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Report: Bus involved in fatal crash had no mechanical problems (Video)

By Russ Bowen Published: Jun 13, 2013 at 6:01 PM PDT Last Updated: Jun 14, 2013 at 6:57 AM PDT

A Sound Transit bus driver who caused a fatal accident in May blamed the crash on faulty brakes, but a recently-completed Washington State Patrol investigation found nothing wrong with the bus.

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Records show brakes concern two weeks before fatal bus crash (Video)

By Russ Bowen and KOMO staff Published: May 9, 2013 at 5:38 PM PDT Last Updated: May 10, 2013 at 7:05 AM PDT

A check by First Transit - which employs the bus driver - noted concern about the bus pulling to the right when the brakes were applied.

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Sufferers seek relief from debilitating pain of 'suicide disease' (Video)

By Molly Shen Published: May 9, 2013 at 11:06 PM PDT Last Updated: May 10, 2013 at 10:29 AM PDT

There is a pain so intense, so excruciating, that people who suffer from it are known to take their own lives.

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Teacher put on leave, accused of taping student to chair (Video)

By Matt Markovich Published: May 31, 2013 at 5:26 PM PDT Last Updated: Jun 3, 2013 at 9:27 AM PDT

The Lake Washington School District has placed a teacher on leave for allegedly taping a student to a chair, but the boy's classmates say there's another side to the story.

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Woman jumps from car on I-405 in path of oncoming semi

By KOMO Staff Published: May 9, 2013 at 10:33 AM PDT Last Updated: May 9, 2013 at 12:16 PM PDT

A woman somehow avoided serious injuries when she jumped out of a moving car on Interstate 405 and landed on the pavement in the path of an oncoming semi truck, the Washington State Patrol reports.

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Crash victims' daughter: 'I'm thankful one isn't left behind' (Photo Gallery) (Video)

By Lindsay Cohen & KOMO Staff Published: May 7, 2013 at 5:21 PM PDT Last Updated: May 8, 2013 at 6:58 AM PDT

The daughter of a couple who were killed when a Sound Transit bus slammed into their SUV Monday night says she takes solace in the fact that her parents were together in their final moments.

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Partying boaters, Kirkland residents try to coexist on Lake Wash. (Video)

By Mark Miller Published: May 5, 2013 at 7:36 PM PDT Last Updated: May 5, 2013 at 8:10 PM PDT

King County marine officers are patrolling for the kind of behavior that's been driving some Kirkland residents nuts.

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'Runaway' Sound Transit bus kills 2 in I-405 crash in Kirkland (Photo Gallery) (Video)

By DOUG ESSER, Associated Press Published: May 6, 2013 at 10:29 PM PDT Last Updated: May 7, 2013 at 3:55 PM PDT

The driver of a Sound Transit bus says the brakes failed and he was unable to avoid hitting a car Monday night on an Interstate 405 transit ramp, killing two people.

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Witness says bus 'plowed right into the car and he kept going' (Photo Gallery) (Video)

By Tracy Vedder Published: May 8, 2013 at 7:29 PM PDT Last Updated: May 8, 2013 at 11:27 PM PDT

Police say their investigation into a deadly Monday night Sound Transit bus crash in Kirkland could take six months to complete, and recently released 911 calls shed light on just how terrifying the crash was.

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Kirkland beach remains closed after sewage spill

By KOMO staff Published: May 5, 2013 at 1:43 PM PDT Last Updated: May 5, 2013 at 8:12 PM PDT

The beach at Marina Park will remain closed, possibly through Monday, officials said.

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Kirkland woman charged with stalking Clay Aiken

By Associated Press Published: Apr 11, 2013 at 10:44 AM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 1:03 PM PDT

A woman from Washington state has been charged with stalking singer Clay Aiken at his home in North Carolina

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Sewage leak forces closure of popular Kirkland park (Video)

By Jon Humbert Published: May 2, 2013 at 11:09 PM PDT

As the best weather of the year moves in, there's something nasty in the water at a popular Kirkland park.

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Senate panel weighs college aid for illegal immigrants

By JONATHAN KAMINSKY Associated Press Published: Mar 28, 2013 at 7:22 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 1:44 PM PDT

A Washington state Senate committee heard testimony Thursday on a bill to open up need-based student financial aid to illegal immigrants.

Communities Kirkland leaders approve ordinance protecting low-income renters

By Kiersten Throndsen Published: Mar 20, 2013 at 3:49 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 1:03 PM PDT

Kirkland landlords will no longer be able to deny tenants based on their use of a Section 8 Housing Voucher after the City Council recently approved a new ordinance prohibiting such practices.

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By Kiersten Throndsen Published: Mar 15, 2013 at 2:26 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 1:03 PM PDT

In an effort to protect against discrimination, Kirkland city officials are considering an ordinance that would prohibit landlords from refusing to rent to a tenant who receives help paying for housing in the private market.