Harger: 5 things I’m watching as Washington ballots hit mailboxes, from WA-3 to the income tax
Ballots start landing in Washington mailboxes a week from today, on Friday, Oct. 16. Election night is Tuesday, Nov. 3.1 month ago
Raising Cane’s is headed to Lakewood, steps from Chick-fil-A. Construction could start this month
Pierce County is about to get its first Raising Cane's. State records show construction could start this month on the chain's Lakewood restaurant.1 month ago
Harger: Washington men are never alone on their phones. 60% say they’re lonely anyway
A new survey says 60% of Washington men feel lonely on a regular basis. That's the guy who fixes your furnace. The one three cubicles over who's always the last to leave. Your brother. Maybe you.1 month ago
12 mayors, 3 GOP lawmakers and Gov. Ferguson’s office to meet fentanyl families in Kent Thursday
Families affected by fentanyl will join local mayors and state lawmakers at a free Kent forum focused on addiction, recovery, and drug policy.1 month ago
Harger: Three rounds of treatment couldn’t make an accused ax killer fit for trial. Seattle keeps looking the other way
Today, everyone charged in these cases is either in custody or in a state hospital. The system finally stepped in. But it stepped in after a 19-year-old was dead.1 month ago
Harger: King County’s homelessness agency couldn’t find $13 million. Its records officer says she couldn’t see the CEO’s emails
We spend a lot of time in this region arguing and complaining about homelessness. So I'll offer one idea to make it better: Shut KCRHA down and build something new, with accountability baked in three ways.1 month ago
Harger: Seahawks owner Vinod Khosla said ‘never say never.’ Four words would end the moving talk
When asked whether he'd commit to keeping the Seahawks in Seattle, Seahawks chair Vinod Khosla said, "I will never say never."1 month ago
Harger: An apprenticeship pays $95K in Washington, no anthropology or student loans required. Gallup says Americans noticed
I wasn't shocked this week when Gallup released a new poll. Just 31% of Americans now say a college education is very important. Back in 2013, it was 70%.1 month ago
Harger: Seattle’s Museum of Flight has a Blackbird. NASA is quietly trying to fly an SR-71 again after 27 years
NASA appears to be trying to fly an SR-71 Blackbird again after 27 years, but missing parts, fuel, and aging expertise make a comeback daunting.1 month ago
Harger: Twenty-seven kids on a diving Flydubai 737 MAX got home safe. Thank a Boeing worker in Renton
Earlier this week, a Flydubai jet headed from Dubai to Tel Aviv nearly went down. Officials said the co-pilot stabbed the captain and tried to crash the plane.1 month ago
Harger: Gov. Bob Ferguson is a two-time state chess champion. Washington politics is his board now
Governor Bob Ferguson is smart. You don't make the move from the King County Council to the attorney general's office to the governor's mansion without being smart, savvy, and strategic.1 month ago
Harger: Copper wire thieves keep hitting Seattle playfields. Now kids practice football in the dark
Copper wire theft damage runs 50 to 100 times what the stolen metal is worth. Every $1,000 in copper leaves $50,000 to $100,000 in wreckage and repairs behind it.1 month ago
Popular California chain Starbird Chicken opens first WA restaurant in West Seattle
West Seattle has a new chicken spot. Starbird Chicken opened its first Washington restaurant Monday on Fauntleroy Way SW near the Alaska Junction.1 month ago
Harger: Dan Wilson gave Seattle a Game 7. The Mariners should give him back a microphone
From the low of a Seahawks loss to the bittersweet high of Rick Rizzs saying "goodbye baseball" to the low again of a shaken Dan Wilson, sitting behind a table at a press conference, confirming what the whole town saw coming: He's out as Mariners manager.1 month ago
Harger: Goodbye, baseball. Rick Rizzs signs off after 41 seasons with the Mariners, and Seattle loses its kindest voice
Rick Rizzs retires Sunday after 41 seasons with the Mariners. The Mariners were eliminated from playoff contention Thursday, and that's what makes this weekend so bittersweet.1 month ago
Harger: ‘No camera has ever prevented a crime,’ says Seattle’s public safety director. 40 years of research disagrees
"We just want to be safe." That might be the simplest sentence anybody said at the Alki Community Council meeting last week.2 months ago
Harger: Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson’s gutsy budget got buried by her office’s Bite of Seattle mess
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson made one of the gutsiest decisions I've seen a politician with power make around here in a long time.2 months ago
A mom meets her son every Sunday at 12th and Jackson. Nine Puget Sound mayors will hear families like hers in Kent
At least nine Puget Sound mayors will gather in Kent on Oct. 8 for a community conversation on Washington's fentanyl crisis.2 months ago
Harger: Nearly 2 million voted to protect natural gas. Four topics on one page killed it
Nearly 2 million Washingtonians voted to protect natural gas in 2024 with Initiative 2066, and last Thursday the Washington State Supreme Court struck it down.2 months ago
Harger: Washington needs $1.3 billion more for lawsuit payouts. That’s more than UW gets in state operating support
Washington’s lawsuit math has become unsustainable, it was worth looking at the math. It’s gotten pretty hard to ignore.2 months ago
Harger: 3 months ago, Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson promised to clean up 12th and Jackson. I went back Monday
It's human suffering on full display. The parks of North Beacon Hill, stretching down to 12th and Jackson. People clearly in need of help, clearly in danger.2 months ago
Harger: WA pays teachers top dollar for middling test scores. Maybe we’re grading the wrong thing
Top-tier pay. Record spending. Average results. Why Washington should offer families a real vocational track alongside the traditional college path.2 months ago
Seattle couple filmed the Twin Towers from 50 yards away on 9/11. Their tape became key evidence in terror trials. Now they’re telling the full story
On the morning of September 11, 2001, Seattle radio host Tami Michaels and her husband Guy Rosbrook were asleep on the 35th floor of the Millennium Hilton in lower Manhattan, directly across Church Street from the World Trade Center.2 months ago
