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Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

‘It is a tool for solving crimes’: Jake and Spike defend Seattle police cameras as mayor weighs expansion

Seattle’s debate over police surveillance cameras has Jake and Spike questioning why the city is still weighing whether to expand.
21 days ago
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Gee Scott

Gee: Wait, what?! Man finds $128K in cash sitting on top of an ATM

A 37-year-old man in Texas walked up to an ATM and discovered something you generally don’t find sitting on top: $128,514 in cash. What’s your next move?
21 days ago
family...
Spike O'Neill

Spike: My daughter is struggling to start a family, and I know how hard that journey can be

Spike reflects on his family’s fertility struggles as his daughter pursues medically assisted conception — and he hopes to become a grandfather.
21 days ago
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Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show

‘A $13 million mistake’: Ursula blasts Seattle’s ‘ineptitude’ after major SPD payroll error

More than 900 SPD employees received excess back pay totaling approximately $13.1 million after the city used incorrect wage rates.
21 days ago
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Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

Jake and Spike: Washington’s climate laws are driving PSE rate increases

KIRO hosts Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill tied the PSE rate increases to two state laws: the Climate Commitment Act and the Clean Energy Transformation Act.
22 days ago
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Charlie Harger

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%.
22 days ago
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Charlie Harger

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.
22 days ago
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Gee Scott

Gee: Wait, what?! TSA thinks officers sitting down makes airport security worse

Apparently somebody looked at airport security and decided they had found a problem with the TSA officer checking your ID not standing up.
22 days ago
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Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show

‘You can’t do that’: Gee and Ursula call out Seattle police access to restricted traffic cameras

SPD was given access to internal camera feeds not available to the public, even though SDOT policy bars their use for criminal or civil enforcement.
22 days ago
wa income tax language...
Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

‘They’re not even being specific’: Jake questions whether WA income tax repeal wording misleads voters

Survey reveals mixed opinions on Washington's income tax repeal wording among residents, raising concerns about voter understanding.
23 days ago
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Ursula Reutin

Ask Ursula: My son’s wedding is a year away and the bride’s parents are deciding everything

Dear Ursula, my son and his fiancé are getting married next winter. Even though it's a long time away, I'm already a nervous wreck.
23 days ago
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Charlie Harger

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.
23 days ago
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Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show

‘Some of these programs go way too far’: Ursula weighs in on white Seattle worker’s revived workplace lawsuit

A court revived a white ex-Seattle worker's lawsuit over the city's anti-racism program. Gee and Ursula said some training helps, but some goes too far.
23 days ago
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Ursula Reutin

Ursula: John Stanton is embarrassed. So what’s going to change?

Seattle Mariners chairman John Stanton expresses embarrassment. Ursula Reutin expanded on what changes lie ahead for the team and its fans.
23 days ago
stolen excavator...
Gee Scott

Gee: Wait, what?! You’re selling a stolen excavator on Facebook Marketplace?

A stolen excavator listed for $24,000 on Facebook Marketplace caught its owner’s eye, and led Pierce County deputies straight to the seller.
23 days ago
earthquake...
Ursula Reutin

Ursula: Tuesday’s earthquake is a reminder to prepare for ‘the big one’

Tuesday’s 4.2 magnitude earthquake near Gig Harbor was not “the big one.” But it was a reminder to prepare.
23 days ago
RV encampment...
Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

‘Kids or drug addicts?’: Jake and Spike blast Seattle’s response to Woodland Park RV encampment

KIRO hosts Jake and Spike question Seattle’s response to an RV encampment raising safety concerns for young runners at Woodland Park.
23 days ago
seattle minimum wage...
Jake Skorheim

Jake: Seattle’s minimum wage is $22.14. The real minimum is zero

My first job paid about $5.50 an hour. It wasn't going to make me rich, and that wasn't the point. I was picking up skills I could trade for better pay later.
24 days ago
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Charlie Harger

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.
24 days ago
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John Curley Show

‘What a total waste of money!’ Curley blasts Sound Transit’s $240M Pinehurst Station

KIRO Newsradio host John Curley criticized Sound Transit’s new Pinehurst Station, arguing the cost doesn't justify another light rail in North Seattle.
24 days ago
forehead...
Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

‘I didn’t think she bit a chunk off’: Seattle woman whose forehead was bitten by random attacker speaks out

Diana Gonzalez was on a break from work in Seattle when a stranger hurled racial insults, spat on her, and bit a chunk out of her forehead.
24 days ago
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John Curley Show

‘Put a bow on the thing’: Curley wants coverage of dismissed complaint against Brandi Kruse

New WA initiative by Let's Go Washington seeks transparency for courts under Public Records Act.
24 days ago
Seattle copper wire thief bridge...
Gee Scott

Gee: Wait, what?! We’re spending $100,000 to replace $1,000 worth of stolen copper

Somebody steals $1,000 worth of copper — the damage they leave behind can cost the rest of us as much as $100,000.
24 days ago
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Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show

‘The forgotten neighborhood’: Ursula asks if Seattle cares enough to fix crime in the Chinatown International District

Foot traffic in Seattle's Chinatown International District is up 12%, but businesses say public safety is holding them back. Ursula asks if anyone is watching.
25 days ago