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caption: People visiting the Seattle UW campus, where the majority of the cherry trees are. March 20, 2026

Environment

Why allergy season in the Northwest is nothing to sneeze at

caption: Tom Hudson, Garfield High School science teacher, left, with student Jason Fox, in the early 1990s.

Crime

Adults in the Room, Episode 6: The boy in the photograph

caption: The KUOW Book Club is reading "The Sea Gives Up the Dead" by Molly Olguín in April 2026. Olguín will join KUOW's Katie Campbell for a live discussion at the Seattle Central Library on April 23, 2026.

Books

KUOW, Seattle Public Library series continues with Seattle author's 'queer garden of love, grief, and longing'

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Immigration

King County limits immigration operations on county property, moves away from legal term ‘alien’
Government

Sea-Tac manages government shutdown turbulence with normal wait times and no ICE
Government

Between ICE and a hard place: WA farmworkers fear deportation, family separation
Immigration

Their citizenship ceremonies were abruptly canceled. Months later, they are still waiting for them to be rescheduled

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Health Care

U.S. health care spending is the highest on Earth. Here's why

Most health care services in the U.S. cost at least twice what they do in other countries, and sometimes up to ten times as much.

Clare McGrane

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Wednesday Evening Headlines

Seattle puts guardrails on surveillance data, King County Executive Girmay Zahilay issues order to build 500 new shelter units, and WA faces a pollution conundrum on the open water.

April 01, 2026

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caption: Gas Works Park was packed with visitors on March 3, 2021, an especially sunny day.

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