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‘Something stinks really bad in Port Townsend,’ columnist claims after mayor’s sexual tweets

What started as a swimming pool locker room clash has now expanded into revelations involving the Olympic Peninsula town’s mayor.
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Dori: How do I break this news to my dog?

After receiving an alert from our pet food supplies that my dog’s monthly order food has been discontinued I am not sure how to break the news to him.
2 years ago
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Dori: Dad calls summer swim league’s gender changes `child abuse,’ moves family out of WA state

Changes coming to the Greater Seattle Summer Swim League for 2,000 kids between Woodway and Federal Way have “destroyed” the seasonal outdoor program.
2 years ago
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Dori: In a tight race, Congressional candidate Kent’s own ballot almost didn’t count

The incumbent led by 257 votes last Friday, but dropped behind Kent by 960 votes on Monday when new ballots were tallied.
2 years ago
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Dori says farewell to Olivia Newton-John, dead at 73 after battle with cancer: ‘She was a fighter’

Olivia Newton-John, a chart-topping pop icon of the 1970s and 1980s co-star of Grease, passed away Monday.
2 years ago
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Dori: Port Townsend Woman, 80, banned from pool after dispute with biological male in women’s shower

“I saw a man in a woman’s bathing suit watching maybe four or five little girls pulling down their suits in order to use the toilet,” Jaman recalled.
2 years ago
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Dori: Tim Eyman’s ‘ultimate revenge’ against WA AG ‘is my continued political activism’

Tim Eyman has been forced to sell his Mukilteo home as financial restitution for more than $5.6 million in penalties and legal fees.
2 years ago
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Dori: Man arrested for murder used sword, his mom calls WA State’s mental health system ‘a total mess’

“It’s like watching them die,” Bonnie Smith told Dori Monson Show listeners Tuesday. “The son I knew no longer hardly exists in that body.”
2 years ago
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James Webb telescope sets course for new era of astronomy studies

The image, named "Webb's First Deep Field," is the first full-color image from the $10 billion observatory that launched into space last year.
2 years ago
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Dori: Homeland Special Agent leads local fentanyl drug bust, looks for long-term solutions

In the past week, Hammer's team discovered and shut down a fentanyl lab that was manufacturing pills in Whatcom County.
2 years ago
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Dori: Killer could soon go free despite ‘3 Strikes’ sentence; prosecutor blames state Democratic lawmakers

The attorney who prosecuted Russell, Jr. says “he’s livid” that state lawmakers have enacted a law that could free Russell – again – in four years.
2 years ago
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Dori: New WA state law allows release of killer dubbed ‘poster boy’ for habitual crime

When Roy Wayne Russell Jr. was convicted for the 2005 suffocation murder of a 14-year-old girl in Vancouver, Wash., the judge there called him “the poster boy for the Three-Strike Act.”
2 years ago
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Dori: Superintendent Reykdal talks mask and vaccine mandates, dropping current state tests, and whether schools are teaching white supremacy

Don’t expect mask or COVID vaccine mandates for students this fall – unless a local health authority requires one, Reykdal told Dori’s listeners.
2 years ago
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Dori: Sheriff says releasing drug suspects carrying fentanyl to Washington should ‘shock’ parents

Two men arrested while en route to Washington state from Mexico with a “huge” stash of fentanyl pills were released without bail by a Tulare County judge in California and are now missing – and the sheriff there is furious.
2 years ago
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Father of 16-year-old killed at CHOP sues Seattle: ‘There needs to be accountability’

The family of a 16-year-old -- shot and killed during the CHOP protest in June 2020 --fies suit claiming city failed to provide emergency services.
2 years ago
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Early morning bicyclist hit by drunk driver: ‘The next thing I knew, I woke up confused’

According to police, she was driving with a .23 blood-alcohol level, triple the legal limit, alongside traces of THC in her bloodstream.
2 years ago
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Dori: Local health stats show unvaxxed kids less likely to have COVID than vaccinated youth

If you have a 5- to 11-year-old and they are fully vaccinated, they are 46% more likely to catch or have COVID than unvaccinated 5- to 11-year-olds.
2 years ago
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Dori: Fired over vaccine refusal, former King Co. detective now required to return to testify

“I wasn’t purposely trying to not appear,” Eshom told Dori’s Monday listeners. “I have a deep moral obligation to appear and follow the court’s order.”
2 years ago
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Dori: Prof files free speech suit against UW’s required ‘native land’ statement; calls it ‘hollow’

The issue started when the UW’s diversity committee began requiring an “Indigenous Land Acknowledgement Statement” to be included in course materials.
2 years ago
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Dori: Pierce County man fends off ax-wielding home intruder, would-be car thief

“They’re getting in my house, lady,” he recalls yelling at the 911 operator. “I turned around and he was in my hallway, swinging an ax on me.”
2 years ago
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Dori: Corrections president sounds alarm over Seattle’s King County jail overnight closure

A major staffing shortage within the DAJD prompted an eight-hour overnight closure of the county’s only currently operational jail.
2 years ago
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Dori: In `fight for the soul of UW,’ vote on diversity statement requirement for UW faculty fails

The employment requirement statement failed when nearly 40% of faculty either rejected it or abstained.
2 years ago
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Dori: What’s behind Seattle schools big enrollment drop?

If 2022-23 school year projections hold true, the Seattle Public Schools District could see an 8% drop in enrollment.
2 years ago
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Councilmember Dunn speaks out as lone vote against $1 million pledge to help women seeking out-of-state abortions

$500,000 of the emergency fund is for the Northwest Abortion Access Fund, and the other $500,000 will go to Public Health for Seattle and King County.
2 years ago

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