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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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?!
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Law & Courts
King County deputies killed a Black teen in 2017. The investigation that followed was lacking, report says
A report released Tuesday has called for change in policy related to the King County Sheriff's Office's internal shooting investigations. The agency said the report is flawed.
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Feds sue King County over ICE flight ban out of Seattle
The United States Department of Justice is suing King County over its ban on deportation flights from Boeing Field, according to a statement released by the federal agency Monday.
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Who are the nurses who crossed the Swedish hospital picket line?
The strike notice was given. Then came the swarm of posts, published by strike nurse agencies attempting to attract talent.
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Susan Chen is missing. The mom lost custody of her autistic son, then got him back
Susan Chen’s case is unusual; rarely are parents criminally charged for withholding food from their kids. Her story has also taken an unexpected twist: Susan went missing.
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Staff describe chaotic scenes at Swedish hospital during strike. Swedish says everything is fine
The mood was tense on C Floor at Swedish Medical Center on Monday. With a strike imminent, a supervisor told respiratory therapists that he would check ventilators – to make sure that no one had sabotaged them to make Swedish look bad.
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Never-before-seen photos of Richard Nixon post-Watergate, by his Secret Service agent
For former Secret Service agent Mike Endicott, recanting his time with Richard Nixon required little mental math.
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Hashing it out in Redmond, where it's pot shop versus Brown Bear Car Wash
Logan Bowers and Jerina Pillert viewed a great deal of locations before securing a new spot for their Redmond cannabis shop Hashtag. They had been looking for two years.
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These Seattle parents just learned library fines are no longer. Here's what they said
Before the birth of her two children, Mary Fontana never had late library fines. Since their birth, that’s changed.