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Stories
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The Night A Fire Silenced KOMO's Airwaves
On the night of Thursday, July 2, 2009, the 4th of July weekend was underway.
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Remembering Seattle's Historic NBA Moment 35 Years Ago
The Oklahoma City Thunder are playing the San Antonio Spurs in the NBA conference finals Saturday. They currently trail the spurs two games to three...
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Boeing Dash 80: ‘I Christen Thee The Airplane Of Tomorrow’
On the sunny morning of May 15, 1954, there was a special celebration in Renton. William Allen, president of the Boeing Company, served as master of...
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Mixed Reaction To Lincoln's Death On West Coast
On that Saturday afternoon, April 15, 1865, the news reached Seattle by telegraph. President Abraham Lincoln was shot dead by an assassin at Ford’s...
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Remembering The 'Pioneer Spirit' Of Alaska's 9.2 Earthquake
Fifty years ago, a large earthquake centered near Anchorage, Alaska, set off a fatal chain of destruction that reached through Washington and all the...
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To Reshape Seattle's Waterfront, Planners Look To Past
Historians point to the early months of 1852 as the time that downtown Seattle was founded. One Sunday in late winter of that year, members of the...
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Looking Back: Thanksgiving Flood Sinks Old I-90 Bridge
The Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge that connected Seattle to Mercer Island sank to the bottom of Lake Washington 23 years ago this weekend.
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T'Was The Night Before Thanksgiving When DB Cooper Jumped ...
If you don’t know the story of D.B. Cooper, the short version goes like this: On Nov. 24, 1971, a man referred to as D.B. Cooper hijacked a Boeing 727...
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KOMO Anchor: 'I'm There Trying To Ad Lib That The President' Has Been Shot
Longtime KOMO-TV and radio reporter Bryan Johnson covered many memorable stories during his more than 50 years as a Seattle broadcaster, but no event...
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My, Oh My: Dave Niehaus Uplifted Struggling Baseball Team And City
Dave Niehaus was the “Voice of the Seattle Mariners.” His sudden and unexpected death on Nov. 10, 2010 from a heart attack was more than just a sports...