Gil Aegerter
About
Gil edits feature pieces and helps guide staff reporters through their stories. He previously served as interim digital director and online managing editor at KUOW. Before that he spent seven years with NBCNews.com, where he was variously a senior editor, editor-producer and features editor. He also worked 25 years as a newspaper editor in Anchorage, Alaska, San Diego, Wilmington, N.C., and Seattle. He also was a freelance researcher for NBC Olympics for the Games in Atlanta; Sydney, Australia; Salt Lake City; Athens; and Torino, Italy. He is a graduate of the University of Alaska-Fairbanks, with a degree in photojournalism.
Stories
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Seattle settles lawsuit with man who accused Ed Murray of rape
A lawsuit that shook Seattle and took down its mayor is being settled. The city of Seattle said Saturday that it would pay $150,000 to Delvonn Heckard,...
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See a racist place name on a WA map? Could take years to change it
The list of racist place names in Washington is long, but the state is slowly getting rid of them. The latest is a “Squaw Creek” southwest of the town...
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Moon says Durkan should have condemned Ed Murray much earlier
Ed Murray's resignation is sending ripples through the Seattle mayor's race.
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Lawsuit targets police officers in Charleena Lyles shooting
A wrongful death lawsuit was filed Friday against the two Seattle police officers who shot Charleena Lyles.
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Why is Rep. Dave Reichert leaving Congress? Trump is one possibility
Rep. Dave Reichert said Wednesday that he won't seek re-election in a race that could decide whether Republicans still control Congress.
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Wildfire threatens two historic towns in Washington state
Updated 6:45 p.m., 9/4/2017: A wildfire burning east of Seattle is threatening two historic mining towns. On Saturday, Gov. Jay Inslee declared a...
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Ed Murray out of Seattle mayor's race; endorses Jenny Durkan
Mayor Ed Murray said he won't wage a write-in candidacy for re-election and instead endorsed Jenny Durkan on Thursday. Murray said Durkan, a former U.S....
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Read these tense emails between Seattle police chief and Kshama Sawant
Show up. That was the gist of an email from Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant to the police chief. A public forum was set for Tuesday on the...
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Want to argue about 'sharia'? Here's what it means
There was an “anti-sharia” rally at Seattle City Hall on Saturday — part of similar rallies around the U.S.
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The other time Washington state had Obamacare
Remember that time back in the 1990s when Washington state had Obamacare?