Email Author Rick Anderson

Awards

• 2011 - Investigative Reporters and Editors, published June 9, 2010

  "Watching the Protesters"

• 2011 - Pacific Northwest Excellence in Journalism Awards/Society of Professional Journalists Region 10, published June 9, 2010

  "Watching the Protesters"

• 2010 - Pacific Northwest Excellence in Journalism Awards/Society of Professional Journalists Region 10, published February 25, 2009

  "Post Post-Intelligencer"

• 2010 - Pacific Northwest Excellence in Journalism Awards/Society of Professional Journalists Region 10, published September 9, 2009

  "Death's Door"

• 2010 - Pacific Northwest Excellence in Journalism Awards/Society of Professional Journalists Region 10

  "Smooth Jailing"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published July 15, 2009

  "Lethally Blonde"

• 2008 - Pacific Northwest Excellence in Journalism Awards/Society of Professional Journalists Region 10, published July 18, 2007

  "The Lavendar Lie"

• 2008 - Pacific Northwest Excellence in Journalism Awards/Society of Professional Journalists Region 10

  "Smoke on the Mountain"

• 2008 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published July 18, 2007

  "Cracking the Lavender Code"

• 2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published July 18, 2007

  "The Lavendar Lie"

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2012 Stories by Rick Anderson

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  Seattle Marine Sgt. William Stacey Becomes the 1,189th American Fighter to Die in Afghanistan

  published Feb 09, 2012

  ​The Catch 22 of the war in Afghanistan is the longer we stay, the longer we have to stay. The daily cost in lives and treasury makes it ever more necessary to leave, yet creates an investment More >>

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  Was Chem Co.'s 'Secret Dossier' on Reporter Danielle Ivory a Sneak Attack or Predictabler

  published Feb 08, 2012

  ​It wasn't the first time, nor the last time that a reporter investigating a large corporation was, in turn, investigated by the corporation. But it was Danielle Ivory's time, and while a length More >>

• Updated: The War Dead Since Sept. 21, 2011

  published February 8, 2012

  AFGHANISTAN September 24, 2011—Army Sgt. Tyler Holtz, 22, of Dana Point, Calif., a Joint Base... More >>

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  Like to Stay Home, Get Full Salary, Be Fired Only if You Workr Then Olympia Wants You!

  published Feb 07, 2012

  ​We now know the cost of paying state workers to stay home and do no work - $17.2 million in salaries and benefits over the past five years. Thank you, taxpayers. Your bill includes $247,000 pa More >>

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  Jeff Bethke Gets a Dressing Down from The New York Times for His 'Retreat' from Jesus Claims

  published Feb 06, 2012

  ​Updated, with Bethke's response, below. Jeff Bethke insists he doesn't want to be famous but his 15 minutes in the limelight appear to have been extended. His "Hate Religion, Love Jesus" video More >>

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  'Happy Potter,' in the 'First Lady's Box,' and Other Typographical Errors to Remember

  published Feb 03, 2012

  ​Charles Apple's blog on the American Copy Editors Society website keeps track of, among other things, newspaper typos and assorted screwups, such as the one to the right from the Seattle Times More >>

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  Bill Ives' Cautionary Tale, from the Suicide Race to Hialeah Park, and the High Cost of Unretiring

  published Feb 02, 2012

  ​Sixty-year-old retired Indian horseman Mike Harry seemed much the dreamer last year when he told us for our cover story on the Omak Stampede's World Famous Suicide Race that he plans to return More >>

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  Jefferson Bethke's 'Hate Religion, Love Jesus' Viral Vid Sparks a Worldwide Church Debate

  published Feb 01, 2012

  ​Not a lot of people in Seattle, apparently, have heard of 22-year-old Jefferson (Jeff) Bethke. But since the local artist posted his YouTube video just three weeks ago, he's become an online se More >>

• Howard Schultz's Broken Promise

  published February 1, 2012

  Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz's pledge to no longer contribute to presidential or congressional campaigns drew a lot of sympathetic publicity... More >>

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  Howard Schultz Won't Give to Politicians, While Starbucks Shells Out $860K to Influence Them

  published Jan 31, 2012

  ​The pledge by Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz to no longer contribute to presidential or congressional campaigns drew a lot of sympathetic publicly for him and his corporation last year. But whil More >>

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  Gov. Gregoire on Her Gay-Marriage Support: Sorry I Took Seven Years; Now...Mr. Obamar

  published Jan 30, 2012

  ​"I wished I could have come to the point that I am today six years ago, seven years ago, five years ago," Gov. Chris Gregoire says, hoping to explain why - now as a lame duck politican - she fi More >>

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  Russell Dickerson, Harassed and Threatened in Aberdeen Schools for Being Black, Settles Case

  published Jan 27, 2012

  ​Growing up African-American in the harbor town of Aberdeen, young Russell Dickerson III was just a "nigger" to some of his classmates. Miller Junior High students tripped him in the hallway for More >>

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  Michael Mastro Auction: 'I Stole Everything' Says One Bidder at Millionaire's Sale-a-thon

  published Jan 26, 2012

  ​A bottle of wine (Chateau Lafite Rothschild) sold for $700, eight pairs of shoes (Christian Louboutin) went for $2,100, and a car (2007 Bentley Continental GTC) was driven away for $92,500. Tha More >>

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  Mitt Romney's Tax Return: He Buys (and Sells for Profit) Stock in Boeing, Microsoft, Costco

  published Jan 25, 2012

  ​Not unexpectedly, Mitt Romney has invested some of his millions in Boeing and Microsoft stock, according to the Republican presidential candidate's 550 pages of just-released tax returns, and m More >>

• Michael Mastro's Storage Wars

  published January 25, 2012

  When the Bentley convertible, Steinway baby grand, fur coats, and 25 Chihuly glass pieces are auctioned off along with most of his other... More >>

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  Cy Sun, Mayor of Pacific Who Won a Write-In Campaign, Now in War-Medal Fight to Keep Job

  published Jan 24, 2012

  ​After winning an upset write-in vote to become mayor of the city of Pacific, population 6,000, Cy Sun continues to surprise his constituents. A political newcomer, he not only beat the two-term More >>

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  Michael Mastro, Bankrupt Tycoon, Unlikely to Show at His Own 'Storage Wars' for The Rich

  published Jan 23, 2012

  ​When the Bentley convertible, Steinway baby grand piano, fur coats and 25 Chihuly glass pieces are auctioned off along with most of his other last-known worldly goods this week in Palm Desert, More >>

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  Mechele Linehan, Ex-Stripper Accused of Alaska Murder, Released by Judge, Returns to Olympia

  published Jan 20, 2012

  ​Sixteen years after she allegedly killed her Alaska fiance, is Mechele Linehan free to resume life as the soccer-mom wife of an Olympia doctorr The saga of the ex-Alaska stripper has been repea More >>

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  Snowpalooza 2012, Caught on Tape (Including TV Reporter Scolded, Live, For Ruining the Fun)

  published Jan 19, 2012

  ​Record snow, frozen rain, white-outs, blackouts, an ice storm warningr OK, a day or two of real winter. Quite enough, thank you. We'll return shortly to our regularly scheduled rain. Still, sno More >>

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  Eric Rachner, Who Won $60,000 in SPD Video Battle, Wins $10,000 More in False Arrest Case

  published Jan 18, 2012

  ​Put another mark in the win column for Eric Rachner, the man Seattle police arrested in 2008 during a game of "urban golf." He's already won a $60,000 court decision from SPD for denying it had More >>

• Richard Poeton's Big Payday

  published January 18, 2012

  A bookie lives and dies by the odds, and it looks like Richard "Treebark" Poeton has beaten them. An undercover investigator from the state... More >>

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  David Horsey Already Hitting His Stride in LA, Thanks in Part to 'Freaked Out' Rush Limbaugh

  published Jan 17, 2012

  ​Longtime P-I cartoonist David Horsey has been writing and drawing for just over a week now in his new job at the Los Angeles Times and appears to already have a legion of SoCal liberals in tow More >>

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  Richard Nelson, Cop: Could the SPD Have Done More to Prevent His Suicider (Memorial Video)

  published Jan 16, 2012

  ​To the grave with him, Richard (Rick) Nelson took the answers to, and the ultimate responsibility for, his death. For reasons we'll never precisely know, the 50-year-old Seattle police officer More >>

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  Vandal or Heror Man Cuts Park Trees, Causing $5,000 Damage, But Eliminates Crime Hangout

  published Jan 13, 2012

  ​Given the choice between environmental protection and crime prevention, a Northgate man chose the latter last month, cutting limbs from nearly 50 trees at a city park. His apparent intent was t More >>

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  Richard Poeton, Bookie, Fined $2,500 After State Agent Wagers $125,000 to Catch Him

  published Jan 12, 2012

  ​A bookie lives and dies by the odds, and it looks like Richard "Treebark" Poeton has beaten them. An undercover investigator from the state Gambling Commission spent 11 months and at least $125 More >>