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Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show

‘Nothing like the King County Regional Homelessness Authority’: Pierce County executive pitches ‘unified’ homelessness strategy

The City of Tacoma is weighing whether to join a countywide effort that Pierce County Executive Ryan Mello is calling a "Unified Regional Approach."
3 months ago
ordinary abundance...
Charlie Harger

Harger: Ordinary abundance and how the most astonishing thing about your life is no longer being astonished by it

A website called Ordinary Abundance blew up on my feed this weekend. It walks you through an ordinary modern apartment, and every ordinary object opens a quote from someone in history for whom that object was unimaginable.
3 months ago
USS Abraham Lincoln...
Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

‘These are husbands, fathers, brothers, sons, daughters’: Spike calls for honesty about conditions aboard USS Abraham Lincoln

The USS Abraham Lincoln has been at sea for months and Spike O'Neill said the least the country can do is stop pretending everything is fine.
3 months ago
Seattle WA illegal food vendors health...
Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

‘This isn’t just about health’: Spike warns Seattle’s unlicensed food vendors are hurting businesses playing by the rules

Spike warns that Seattle's unlicensed food vendors threaten health and hurt businesses complying with regulations.
3 months ago
Queen Anne Hill seattle...
Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show

‘The bill is due’: Gee says Seattle’s wealthiest neighborhoods are socializing a $2 billion problem they created

Around 60 years ago, residents in some of Seattle's richest neighborhoods asked the city to bury the power lines. Now the cables are falling apart.
3 months ago
One of more than 30 cats rescued from a vessel near Point Defiance Park in Tacoma Thursday. (Photo:...
Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

‘It’s time we do something’: Spike calls for legislative action on spay-neuter costs after 80 cats overwhelm Tacoma shelters

Tacoma shelters are overwhelmed with cats. Spike O'Neill calls for legislative action to improve rescue efforts and reduce spay-neuter expenses.
3 months ago
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Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

‘Doesn’t this feel almost satirical?’: Jake questions Renton covering its already inactive Flock cameras

Renton's decision to bag Flock cameras raises questions about their future and public safety. Jake and Spike question if the move is justified or overkill.
3 months ago
recall katie wilson...
John Curley Show

‘A little outside the bounds of credulity’: Curley questions who’s behind the Katie Wilson recall effort

According to John Curley, Seattle has been here before, and history isn't on the recall petition's side to remove Katie Wilson from office.
3 months ago
shoplifters auburn fred meyer police...
Charlie Harger

Harger: Auburn Police arrested five shoplifters at Fred Meyer and booked them into jail. Here’s why that matters more than you think

Last year, Kroger closed the Fred Meyer in Kent, about 10 minutes from the Auburn location, citing "a steady rise in theft and a challenging regulatory environment."
3 months ago
Cascade Party...
John Curley Show

‘You see a donkey, you see an elephant, we want people to see an owl’: Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic pitches his Cascade Party

Krist Novoselic is best known as the bassist of Nirvana, but has built a second life in politics, one that has led him to chair the Cascade Party
3 months ago
home sales...
Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show

‘Is it a revolution?’: KIRO host probes housing shift as Seattle leads nation in pending home sales decline

Seattle just posted the biggest drop in pending home sales of any major city in the country.
3 months ago
data center AI seattle wa sales tax...
John Curley Show

‘You’re letting inept politicians off the hook’: WA Policy Center expert says data centers aren’t driving up energy costs

Discover how data centers are unfairly blamed for rising energy costs in Washington, according to a Washington Policy Center expert on the matter.
3 months ago
Denny Blaine Park...
Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show

‘It is complete anarchy’: Denny Blaine for All spokesperson says Seattle is ignoring judge’s orders at notorious nude beach

A judge ordered Seattle to crack down on illegal activity at Denny Blaine Park. A month later, Lee Keller said the city hasn't done a thing.
3 months ago
millionaires' tax...
Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show

‘We want to hear the results’: Gee, Ursula say millionaires’ tax needs accountability as new estimate adds $400M to projections

Washington's millionaires' tax could bring in $3.1 billion in its first budget cycle, roughly $400 million more than lawmakers initially projected.
3 months ago
tacoma dui krista perez...
Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

‘Own it so they can’t use it against you’: Jake, Spike debate whether DUI arrest will sink Tacoma House candidate’s campaign

Krista Rose Perez's DUI arrest raises questions about her Tacoma House campaign viability after a recent primary win.
3 months ago
tacoma cats rescue sailboat...
John Curley Show

‘Private property means nothing to me’: Cat trapper defends boarding Tacoma sailboat where 60 cats were found

Camille Sutherland explains her rescue efforts for 60 cats found on an abandoned sailboat in Tacoma, though she's now labeled a suspect in a Tacoma Police case.
3 months ago
gun violence seattle mayor katie wilson...
Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

‘She’s still floundering’: Recall petitioner describes Mayor Katie Wilson’s first eight months

Explore the details of Melinda Jacobson's recall petition against Mayor Wilson in her first eight months in office.
3 months ago
bear pastrami students cornell...
Charlie Harger

Harger: 2 students, 1 bear, pastrami, and a dorm kitchen that needed 2 days of professional cleaning

Two Cornell students wanted to do some home cookin' in their communal dorm kitchen. These two guys wanted to make bear pastrami. Kind of complicated, but sure.
3 months ago
amazon...
Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

‘It’s about control’: Jake and Spike spar over proposed Amazon delivery bill backed by NYC mayor

The New York City mayor is backing legislation that would force Amazon to directly employ its delivery drivers instead of using subcontractors.
3 months ago
cats tacoma rescue boat...
Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show

‘It took my entire team out of commission’: Tacoma animal control officer describes rescuing 61 cats from sailboat

Rescuing 61 cats from a sailboat anchored off Tacoma's Owen Beach shut down the city's entire animal control operation for days.
3 months ago
seattle business...
Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show

‘We can’t become callous’: KIRO hosts debate what a startup’s departure to Texas says about Seattle’s business climate

Another Seattle-area tech startup is heading to Texas, and Ursula Reutin and Angela Poe Russell say the region can't afford to shrug it off.
3 months ago
Cleveland...
John Curley Show

‘They’re out to eat our lunch’: Tech investor Charles Fitzgerald says Seattle is drifting while Cleveland hustles for its future

Seattle tech veteran and angel investor Charles Fitzgerald went to Cleveland and came back with a warning.
3 months ago
Bite of Seattle shooting mayor katie wilson...
Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show

‘She does not have a better window’: Seattle Councilmember Bob Kettle clashes with Mayor Wilson over Bite of Seattle response

Seattle City Councilmember Bob Kettle said Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson does not have a better read on public safety than the council.
3 months ago
kiro newsradio national edward r. murrow award...
Frank Lenzi

KIRO Newsradio wins 2026 National Edward R. Murrow Award for Breaking News Coverage

KIRO Newsradio 97.3 FM has won a 2026 National Edward R. Murrow Award for breaking news coverage of its reporting on the Seattle ICE protests that turned violent.
3 months ago