Colleen O'Brien

May 10, 2024 | mynorthwest.com | Colleen O'Brien |Feliks Banel |Spike O'Neill

A view of Mount Rainier is photographed from an Alaska Airlines flight flying at 25,000 feet on September 21, 2021 makes us think about how climate change could affect us and our planet. (Photo: George Rose, Getty Images) (Photo: George Rose, Getty Images) Share For years, local tribes have been working to rename Mount Rainier to its original name and KIRO Newsradio historian Feliks Banel thinks it’s going to happen “in our lifetime.”“I think Mount Rainier, the name will change.

May 4, 2024 | mynorthwest.com | Colleen O'Brien |Feliks Banel |Spike O'Neill

The U.S Supreme Court is photographed on Friday, Jan. 5, 2024, in Washington. The Supreme Court is allowing Idaho to enforce its strict abortion ban, even in medical emergencies, while a legal fight continues. The justices on Jan. 5, said they would hear arguments in the case in April and put on hold a lower court ruling that had blocked the Idaho law in hospital emergencies, based on a lawsuit filed by the Biden administration.

Feb 16, 2024 | mynorthwest.com | Colleen O'Brien |Colleen O’Brien

Inspectors of veterinary services and fraud inspect seafood products. (Photo: Martin Bureau/Getty Images) (Photo: Martin Bureau/Getty Images) Share Seattle's Morning News, 5am - 9am on KIRO Newsradio Seafood fraud — the mislabeling of seafood in order to boost profits — has become rampant nationally, with anywhere between 16 to 75 percent of seafood sold in the country being mislabeled, according to the Center for Agriculture and Food Systems at Vermont Law School.

Feb 4, 2024 | mynorthwest.com | Colleen O'Brien |Ursula Reutin

This undated, colorized electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health in early 2020 shows the Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, indicated in yellow, emerging from the surface of cells, indicated in blue/pink, cultured in a laboratory.

Feb 3, 2024 | mynorthwest.com | Colleen O'Brien |Ursula Reutin

Empty food plates are seen in London. (Photo: Oli Scarff, Getty Images) (Photo: Oli Scarff, Getty Images) Share Seattle's Morning News, 5am - 9am on KIRO Newsradio In an effort to keep your health-related New Year resolutions in focus, we’ve been interviewing experts on health topics throughout the month of January. So far this month, we’ve learned that reducing your salt intake by one teaspoon a day can have the same health-effects as taking a daily high blood pressure medication.