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For sexual assault victims , it's a struggle to just get evidence collected
After a sexual assault, if a survivor chooses to get a rape kit, they first have to find the right clinic to actually get one. For the third time, U.S. Senator Patty Murray is sponsoring a bill that seeks to change that and improve the care survivors get at medical centers nationwide.
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Marcie Sillman has these weekend culture picks
This was a busy news week, from the massive fire at Notre Dame cathedral in Paris to the long-awaited release of the Mueller report. Time to take a deep breath and enjoy a few weekend diversions. KUOW’s Arts and Culture reporter Marcie Sillman has some suggestions.
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The end of the pipeline. Seattle teachers go to prison to get schooled
Every month, a Seattle high school principal brings a group of fellow educators to a nearby prison. It’s an effort to address the so-called “school-to-prison pipeline.”
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How the Northwest can learn from Indonesia’s deadly 2018 quake
Last September, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake followed by a tsunami devastated a region of Indonesia, killing more than 4,300 people. Two Oregon State and...
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Why this Seattle mom finally got her kids vaccinated after years of saying no
A Seattle mom held off on vaccinating her kids because she was concerned about their fledgling immune systems. Then she got cancer.
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Lifetime flu vaccine research at UW gets big dose of funding
Research on a lifetime flu vaccine just got a major boost, thanks to a 45 million dollar grant to The Institute for Protein Design at the University of Washington School of Medicine.
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The kids are not alright. High schools grapple with rising rates of mental illness
With rates of mental health disorders among adolescents are on the rise, some schools are working to provide more mental health education and more support for struggling students.
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Tax form typo, or is your employee undocumented?
"No-match" letters are sent by the Social Security Administration when there’s a typo on W-2 forms. But in some cases, they indicate the employee is using a fake social security number. What does that mean in today’s immigration climate?
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After dehydration death, grieving father and new jail chief forge surprising bond
Four years ago this month, 25-year-old Keaton Farris died naked, dehydrated and malnourished on the floor of an isolation cell in the Island County Jail...
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Sawant: This is the time to push for rent control
Rent control could become a campaign issue in Seattle this election. Seattle City Council Member Kshama Sawant wants to limit rent increases to the rate of inflation. That’s despite a statewide ban on rent control. The state ban would have to be lifted before landlords actually had to cap any rents.
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Boeing’s latest troubles could mean sunset for the 737
It's the highest selling commercial airliner in history. But now the future of the 737 is in doubt.
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‘Our relatives under the water.’ Lummi release salmon to ailing orcas
Lummi tribal members released one live chinook salmon into the Salish Sea on Wednesday as a spiritual offering to J17, an orca matriarch who has been ailing.