Ashley Hiruko
Investigative Reporter
About
Ashley Hiruko reports on topics involving policing and the behind-the-scenes conduct of city leaders. Her investigations have examined police killings, allegations of abuse and sex trafficking, and labor issues.
She lives in Seattle with her husband, son, and Maltese.
Location: Seattle
Languages Spoken: English
Pronouns: she/her
Professional Affiliations: Past President, Western Washington Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists
Stories
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Health
Live blog: Coronavirus updates in Seattle area (Feb 29-March 2)
This post will be updated periodically with information about the coronavirus. Scroll down for older information. Top line information: *A man died on Friday of presumed coronavirus in Kirkland, Washington, across the lake from Seattle. He is the first documented death from a virus in the U.S. He had underlying medical conditions. *2 people from a nursing care facility in Kirkland tested positive for the novel coronavirus. *50 more people from that nursing facility are sick and waiting for results about whether they have the virus. *10 CDC workers from Atlanta flew to Seattle this weekend, bound for the nursing care facility in Kirkland.
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Four Seattle liberals on why they have guns, who they're voting for, and why
Guns are on the minds of voters. According to a Gallup Poll conducted late last year, about 30 percent of Americans list five issues as being “extremely important” when it comes to their vote for president. They are: national security, healthcare, education, the economy, and gun reform.
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Students voice concerns over ethnic studies, racism at Seattle School Board meeting
The mood was light at first. Ballard High School students gave the Seattle School board a preview of their spring musical Xanadu, at the meeting on Wednesday. But the tone soon went sober, as multiple people broached issues related to race.
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Mi'Chance death: King County Sheriff responds to oversight office claims
“I want to be very clear that the allegation that reforms were left to die on the vine was simply not true,” Johanknecht said before the County Council’s Law and Justice Committee on Tuesday.
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Education
Head of Kennedy Catholic placed on leave after ouster of two gay teachers
Kennedy Catholic High School President Mike Prato was placed on leave following the "forced" resignations of two teachers who were open about their same-sex engagements.
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Crime
Video released of paraplegic man fatally shot by Federal Way police, family demands answers
An independent investigation team on Thursday released security footage that captured the death of Malik Williams, a 23-year-old Black man who was paraplegic.
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Education
Archdiocese called for resignations of gay teachers from Kennedy Catholic High School, attorney says
Two teachers who resigned from Kennedy Catholic High School last week spent several months under the threat of losing their jobs upon sharing their same-sex engagements with school officials, their attorney told KUOW.
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Education
Seattle transcript snafu: Students ‘stressed’ after glitch delays college application process
An outage of the district's digital grading-recording system has left high school seniors scrambling to get transcripts to their college prospects.
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Education
LGBT teachers 'pushed out' of Catholic high school, families demand reinstatement
Several dozen parents, students, and other community members gathered on Tuesday in protest of the alleged forced resignations of two LGBT teachers from Kennedy Catholic High School in Burien.
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Marijuana delivery drones likely won’t arrive as rumored. But they’re still not a pipe dream
The premise reeked of a futuristic stoner’s dream: flying robots that carry weed to storefront from grower?!