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CHOP will end, but the memory of its art will remain
Murals around the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest Zone in Seattle are disappearing. Most of the brightly colored barriers are gone now. And the words painted on the street are already looking less bright. Over the last weeks, KUOW's been talking to people painting graffiti in the CHOP to learn what it meant to paint in the streets during a movement like this.
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Coastal beach communities bracing for Fourth of July revelers... and their trash
A favorable weather forecast and the Fourth of July falling on a weekend has beach communities in the Pacific Northwest bracing for an onslaught despite...
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Where are the orcas? Not in the Salish Sea, where there's no food this summer
For the second year in a row, the region's endangered orcas have been missing from their key habitat around the San Juan Islands for months at a time.
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Washington state is running out of dollars for unemployment claims — and may need to borrow money
Unemployed workers have been relying on the state employment security department to keep them out of poverty during this pandemic. Now, that agency says it could run out of money by the end of the year.
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A second teen is dead in CHOP shooting. ‘Enough is enough,’ says Seattle Police chief
Protesters say they are not causing the violence and that they’ll stay.
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UW plans to welcome some students back to campus in the fall
A letter sent by university president Anna Mari Cauce on Monday pointed to a hybrid approach to resuming classes starting September 30. Some courses will remain online and some will be available in person.
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Boeing 737 MAX test flights this week? What that could mean for the jet's return
The Federal Aviation Administration has approved certification test flights for Boeing's 737 MAX, according to news reports.
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1 teen dead, 1 wounded in shooting at Seattle's CHOP
One man is dead and another in critical condition after a shooting early Monday morning in Capitol Hill Organized Protest Zone.
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‘The virus is everywhere,’ warn King County health officials as new Covid-19 cases emerge
King County saw a 60% increase in new coronavirus cases in a single week.
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Washington's new mask requirement is here. What does that mean for you?
Short answer: if you're already using your mask correctly, not much.
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The CHOP's long goodbye
CHOP, Capitol Hill’s Organized Protest zone in Seattle, is going to end soon. City officials have made that clear. But protesters disagree on how soon the end will come.
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Blast balls and projectiles: Seattle police have a history of crowd control criticism
Seattle police officers’ use of blast balls and projectiles drew demands for change. And that was in 2015 and 2016.