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It's not how I thought my store would end: Bop Street Records in Ballard
Dave Vorhees has run Bop Street Records for 41 years. But the pandemic – has kept his customers away. So he’s closing the shop forever. The Internet Archive bought 500,000 of his vinyl records. We caught up with Vorhees on the sidewalk in front of his old store as movers carted his records onto a truck bound for San Francisco.
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‘It’s no get out of jail free card.’ Inmates struggle as they rejoin a society deeply changed by Covid-19
Even though some inmates have been moved out from the confined spaces unconducive for social distancing and keeping Covid-19 at bay, they’re still serving time. Some of them with less support than while they were inside, inmates told KUOW.
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Getting on the ballot still requires human touch for Washington state initiatives
The shutdown is a problem for people trying to get initiatives on the November ballot: they still have to gather real-world signatures.
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Are those ‘Covid toes,’ or should you be wearing slippers?
The syndrome is being called “Covid toe,” but how (or even whether) Covid-19 actually causes it is a mystery, one that researchers in the Seattle area are trying to solve.
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Face masks are a communication barrier for deaf people: 'I almost just want to stay home'
People who are deaf or hard of hearing are having a difficult time during this pandemic. That’s because they can’t see the lips or facial expressions of people wearing face masks.
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'Just how it is for me right now.' For many teens, work now comes before school
During the Tuesday lunch rush at Best Pho and Thai in Renton, 16-year-old Ngoc-Linh Truong bagged up take-out orders as her mom tossed onions in a flaming wok. This is Truong’s brother’s restaurant, and Truong, a junior at Franklin High School in south Seattle, usually helps one or two nights a week during the school year.
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Of 240 dead people tested for coronavirus in King County, a quarter were positive
More than 540 people in King County have died of Covid-19. But about 10 percent of those people were never tested for the disease when they were alive.
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Don't call Employment Security — it may be trying to call you
For weeks people who are waiting for checks from Washington state’s embattled Employment Security Department have been calling and calling - 100 calls a second.
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How King County's Somali community is keeping people fed during Eid
This weekend Muslims around the world celebrate Eid (eed) after a month of fasting during Ramadan. On Eid, people come together to pray and feast. But the pandemic has upended that tradition. Here’s how King County’s Somali community has adapted.
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As kids melt down, Seattle parents reconsider social distancing
The temperature was in the mid to high 60s in Seattle on Tuesday, and two girls who were neighbors giggled and played in a lush, green front yard. They had dolls in hand and a standing dollhouse for make-believe play.
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More Washington counties get the green light to slowly reopen
The county-by-county reopening of Washington state is picking up steam. The state Secretary of Health on Friday approved four additional places where...
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This simple step may prevent fraudsters from posing as you for unemployment money
An international band of imposters have been posing as tens of thousands of Washingtonians to file for unemployment claims since the beginning of May, according to the Employment Security Department. This may have cost the state hundreds of millions of dollars.