Kate Walters
Reporter
About
Kate is a reporter at KUOW covering the homelessness crisis and related issues.
Originally from Australia, Kate studied journalism at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology before coming to work in public radio.
Kate began her career as a reporter with WXXI Public Radio in Rochester, NY, where she worked as part of a Local Journalism Center called the Innovation Trail.
At KUOW, she started as a producer on The Record before joining the news desk.
Stories
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'We have to do more': Community leaders respond to state report on missing indigenous women
Fifty-six Native American women are listed as missing in Washington, according to a new State Patrol report. But representatives of the Native American community told a Seattle City Council hearing on Wednesday that the numbers are an undercount, the result of persistent barriers to gathering data.
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KUOW Newsroom
Fewer people are homeless on Seattle streets, annual one-night count finds
Fewer people are living on the streets of Seattle than last year. That’s according to the annual one night count of people who are homeless in the region.
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Homeless encampment cleared after drug bust
A City of Seattle team began closing down an unauthorized homeless camp along South Dearborn Street in Seattle Monday.
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KUOW Newsroom
Fewer homeless people in Seattle area than last year, one-night count reports
For the first time in years, the results of King County’s annual tally of people experiencing homelessness has gone down. On a single night this January, 11,199 individuals were counted in places like shelters, tents, vehicles and on the streets. That’s an 8% decrease over the 2018 results, when 12,112 people were counted on a single night.
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KUOW Newsroom
Victims of Seattle crane collapse named
The names have been released of all four of those who were killed when a crane collapsed in Seattle over the weekend.
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KUOW Newsroom
Crane collapse: Four companies being investigated, including one involved in 2006 crash
Four people — including a freshman at Seattle Pacific University and two iron workers helping to dismantle the crane — were killed.
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'This is going to fall.' Deadly crane collapse kills 4 in Seattle
Bruce Eric Cashmere is a middle-aged Australian, and on Saturday he was in Seattle staring up at a crane.
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'Best day ever.' Scientist celebrates recovering sea stars
Sea stars. Hundreds of healthy, colorful sea stars.
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KUOW Newsroom
Seattle Mayor withdraws nominee to lead homelessness response after council controversy
KUOW's Kate Walters speaks with host Kim Malcolm about Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan's announcement that, after months of controversy and delay, she's withdrawing her nominee to head the city's human services department.
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Case of Hep A in King County concerns public health officials
A homeless man in King County has been hospitalized with a case of hepatitis A, a highly contagious virus that infects the liver. The case has caused concern among public health officials who worry about a potential outbreak in the area.