Dyer Oxley

Dyer Oxley joined the MyNorthwest.com team in April 2015. He graduated from Portland State University and has worked as a reporter in the Puget Sound region since 2011.

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Family of murdered Renton mother releases statement

Dyer Oxley | April 13, 2016 11:00 am

The family of the Ingrid Lyne, the 40-year-old Renton mother of three who was found murdered last week, has released a statement.

The placement of transmission lines are threatened by climate change, which can alter river and shoreline erosion. (Ian Muttoo, Flickr)

How climate change threatens the future of Seattle’s power supply

Dyer Oxley | April 13, 2016 10:42 am

Seattle’s power utility is already planning ahead to face the potential effects climate change will have on its ratepayers. In fact, Seattle City Light has…

This trash was cleaned up at a San Francisco tent city. (AP)

Railroad workers stop Ballard trains to sweep, clean homeless encampments

Dyer Oxley | April 12, 2016 11:25 am

Ballard freight trains were brought to a halt Monday morning as crews launched an effort to clean up and sweep homeless encampments along the rail…

WSDOT, SDOT, and King County Metro each has plans for when Seattle's Alaskan Way Viaduct is closed down for two weeks. (AP)

What to expect when Seattle closes its viaduct for 2 weeks

Dyer Oxley | April 11, 2016 12:21 pm

WSDOT, SDOT, and King County Metro each have plans for when Seattle's Alaskan Way Viaduct is closed down for two weeks.

The RV safe lot in Ballard cost the city $35,059 per month to operate. The high cost has the city halting plans for another lot. (Don O'Neill/KIRO Radio)

Expenses shock Seattle government into rethinking RV safe lots

Dyer Oxley | March 31, 2016 10:43 am

Seattle is paying $35,000 to run an RV safe lot in Ballard, with water, electricity, staffing and much more. This is why it costs so…

The setting sun strikes the terminal and its blown out windows at Zaventem airport, one of the sites of two deadly attacks in Brussels, Belgium, Tuesday, March 22, 2016. Authorities in Europe have tightened security at airports, on subways, at the borders and on city streets after the attacks Tuesday on the Brussels airport and its subway system. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Travel expert: Don’t be concerned with changes at Sea-Tac after attack on Brussels

Dyer Oxley | March 23, 2016 12:53 pm

Travel is affected in the wake of attacks, such as the tragedies in Brussels. This is what travelers need to know.

Emergency crews are working to get a man out of a tall tree in downtown Seattle. (KIRO 7)

Police close Seattle streets after man climbs tree, throws apples

Dyer Oxley | March 22, 2016 5:33 pm

Emergency crews are working to get a man out of a tall tree in downtown Seattle.

Death of Mountlake Terrace woman now investigated as a homicide

Mountlake Terrace woman drowned, had plastic bag over her head

Dyer Oxley | March 21, 2016 6:08 pm

More than a month after her body was discovered near her abandoned car, authorities have determined Cheryl DeBoer, of Mountlake Terrace, drowned with a plastic…

The Seattle City Council voted Monday to purchase the Pronto! bike share system in town, less than a month before it becomes insolvent. (AP)

Seattle City Council approves Pronto bike-share system bailout

Dyer Oxley | March 15, 2016 7:34 am

The City of Seattle expanded its transportation reach Monday with a buyout of the local bike-share system. In a 7-2 vote, the Seattle City Council…

Motorcycles could soon bypass stalled Washington traffic if a new bill passes in Olympia. (AP)

Motorcyclists could get a break on Seattle-area highways

Dyer Oxley | February 9, 2016 5:50 pm

Lawmakers in Olympia are considering a bill that would allow motorcycles to weave through stalled Washington traffic.

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