Jake Whittenberg

With Fall rains, remember to prepare your evacuation plan if you live in a flood prone area. The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for Snohomish County as the Stillaguamish River rises to near flood stage. Minor flooding is expected in the Stillaguamish late Wednesday afternoon or Thursday morning. A flood watch means [...]

All the talk right now is over that final call in the Seahawks Packers game Monday Night. From my angle in section 330 I didn’t have a good view, but the pics and video is clear. My call… TOUCHDOWN! I will say… Golden Tate got a free pass on the offensive interference before the catch. [...]

Summer is officially over kids. That means school is back in session. In Seattle, with 49,780 kids, there will be some changes to school start times and bus schedules to save money on transportation costs. At a few schools, class begins at 750am. That is drawing the ire of many parents who simply say that [...]

After two full weeks since the Taylor Bridge Fire erupted, crews are downsizing operations as the fire nears full containment. Final tally; there have been 61 houses or cabins confirmed destroyed, 7 houses or cabins w partial damage, & 35 additional properties w other structure loss according to the Kittitas County Emergency Management center. No [...]

Sometimes we meet people whose story MUST be told. I first head about Teresa ‘Flying Eagle’ Baird while wating in line at a Subway in Grante Falls. A woman who knows Teresa said I had to hear about her center. This story is what photojournalist Matt Mrozinski and I put together. I hope you enjoy [...]

Last summer (when i hadn’t quite tanned yet) me and the family decided to carry on the tradition of taking on the dome. Amazing how 9 feet of surgical tubing and a wash cloth can absorb an entire summer day. Enjoy our experience… and its summer, get outside while you can! Take it on the [...]

A Mount Rainier Ranger was killed Thursday after attempting to rescue stranded climbers on the Northeast face. Nick Hall, 34, died on the mountain and his body has not yet been recovered. The four climbers from Waco, TX made a successful summit at 14,100 feet, but something went wrong on the decent. Two of the [...]

We often forget that there are men, women, fathers, mothers, husbands, wives, children, brothers and sisters stationed ten thousand miles away in the middle east fighting for our freedom. Sometimes we need a reminder that war is real, and we should never forget our service members past, present and future. Below, I’ve included a links [...]

I had a few minutes to talk with the father of Justin Ferrari. Ferrari was killed when a stray bullet shot through his van at an intersection in the Central District. The father was obviously destroyed by the loss of his son, compounded by the fact that he was in the van too. Here is [...]

William Hickman, 13, sat down with us to tell his survival story. He and his dad were walking along the Wallace River when he decided to wade, and got swept away. I’ll let him explain what happened next. Boy Rescued