Snohomish

Communities 2 injured as motorcycle crashes into car on Hwy. 9

By KOMO Staff Published: May 8, 2013 at 7:04 AM PDT Last Updated: May 8, 2013 at 7:59 AM PDT

Two people on a motorcycle were injured late Tuesday when they veered into the path of oncoming traffic on Highway 9 and slammed into a car, the Washington State Patrol reported.

Communities Bill seeks exemption to non-discrimination law (Video)

By RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press Published: Apr 25, 2013 at 7:52 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 8:37 PM PDT

Several Republican lawmakers filed a bill Thursday seeking an exemption to the state's anti-discrimination laws just weeks after legal action was taken against a Richland florist who denied service to a gay couple for their upcoming wedding.

Communities As temperatures rise, thieves come out of the woodwork (Video)

By KOMO Staff Published: Apr 19, 2013 at 11:15 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 1:35 PM PDT

Spring weather might finally be around the corner, but not everyone is happy about the warming temperatures.

Communities Missing boy's mom: 'You just wake up and you think it's a dream' (Video)

By Russ Bowen and KOMO Staff Published: Apr 11, 2013 at 11:15 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 1:35 PM PDT

Shelby Wright has been missing for nearly nine years, but his mother is still holding out hope that the mystery of his disappearance will be solved.

Communities 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 Convergence Zone brings spring snow to W. Washington (Photo Gallery) (Video)

By Scott Sistek & KOMO Staff Published: Mar 22, 2013 at 4:54 AM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 1:35 PM PDT

Spring may have officially begun, but winter weather is hanging on in Western Washington.

Communities Sign of spring: Daylight saving time starts Sunday

By Associated Press Published: Mar 9, 2013 at 9:46 AM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 1:38 PM PDT

Ushering in the bloom of spring, it's time to set the clocks forward for daylight saving time.

Communities Burglar ties elderly Snohomish woman to her toilet, steals her car

By KOMO Staff Published: Apr 16, 2013 at 4:47 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 1:35 PM PDT

A burglar tied an elderly Snohomish woman to her toilet Tuesday afternoon after the woman walked in on him burglarizing her house.

Communities Deputies nab man accused of tying Snohomish woman to her toilet

By KOMO Staff Published: Apr 17, 2013 at 5:32 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 1:35 PM PDT

Deputies believe they've nabbed the man who robbed an elderly Snohomish woman and left her tied up on her own toilet Tuesday afternoon.

Communities Got a lead foot? Troopers near Everett have eyes on you

By Kelly Koopmans Published: Mar 5, 2013 at 5:29 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 1:35 PM PDT

A speed campaign in Snohomish County has troopers cracking down and drivers paying up.

Communities Judge orders closure of Snohomish Co.'s first hookah lounge (Video)

By Michael Harthorne Published: Mar 5, 2013 at 12:13 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 1:35 PM PDT

A Snohomish County Superior Court judge ordered the county's first and apparently only hookah lounge to cease operation and its owners to pay an $89,100 fine for violating the state's Smoking in Public Places Law.

Communities Yet another chilly spring on tap for the Northwest?

By Scott Sistek Published: Feb 28, 2013 at 7:40 AM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2013 at 1:44 PM PDT

It seems like a broken record:

Did you hear? It was a chilly spring in 2008.(Coldest start to June on record)

Did you hear? It was a chilly spring in 2010. (2nd-longest wait for first 75 degree day of year)

Did you hear? It was a chilly spring in 2011. (Coldest April on record, 2nd wettest March-April)

Did you hear? It was a chilly spring in 2012. (3rd wettest March on record)

If long range forecasts are to be believed, tune in next year when I add a line for 2013.