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Week in Review: Seattle's new police chief, transportation, and the state of the pandemic

Bill Radke discusses the week's news with independent health care journalist Joanne Silberner, political analyst and contributing columnist Joni Balter, and Seattle Times David Kroman.
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Bill Radke

Kevin Kniestedt

Sep 23, 2022 at 1:41 pm
Soundside

How long will smoky skies linger above Puget Sound?

The smell of the air around the Puget Sound today is... not pleasant. Some KUOW employees described it as "like a smoked ham" or "similar to a car backfiring". So, how long will we be living with this burnt ham, car backfiring, badly-made bonfire smoke? And what is breathing it in doing to our bodies?
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Libby Denkmann

Sarah Leibovitz

Sep 21, 2022 at 1:30 pm
Western WA is covered by smoke again. But for how long?

There’s smoke in the air again this week, thanks to winds from the east that are bringing smoke from the Bolt Creek fire into the Puget Sound region. And an inversion is trapping that smoke close to the ground. Still, the air quality is not hazardous for most people.
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Eilis O'Neill

Sep 20, 2022 at 3:32 pm
KUOW Newsroom

King County to buy treatment center as mental health beds are on the decline

King County is in the final stages of purchasing a long term residential mental health treatment center in North Seattle. Cascade Hall, 64-bed facility holds about a quarter of the county’s residential treatment beds. This purchase will not increase the County's capacity of beds. However, it will preserve the current already low count.
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Natalie Akane Newcomb

Sep 15, 2022 at 8:43 am KUOW-FM
KUOW Newsroom

King County youth navigate mental health together at Teen Link

Every new school year brings with it some of the same anxieties for both students and their parents — although there may be some new stressors this year.
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Katie Campbell

Angela King

Sep 12, 2022 at 10:33 am
Soundside

What to expect when you're expecting a booster shot

KUOW Reporter Kate Walters joins Soundside to get us up to speed on the new vaccine boosters that target Omicron variants.
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Kim Malcolm

Kate Walters

Hans Anderson

Jason Burrows

Sep 07, 2022 at 1:46 pm
KUOW Newsroom

What happened and why? Federal investigators begin search of seaplane wreckage

The National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday that a team of investigators had arrived on Whidbey Island to begin investigating the cause of Sunday’s seaplane crash in Mutiny Bay.
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Casey Martin

Sep 07, 2022 at 10:52 am
Seattle Now

Coming soon: an Omicron booster

Early in the pandemic, Covid vaccines were all the rage, but after two years, some people are tuning out. Heads up: a new omicron booster is here. It may be available as soon as Friday and targets the most recent Covid strains. UW Medicine's Dr. Shireesha Dhanireddy is here to tell us why it’s different and when you should try and get one.
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Patricia Murphy

Jennie Cecil Moore

Sep 07, 2022 at 5:00 am
Victims identified in seaplane crash near Whidbey Island; 9 still missing

The Coast Guard has suspended its search for nine people still missing following a seaplane crash in Mutiny Bay on Sunday. One deceased person's body was recovered shortly after the crash, but officials say little else — including signs of any survivors — has been found since.
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Casey Martin

Sep 06, 2022 at 12:35 pm
KUOW Blog

Omicron-targeted Covid boosters arriving in Washington state this week
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Angela King

Sep 06, 2022 at 10:20 am