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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Princeton prof cancels Seattle appearance after racist threats
Author Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor said she canceled a lecture at Seattle’s Town Hall on Wednesday night after an avalanche of hate email following a speech...
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WA Democrats and Republicans say they want answers on Comey-Trump memo story
The latest Donald Trump bombshell sparked a flurry of response from Washington state's congressional delegation on Tuesday.
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3.4 magnitude earthquake shakes Puget Sound region
A small earthquake centered near Bremerton shook the central Puget Sound area early Wednesday.
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GOP's new Obamacare plan has Washington insurance chief worried
Efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act are ramping up again. Some GOP leaders are hoping for a vote this week on their amended plan to replace Obamacare. And that has Washington state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler worried.
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Video shows Seattle police chase suspect before shootout
Dramatic Seattle Police dash-cam video shows a robbery suspect running into a loading dock followed closely by two police officers – and then a series...
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Mayor Murray floats income tax on Seattle's big earners
Mayor Ed Murray says he'll propose an income tax on Seattle's highest earners. That puts him in company with at least one of his challengers for re...
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'Keep Seattle': Former Mayor Mike McGinn jumps into race against Ed Murray
Mike McGinn wants to be mayor of Seattle again. We got the first hint with a tweet Monday morning of an image of a campaign sign that read only: "Keep...
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These Washington Republicans aren’t feeling Trump’s health plan
Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, a Washington state Republican, knows what it’s like to have a sick kid. Her little Abigail was born in 2013 without kidneys...
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Replace Obamacare and you may see ‘actual market collapse’ in WA
Republicans are “moving so fast, with so little oversight” that the Obamacare replacement could have major structural problems, said Mike Kreidler,...
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Chief Seattle was secretly baptized by Mormon church after his death, leak shows
The website MormonLeaks says Chief Seattle was baptized posthumously in the Mormon church.