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Tips and ideas for Thanksgiving dinner
Thanksgiving is now just six days away. Haven't planned your menu yet? No problem. Good Housekeeping has come up with some great recipes you might want to try. More
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Family no longer divided by disabilities
Tragedy left a family here divided in their own home. Upstairs lived a paralyzed son who was unable to go downstairs to see his paraplegic mother. But now thanks to generous KOMO viewers, the family now has an elevator to get together. More
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Couple pleads guilty in animal cruelty case
Jason and Serenna Larsen pleaded guilty to six felony counts of first-degree animal cruelty in court on Friday. If convicted, each can be sentenced to up to 12 months in prison. More
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Falling window washer's boss: 'The systems worked'
The employer of a window washer who survived an eight-story plunge from a downtown building says he's thankful the safety systems worked, saving the worker's life. "It couldn't have been any closer," says Kevin Hansen, who owns Morris-Hansen Enterprises. More
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Amanda Knox's family already has her ticket home
Amanda Knox's parents are so confident she'll be acquitted that they've already made plans to get her out of the country as soon as a verdict is handed down. More
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Boeing breaks ground for South Carolina plant
Work has officially started on building Boeing's $750 million aircraft assembly plant in South Carolina - the largest industrial investment in state history. More
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Prosecutors: Knox staged break-in after murder
Amanda Knox and her boyfriend staged a burglary in the apartment where they had just killed a British student in an attempt to sidetrack the investigation, prosecutors said Friday. More
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'How can we allow this to go on?'
The most vulnerable children in our state - children who are supposed to be protected by the state - are dying at an alarming rate. KOMO News has found both startling and heartbreaking details in hundreds of documents from the state Child Protective Services. More
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Reward offered in White Center hit-and-run crash
Jeff Kearney was hit while walking across a crosswalk Tuesday night. The vehicle hit Kearney so hard that its side mirror sheered off. But police say the driver slowed for just a moment before speeding off.
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'Tis the season for gift cards: Make sure you know your rights
Despite a 5-year-old state law prohibiting enforced expiration dates on most gift certificates and gift cards, some retail employees may not have gotten the message. More
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Thieves swipe would-be Thanksgiving meals from food bank
Thieves snipped a storage container lock at the Rainier Valley food bank and loaded their truck with 30 crates of food. "It's just heartbreaking," said food bank director Sam Osbourne. More
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S.C. senator: We 'threw everything at Boeing'
In South Carolina, Boeing is on the fast track. The company will officially break ground at the site of its next 787 Dreamliner assembly plant on Friday, but the break-neck pace is already underway. More
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Oregon cat first in U.S. to die from swine flu
One week, Rhonda Rebmann's niece had the flu. The next, her 10-year-old tabby cat started showing respiratory symptoms. Buddy Lou died four days after she brought the cat to the family's veterinarian, the first feline H1N1 death in the United States.
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No jail time for ex-judge who patronized prostitute
Former Pierce County Superior Court Judge Michael Hecht escaped a jail term as he was sentenced Thursday for his conviction last month on charges of patronizing a prostitute and harassment. More
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Man survives 8-story fall in downtown Seattle
A window washer plunged eight stories down the side of a building Thursday in downtown Seattle, but was stopped by a safety rope just inches before hitting the ground, officials and witnesses said. More
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Swedish warns it might stop accepting Regence
Seattle's Swedish Medical Center says it might stop accepting Regence BlueShield — the region's biggest health insurer — as a provider because its reimbursement rates are too low. More
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Drivers save woman who tried to jump from Narrows Bridge
State troopers say the passers by stopped when they saw her on the edge of the bridge and kept her from falling until firefighters arrived. More
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Another $760 million goes 'poof' from state checkbook
The newest revenue forecast pushes the state's budget deficit past $2 billion through mid-2011.
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Schram: 'Low-life' band glorifies alleged cop killer
A local, group of hardcore musicians are promoting themselves with a T-shirt that celebrates Christopher Monfort, the guy charged with killing Seattle Police Officer Tim Brenton. I'm not going to show you the shirt. It's disgusting. More
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Easy ways to donate to charity without spending a dime
'Tis the season to give and give back. It's never too early to teach your children the importance of giving to those less fortunate. More
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Region smacked again; stormy streak continues today
Winds gusted over 50 mph for several hours on the San Juan Islands and other northern locations Wednesday night, leaving many in the dark. But don't look now -- here comes Storm No. 4.
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New state law requires sprinklers at dance clubs, music vanues
Under the new state law, fire sprinklers must be installed at dance or music venues larger than 350 square feet by Dec. 1. More
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'My heart just expands about a million miles'
The second annual Problem Solvers Food Drive held in memory of Brenden Foster was a huge success, thanks to the generous hearts of KOMO News viewers and readers. More
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Seattle City Council to decide on Children's Hospital expansion
Children's Hospital says if it doesn't get the OK to expand, it will have to turn away sick kids. Children's and its neighbors are battling over the expansion plan, and now the Seattle City Council will be judge and jury. More
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911 caller: 'She looks like she got hit by a car'
"There's a lady laying in the middle of the street," said the caller to the 911 operator. The caller had just found WSU graduate Kristen Grindley lying in the middle of a rural Whitman Co. road, bloodied and unconscious. More
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Schrammie: Wulff 'Couged it'
We often hear how it's about teaching character and sportsmanship. If that's the case, the football coach at Washington State University has fumbled the lesson for a player accused of assault. More
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Navy approves plan to use dolphins at Bangor
The Navy's proposal to have Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor's waterfront guarded by dolphins and sea lions has been given the green light. The plan will go into effect in 2010. More
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DOT chooses plan for new 520 bridge
The design, which they called "Option A," calls for three lanes of traffic in each direction, a lid at the I-5 interchange and at 10th and Delmar, and McMurdy Park, as well as a 7-lane Portage Bay Bridge. More
