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Yahoo
11-04-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Mostly sunny Friday with cooler temps and some isolated showers
A few isolated showers remain over our region Friday and through Saturday. Cooler temperatures are also settling across the region. This morning, most lowland areas are seeing temperatures in the mid 40s with highs expected to only reach the low to mid 50s. We could see light snow accumulations in the Cascades of one to two inches in the passes on Saturday, with a few more inches possible over the peaks of the Cascades. Little to no snow is expected in the Olympics. Morning lows in the lowlands Saturday will dip to the lower 40s, and possibly in the upper 30s in some communities. A frost advisory will begin late Saturday night and go until 8 a.m. on Sunday for foothills and valleys of Thurston and Lewis counties, the lowlands of Lewis and southern Thurston counties, as well as the Middle Chehalis River Valley, Willapa and Black Hills. We could see our coldest temperatures Sunday morning before we start heating back up. Temperatures begin to increase back into the 60s by Monday. Next week is shaping up to be a dry one. We have a possible return to showers by the end of next week. --Madeline Ottilie
Yahoo
08-04-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Wet Tuesday with showers, mountain snow
It's another wet morning in Western Washington. Rain and mountain snow continue early Tuesday morning and temperatures will stay cool. We'll see scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms. A Winter Storm Warning is in effect until 5 p.m. this afternoon for Cascades of Pierce and Lewis Counties and Cascades of Whatcom and Skagit Counties. Another four to eight inches of new snow is expected today at Mount Rainier and Mount Baker. A Flood Watch from 2 p.m. this afternoon through Wednesday morning for Foothills of the Western and Southern Olympic Peninsula, Middle Chehalis River Valley, Olympia and Southern Puget Sound, Olympics, Southern Hood Canal, Willapa and Black Hills. We dry out Wednesday and temperatures across the region will warm to the upper 50s and lower 60s. We may see a chance of showers in the afternoon near the Canadian border. Rain is set to return late Thursday afternoon and evening. This weekend, temperatures will cool with morning lows in the 30s starting Saturday morning. We may see a few cool, showery days over the weekend. Drier weather returns later Sunday and into early next week. -Madeline Ottilie
Yahoo
11-03-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
TONIGHT AT 5:30: How Native American myths helped scientists track earthquakes
Earthquakes are part of Washington's past, present, and future, and we have local Native American tribes to thank for documenting some of our earliest ones. Local tribes have helped inform today's scientists about earthquakes that occurred more than a thousand years ago. 'It's explained in myths,' said Duwamish Tribal Councilman Ken Workman. 'Things happen. Then, stories are made about the things that happen.' One of the most significant was an earthquake on the Seattle Fault that took place around AD 900–950. According to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, the earthquake caused parts of Bainbridge Island to lift 35 feet and even triggered a tsunami in Puget Sound. Tonight at 5:30 p.m. KIRO 7 News' Madeline Ottilie will explain how these myths have helped modern scientists to track earthquakes.
Yahoo
10-03-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
TONIGHT AT 5:30: How Native American myths helped scientists track earthquakes
Earthquakes are part of Washington's past, present, and future, and we have local Native American tribes to thank for documenting some of our earliest ones. Local tribes have helped inform today's scientists about earthquakes that occurred more than a thousand years ago. 'It's explained in myths,' said Duwamish Tribal Councilman Ken Workman. 'Things happen. Then, stories are made about the things that happen.' One of the most significant was an earthquake on the Seattle Fault that took place around AD 900–950. According to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, the earthquake caused parts of Bainbridge Island to lift 35 feet and even triggered a tsunami in Puget Sound. Tonight at 5:30 p.m. KIRO 7 News' Madeline Ottilie will explain how these myths have helped modern scientists to track earthquakes.
Yahoo
13-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
WA bill would create rules for grocery store self-checkout
Do you use the self-checkout at the grocery store? A new bill in Washington could change your shopping habits. House Bill 1739 by Representative Mary Fosse (D-Everett) would create rules for when customers could use the automated checkout systems. If passed: · At least one manual checkout station would need to be operating at any time a self-service checkout is open · Self-service checkouts would be for customers with 15 items or less · Signage would be required near the self-service checkout indicating this limit · Employees monitoring self-service checkout would be relieved of all other duties and required to monitor no more than two self-service checkout stations simultaneously The regulations would apply to grocery stores over 15,000 thousand square feet in size, but not to any bulk goods stores with memberships such as Costco. The Department of Labor and Industries would be responsible for investigating and enforcing violations and employee complaints. An employer that operates a self-service checkout without meeting these conditions is subject to a civil penalty of $100 per day not to exceed an aggregate penalty of $10,000. The Attorney General's Office may also institute an action for violation of these conditions, including for injunctive relief. The proposed regulations have yet to be scheduled for a vote out of committee. KIRO 7′s Madeline Ottilie is looking closer at this bill and will have a full report in the 5 p.m. newscast.
