KOMO - News - Local http://www.komonews.com/news/local RSS Feed for KOMO - News - Local & Regional en-us Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:34:13 GMT Feds: ID thieves stole cards from gym locker rooms http://www.komonews.com/news/local/34822124.html Federal prosecutors say a Renton man was behind a fraud ring that sold iPods and computers bought with credit cards stolen from gym locker rooms in Washington state and Oregon. Online appeal seeks financial help for Amanda Knox's trial http://www.komonews.com/news/local/34817869.html The family of Seattle's Amanda Knox has launched a new fund-raising web site to help defray the enormous expenses of her upcoming murder trial in Italy. The site portrays family-oriented scenes from Amanda's life before her arrest and provides several ways for people to help. State Supreme Court approves Kittitas wind farm http://www.komonews.com/news/local/34817489.html Gregoire approved the Kittitas Valley Wind Power Project last year, as recommended by the state's Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council. Joe's Vault: Seattle reacts to JFK's death http://www.komonews.com/news/local/34811814.html On November 22, 1963, a KOMO crew was at the corner of Third and Pike as newspaper vendor Frank Turco shouted word that President John F. Kennedy had been killed. Passersby stopped to purchase papers and listen a radio playing in the newsstand. Walla Walla VA to get $74 million http://www.komonews.com/news/local/34810084.html The money has long been sought to modernize the facility that serves veterans in Eastern Washington, Northern Idaho and Northeastern Oregon. Third runway opening at Sea-Tac http://www.komonews.com/news/local/34808994.html After 16 years of legal battles, site preparation and construction, the first plane to use the new third runway at Sea-Tac Airport for a passenger flight is set to depart Thursday afternoon. Crews racing Mother Nature to repair 30 levees http://www.komonews.com/news/local/34793354.html Repair crews are scrambling to fix 30 levees heavily damaged during last week's storm before the next big downpour. Pierce County believes the storm left an approximately $4.5 million trail of damage. Aberdeen burn victim in critical condition http://www.komonews.com/news/local/34788154.html The 41-year-old Aberdeen man, Marlon Lee, remains in intensive care at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. In a statement issued through Harborview, Lee's mother, who identified herself simply as "Carol," described her son as "a kind and loving person." State agency considers plight of killer whales http://www.komonews.com/news/local/34784894.html The Puget Sound Partnership is considering ways to help the sound's resident killer whales in its plan to clean up the region. Help grant Brenden Foster's last wish http://www.komonews.com/news/local/34783174.html Brenden Foster is dying from leukemia, but he's already touched more hearts than most. "He's changed so many lives for the better," said Jack Whelpley, a homeless man. Now it's our turn to honor the kind-hearted boy whose dying wish is to feed the homeless.