JC Harris For Des Moines, Washington
City Council, Position #2
Non-partisan. Independent.
Next City Council Meeting is October 29, 2026
Working hard to support local businesses!
An advocate for airport issues!
Articles from around the area, including re-prints from various newspapers (provided under Fair-Use provision.) These are information only, which means that many, Many, MANY of these do not represent my point of view. (Seriously, they don’t.) I just want you to know what’s out there being discussed by electeds that concern Des Moines.
Get updates Follow @mattshumer_ Think back to February 2020. If you were paying close attention, you might have noticed a few people talking about a virus spreading overseas. But most of us weren’t paying close attention. The stock market was doing great, your kids were in school, you were going to restaurants and shaking hands
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by Julie Z. Weil The Washington Post Feb 5, 2026 Tom Brenner WASHINGTON, JANUARY 26: Homes covered with snow, pictured near the Adams Morgan neighborhood in Washington, on January 26, 2026. A massive winter storm touched down over the DMV yesterday, bringing at least six inches of snow to the District. (Photo by Tom Brenner
... continue reading.Byline: Julie Z. Weil What qualifies as a “starter home” these days? Do its owners need to be a certain age or plan to live in it fewer than five years, or maybe 10? Or does the answer simply come down to price? People tend to have their own understanding, but starter homes are typically
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Opinion David Brooks Jan. 30, 2026 Credit…Chris Maggio for The New York Times By David Brooks Opinion Columnist Sign up for The Ethicist newsletter, for Times subscribers only. Advice on life’s trickiest situations and moral dilemmas from the philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah. Get it sent to your inbox. My grandfather Bernard Levy played a big role in my
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Gaelen Johnson, age 12, rocks out on a B.C. Rich guitar at Re-Animated Music on Jan. 13 in Seattle. Johnson, who comes to Re-Animated Music after doctor’s appointments at Seattle Children’s, likes the shop because of the many skeletons posted around on the walls and the “cool shaped guitars.” (Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times)
... continue reading.The real story of how immigrant labor came to define the construction industry. Listen to this article · 14:19 min Learn more Share full article 822 By Ronda Kaysen and Robert Gebeloff Ronda Kaysen interviewed 60 laborers, industry leaders and academics, and Robert Gebeloff analyzed current and historical census data. Published Jan. 14, 2026Updated Jan. 20, 2026 Matthew Moore, left, and Mariano
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A Flock Safety camera is covered with black plastic earlier this month at an Olympia intersection. City officials there decided to halt use of the cameras and take them down. (Karen Ducey / The Seattle Times) A Flock Safety camera is covered with black plastic earlier this month at an Olympia intersection. City officials there
... continue reading.In this KING 5 update, the Environment Northwest team gets exclusive access to Washington state’s cleanup. This reverses a failed plan to submerge artificial reefs. OLYMPIA, Wash. — Vernon Stoner has grown accustomed to the rhythmic industrial symphony outside his Olympia waterfront home. The noise recently heard on Puget Sound is the groan of hydraulics,
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The area where the Desimone levee was breached is seen along the Green River in Tukwila on Friday. Soon after the breach, the National Weather Service issued a flash flood warning to about 46,000 residents and… (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)More By Greg Kim Seattle Times staff reporter Some mayors in South King County
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Kyle Sullivan, now the plant manager at the Beaver Creek wind farm in Stillwater County, Mont., stands within the base of a wind turbine last summer. The 248-megawatt project, owned by Puget Sound Energy, came online in August and cost the utility $530 million. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times) Kyle Sullivan, now the plant
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