Dori: I can appreciate government work every once in awhile
I love being a watchdog of government. And that includes spotlighting great work. I appreciate utility workers for their help this week.2 years ago
Dori: State public school students score lowest ever on ‘Nation鈥檚 Report Card’
Students鈥� test scores tied for 27th with three other states for 4th grade math scores and tied for 19th with three other states for 8th graders鈥� math results.3 years ago
Dori: Seattle Schools have no way to pay for new post-strike teacher contract
Barely a week since Seattle Public Schools educators ended their week-long strike, it appears there is no money in the current budget to cover the new agreement.3 years ago
Dori: Washington state school sports now have a ‘Lia Thomas situation’
With high school fall sports seasons in full swing across Washington state, it appears some local teen athletes are facing a so-called 鈥淟ia Thomas situation鈥� here.3 years ago
Dori: Regional homeless authority wants $90 million more; King Co. Councilman Dunn calls for audit
King County Regional Homeless Authority (KCRHA) has announced it wants another $90 million annually to deal with this troubled population 鈥� but King County Councilman Reagan Dunn says he wants an audit first.3 years ago
Dori: Ex-wife of road-rage shooter ‘not surprised,’ calls man killed ‘her hero’
The ex-wife of the man charged in a mid-July road rage shooting in South Seattle wants friends of the unarmed victim to know the slain man 鈥渄idn鈥檛 die in vain鈥� and she considers Bob Jensen 鈥渉er hero.鈥�3 years ago
Dori: Survivor describes fear of ‘3-Strikes’ rapist鈥檚 pending release
A Washington state woman who was raped at age 16 by a 鈥淭hree Strikes, You鈥檙e Out鈥� offender is now living in fear of her attacker鈥檚 pending release from prison.3 years ago
Dori: Scott Walker blasts Biden鈥檚 college loan forgiveness plan as a `scam鈥� that will hurt blue-collar workers
While many college students and graduates around the country are celebrating President Joe Biden鈥檚 Wednesday announcement that he will cancel up to $20,000 in their federal student loan debt, outspoken former Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker called the move 鈥渁 scam.鈥�3 years ago
Dori: Local media is to blame for protecting so-called ‘best boss in America’ despite past sexual allegations
On Wednesday, Price tweeted that he was resigning from the company because he didn鈥檛 want to be a 鈥渄istraction.鈥�3 years ago
Dori: How do I break this news to my dog?
After receiving an alert from our pet food supplies that my dog鈥檚 monthly order food has been discontinued I am not sure how to break the news to him.3 years ago
Dori: New WA state law allows release of killer dubbed ‘poster boy鈥� for habitual crime
When Roy Wayne Russell Jr. was convicted for the 2005 suffocation murder of a 14-year-old girl in Vancouver, Wash., the judge there called him 鈥渢he poster boy for the Three-Strike Act.鈥�3 years ago
Dori: Sheriff says releasing drug suspects carrying fentanyl to Washington should ‘shock鈥� parents
Two men arrested while en route to Washington state from Mexico with a 鈥渉uge鈥� stash of fentanyl pills were released without bail by a Tulare County judge in California and are now missing 鈥� and the sheriff there is furious.3 years ago
Dori: ‘Just want to coach again’ says Bremerton coach after Supreme Court victory
What started as a prayer of thanks on a Kitsap County football field has now ended as a prayer of thanks in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, for former Bremerton High School assistant football coach Joseph Kennedy.3 years ago
Tiffany Smiley pushes for debate with Patty Murray in U.S. Senate Race
After 14 months of vying to overtake the U.S. Senate seat held by Democratic incumbent Patty Murray, who has held the seat for nearly three decades, candidate Tiffany Smiley said she continues to pose the same question to Washington state voters on the campaign trail.3 years ago
Dori: Parkland dad protecting preschool daughter during attempted carjacking gets shot in mouth
Adrenalin, parental instincts and lessons learned from his dad kicked into overdrive at the start of Matthew Phillips鈥檚 Father鈥檚 Day weekend when an attempted carjacker pulled a rifle on him and his 3-year-old daughter in Pierce County.3 years ago
Dori: Local gun stores ‘busy as all get out’ as firearm debates rage nationwide
With two weeks to go before Washington state enacts tougher gun laws, at least one local firearms retailer says stores like hers are seeing 鈥渁 buying rush.鈥�3 years ago
Dori: Bellingham dad upset with transgender books for preschoolers: ‘let kids be kids’
Bellingham parent Christopher Morris believes preschool should be a time of life when adults need to let 鈥渒ids be kids.鈥�3 years ago
Dori: Seattle Police guild president calls slower response times a `crisis鈥� that local leaders 鈥榙on鈥檛 grasp鈥�
At a time when the number of police on Seattle streets keeps dropping and crime is rising, response times to life-threatening cases continue to climb3 years ago
Dori: Local teen talks about backlash she gets for her politics
Being called racist and homophobic is nothing new to 14-year-old KellyAnna Brooking.3 years ago
Dori: ‘My schools are safer than Seattle鈥檚,’ says school leader whose admins carry guns
Toppenish School's superintendent John Cerna invests in armed school security staff while select administrators carry guns on campus.3 years ago
Dori: Before alleged Ballard kidnapping, repeat offender twice released with community bail funds
Even before Ryan Lee Popplewell was charged with an alleged attempt to steal a car with a child inside after a Ballard Little League game last week, the King County Prosecuting Attorney鈥檚 Office considered him a 鈥渉igh priority repeat offender.鈥�3 years ago
Dori: OSPI chief explains what Washington鈥檚 schools are doing to prevent gun violence
As details continue to unfold in Tuesday鈥檚 Uvalde, Texas carnage that took the lives of 19 fourth graders and two teachers after a lone 18-year-old gunman shot up their school classroom, many questions are emerging. In Washington state, like other parts of the country, news coverage of the mass murder has parents and students, in […]3 years ago
Dori: State congressional candidate Parson says she endorses squatting for housing equity
From living out of her van to running for Washington state鈥檚 6th U.S. District Congressional race: Rebecca Parson is determined.3 years ago
