KOMO-TV in Seattle presently broadcasts 45 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with seven hours each weekday and five hours each on Saturdays and Sundays). In 1968, Bruce King was hired as sports director in 1968 and stayed until he left in 1980 for just one year. In 1977, Steve Pool was hired to do sports for 7 years. In 1980, Kathi Goertzen joined KOMO-TV as a regular reporter, then she came a general assignment reporter in 1981. Also in 1981, Bruce King returned to KOMO-TV in his second stint as sports director. And then in 1982, Kathi Goertzen took over the weekend news anchoring duties, replacing Kerry Brock. In 1984, Goertzen began co-anchoring KOMO-TV's weeknight newscasts with Jim Harriott. Also in 1984, Steve Pool became the principal weather chief meteorologist for KOMO-TV's weather team, in which he became the first African-American weathercaster in Seattle television market. In 1987, Dan Lewis joined the station, and served as news anchor, in which he would remain for the next 37 years. On May 18, 1999, KOMO-TV became the first local television station in the United States to broadcast its daily newscasts in high definition. On July 18, 1999, Bruce King retired from KOMO-TV, which was on the 5 p.m. weeknight newscast. On August 13, 2012, Kathi Goertzen died of pneumonia, she was 54. In May 2014, Dan Lewis retired. On September 27, 2015, KOMO-TV introduced a new studio for its newscasts. On November 18, 2019, after 35 years of doing the weather, Steve Pool finally retired.