Kate Walters
Reporter
About
Kate is a reporter at KUOW covering the homelessness crisis and related issues.
Originally from Australia, Kate studied journalism at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology before coming to work in public radio.
Kate began her career as a reporter with WXXI Public Radio in Rochester, NY, where she worked as part of a Local Journalism Center called the Innovation Trail.
At KUOW, she started as a producer on The Record before joining the news desk.
Stories
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Nurses, caregivers go on strike in front of Swedish Medical Centers
Facing the cold and the rain, nurses and caregivers at the Swedish Medical Center in Ballard paced with picket signs Tuesday morning as they began their strike. "When quality care is under attack, what do we do?" a man shouted among the crowd. "Stand up, fight back!" the crochanted back
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Swedish prepares for worker strike, closes two emergency rooms
Roughly 7,800 nurses and caregivers at Swedish Medical Center campuses will go on strike Tuesday morning. The strike comes after contract negotiations between management and union staff stalled after more than nine months of talks. Staffing levels and compensation are two major sticking points.
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Burning hand sanitizer and other ways Seattle homeless are braving cold nights
This week was freezing in Seattle. Hundreds of people experiencing homelessness slept inside emergency severe weather shelters opened by the city and King County. But some chose to stay outside even as snow fell and temperatures dropped to the low 30s.
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Shovel your sidewalk or get fined, Seattle officials say
Many in the Puget Sound region woke to a blanketing of snow on the ground Monday. According to the weather service, more freezing temperatures and the chance of snow are on the way.
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KUOW Newsroom
Homelessness numbers rise across US, but decline in Washington
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Seattle prepares as snow potential looms over the weekend
Frigid temperatures and the possibility of snow. That’s what the Seattle area is gearing up for. According to the National Weather Service, temperatures will dip into the 20s starting on Sunday and the area could see snow starting Sunday night and into next week.
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KUOW Newsroom
Nurses and caregivers at Swedish, Providence hospitals postpone strike
Health care workers at Swedish Medical Center and Providence hospitals won't go on strike, at least for now. Thousands of workers across the state planned to announce Friday that they would strike on January 14. Instead, after overnight talks, they announced they’re heading back to the negotiating table.
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KUOW Newsroom
Dry baby bottoms: That’s the mission for these Seattle organizations
On a chilly Sunday morning, Ashlee Francis stands outside the True Hope tiny house village in Seattle for people who are homeless. In front of her is a van filled with tubs of baby wipes, blankets, formula, and diapers of various sizes.
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Serial rapists targeted women on Aurora. This woman got justice
In June 2017, Robin Curtis lived in a tent one block away from busy Aurora Avenue in Seattle.
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Seattle and King County poised to merge homeless services
Seattle and King County are likely to have an agreement to merge their homelessness services before the end of the year. Seattle's city council took a step forward today to create a regional homelessness authority.