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Charlie Harger
Harger: Washington’s budget went from $33 billion to $80 billion. Two former Democratic governors claim Olympia has lost the thread
Between Gary Locke and Christine Gregoire, they've balanced more budgets than anyone currently working in Olympia, and they know what one looks like when it's heading somewhere bad.16 hours ago
Manda Factor
Rick Rizzs on Mariners’ second half: ‘Get healthy’ and this team can win the AL West
Rick Rizzs entered the second half of the Seattle Mariners' season with two things on his mind: a playoff push and a finish line of his own.3 days ago
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Seattle man to run 220 miles across Iceland to raise money for Ukrainian amputees
A Seattle man plans to run 220 miles across Iceland later this month to raise money for Ukrainians who have lost limbs in the war with Russia.4 days ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: One year of daily commentaries. A few things I’ve learned in this chair
One year ago tomorrow, I started doing a daily commentary on "Seattle's Morning News." But to tell you where this really started, I have to go back to 1989.4 days ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: I love my diesel F350. She costs me $11,300 a year just to commute. That’s why I drive an EV to work
My commute is roughly 80 miles round trip, from Auburn to KIRO in Eastlake, five days a week. That's about 400 miles. At 11 miles per gallon, that's roughly 36 gallons of diesel a week.5 days ago
Manda Factor
Former WA Attorney General: Albertsons pharmacies ‘caught between a rock and a hard place’ in opioid trial
Washington opened its case Monday against grocery giant Albertsons in a trial that could force the company to pay tens of millions of dollars or more for allegedly fueling the opioid epidemic.6 days ago
Charlie Harger
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver confirms secret bidding war for Seattle SuperSonics expansion team
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver confirmed Tuesday that multiple private groups are competing to land an expansion franchise in Seattle.6 days ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: A Mongolian grill owner left 31 tips for a happy marriage on every table. I still think about them
On every table, right next to the menu, the owner left three laminated pages of marriage advice. Two pages were his. One was his wife's.6 days ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: You put the plastic in the recycling bin. Nobody will tell you what happens next
Recycling is a great thing when it actually conserves resources and prevents pollution. But does it work, or does it just make us feel like we did?7 days ago
Manda Factor
Oil prices climb 4% as Russian refinery attacks and Middle East tensions rattle energy markets
Oil prices rose 4% to start the week, climbing to around $74 a barrel as escalating conflicts in the Middle East and Ukrainian attacks.7 days ago
Charlie Harger
Six organized retail theft suspects in King County court Monday as Washington leads nation in shoplifting
Six defendants accused of organized retail theft were arraigned in King County court Monday.7 days ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: Washington leads the nation in shoplifting. A 33-officer department in Bonney Lake is trying to do something about it
The Bonney Lake PD runs a Facebook page called Can You ID Crime. There you'll see surveillance stills of people they haven't identified yet, with the date, what got taken, and a tip line.8 days ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: He’s accused of stealing $1,000 in copper off the West Seattle Bridge. Ratepayers got a $100,000 bill. He didn’t show up to court
Galitzeck had bundles of copper wire hanging from his arms. When asked what he was doing up there, he said he was working for Seattle City Light.11 days ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: 511,000 signatures to repeal Washington’s income tax. Five reasons that might not be enough
I think initiative supporters attempting to repeal Washington's "millionaire tax" have a lot more to be concerned about than they're letting on.12 days ago
Charlie Harger
‘It’s a total loss’: Washington’s most wished-for Airbnb, the Hobbit Inn near Lake Chelan, destroyed in Chelan Hills Fire
The Hobbit Inn, a hobbit-hole vacation rental carved into a hillside near Orondo, was destroyed over the weekend by the Chelan Hills Fire in Douglas County.12 days ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: Seattle hid its addiction crisis for the World Cup. Ginny Burton is walking 307 miles to face it
Then the tournament ended. The tourists left. The cameras left. Seattle just proved it can clean up its most visible blocks. So what happened to the people who used to be there?13 days ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: Seattle had 74 homicides in all of 2023. This past June, it had zero, the first murder-free month since 1970
For the first time since 1970, the City of Seattle went the entire month of June without a single homicide.14 days ago
Manda Factor
Former WA AG Rob McKenna breaks down Supreme Court birthright citizenship, mail-in ballot rulings
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump's executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship and upheld state laws for mail-in ballots.20 days ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: In 2004, 91% of us were proud to be American. On our 250th birthday, 33% are
Two and a half centuries of the loudest, messiest, most improbable argument in human history, and the thing still runs. That's worth a party, no matter who's in the White House.20 days ago
Charlie Harger
‘Does she have crab in her bra?’ Washington Fish and Wildlife officer uncovers 21 hidden Dungeness crabs at Tokeland
A WDFW officer who asked four crab harvesters six times whether they had any more Dungeness crabs got the same answer every time. No. He found 21 crabs hidden on their bodies.21 days ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: Your PSE bill went up 12% this year. They’re asking for 30% more. And Olympia is about to print the reason on it
Sometime this winter, the electric bill started climbing, and not in the rounding-error way. I started asking around. Neighbors. Coworkers. Everybody's PSE bill is up.21 days ago
Manda Factor
Olympia family pleads for help finding missing 15-year-old girl gone two weeks
The family of a 15-year-old Olympia girl who has been missing for more than two weeks is pleading for the public's help to bring her home.21 days ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: Washington is No. 1 in the nation for retail theft. The state found a fix that worked, then killed it over $500K
Forbes ranks us as the state most impacted by retail theft in the country. Third-worst for value of goods stolen per resident. Second-worst for larceny per capita. No. 1. Out of 50 states.22 days ago
