Ashley Hiruko
@Ashleyhiruko
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@KUOW investigative journalist | Former @spjwash board president | @WWU alum | DMs are open | News tips: [email protected] | I'm just getting started.
Joined May 2014
Find me on Bluesky: @ashleyhiruko.bsky.social Email me at: hiruko@kuow.org Signal: 206-574-8007
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New: Early last year, Seattle signed a $2.7 million lease extension to continue using rooms as shelter space at the Civic Hotel and other buildings. Yet despite committing to pay the rent, the city stopped sending people there.
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Early last year, the city signed a $2.7 million lease extension to continue using a hotel’s rooms as shelter space. Yet despite committing to pay the rent, the city stopped sending people there.
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Important story by @KUOW's @Ashleyhiruko and @propublica : Seattle spent millions on hotel rooms to shelter unhoused people. Then it stopped filling them
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Early last year, the city signed a $2.7 million lease extension to continue using a hotel’s rooms as shelter space. Yet despite committing to pay the rent, the city stopped sending people there.
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NEW: Seattle Spent Millions on Hotel Rooms to Shelter Unhoused People. Then It Stopped Filling Them. https://t.co/h20CsjJXNF by @Ashleyhiruko @KUOW
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Early last year, the city signed a $2.7 million lease extension to continue using a hotel’s rooms as shelter space. Yet despite committing to pay the rent, the city stopped sending people there.
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I feel so lucky to be able to work alongside such talented people. https://t.co/PS24Wkr0rw
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ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
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Great investigation by Erica Barnett. https://t.co/SUgJokCxTG
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By Erica C. Barnett Late last September, Mayor Bruce Harrell put a high-ranking longtime staffer, external affairs director Pedro Gomez,…
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In case you missed this over the weekend: Former Senior Deputy Mayor Monisha Harrell described what it was like working for Mayor Bruce Harrell. https://t.co/hkYbDxM73P
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Monisha Harrell describes the mayor’s office as being a dog-eat-dog environment where white male advisors vied for power and influence. She said her experience, as a high-level woman ignored by the...
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'You can't be successful without having the support of those around you': Ex-Seattle deputy mayor Monisha Harrell breaks silence on departure & her uncle @KUOW @Ashleyhiruko
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Monisha Harrell describes the mayor’s office as being a dog-eat-dog environment where white male advisors vied for power and influence. She said her experience, as a high-level woman ignored by the...
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Monisha Harrell said she asked herself, “How well can I actually serve the city when I'm being disrespected, and it's coming from the top?” https://t.co/hkYbDxM73P
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Monisha Harrell describes the mayor’s office as being a dog-eat-dog environment where white male advisors vied for power and influence. She said her experience, as a high-level woman ignored by the...
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ICYMI: My latest story on Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell. https://t.co/vg9NqYJgCD
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Rose Sanchez may not remember every detail of the encounter between her family and Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell from that late night in 1996. But there are details she told KUOW she’ll never forget,...
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Seattle Mayor Harrell was arrested in 1996 for pulling gun during parking lot confrontation | @Ashleyhiruko @KUOW
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Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell was arrested in 1996 for brandishing a pistol during a late-night confrontation at a casino in Iowa, according to documents from the time. This is the first time Seattle...
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Our year-long investigation found that more than 3,100 children died at boarding schools between 1828 and 1970 and that more than 800 of those students are buried in cemeteries at or near the schools they attended. https://t.co/RM6t3N4kY6 Here’s how we found our evidence.
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The Post’s year-long investigation found that three times as many Native American students had died at boarding schools between 1828 and 1970 as the U.S. government had previously reported.
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Tonight King County Metro operators and supporters held a candlelight vigil for Shawn Yim. The 59-year-old bus driver was stabbed to death early Wednesday morning in the U District. Drivers told me they need more protection - and are fed up asking for it. Story soon for @KUOW
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Local investigative journalism at it's best.......
Nearly two years of reporting and one hell of a backstory. Read how me and @isolderaftery tracked down the Diaz scoop here:
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Fantastic work by a couple of local journalists (including the great former Ferndale Record reporter Ashley Hiruko) in tracking down this story. Goes to show the vital importance of ethical, local journalism in confronting those in power. https://t.co/gBIVmJKNjP
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It began with a rumor that former police chief Adrian Diaz had a paramour, which he dismissed as tawdry gossip, a conspiracy ginned up by his detractors.
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KUOW - 'Beauty and the chief.' How a secret romance ended former Seattle Police Chief Diaz's career And how two intrepid KUOW reporters got the scoop and went out on a limb to first make the story public
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It began with a rumor that former police chief Adrian Diaz had a paramour, which he dismissed as tawdry gossip, a conspiracy ginned up by his detractors.
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This requires a snack and a drink.
Nearly two years of reporting and one hell of a backstory. Read how me and @isolderaftery tracked down the Diaz scoop here:
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We always believed in you, Adrian and @Ashleyhiruko : https://t.co/zF25ogTfky “I’ll have you know the news outlet that broke that apocryphal story, KUOW, is actually usually a pretty credible source with incredibly experienced reporters dedicated to public service journalism."
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It began with a rumor that former police chief Adrian Diaz had a paramour, which he dismissed as tawdry gossip, a conspiracy ginned up by his detractors.
Chief Diaz Informs City They Didn’t Have to Believe He Doesn’t Have Side-Chick on Payroll So Fast: https://t.co/RHZOIWylr3
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A must-read from @Ashleyhiruko & @isolderaftery: ‘Beauty and the chief.’ How a secret romance ended former Seattle Police Chief Diaz’s career https://t.co/6EhC0dboOS
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It began with a rumor that former police chief Adrian Diaz had a paramour, which he dismissed as tawdry gossip, a conspiracy ginned up by his detractors.
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Nearly two years of reporting and one hell of a backstory. Read how me and @isolderaftery tracked down the Diaz scoop here:
kuow.org
It began with a rumor that former police chief Adrian Diaz had a paramour, which he dismissed as tawdry gossip, a conspiracy ginned up by his detractors.
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