Isolde Raftery
Managing Editor
About
Isolde Raftery has been the Managing Editor at KUOW since 2024. Previously at KUOW, she was online managing editor, investigations team editor, and web editor.
She has reported for NBCNews.com, The New York Times (where she was a fellow on the Metro desk), and the Columbian and Skagit Valley Herald newspapers here in Washington state.
Isolde attended James A. Garfield High School in Seattle and later graduated from Barnard College in New York City. She received a Master's degree in Literary Nonfiction from the University of Oregon.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English, French
Pronouns: she/her
Podcasts
Stories
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The ominous days leading up to the coronavirus outbreak in the Seattle area
It was odd, the firefighter thought, how many calls were coming from the Life Care nursing facility in Kirkland.
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14 now dead of coronavirus in Seattle area
Three more deaths from COVID-19, caused by coronavirus, were reported on Friday morning. That brings the total to 14 deaths from the virus in the Seattle area. Twelve of th have been at EvergreenHealth in Kirkland, Washington, across the lake from Seattle.
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First responders and medical staff test positive for coronavirus
Medical staff across the Seattle region are falling sick with coronavirus.
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Purell is low in Seattle. How to make your own hand sanitizer
Wash your hands, wash your hands, wash your hands. But what if you can't access a sink?
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Live blog: Coronavirus updates in Seattle area (Feb 29-March 2)
This post will be updated periodically with information about the coronavirus. Scroll down for older information. Top line information: *A man died on Friday of presumed coronavirus in Kirkland, Washington, across the lake from Seattle. He is the first documented death from a virus in the U.S. He had underlying medical conditions. *2 people from a nursing care facility in Kirkland tested positive for the novel coronavirus. *50 more people from that nursing facility are sick and waiting for results about whether they have the virus. *10 CDC workers from Atlanta flew to Seattle this weekend, bound for the nursing care facility in Kirkland.
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'Tip of the iceberg.' Health officials predict more coronavirus in Washington state as testing accelerates
*A man died of presumed coronavirus in Kirkland, Washington. He is the first documented death from the virus in the U.S. *2 people from a tested positive for coronavirus He was after an apparent outbreak at a nursing facility in Kirkland, Washington, outside of Seattle. *2 other people from that facility have tested positive for coronavirus, and tests are pending for another 50 people who are sick. *10 CDC workers from Atlanta land in Seattle this weekend, and will head for the nursing care facility. More may arrive later.
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Gov. Jay Inslee declares state of emergency for coronavirus response
Hours after Washington state health officials announced the first coronavirus death in the U.S., Gov. Jay Inslee declared a state of emergency, directing agencies to use all resources needed to respond to the outbreak.
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First U.S. death from presumed coronavirus case in Seattle-area, Washington health officials say. Gov. Inslee declares state of emergency
The patient died at a hospital in Kirkland, Washington.
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2 new coronavirus cases found in Seattle area, health officials say
Two new cases of the coronavirus disease, COVID-19, have been confirmed in Washington state -- one in King County and one in Snohomish County, public health officials said Friday night.
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3rd teacher removed from classroom following KUOW investigation
Martin McGowan, a first-grade teacher at West Woodland Elementary who had been disciplined for abuse including yanking kids’ ears and grabbing their necks, has been put on leave.