even though it was a treatable con
‘Pretty egregious conduct’: Attorney says WA DOL knew about massive data breach for 6 years, downplayed severity
Every Washington resident with a driver’s license or ID may have been exposed in a massive data breach that the Department of Licensing (DOL) knew about for six years, according to a local attorney.Joel Ard, an attorney with Ard Law Group, is representing William Black, who filed a lawsuit against the DOL claiming the agency knowingly allowed a major security flaw in its License Express system, potentially exposing the personal information of every resident with a Washington license or sta
Utah Republican Burgess Owens announces retirement from Congress after redistricting shakeup
Owens said he will work to advance opportunity, advocate for children and strengthen families from outside of elected office.They are among 53 current representatives — 21 Democrats and 32 Republicans — who have announced they will retire from the House after this year.With primaries just getting underway in the first few states, it remains to be seen whether there will be any Black members of the House Republican conference next year. The last time Congress did not include a single Black Republ
Honduras weighs shift in China-Taiwan ties as Trump pushes for US dominance in Latin America
WASHINGTON (AP) — Three years after Honduras parted ways with Taiwan and forged diplomatic ties with China in hope of economic gain, shrimp farmers in the Central American country are in revolt.Their sales to Taiwan fell to a mere $16 million in 2025, down from more than $100 million in 2022, and the Chinese didn’t fill the void as hoped.“We were deceived,” said Javier Amador, executive director of the National Aquaculture Association of Honduras, as he described the promises from former Preside
‘Companies have options’: Seattle business community reacts to Starbucks’ Tennessee expansion
And that’s not what’s been happening.”Scholes declined to speculate on whether Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson’s past public opposition to Starbucks played a role in the decision.“I don’t know all the ins and outs of [Starbucks’] decision, but I do know that it’s important for employers and business leaders to feel wanted and to feel like they’ve got partners at City Hall,” Scholes said.He commended the mayor for recent comments at the State of the City
Seattle mayor pushes legislation to fast-track 1,000 shelter units
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson held a news conference Wednesday, along with community leaders, neighbors, and service providers, to announce a major step forward in her effort to rapidly expand homeless shelters across the city of Seattle.Her legislation pushes for the opening of 1,000 new shelter units and emergency housing with wrap-around services.“This package of legislation will provide us with the tools we need to make good on my commitment to open 1,000 units of shelter and emergency ho
Trump’s White House ballroom is too big, architect says, as 2nd panel prepares to vote on it
District Judge Richard Leon rejected the request last week, and the Trust has said it plans to file an amended lawsuit.Parker’s architectural analysis was based on renderings and other information the White House submitted to the fine arts commission last month.The ballroom itself takes up about 22,000 square feet (2,043 square meters) of the total space, and Parker said that is far larger than needed for the 1,000 guests Trump has said it would accommodate. The industry standard for a bal
Deputies: 75-year-old Lynnwood man critically injures elderly roommate during fight
When they arrived, they did CPR on the man and took him to the hospital.First responders asked law enforcement to come to the home due to the victim’s injuries and “evidence observed at the scene.”Follow this link to read additional stories from KIRO 7Responding deputies learned that the victim and the 75-year-old suspect were roommates who had been arguing recently.During their fight on Monday morning, the 75-year-old suspect allegedly assaulted the victim, resulting in critical injuries.The 75