Joshua McNichols
Reporter
About
Joshua has been the "growing pains" reporter since 2015, documenting the region's growth and change. Joshua “took the long way” to radio, working in architecture firms for over a decade before pursuing his passion for public radio in 2007. By "long way," he means he's also been a writer, bicycle courier, commercial fisherman, bed-and-breakfast cook, carpenter, landscaper and stained glass salesman. He’s detailed animal enclosures to prevent jaguars from escaping the Miami Zoo. Once, while managing a construction site in Athens, Greece, he was given a noogie by an Albanian civil war refugee in his employ. “You do not tell those guys how to place stucco,” he said. All of which has no doubt made him the story-teller he is today.
Podcasts
Stories
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KUOW Newsroom
How not to get hit when crossing Seattle's most dangerous street
Wear neon colors to avoid getting hit by cars when crossing Rainier Avenue S. That’s what Seattle's Department of Transportation has been telling people on billboards and ads in a campaign called “Don’t Blend In.” Rainier Avenue is Seattle’s most dangerous street. One out of every 20 pedestrians hit by cars in Seattle – are hit within a block of Rainier. The campaign has drawn a mixed response.
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KUOW Newsroom
Seattle traffic is so bad that Domino’s Pizza has gone to all e-bike delivery
Seattle traffic is making people “hangry.” Drivers get stuck in traffic on their way home, which makes people angry. And then that same traffic can make their dinner late – which makes them hungry. Now, restaurants are trying to beat traffic – with electric bikes.
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KUOW Newsroom
Businesses under the shadow of the viaduct can see the waterfront now
The Alaskan Way Viaduct used to tower over the businesses on Alaskan Way. Now, 70% of of it has been demolished. And businesses that once sat in its shadow are now blinking in the sunshine.
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Seattle plans to tap sales tax for affordable housing
For the State of Washington, the sales tax is a firehose of money. For ages, cities have wanted to poke a straw into that firehose and get just a teensy bit of what's flowing inside. During the last legislative session, cities finally got that wish.
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KUOW Newsroom
Seattle police reform could backslide if steps not taken, critics say
Ever since a First Nations woodcarver was fatally shot by Seattle Police in 2010, the police have been trying to prove to a federal judge that they have reformed. But critics say Mayor Jenny Durkan and the Seattle Police Officers Guild have made that goal harder to achieve.
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KUOW Newsroom
These gardeners must raise 2 million dollars to save their P-Patch
Here's why they think they'll succeed.
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KUOW Newsroom
Safety concerns grow on the Seattle street that scrapped bike lanes
Since the 35th Avenue NE redesign, there’s already been a fatal motorcycle accident and a cyclist hit. Some locals have started calling it the Durkan Speedway. That has the Seattle City Council raising questions about its safety. We wondered how dangerous 35th is now, so we rode it ourselves.
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KUOW Newsroom
This West Seattle parking lot is chock-full of drama
Seattle is famous for its neighborhoods – but epic growth is bringing big changes, and lots of tension. One place that tension’s bubbling over is in parking lots. They’re an obvious place to build housing, but merchants need them to draw customers.
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KUOW Newsroom
Seattle bill pits McMansions against backyard cottages
The fight to bring more backyard cottages and granny flats to residential zones in Seattle has a new twist. A bill that would make them easier to build – would also ban super-sized homes. That bill comes up for an important committee vote in the city council on Tuesday. It highlights the tension between people who want affordable places to live and people who need larger homes for growing families.
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Amazon, Microsoft back new push to house the homeless in Seattle
Some of the Seattle area’s biggest businesses are backing a $75 million fund-raising effort by Plymouth Housing to build homes for 800 homeless people.