Dyer Oxley
Online Editor/Producer
About
Dyer Oxley joined KUOW as a web editor in 2020, handling day-to-day upkeep of the station’s website while providing editorial oversight. He also helms KUOW’s daily newsletter.
A newspaper reporter at heart, Dyer came to KUOW via various Seattle-area media — spanning talk radio, podcasts, and TV — where he covered the emerging opioid epidemic, transportation, local government, and the region's pop culture community (he argues the Northwest is one of the nerdiest places on the planet). You can count on him to keep up on the region’s many comic cons, science, and entertainment news.
Location: Pacific Northwest
Languages: English, Limited Klingon and Vulcan
Stories
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When will the cherry blossoms bloom at UW in 2023?
The cold weather through the start of 2023 has stalled the cherry blossom bloom this spring, which means that all your Instagram photos will have to wait a little longer.
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Seattle is getting a major league cricket team
While the team's name is the Seattle Orcas, it's more accurate to say the team represents Western Washington, if not the Northwest, among franchises in emerging Major League Cricket.
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A 'thriving downtown' Seattle or 'a fentanyl market': Today So Far
“We can have a revitalized, thriving downtown with retail and restaurants and arts and culture, or we can have a fentanyl market. We can’t have both Early morning train derailment on the Swinomish Reservation, near Anacortes.
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Environment
Train derails near Anacortes, spills up to 3,100 gallons of diesel
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Why the SVB fiasco is not like other banking disasters: Today So Far
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How should Seattle look? Like art?: Today So Far
In his most recent Words in Review, KUOW's Bill Radke asks us to consider: Should Seattle be a work of art? He explores this question in a conversation with The Stranger's Charles Mudede. This post originally appeared in KUOW's Today So Far newsletter for March 14, 2023.
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Teachers, lawmakers, and cherry blossom trees: Today So Far
The rate of teachers leaving the job is at a 38-year high in Washington state. Lawmakers in Olympia passed a key deadline last week, marking which bills are moving forward, and which ones are being filed under "maybe next time." A solution to Seattle's cherry blossom drama may have emerged. This post originally appeared in KUOW's Today So Far newsletter for March 13, 2023.
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Where should Seattle put a new dog park?: Today So Far
Seattle is looking into its parks to find space for new off-leash dog parks. The FBI is offering a total of $50,000 for information about two attacks on substations in the Northwest. Hollywood hairstylist chats with KUOW about Oscar nomination. This post originally appeared in KUOW's Today So Far newsletter for March 10, 2023.
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Seattle will save cherry blossom trees on Pike Street, but the old ones still have to go
Eight cherry blossom trees near Pike Place Market were saved from the axe this week after locals spoke up, urging a sakura salvation. Now, the trees are on the chopping block again. But recent developments spurred the city to make new plans for this stretch of Seattle, and 24 new cherry blossom trees will eventually replace the old ones.
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Seattle shows love for backyard cottages: Today So Far
There has been a surge in new accessory dwelling units in Seattle within just a few years. We are three years past the initial surge of Covid in our region. Now, some things are fading away, and other aspects linger. This post originally appeared in KUOW's Today So Far newsletter for March 9, 2023.