Monsanto to pay $100 million over classroom chemicals, juvenile crime on the rise in King County, and Seattle's original Burgermaster to close. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed. Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at seattlenow@kuow.org , leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-...
Jan 17, 2025•9 min
Ferguson took the oath of office Wednesday and immediately tried to set himself apart from his predecessor. At a press conference afterwards, members of the GOP seemed hopeful, despite Democratic control of the legislature. Still, Ferguson has a big job and an even bigger budget deficit. Seattle Times reporter Jim Brunner helps us sort through some of the challenges facing the new administration. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle ...
Jan 16, 2025•16 min
Gov. Ferguson signs three executive orders, drug trafficking ring busted in Seattle's CID, and WA's Supreme Court to decide fate of high capacity magazine ban. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed. Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at seattlenow@kuow.org , leave us a voicema...
Jan 16, 2025•12 min
Washington is a state that supports and protects transgender rights. But campaign promises from the incoming Trump administration are causing concern for the community. Access to gender-affirming care and legal protections could be restricted. We’ll hear from KUOW health reporter Eilis O’Neill about how the local trans community is preparing for potential new policy. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed. Got question...
Jan 15, 2025•13 min
Governor Inslee gives his final speech in office, Starbucks reverses its open-door policy, and a beloved Central District restaurant makes a comeback. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed. Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at seattlenow@kuow.org , leave us a voicemail at (20...
Jan 15, 2025•12 min
In Washington state, prisons are overseen by state officials, and are required to follow a set of standards. But city and county jails are not. A new proposal by state lawmakers would change that . We talk with Seattle Times investigative reporter Sydney Brownstone about how several deaths in Washington jails helped lead to this push for change. You can watch Governor Jay Inslee's final State of the State address here . We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make ...
Jan 14, 2025•13 min
L.A. shelter pets arrive in Seattle, WA lawmakers talk rent stabilization, and the Community Police Commission seeks to regroup from internal turmoil. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Patricia Murphy. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed. Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at seattlenow@kuow.org , leave us a voicemail at (2...
Jan 14, 2025•11 min
The final 2024 report from the US Department of Labor was strong. Hundreds of thousands of jobs were added. The unemployment rate fell from 4.2 percent to 4.1 percent. Still some workers are really having a hard time finding something new. Business Insider’s Aki Ito reports that there's a recession among white collar workers right now. She explains what's going on. Watch the start of the Washington State Legislature's upcoming session on their new website or on tvw . We can only make Seattle Now...
Jan 13, 2025•14 min
Transit officials, riders, and employees honor Shawn Yim, fare enforcement returns to buses, and Eddie Bauer merges with JC Penny. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Patricia Murphy. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed. Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at seattlenow@kuow.org , leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leav...
Jan 11, 2025•13 min
In the last months of the year, 20 big cats died in an outbreak of bird flu in Washington State. KUOW’s Casey Martin and John Ryan report on how researchers in the state are racing to learn more before the next outbreak hits. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed. Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at seattlenow@kuow.org , leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 o...
Jan 10, 2025•6 min
Governor-elect Ferguson opposes wealth tax to fix WA's budget, Microsoft to cut jobs, and Seattle Humane will take in 60 pets from Los Angeles shelters. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Patricia Murphy. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed. Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at seattlenow@kuow.org , leave us a voicemail at ...
Jan 10, 2025•7 min
Today Seattle Now is sharing a documentary from the KUOW newsroom. In today's episode, KUOW's Will James went deep on Seattle's embrace of Housing First. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed. Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at seattlenow@kuow.org , leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedback online . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf...
Jan 09, 2025•44 min
WA firefighters head to California, REI announces layoffs, and Harborview unveils new technology to help people with spinal cord injuries. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed. Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at seattlenow@kuow.org , leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 ...
Jan 09, 2025•10 min
The new year means Seattle minimum wage is up to $20.76 an hour. It also means the end of a $2.72 cent hour tip credit that small businesses and restaurants have been using to help balance the books. The choice to let that credit expire was built into the law. But it’s not that simple. We hear from Seattle Times reporter Jackie Varriano and bartender Chandler Sapp. Legislative Preview hosted by Austin Jenkins Legislative Preview hosted by Angela King We can only make Seattle Now because listener...
Jan 08, 2025•12 min
Norovirus is spreading in King County, President Biden expands oil drilling ban off WA coast, and former WA Congressman Jim McDermott remembers Jimmy Carter. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning. The interview with Jim McDermott was produced by John O'Brien . We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed. Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear ...
Jan 08, 2025•12 min
Washington lawmakers get back to work on Monday to kick off the 2025 legislative session . For 105 days, they’ll tackle issues like housing, education, and gun safety. But looming over it all is a projected budget deficit as big as $12 billion over the next several years. We talk with Olympia correspondent Jeanie Lindsay about what to expect. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed. Got questions about local news or sto...
Jan 07, 2025•14 min
If you feel like you sat in more traffic in 2024, new data shows you may be right. A Seahawks coaching staff member was let go, and two notable Seattle entertainers received awards this weekend. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Patricia Murphy. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed. Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at seat...
Jan 07, 2025•7 min
Seattle needs more housing, that’s a widely accepted reality. How and where we build that housing is a lot thornier. Enter: the One Seattle Plan, the city’s proposal to address our housing shortage. The details are still getting worked out, and some people don’t want these changes in their neighborhood, while others argue it doesn’t go far enough. We hear from Ryan Packer, the Contributing editor of The Urbanist and Queen Anne resident Michael Lapin. We can only make Seattle Now because listener...
Jan 06, 2025•13 min
Orca mom still carrying her dead calf around Puget Sound, 2024 broke records for evictions in WA, and Whitman College grapples with the legacy of its namesake. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed. Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at seattlenow@kuow.org , leave us a voicema...
Jan 04, 2025•11 min
This week… Southern Resident killer whale J-35 is in mourning after losing a days-old calf. And Amazon’s Return To Office mandate began Thursday, and it’s going to change a whole lot in Seattle. Author and blogger Geraldine DeRuiter and Your Last Meal host Rachel Belle are here to ring in the new year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Jan 03, 2025•23 min
Amazon workers return to the office, flu cases are spiking in WA, and parking tickets in Seattle just got more expensive. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed. Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at seattlenow@kuow.org , leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6746 or leave us feedb...
Jan 03, 2025•9 min
It's 2025... And a new year means a new job for one of the longest-tenured members of the Seattle Mariners. Not on the field, but in the broadcast booth. After 18 years, Mariners TV broadcaster Dave Sims is heading home to call games in the Bronx, for the New York Yankees. He’s here today to reflect on his time in Seattle, and some of his most iconic moments behind the mic. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jan 02, 2025•15 min
We have one more lookback on our 2024 reporting, as we transition into the new year. Severe mental illness is a very visible problem in Seattle. In 2023, police responded to almost 10 thousand scenes of people experiencing mental health crises. Investigative reporters spent the past year asking big questions on the show Lost Patients about why so many people with severe mental illness end up untreated, and on the streets. And as they did, Seattle continued to pass legislation against one of the ...
Dec 31, 2024•16 min
We’re nearing the finish line of 2024, and wow what a year. Boeing’s year started with a bang, but not in a good way. In January, a door-sized panel blew off of a Boeing 737 Max 9 jet mid-flight. They also got a new CEO and endured a 53 day machinist strike. The Seattle Public Library, SeaTac Airport, and the Highline school district all got cyber attacked. Seattle Public Schools went from planning to close 20 schools to planning to close zero, University of Washington joined the big 10, and som...
Dec 30, 2024•13 min
We’re rounding out a week of re-airing our favorite episodes of the year, and somehow just couldn’t go without putting in some pickleball. Pickleball continues to be both popular and controversial in Seattle. This episode we're returning to the Green Lake pickleball courts which were officially declared a pickleball hub by Seattle in June. And the upwards of 100 diehard fans would agree, as they meet regularly to dink pickleballs back and forth. Yes, that’s the technical term. But, not everyone ...
Dec 27, 2024•13 min
In 2024, we’ve talked to and learned from some of the region’s boundary pushing authors. One of them is local automotive journalist Victoria Scott. Victoria loves cars – as models of freedom, style, and engineering. She also thinks car culture doesn’t have to be so male-dominated. Those two things drove her to write about and photograph trans women, nonbinary people, and their relationship to cars. Her book is We Deserve This. See more info and order We Deserve This (also available at Elliott Ba...
Dec 26, 2024•14 min
This episode we're dreaming of a white Christmas, because White Christmas singer Bing Crosby was a local. He's Tacoma born and Spokane-raised. Crosby’s PNW connection is one of the many dazzling details in the book The Sound of Seattle: 101 Songs that Shaped a City . Eva Walker and Jacob Uitti talk to Patricia Murphy about musical influences that came out of our region – especially those that get little cred. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and ...
Dec 24, 2024•14 min
It’s the final full week of the year. As we take a little holiday break to recharge this week, we’re revisiting some of our favorite episodes of 2024, starting with a trip back to Shoreline. There, volunteers are reclaiming a derelict property to turn into the Ching Community Garden. Back when Patricia Murphy first visited in April, volunteers were out on weekends restoring the rich soil. They had to uproot blackberry bushes to reveal lilies and a hidden koi fish pond with a bridge. Now, months ...
Dec 23, 2024•11 min
Mayor Harrell announces new Seattle Police Chief, Starbucks workers go on strike , and how to make air travel less harmful to the environment. It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning. We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. Tap here to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed. Got questions about local news or story ideas to share? We want to hear from you! Email us at seattlenow@kuow.org , leave us a voicemail at (206) 616-6...
Dec 21, 2024•12 min
This week… King County Metro announced it will temporarily close four bus stops in the Chinatown International District, and the agency is also reeling from a fatal attack on a bus driver. Washington is saying farewell to… The Northern Giant Hornet, now that the “murder hornet” has officially been eradiated from the state. And we’re getting closer to the holidays every second. If you’re a last-minute shopper, big tech is trying to get you to use AI for ideas. Author Danielle Marie Holland and Fa...
Dec 20, 2024•20 min
