Ashley Hiruko
Reporter
Stories
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How Seattle-area progressives feel about Biden now, halfway through 2020
KUOW spoke with six progressives in May 2020 about their thoughts on Joe Biden winning the presumptive nomination. Now, four months later, after a summer of Covid, civil unrest, the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, we asked them for their updated thoughts.
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Feces in a locker and other harassment: Racism is rife in King County Corrections, employees say
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Return to school in October: Seattle-area schools plan for hybrid model
Coronavirus cases in King County are low enough for school to resume in person to some degree, according to public health officials.
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Dangerous maggot larvae found in apples that Gov. Jay Inslee gifted to wildfire-ravaged town
Over the weekend, Gov. Jay Inslee brought honey crisp apples from his orchard to eastern Washington.
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Gov. Inslee brings apples to Washington town decimated by wildfire, leaving bitter taste in residents’ mouths
Bridgeport, Washington, is an apple town. Orchards abound, and many who live in this tight-knit community farm, pick, or sort fruit at packing plants.
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Not a death sentence: Female inmate serving 35-year sentence fights for life-saving health care
Cynthia Miller is an inmate at the Washington Corrections Center for Women in Gig Harbor. Her husband said she's not getting adequate medical care and is
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Redmond Fire Chief paid 95k to resign, told to keep quiet about Covid outbreak
Two weeks after KUOW published a story about a small coronavirus outbreak among Redmond fire command staff, the fire chief was ousted. At about this same time the city hired a consultant to the tune of nearly $50,000 to fair out who leaked information to KUOW. The consultant never did find out who turned over that information.
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Seattle Protests for Civil Rights
Denied anti-seizure medicine, a knee in the neck. Seattle protesters say they feared death following arrests
Protester Samantha Six says she had multiple, untreated seizures while in police custody and jail; Her husband, Damien Boyd, says a Seattle Police officer jammed their knee into his neck, preventing him from being able to breathe.
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Protesters went to meet with Chief Best at her home. But then her neighbors emerged
Down a quiet dead-end street just north of the small city of Snohomish, where American flags fly free and sturdy trucks sit outside homes, a young group of protesters, led by Black women, made an appearance.
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Inmates sent to Covid hot spot in central Washington to relieve overcrowding at their prison; others sleep on floor
Five months into the pandemic, nearly 300 inmates and staff have tested positive for the coronavirus at the Coyote Ridge Corrections Center. Nonetheless, inmates continue to be transferred to and from this Covid-19 hotspot to offset low prison capacity at other state facilities. This movement has inmates and their families worried.