KUOW Newsroom
By
Catch up on the local headlines of the day with the "KUOW Newsroom" podcast. One podcast feed, all the great local reporting you expect from KUOW and NPR.
Beginning August 5, 2024, we will no longer publish new KUOW Newsroom episodes. We thank you for listening to this podcast feed and encourage our listeners to subscribe to Seattle Now and download the KUOW App to hear the latest news features and headlines from KUOW.
Sponsored
Episodes
-
Washington state's mask mandate will lift March 12, ahead of schedule
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announced Monday that the state’s indoor mask mandate will lift on Saturday, March 12, 10 days earlier than previously announced. Inslee cited fast-dropping Covid cases and hospitalizations as the rationale for the decision.
-
Arts picks include an improv musical, a Nikkei farmer tribute and a contemporary opera
‘I cannot imagine how quickly their minds come up with all of this.’
-
State advisory group votes against adding Covid vaccination to WA schools requirement list
‘At the end of the day, the vote was actually really close.’
-
There's just not enough office space in Seattle and Bellevue for the job growth coming
The Seattle metro area is booming. It might not seem like it, when you look at our downtowns and see vacant store fronts. But the market for office space in our region tells a different story.
-
WA Democrats want to increase spending by about $6 billion
The state’s revenue picture just keeps getting rosier and rosier. That means state lawmakers have billions more to spend, save or return to taxpayers; Democrats are opting to spend more.
-
MLB lockout may threaten baseball’s season and its fragile relationship with fans
‘At the end of the day, no baseball on opening day is going to hurt both of these sides where it hurts the most, in the pocket book.’
-
High schooler directs new feature film “HANFORD” to be distributed on Amazon Prime
A Richland, Washington, high schooler has been hard at work on his side-gig – directing a feature film about the Hanford radioactive cleanup site. The hour-long film is set to debut on Amazon Prime March 2nd and VIMEO on March 3rd.
-
Can’t we just eat those invasive crabs until they’re gone? (Probably not)
Like the native crabs they often prey on, these destructive invaders are themselves edible.
-
Democrats in Olympia undeterred by anger from Oregon, Idaho and Alaska over targeted fuel tax
Majority Democrats in the Washington Legislature on Tuesday narrowly beat back a third attempt to squelch a new tax they proposed on gasoline and diesel exported to neighboring states from Washington refineries.
-
Chief Adrian Diaz is only contender so far for Seattle Police head spot
In January, upon his inauguration, Mayor Bruce Harrell said he would hold off on a national search for a permanent police chief, and would instead evaluate interim Chief Adrian Diaz, the acting head of the Seattle Police Department. Nearly two months later, no decision has been made about whether Chief Diaz will keep the job, a city spokesman said. No other candidates, if there are any, have been named.
-
Her death shocked Seattle's Ethiopian community. New novel revisits the trial to get her justice
A decade later, people who had contact with the case of Hana Alemu Williams can’t forget the heartbreaking details of her “homicide by abuse.” The writer David Guterson revisits her case in his latest novel.
-
Seattle art picks: A new cult film and 10 high caliber drag shows
KUOW’s Kevin Kniestedt gets some Seattle arts picks from The Stranger’s staff writer Jas Keimig.