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Seattle bar owner after a month of shutdown: Scramble for aid was chaotic
As the coronavirus shutdown began in Seattle, we talked to Mike Lewis, owner of the Streamline tavern in Lower Queen Anne. It's been one month. How are he and his staff doing now?
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Poets give voice to our deepest thoughts when it comes to this pandemic
Our state’s Stay Home/Stay Healthy order will remain in effect in some form for at least several more weeks. As we adapt to the new, temporary, normal, many of us our turning to the arts for diversion, comfort, or just a new perspective on the world. KUOW’s Arts and Culture reporter Marcie Sillman talked with three poets about how they’re responding to the pandemic.
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Don't be alarmed, these Seattle firefighters just want to see people
While you’re social distancing at home Friday evening in Seattle, you might see flashing lights from a passing firetruck. But don’t be alarmed, it may be part of a police and fire department event called Friday Night Lights.
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Improvisation necessary for Pacific Northwest first responders facing Covid-19 threat
Coronavirus risk and ongoing shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) are leading fire departments around the region to rediscover the enduring truth of the idiom, "Necessity is the mother of invention." Since the virus epidemic emerged in the Pacific Northwest, the fire service has changed tactics, improvised and resorted to creativity to keep first responders healthy and available to serve the public.
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Sen. Patty Murray on what's gotten us out of crises before, and will again
Kim Malcolm gets a Covid-19 response update from Senator Patty Murray
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Washington Supreme Court denies inmates' Covid-19 petition
Using their web cameras, and calling in from separate locations, the Washington State Supreme Court Justices and lawyers met over a Zoom call Thursday. Justices listened in as lawyers made their case on both sides of a lawsuit that seeks the release of thousands of Washington state inmates, prompted by the coronavirus pandemic.
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I can't stop touching people. Even now during coronavirus
Voices of the pandemic features people in the Seattle area who are on the front lines of the coronavirus outbreak.
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Boeing employees are back to work. Can they stay safe?
Workers at Boeing are back on the production lines as of Monday night. They're in the first big industry to restart during this pandemic. The union representing those workers says, already, people are sounding the alarm over safety issues.
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Crowding, lack of social distancing enforcement may have contributed to Covid-19 outbreaks at Seattle shelters
Interrupting the transmission of Covid-19 in homeless shelters can be challenging. Like long-term care sites, shelters are densely populated, which can amplify infectious disease outbreaks. A new report from the Centers for Disease Control looks at an outbreak in three affiliated Seattle shelters in early April, and the public health response that followed.
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When in need, design a mask and print it: A coronavirus success story
How one local music store has joined the efforts to help protect health care workers on the front lines of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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A tale of two Washingtons: how WA state and D.C. battled the coronavirus pandemic, and each other
Kim Malcolm talks with journalist Miles O'Brien about his new Frontline documentary.
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A year after buying a restaurant, how do you lay off 90 percent of your staff?
Voices of the pandemic features people in the Seattle area who are on the frontlines of the coronavirus outbreak. Desirae Aylesworth, owner of Wild Mountain Café in Seattle’s Crown Hill neighborhood, shares her reflection.