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Paige Browning

Newscaster

About

Paige Browning is a news anchor and reporter for KUOW Public Radio, covering breaking news and stories of significance in the Puget Sound region. Paige's work is featured on KUOW's airwaves daily, and she is a backup host for KUOW's drive-time shows and Seattle Now podcast.

A native of the Northwest, Paige takes special interest in stories about climate change, our changing culture(s), politics, and law. Paige's work has been featured on the NPR newscast, All Things Considered, Here and Now, the BBC, and local public radio stations throughout the northwest. She has lived and worked in Spokane, Missoula (MT), and Seattle.

Her specialty is writing news under a one day deadline, but she's also stepped onto wildfire scorched land, rappelled from a building, and been to the heart of protests for stories.

Paige likes to run, bike, camp, and linger around at art exhibits and concert venues, and thinks the Seattle Storm are the city's best team to see.

Location: Seattle

Languages: English, beginner Spanish

Pronouns: she/her

Professional Affiliations: SAG-AFTRA Shop Steward, Delta Gamma Alumna

Stories

  • Wednesday Evening Headlines

    Protestors take over plaza at Microsoft’s Redmond headquarters, efforts to reintroduce grizzlies in the North Cascades go into hibernation, and Seattle gets a new contemporary arts space.

  • Tuesday Evening Headlines

    Gov. Ferguson doubles down on WA's sanctuary status, Covid reaches its highest point in a year in King County, and Fred Meyer is closing more stores.

  • Monday Evening Headlines

    Only a King County Council vote can make First Hill's proposed behavioral health center a reality, last week's rain slowed the Bear Gulch Fire, and the first WNBA statue is in Seattle and is of Sue Bird. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.

  • caption: June 4, 2025 deadly arson in Wallingford.

    Seattle man says dropped murder, arson charges against him were result of ‘racist misidentification’

    In early June, Susan Lisette Klee, 72, died after a fire engulfed her home in the Wallingford neighborhood. About a month later, with the help of security camera footage, Seattle police arrested a suspect, a 25-year-old Amazon software engineer named Letian Shi. Shi and his lawyers maintained he was not the arsonist. On Friday, King County prosecutors dropped their charges and released Shi, after nearly a month in jail. Seattle Times reporter Sara Jean Green has been covering this story. She gave KUOW’s Paige Browning this update.

  • Thursday Evening Headlines

    City to install nude beach barrier at Denny Blaine Park, ferry trips to get more expensive, and gray wolves could get more protections.

  • Wednesday Evening Headlines

    Another ballot drop means more local election results, Pierce County health officials are investigating a potential case of locally acquired malaria, and are you enjoying today's rain? Firefighters working on the Bear Gulch Fire sure are. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.

  • Tuesday Evening Headlines

    One last thing about today's primary election, an update about the Titan submersible, and news about two Seattle murals. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.

  • Monday Evening Headlines

    Researchers solved the mystery of the wasting sea stars, we have a primary election tomorrow, and Microsoft reports on the jobs most and least susceptible to AI. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.

  • A watchdog raised concerns about McNeil Island. Now she's out of a job

    McNeil Island with its beauty and long criminal justice history, is emerging in the news again. It’s where Washington runs a rehabilitation for people convicted of the most serious sex crimes. But there has not been consistent watch on how the place is run, and whether the folks in rehab are getting what they need. Rebecca Moss of the Seattle Times has been investigating and is here to share the latest on McNeil Island.