Casey Martin
Reporter
About
Casey Martin is a general assignment reporter who has covered everything from political protests to electric scooters. He is almost always out in the field where the news happens. Casey has reported on extremism, houselessness, politics and Seattle’s nightlife.
He got his start in radio at KBCS Community Radio in Bellevue and is a proud graduate of the Transom Traveling Workshop on Catalina Island.
Location: Seattle and the Eastside
Languages Spoken: English
Stories
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KUOW Newsroom
Kent Mayor will seek assistant police chief’s resignation after outcry over Nazi insignia
An outside investigation found it was "not plausible" that Derek Kammerzell did not know of the Nazi reference when he posted the insignia, as he claimed. Police Chief Rafael Padilla suspended Kammerzell for two weeks.
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KUOW Newsroom
Where to get out of the dangerous cold around Seattle
Freezing temperatures and possible snow are in the forecast for Seattle this weekend and next week. Some cities around the region will open severe weather shelters for people experiencing homelessness to escape the cold.
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KUOW Newsroom
178 people in Seattle died this year while experiencing homelessness, the most ever
On the longest night of the year, volunteers read aloud the names of every person who died in this year without stable housing. Women in Black of WHEEL has been holding this annual vigil for over 20 years - and this year they read more names than ever.
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KUOW Newsroom
People living in tents and RVs evicted from Green Lake Park in Seattle, days before Christmas
This week the City of Seattle is clearing a homeless tent encampment at the park, plus the RVs that have been parked nearby for months. The removal comes less than a week before freezing temperatures are expected in Seattle.
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KUOW Newsroom
40,800 people in King County experienced homelessness in 2020
The previous estimate, based on a one night count from January 2020, was about 12,000 people living outside. King County’s Department of Community and Human Services says integrating data with two other service providers gives a clearer picture of the homelessness crisis in the region.
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Controversial tent encampment cleared from Ballard Commons Park
On Tuesday morning the remaining dozen or so people living in the Ballard park were either offered temporary shelter or told to move along. During the peak of the pandemic there were over one hundred people camped in the Commons, and more who slept on the sidewalks next to the library across the street.
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The sidewalks are tidy outside this tiny house village in Seattle, because the residents keep it so
To help keep up with the housing crisis in Seattle, tiny house villages are expanding for people experiencing homelessness. This fall one village added more tiny houses and xpanded and two more opened up to people seeking temporary housing.
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KUOW Newsroom
Two best friends walk into a pharmacy for their Covid vaccines
The Pfizer covid vaccine is approved for everyone older than five. Now vaccine appointments around Seattle are filling up with small kids as parents work to inoculate their entire households. Health experts say vaccinating kids is an important step to slowing the spread of the disease, while some kids say it’s important so they can get back to doing fun stuff again.
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Private immigrant prison in Tacoma must now pay working detainees minimum wage
A federal jury ruled this week that GEO Group, the company that runs the Northwest ICE Processing Center for immigrants, must pay working detainees the state’s minimum wage. Thousands of past detainees are eligible for back pay in a multi-million dollar class action lawsuit.
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How Broccoli Guy became the mascot the Mariners didn't know they needed
The Major League Baseball season is over for Seattle this year. But the Mariners say it's only the beginning for their young, rising stars. That includes one super-fan who made a name for himself by going to dozens of games with fistfuls of vegetables.