An Olympia man who moved to the U.S. from the Philippines as a child and has a green card, has been detained at the Seattle Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac) for days, reported KIRO 7 Monday. The action outraged not only the Filipino community but also Gee and Ursula.
A mass shooting outside a nightclub in Seattle’s Pioneer Square early Saturday left three people dead and one critically injured, with no suspects identified and the motive still unknown. Will Stowers, who has worked as a bouncer for many years and runs a company that provides bouncers to clubs across the city, spoke on the "Gee and Ursula Show" on KIRO Newsradio.
Mike, not his real name, committed 14 robberies in the Pacific Northwest. He just can’t remember when exactly he started.
“So, we’re going back to 1984? ‘83? Somewhere back in there,” Mike told "The Gee and Ursula Show" on KIRO Newsradio Thursday.
Mike, a loyal KIRO Newsradio listener, heard about a woman serial bank robber on the loose in Seattle, so he decided now was a good time to retell his story.
Washington could lose an estimated $700 million annually if President Donald Trump’s proposed spending cuts toward Medicaid come to fruition, the Washington State Hospital Association confirmed.
"It's going to impact every Washingtonian, not just those folks who are in Medicaid," Jacqueline Barton True, MSW, MPH, vice president of advocacy and rural health for the Washington State Hospital Association, said on "The Gee and Ursula Show" on KIRO Newsradio.
Seattle police broke up several large illegal street racing events over the weekend. Over 100 cars had gathered near 1st Avenue South in downtown Seattle, but SPD had a special trick up their sleeve.
A law was passed in Virginia this week that regulates how much time certain users will be able to spend on social media, WTVR reported. According to the media outlet, anyone under 16 years old will have a default limit of one hour per day on social media, with parents having the ability to adjust the time up or down.
Gee Scott, co-host of "The Gee and Ursula Show" on KIRO Newsradio, saw the law as an invasion of privacy, while co-host of "Gee and Ursula," Ursula Reutin, thought the new rule could improve mental health.
An unusual dispute has emerged between former Lakewood Police Chief Patrick Smith and two neighbors after he twice reported someone shining a flashlight into his home at night.
The family of a 17-year-old Garfield High School student who was killed just outside the campus is suing the school district.
The lawsuit alleges the school’s "negligent security practices" allowed Amarr Murphy-Paine to die, according to The Seattle Times. Murphy-Paine was killed June 6. There have been no arrests related to the shooting.
"So far as we have been telling you, no witnesses have come forward to ID the person who pulled the trigger, even though there were witnesses," Ursula Reutin, co-host of "The Gee and Ursula Show" on KIRO Newsradio, said.
Prices for single-family homes reached a new record in King County last month, hitting a median average of $1.03 million, according to data from Northwest Multiple Listing Service.
Single-family homes currently make up more than 70% of zoning in Seattle.
"There are a lot of people that are sitting back, waiting for the interest rate to drop, something that President Trump has been calling for and asking for," Gee Scott, co-host of "The Gee and Ursula Show" on KIRO Newsradio, said. "Then there are those also who don't have that much money, and they are waiting for the interest rates (to drop) so they can be able to buy. Here's the bad news. The bad news is, yes, that house is at this (record-breaking) price, but if you wait for when the interest rates drop, then all of the people that really have a lot of money will be there, will bid it up, the house will go up, and now you're paying more of a price.
A card and flowers are nice, but aren't necessarily what moms want on Mother's Day.
Ursula Reutin, co-host of "The Gee and Ursula Show" on KIRO Newsradio, said a lot of moms just want a worry-free day to themselves.