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Charlie Harger
Harger: With harm reduction v. sobriety, King County picked a side. The science says the debate isn’t over
According to King County, harm reduction is the science. Everything else is cruelty dressed up as tough love. The conversation is over. Except the science doesn't actually say that.4 months ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: Seattle’s Clean City report is out. 661,000 needles. Purple bags for encampments. Gas money for RVs. Progress.
Seattle released its Clean City report this week. 661,000 sharps. Needles, syringes, lancets. Collected from Seattle streets in a single year.4 months ago
Manda Factor
AEW star Darby Allin returns to his roots for world title shot in Everett
Darby Allin, a Washington native who loved professional wrestling as a kid, will fight for the AEW World Championship inside the Angel of the Winds Arena.4 months ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: ‘Seattle, we have a problem.’ Head of the Downtown Seattle Association warns about the city’s JumpStart Tax
Jon Scholes runs the Downtown Seattle Association. Earlier this week, he posted on LinkedIn with five words in all caps: "SEATTLE WE HAVE A PROBLEM."4 months ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: The Tokyo subway costs 80 cents a ride. Sound Transit costs up to $47. And they still can’t get to Ballard
In Tokyo, it costs eighty cents to move a rider across one of the most efficient transit networks on the planet. In Seattle, it's a lot more.4 months ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: North Beacon Hill park is worse after city sweep as fentanyl is smoked openly
Last week, in the middle of a Wednesday afternoon, I walked past groups of men smoking fentanyl in an open city park in Seattle's Beacon Hill.4 months ago
Charlie Harger
Beacon Hill drug camps: Seattle neighborhood overrun by open-air fentanyl market as city looks away
Four parks on Beacon Hill have been swallowed by an open-air drug market. Hundreds of people are living and using within them right now.4 months ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: You know the income tax is on the ballot this year, right? Five times
Five of nine. More than half the court. That's how many seats on the Washington State Supreme Court will be decided by voters this November.4 months ago
Charlie Harger
Iran tells Microsoft, Boeing employees to evacuate Middle East offices immediately after attacks threatened
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is warning employees at 18 major American companies to evacuate their Middle East workplaces immediately.4 months ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: Ferguson signed WA’s millionaire income tax. Before you celebrate or protest, ask what happened to the last decade of budget increases
Governor Bob Ferguson signed Washington's new millionaire income tax into law Monday morning. Lawsuits were announced almost immediately.4 months ago
Manda Factor
Can parents be charged when their kids commit gun crimes in WA? King County Prosecutors explain
According to King County prosecutors, holding parents criminally accountable when their children commit gun crimes is extremely difficult under current Washington state law4 months ago
Manda Factor
GasBuddy analyst: Americans spending $8B more on gas as Seattle nears all-time price record
Gas prices in Washington have climbed nearly $1 in the past month and are threatening to break all-time records for unleaded gasoline.4 months ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: George Carlin warned us about soft language. Seattle and King County gave him 40 years of new material.
Explore how Seattle and King County reflect Carlin's insights on soft language and its impact on communication.4 months ago
Charlie Harger
‘A lot of votes may not count’: Supreme Court appears ready to upend WA mail-in ballot rules for federal races by November 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a case that could require all ballots containing federal races to be physically received by Election Day.4 months ago
Charlie Harger
Seattle gas prices near all-time record in 2026 as Iran war drives diesel to historic highs; analyst warns of 1970s-style oil crisis
Washington just set an all-time record for diesel prices this week. Now the all-time record for unleaded gasoline in Seattle is in the crosshairs too.4 months ago
Manda Factor
Starbucks to roll out new ordering technology at airport, hospital, and campus locations
Starbucks is overhauling how it manages thousands of licensed coffeehouses at high-traffic locations, such as airports and hospitals.4 months ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: Hundreds responded to my Seattle homelessness commentary. Here’s what you said, and what I missed
Last week, I wrote about Seattle "homeless" and what it's hiding. I was not prepared for what came back: hundreds of responses from listeners and readers.4 months ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: King County kept paying contractors despite warnings of fraud. A whistleblower got fired for asking questions
Billions of your dollars, distributed by King County with little oversight and even less accountability. And when someone inside the system tried to raise the alarm, he got fired.4 months ago
Charlie Harger
Washington sets all-time diesel price record in 2026 as Iran war and Climate Commitment Act push prices higher
Washington just set an all-time record for diesel prices. The statewide average for diesel hit $6.53 a gallon, surpassing every record in Washington history.4 months ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: Sound Transit 3 needs another $34.5 billion. That’s $10,000 per person in the taxing district. And Ballard still isn’t getting light rail
Sound Transit held an all-day retreat last week to figure out how to close a $34.5 billion gap. Here's where this is almost certainly heading...4 months ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: A Thurston County man with 97 prior arrests built a custom bong into his dashboard. WA is surprised by none of this
The driver is a four-time convicted felon with 27 misdemeanor convictions. And as of this week, 97 prior arrests. Now this guy has 98.5 months ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: SPD arrested a violent Aurora Ave. pimp, fentanyl dealer 3x in 9 months. WA law tied its hands. Feds didn’t have that problem.
Leon Henderson, a violent pimp, was arrested thrice on Aurora Ave with fentanyl, highlighting ongoing issues in Seattle.5 months ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: Seattle’s RapidRide J Line is spending $156M on Eastlake Avenue. Buses won’t get priority lanes. Bike lanes will.
Explore the $156M investment in Eastlake Avenue for Seattle's RapidRide J Line and its impact on the community.5 months ago
