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Alaska Airlines places largest fleet order in history with 110 Boeing planes
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (313+ words) Jan 7, 2026, 7:22 AM The airline has ordered 105 737-10 MAX planes and five 787 widebodies. In its purchase agreement, Alaska Airlines also included an option for 35 additional MAX planes on the same timeline over the next 10 years. Alaska Airlines, headquartered in Seattle, has been…...
A 6.0-magnitude earthquake rocks the Anchorage area of Alaska, largest since 2021
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (239+ words) The quake struck at about 8:11 a.m. local time at a depth of 69 kilometers (43 miles), according to the USGS. Its epicenter was located 12 kilometers (7 miles) west-northwest of Susitna, Alaska, an area located about 67 miles (108 kilometers) northwest of the city. There were no…...
Tacoma considering expanding camping ban to parks, playgrounds, libraries
3+ mon, 4+ hour ago (423+ words) Oct 8, 2025, 10:21 AM Tacoma's current ban, which prohibits camping near schools, shelters, and daycares, was passed in 2022 after Councilmember John Hines drafted the measure in response to a sharp increase in public health and safety concerns reported by community members regarding…...
VIDEO: Seattle Kraken mascot Buoy has close call with bear
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (201+ words) Aug 1, 2025, 2:01 PM Seattle Kraken mascot Buoy had a close call with a brown bear during a fly-fishing trip in Alaska's Katmai National Park. The bear charged toward Buoy and others on the June 25 outing, part of an annual community partnership…...
Cal Anderson Park encampment grows, city calls it 'resolved"
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (754+ words) Talk Show Host and Columnist at AM 770 KTTH Swaths of homeless people have overrun Cal Anderson Park, with tents now lining the popular green space in Seattle's Capitol Hill. But don't tell that to the city of Seattle " a department…...
Ordinance filed to ban public camping in Seattle
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (643+ words) BY JASON RANTZ SHOW AM 770 KTTH Host Seattle City Council candidate Rachael Savage is calling for a public camping ban in Seattle. Savage, vying for the District 8 seat, filed a Seattle-specific version of the Compassionate Public Safety Act " a proposed…...
Officials find the body of a woman who got off a cruise ship in Alaska to hike and didn't return
6+ mon, 4+ day ago (269+ words) Jul 4, 2025, 5:58 AM The Alaska Department of Public Safety said the body of 62-year-old Marites Buenafe of Kentucky was found by an Alaska Army National Guard helicopter crew late Thursday below the ridge line of Gold Ridge. Troopers and Juneau Mountain…...
Lake City businesses suffer due to long-term Tent City
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (784+ words) BY JOHN CURLEY SHOW Weekdays on KIRO Newsradio 3pm - 7pm A Lake City business owner claims the neighborhood has struggled since hosting a local homeless population, with the spillover in crime largely affecting the city's businesses. Linda Pruitt joined "The John Curley…...
Airman charged with posing as teen on Roblox to coerce 9-year-old into sharing explicit images
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (339+ words) NEW YORK (AP) " A U.S. airman has been charged with coercing a 9-year-old girl to share sexually explicit images of herself, after he posed as a 13-year-old David Ibarra, 31, was arraigned Wednesday in a New York federal court after being arrested…...
A volcano near Alaska's largest city could erupt in the coming weeks or months, scientists say
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (619+ words) FILE - This image provided by Alaska Volcano Observatory shows the summit of Mount Spurr on Oct. 24, 2024, in Alaska. (Wyatt Mayo/Alaska Volcano Observatory, U.S. Geological Survey via AP, File)Credit: ASSOCIATED PRESS (Wyatt Mayo/Alaska Volcano Observatory, U.S. Geological Survey via AP,…...