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Dori: Father of WSP trooper shot in face credits son’s tattoo with surviving

“When we got to the hospital, I saw firefighters, police officers – everybody came to the hospital,” Atkinson Sr. told Dori, choking back tears.
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Dori: Eastside Fire still refuses to rehire first responders released over COVID mandates

Eastside Fire and Rescue still refuses to hire firefighters released over COVID mandates despite high overtime pay.
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Dori: Seattle, Kent police need help locating suspects after two separate violent attacks

Police are seeking the public’s help in locating suspects in two separate violent mid-day attacks in Seattle and Kent.
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Dori: Grieving local mom fighting ‘flood of fentanyl’ pushes Gov. Inslee to do more

After the initial grief she suffered following her son’s fentanyl poisoning death, Melanie Madden is driven by her new-found purpose in life.
2 years ago
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Dori: Seattle Schools have no way to pay for new post-strike teacher contract

Barely a week since Seattle Public Schools educators ended their week-long strike, it appears there is no money in the current budget to cover the new agreement.
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Dori: Washington state school sports now have a ‘Lia Thomas situation’

With high school fall sports seasons in full swing across Washington state, it appears some local teen athletes are facing a so-called “Lia Thomas situation” here.
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Dori: ‘I’ve got faith’ – despite other reports, praying coach says he’s ready to start talks to get his job back

Joe Kennedy said he “wants to get back to being a coach” and that the Seattle Times was inaccurate in reporting that he is too busy with speaking engagements.
2 years ago
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Dori: Seattle coffee shop owner describes armed robbery attempt by drug dealer

Rodriguez had to temporarily close his shop when an alleged drug dealer threatened him with a gun after demanding $50,000.
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Dori: Pushing for public debate, Smiley calls incumbent Murray ‘soft on crime’

Smiley trails Murray 46.3 to 49.2 in a Trafalgar Group poll conducted between Aug. 30-Sept. 1 among 1,087 voters likely to cast a ballot.
2 years ago
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Snohomish County transit will not allow grocery store carts on buses amid driver backlash

Community Transit has done an about-face on a policy that would have allowed grocery store shopping carts on its buses.
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Dori: No surprise, Inslee giving up emergency powers right before general election

Inslee let the powers go “right about the time ballots go out ... he’s going to try to play it for some kind of electoral advantage on his part.”
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Dori: Madison Valley business owner describes feeling ‘frozen’ during knife attack, attempted rape

Myers now wants others to know about the assault so they can help identify her assailant and better understand how crime can happen anywhere.
2 years ago
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Dori: The Beach Boys at 60, how procrastination led to one of the best songs of all time

Mike Love gave Dori Monson Show listeners a sneak peek into the history of one of their early – and perhaps still most successful – songs.
2 years ago
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Dori: Losing control? Brownouts, blackouts, electric vehicle mandates, and keeping cool

California announced through the state’s “flex alert” system that the power grid is not able to handle powering up chargers for electric vehicles.
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Dori: ‘This has to be fixed’ says caller after friend’s suicide attempt when police can’t respond

What Hayvas didn’t expect: a return call from a police official, apologizing for being unable to respond.
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Dori: Regional homeless authority wants $90 million more; King Co. Councilman Dunn calls for audit

King County Regional Homeless Authority (KCRHA) has announced it wants another $90 million annually to deal with this troubled population – but King County Councilman Reagan Dunn says he wants an audit first.
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‘Bust a move?’ Are parents expected to help adult children move?

Dodging moving vans, pickups and semis in your neighborhood?
2 years ago
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Dori: Ex-wife of road-rage shooter ‘not surprised,’ calls man killed ‘her hero’

The ex-wife of the man charged in a mid-July road rage shooting in South Seattle wants friends of the unarmed victim to know the slain man “didn’t die in vain” and she considers Bob Jensen “her hero.”
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Dori: Survivor describes fear of ‘3-Strikes’ rapist’s pending release

A Washington state woman who was raped at age 16 by a “Three Strikes, You’re Out” offender is now living in fear of her attacker’s pending release from prison.
2 years ago
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Dori: Soft-on-crime King Co Judge wishes she could go lighter on carjacker who shot at cops

During her ruling, McKee told Hamlet that if state law allowed her, she would have given him an even lesser sentence.
2 years ago
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Dori: Scott Walker blasts Biden’s college loan forgiveness plan as a `scam’ that will hurt blue-collar workers

While many college students and graduates around the country are celebrating President Joe Biden’s Wednesday announcement that he will cancel up to $20,000 in their federal student loan debt, outspoken former Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker called the move “a scam.”
2 years ago
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Dori: ‘Senseless’ Seattle road-rage incident leads to deadly shooting while victim’s friends grieve

What started as a routine mid-morning trip to Costco to get his morning coffee ended in death for a Seattle man 32 days ago.
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Republicans question Gov. Inslee’s intentions as state reaches 900 days of emergency governance

As of this week, Washington residents have lived under emergency governance, brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, for 900 straight days.
2 years ago
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Dori: Local media is to blame for protecting so-called ‘best boss in America’ despite past sexual allegations

On Wednesday, Price tweeted that he was resigning from the company because he didn’t want to be a “distraction.”
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