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Savannah Welch

Seattle

Reporter and Fill-In Forecaster at KING-TV (Seattle, WA)

morning reporter @king5seattle | @msstate meteorology grad student 🌦️ | @uscannenberg + @pepperdine alum | etsy artist 🪴 | story idea? 📩 [email protected]

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  • 3 weeks ago | king5.com | Savannah Welch

    REDMOND, Wash — Cheers, confetti and community excitement marked a major milestone for transit riders as Sound Transit officially opened the Downtown Redmond Link Extension on Saturday. The long-anticipated project adds more than three miles to the 2 Line, linking two new stations, Downtown Redmond and Marymoor Village, with Bellevue. The $1.53 billion project is part of Sound Transit’s broader East Link Extension, which aims to improve regional connectivity and reduce reliance on car travel.

  • 1 month ago | king5.com | Savannah Welch

    MONROE, Wash. — As the number of electric vehicles (EVs) on the roads continues to rise, so do the challenges for local fire departments. Washington firefighters are responding to an increasing number of electric vehicle fires, which release hazardous toxins and are more difficult to extinguish than traditional car fires. Now, local fire districts are utilizing fire suppression blankets to manage the risk and protect both their crews and the environment.

  • 2 months ago | savingseafood.org | Savannah Welch

    March 24, 2025 — Researchers are waging a quiet battle in the Pacific Northwest to protect one of the region’s most iconic species — the Dungeness crab. Using light traps, scientists at the MaST Center Aquarium in Des Moines are gathering data that could help safeguard the future of Washington’s most valuable wild-caught fishery. The study aims to fill in gaps in the biological data on Dungeness crabs.

  • 2 months ago | abc10.com | Savannah Welch

    SEATTLE — Researchers are waging a quiet battle in the Pacific Northwest to protect one of the region’s most iconic species — the Dungeness crab. Using light traps, scientists at the MaST Center Aquarium in Des Moines are gathering data that could help safeguard the future of Washington's most valuable wild-caught fishery. The study aims to fill in gaps in the biological data on Dungeness crabs.

  • Sep 26, 2024 | king5.com | Savannah Welch

    TACOMA, Wash. — In just over three weeks, voters will open their mailboxes to find their ballots ready to be filled out. And with two assassination attempts against former president Donald Trump pushing political violence to the forefront, election officials say they aren't taking any chances. “We are trying to turn the temperature back down," said Pierce County auditor Linda Farmer.

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Savannah Welch
Savannah Welch @svnnh_wlch
10 May 25

HAPPENING NOW🚊: The new Downtown Redmond Link Extension is now open! It adds more than three miles to @SoundTransit’s 2 Line with two new light rail stations at Downtown Redmond and Marymoor Village: https://t.co/58EGCejJ5l

Savannah Welch
Savannah Welch @svnnh_wlch
8 May 25

RT @NBCNews: BREAKING: Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of the United States is elected as pope, the first American pontiff in history. His…

Savannah Welch
Savannah Welch @svnnh_wlch
24 Apr 25

LASER STRIKES✈️‼️: The @FBI is investigating hundreds of laser strikes on airplanes in Washington. @FAANews says there have been more than 430 reports of people pointing lasers at planes in Washington since last March. In #Seattle, cases have risen in the last 3 years, with 270 https://t.co/mQTN6vPTnO