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
Stories
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Trump grounds all Boeing 737 Max planes after Ethiopia crash
The president called for the grounding of all Max 8 and Max 9 aircrafts following the Ethiopian Air crash, which killed all 157 people on board.
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Three hints your relationship is working, according to these researchers
One difference between happy couples and miserable couples is how they repair disagreements or tough moments.
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Photo of Nazi-saluting teens on Mercer Island rattles community
A photo of two Mercer Island high school students making the Nazi salute circulated wildly on social media on Tuesday morning, rattling the small city east of Seattle.
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5 things about Gov. Jay Inslee that you almost definitely don’t know
Frank Inslee, Jay’s dad, was a biology teacher at Garfield High School, at the heart of Seattle’s historically black neighborhood, and he taught Jimi Hendrix.
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The end is nigh. The rain has come
Cold drops of rain have started to fall.
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More snow this morning! And more snow coming!
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Luke Skywalker himself tells Seattle how to survive snowpocalypse
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Temps drop and Seattle panics: What about the hummingbirds?!
This story was originally published exactly two years ago, February 10, 2019. Scroll down for an update.
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As snow falls, Seattle stocks up on de-icer, avocados and ... weed
Sales were also way up at Hashtag Cannabis, the marijuana dispensary with a store in Fremont. Sales on Thursday and Friday were double what the company expects for this time of year.
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Seattle hears snow forecast, descends on grocery stores like the apocalypse is coming
At the Safeway in the University District, salt was completely sold out. “And it’s not just the rock salt,” said Steve Bailey, who was stocking shelves. “What was weird is that every single table salt was bought in one day.”