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?3 months ago
Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show
‘Let’s keep that new car smell’: Jake and Spike ask listeners if Seattle will keep its World Cup glow or revert to old ways
Seattle ramped up cleanup efforts ahead of the World Cup. But now that the games are over, Jake and Spike asked: Can the city keep it up?3 months ago
Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show
‘I don’t think any of us will ever be ready’: Gee admits he still doesn’t have a go bag as deadly wildfire rages in eastern WA
As the deadly Chelan Hills fire continues to burn in eastern Washington, KIRO hosts Gee and Ursula urged listeners to prepare for wildfire season.3 months ago
Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show
‘If you have enough money, you can get out of it’: Gee questions whether former Wenatchee CEO who embezzled $24M will face real time
Patrick Bucknum, a former CEO of a healthcare clinic in Wenatchee, pleaded guilty to an embezzlement scheme.3 months ago
John Curley
‘They don’t understand how nature works’: Curley appalled by Oregon hunting ban initiative
Oregon's Initiative Petition 28, which would ban hunting, fishing, and animal slaughter throughout the state, turned in roughly 140,000 signatures to the Oregon Secretary of State's Office late last week.3 months ago
John Curley Show
‘It just feels wrong’: Curley slams Trump’s World Cup red card intervention
The red card overruling was a moot point after Belgium defeated the USA 4-1 Monday, knocking the U.S. out of the 2026 World Cup, but KIRO host John Curley still believes Trump's involvement was "wrong."3 months 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.3 months ago
Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show
‘People who make money are being driven out’: Jake and Spike sound off on Seattle’s nation-leading office vacancy rate
Seattle has the highest office vacancy rate in the country at 37%, according to The Seattle Times.3 months ago
Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show
‘It’s eclipsed the Taylor Swift takeover’: Jake, Spike debate Seattle’s biggest-ever event amid massive World Cup turnout
Jake and Spike discuss Seattle's massive World Cup turnout and its significance for the city and soccer fans alike.3 months ago
Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show
KIRO host stunned at grade of fireworks average person can buy in WA as injuries at Harborview up 65%
Firework-related injuries at Harborview Medical Center jumped 65% compared to last year, with 86 people treated over the holiday.3 months ago
Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show
‘I was fuming all weekend’: Ursula gets her first traffic ticket in 30 years
Discover Ursula's reaction to WA's new $125 work zone traffic ticket as fines replace warnings, effective July 1.3 months ago
Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show
‘Actually a very good thing’: KIRO host says Seattle’s slowed population growth gives leaders time to tackle housing
Seattle's population growth has slowed significantly.3 months ago
John Curley Show
‘The hypocrisy of it’: Curley claims Seattle’s World Cup makeover won’t last
John Curley questions the longevity of Seattle's World Cup enhancements as the event wraps up.3 months ago
John Curley Show
‘It’s foreign to me’: Curley celebrates Seattle Dog’s national title, admits he can’t tell brisket from barbecue
The Seattle Dog was named America's best regional hot dog in a New York Times Wirecutter taste-testing video.3 months 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.3 months ago
Ursula Reutin
Ask Ursula: Amid a divorce after a 30-year marriage, my in-laws forgot my birthday
I’ve been married for 30 years and am going through a divorce. This year, for the first time in three decades, I didn’t receive a call, text, or even a card for my birthday from my in-laws.3 months ago
Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show
‘Just don’t mess it up’: Gee weighs in on whether Seattle’s looser public drinking laws should stay
Seattle is testing lenient rules around public drinking, but what started as a limited-time allowance actually could extend well beyond its expiration date.3 months 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.3 months 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.3 months ago
Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show
‘If it kills businesses, then the minimum wage is actually zero’: Jake pushes back on senator’s $25-an-hour proposal
U.S. Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut is pushing to increase the federal minimum wage to $25.3 months ago
Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show
‘You’re so full of it’: Gee blasts Seattle’s ‘performative’ homelessness politics as city loses nearly 700 shelter beds
Seattle's homelessness policies fall short, with nearly 700 shelter beds cut, revealing a need for more effective solutions.3 months ago
Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show
‘If you make a mistake, it’s OK’: Gee Scott regrets missing his son’s wedding, but says he’s moving forward
Discover Gee Scott's journey of moving forward after missing his son's wedding for the World Cup in Seattle.3 months 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.3 months ago
