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
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.
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KUOW Newsroom
In Rainier Beach, neighbors have a dream, but developers are holding cards close to their chests.
In Rainier Beach, non-profit groups want any development that comes in to help the neighbors who live there now. And development seems likely, as recent upzones raise the height limit on some properties from four stories to twelve. Developers are holding their cards close to their chests. Rainier Beach is prepared to turn to civil disobedience if developers don’t listen.
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KUOW Newsroom
It's crunch week for people trying to save the Showbox
The Showbox is fighting for its survival. This week, the future of the storied Seattle music venue will be discussed at two public hearings: Tuesday afternoon at the City Council, and Wednesday afternoon before the Landmarks Preservation Board.
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KUOW Newsroom
In Rainier Beach, home owners hope to survive Seattle upzones
Nowhere more than Rainier Beach is both the promise and the threat of growth so apparent.
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KUOW Newsroom
At the birthplace of Seattle karaoke, two different visions for the future of the CID