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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.23 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.23 days ago
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Rick Rizzs defends Mariners’ piggyback pitching plan as Cole Young shines in Pittsburgh homecoming
Mariners broadcaster Rick Rizzs sees plenty to like about Seattle's young talent, even as the team's bats go quiet against left-handed pitching.26 days ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: One listener says I’m a closet liberal. The next says I’m a right-wing mouthpiece. Same mailbag, same morning
Listeners, viewers, and readers all like to sound off on my daily commentaries, and they don't hold back. We hear from a bunch of them every day.26 days ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: Jamie Pedersen passed Washington’s first income tax. After 20 years, his own party won’t endorse him
Run your finger down the state Senate races to the 43rd District. The name on the endorsement line is Hannah Sabio-Howell. The name missing is Jamie Pedersen.27 days ago
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Former AG Rob McKenna blames Washington’s $1.7 billion payout crisis on ‘strict liability regime’
Washington's self-insurance liability fund has fallen more than $1.7 billion into deficit, driven by a surge in large legal settlements and judgments.28 days ago
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Rob McKenna: Supreme Court’s biggest rulings on birthright citizenship, presidential power coming soon
Former Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna said the U.S. Supreme Court is holding its most consequential decisions for the closing days of its term.28 days ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: Seattle cleaned up downtown for the World Cup. So now we know we can
I've spent years watching Seattle promise to fix downtown and then not fix downtown, so I figured this would be more of the same. I was wrong. Pleasantly, completely wrong.28 days ago
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Seattle couple launches Elliott Bay Puppy Raisers to train guide dogs for the blind
Meet Flyer, a puppy with a big future. He's in training to become a guide dog for the blind, and is at the center of an effort to grow the program in Seattle.29 days ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: Shoreline wants $100 million for a swimming pool. With a lazy river. For a city of 62,000 people
The City of Shoreline wants voters to approve $100 million for a swimming pool with eight lap lanes, a recreation pool, a hydrotherapy pool, a lazy river, a sauna, and a snack bar.29 days ago
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Maltby Cafe and its dinner plate-sized cinnamon rolls to get new home in planned Maltby Village
The Maltby Cafe is getting a new home as part of a development that aims to keep the local landmark serving customers for another century.30 days ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: 68,000 fans chanted USA at Seattle’s World Cup match on Friday. Then the internet had to weigh in
The US won 2-0. One of the best soccer atmospheres this country has ever produced, and it happened in Seattle. Then both political tribes got involved.1 month ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: In Seattle, even the kinda-left Democrats aren’t left enough
On Tuesday, the Democrats of Seattle's 43rd District endorsed a 30-year-old labor organizer named Hannah Sabio-Howell over Jamie Pedersen for state Senate.1 month ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: Seattle Police said six suspects were arrested in an Aurora crackdown. Every newsroom in Seattle reported it today. It wasn’t true
Seattle Police gave the public information that wasn't true, and every media outlet that trusted them repeated it on their behalf.1 month ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: Katie Wilson built Seattle’s biggest business tax. Amazon drove to Bellevue. Downtown lost 30,000 jobs
Thirty thousand jobs gone. A third of the office space empty. Nearly half the value of the office towers wiped out. And the fingerprints on the policy that helped drive it belong to the woman now running the city.1 month ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: Corey Rattleff stole from stores for 13 years to feed his fentanyl addiction. Now he’s clean, working, and asking Washington to fund what saved him
His mother reached out to Andrea Suarez at We Heart Seattle, who stepped in and got him into a 21-day inpatient program at Evergreen Health in Monroe. From there, he found Battlefield Addiction.1 month ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: King County raised your sales tax without a vote. The one time voters got a say on this issue, they said no
On Friday, the King County Transportation District voted 5-4 to raise your sales tax by a tenth of a percent. You didn't get a say. You won't get one.1 month ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: Our leaders say they love this economy. Try affording it at $5.56 a gallon
Around here, they say a single adult needs $135,000 a year to live comfortably. One person. No kids. That ranks Seattle as the sixth-highest among any metro in America.1 month ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: 16 words about how oatmeal raisin cookies are the best cookies, and the KIRO text line has not forgiven me
I have a lot of divisive opinions. I know this about myself. Oatmeal raisin cookies beat chocolate chip. It's not even close. The raisins are the whole point.1 month ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: Greeting cards are the original AI
Greeting cards got me thinking about the world we live in now. Many of the same people convinced AI is the end of authentic human connection, are also the ones standing in line at the Hallmark store.1 month ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: ‘Hey Bob, enough is enough.’ A Kent sober home’s plea to Gov. Ferguson on fentanyl
A Kent sober home urges Governor Ferguson to address the fentanyl crisis impacting lives in the community.1 month ago
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50 years ago today: Paul McCartney and Wings rocked Seattle’s brand-new Kingdome
Fifty years ago today, a skinny 15-year-old squeezed onto the floor of Seattle's brand-new Kingdome to see Paul McCartney and Wings and watched rock history made in the process.1 month ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: Ferguson’s phone ban gives every parent a fall guy, including me
Ferguson's plan is simple: No smartphones or smartwatches from the moment school starts to the moment it ends. Every public school in the state, kindergarten through 12th grade.1 month ago
