JC Harris For Des Moines, Washington
City Council, Position #2
Non-partisan. Independent.
Next City Council Meeting is May 7, 2026
Working hard to support local businesses!
An advocate for airport issues!
Omar Sørvik stands next to his invention, the Sago Solutions capsule, aboard the fishing boat Oracle in May in Dutch Harbor. Sørvik and a team from the International Pacific Halibut Commission recently tested the capsule, which is designed to protect a longline catch from hungry whales. (Loren Holmes / Anchorage Daily News) Omar Sørvik stands
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Dawn illuminates the city of Yakima last month. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times) By Gene Balk / FYI Guy Seattle Times columnist The ongoing government shutdown has begun impacting federal food assistance for millions of Americans. In Washington, hundreds of thousands of people did not receive their SNAP benefits on Nov. 1. The disruption
... continue reading.July 27, 2025 at 6:00 am Updated July 27, 2025 at 6:01 am April Coberly, a case manager with Sound Behavioral Health, loads a first aid kit and supplies into a mobile crisis team van at the organization’s office in Auburn last month. (Akash Pamarthy / The Seattle Times) April Coberly, a case manager with
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Overlook Walk at Seattle’s waterfront. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times) 1 of 2 | Overlook Walk at Seattle’s waterfront. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times) By Ryan Nguyen Seattle Times news producer Seattle’s revitalized waterfront is finally here. The new $806 million Waterfront Park has slowly opened over the course of a year, but it’s
... continue reading.THEN: On Oct. 13, 1926, midway through construction of the Doric-colonnaded Capitol Building, its masonry dome peeks through scaffolding. The Olympia dome is one foot shorter than the iron dome atop the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. (Paul Dorpat Collection) 1 of 2 | THEN: On Oct. 13, 1926, midway through construction of the Doric-colonnaded
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By Casey Williams Tribune News Service Advertised as a “shape and feel we’ve never seen before,” the aerodynamic 1986 Ford Taurus immediately appealed to the driving public. Ford sold more than 200,000 in its first year and more than a million in three. And that was a good thing because Ford was in financial straits
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By The Seattle Times editorial board Raiding the state’s rainy day fund. Adding novel taxes that could push money and jobs to other states. Passing billions of dollars in negotiated pay increases to state workers while legislators debate service cuts to the most vulnerable Washingtonians and within the state’s public schools. These are the plans
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By Amanda Zhou Seattle Times staff reporter For decades, toxic tire dust has choked coho salmon before they can spawn in their natal streams. Now, King County scientists say they have made a “potential breakthrough” in how to save them. Preliminary results from a recently completed study show certain soil mixes can effectively filter a
... continue reading.By Amanda Zhou Seattle Times staff reporter For decades, toxic tire dust has choked coho salmon before they can spawn in their natal streams. Now, King County scientists say they have made a “potential breakthrough” in how to save them. Preliminary results from a recently completed study show certain soil mixes can effectively filter a
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By Shauna Sowersby Seattle Times staff reporter OLYMPIA — It’s budget season in Olympia, and Washington lawmakers, now equipped with proposals from both chambers, will spend the next few weeks negotiating what should be included or cut in the budget for the next two years. A daunting task in normal years, this session adds an extra
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