Seattle’s Morning News w/ Charlie Harger & Manda Factor

Hanna Scott on the new warnings over WA's opioid epidemic // Chris Sullivan's Chokepoint -- reminders about rules regarding school buses // Chris Sullivan on the three Boeing-related mishaps in the last three days // Dose of Kindness -- building an ice rink for the neighborhood kids // Gee Scott on exposing behind-the-scenes pro sports negotiations // David Fahrenthold live on Texas's power problems/ Donald Trump's financial records // Hanna Scott on tax-related legislation in Olympia

Jill Schlesinger on Bitcoin's place in the economy // Paging Dr. Cohen -- measuring herd immunity // Dr. Keith Jerome, UW Virology, on COVID variants/ reopening schools // Dose of Kindness -- Siemny Kim on a special sled for a child with cerebral palsy // Gee Scott on expanding Seattle's soda tax statewide // Hanna Scott on efforts in Olympia to clear our state's backlog of untested rape kits, and the Tales from Quarantine contest for teens

Dr. Melisa Rice, WWU, on the Mars Perseverance mission // Feliks Banel, All Over the Map -- what an old MA shipyard has to do with a WA river // Margaret Brennan on the vaccine rollout/ congressional covid relief negotiations // Larry Delaney, president of the Washington Education Assn, on returning to in-person learning // Dose of Kindness -- "Challah Back Girls" // Gee Scott on being excited about space again

Chris Sullivan's Chokepoint -- legislation to teach the zipper merge in WA driver's ed classes // Hanna Scott on WA property tax sticker shock // Dose of Kindness -- Michael Jordan's $10 million medical clinic donation // Gee Scott on Texas's problems/ Ted Cruz's vacation // Hanna Scott on the investigation into Tuesday's fatal SPD shooting

Feliks Banel looks to the future of Seattle's federal archives building // Hanna Scott on WA plans to reopen schools/ WA COVID variants // Dose of Kindness -- a big buyer for struggling vendors // Gee Scott on grocery stores following through on their threats to close // Charity of the Month -- Elderwise // Hanna Scott on the Charleena Lyles lawsuit/ last night's Central District vigil

Hanna Scott on WA legislation to decriminalize drug possession // Chris Sullivan's Chokepoint -- snow accident stats/ passes closed // Pam Falk, CBS Foreign Affairs Analyst, on the perils of pulling out of Afghanistan // Hanna Scott on the WA vaccine rollout/ reopening schools // Dose of Kindness -- daily affirmations for elementary students // Gee Scott on his snowy Valentine's weekend ordeal // David Fahrenthold live on the NAACP lawsuit/ replacing Sen. Richard Burr

Paging Dr. Cohen -- double masking/ vaccine hesitancy // Hanna Scott on payment plan legislation for car tabs // Dose of Kindness -- living organ donors // Stacy Rost on NBA/ MLB/ NHL storylines // Hanna Scott on the gunmen who shot two people before being killed by the SPD last week

Hanna Scott on police reform legislation in Olympia // Feliks Banel, All Over the Map -- naming a Vancouver BC street after Jimi Hendrix's grandmother // Margaret Brennan on the impeachment trial // Dose of Kindness -- tiny Seattle art gallery // Gee Scott on Russell Wilson's future // Melissa Luck, KXLY News Director, on their "Her Recession" series // Aaron Granillo on the Ring Finders, who go to great lengths to find missing rings.

Chris Sullivan's Chokepoint -- assigning a price to the "road usage charge" // Dave Ross on the impeachment opening arguments // Dose of Kindness -- donating Alex Trebek's wardrobe // Gee Scott on preparing for snow/ getting glasses // Hanna Scott on the growing backlog of felony cases awaiting trial in King County // Omari Salisbury from Converge Media on Tuesday's shooting in the Central District

Feliks Banel on the latest attempt to establish JP Patches license plates // Thane Rosenbaum, CBS Legal Analyst, live on the impeachment trial // Hanna Scott on last night's SPD shooting/ the DOJ consent decree // Dose of Kindness -- a cancer patient's legacies helping others // Gee Scott on eliminating the national anthem before sporting events // Hanna Scott on WA sexual predator legislation