Kate Walters
Reporter
About
Kate Walters is a reporter covering Covid-19 and the many ways the pandemic has impacted our lives. She's covered personal experiences of community members, state and local policies, affects on the healthcare system, and more. In the past, Kate has reported on homelessness for KUOW, as well as general assignment stories ranging from city hall politics to sea stars. Originally from Australia, Kate studied journalism at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT). She started her career in public radio at WXXI in Rochester, NY.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Stories
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Hundreds of patients receive threatening emails after Fred Hutch cyberattack
Hundreds of people who have been patients at Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center have received threatening emails following a cyberattack on the institution’s networks in November.
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Is Seattle's new drug law working?
It's been about six weeks since Seattle's new law against public drug use and possession went into effect. The ordinance was written to bring the city in line with a new state law that treats things like having or using fentanyl in public as a gross misdemeanor. One of the directives handed down to Seattle Police is to emphasize diversion when enforcing the law. So how does that work? And how is the effort going?
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Seattle City Council approves 2024 budget with money for housing, homelessness, and mental health
The plan includes more money for homelessness services, housing, and mental health support at Seattle schools. It also funds the controversial ShotSpotter program.
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Hundreds of Providence nurses take to the picket line in Everett
Hundreds of nurses at Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett went on the picket line Tuesday morning after authorizing a five day strike. The major sticking points are staffing levels and pay. The union and Providence have been in negotiations for months over a new contract for roughly 1300 nurses.
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Kaiser reaches tentative deal with WA health care workers, avoiding strike
Thousands of Kaiser Permanente health care workers in Washington have a new tentative contract deal. The tentative deal comes after months of negotiations and staves off a strike at 36 locations across the state that was scheduled to start this week if a deal was not reached by the end of October.
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Thousands of untested sexual assault kits finally processed in WA
Washington state has effectively eliminated its extensive backlog of untested sexual assault evidence kits. Officials announced Thursday that more than 10,000 backlogged kits have now been cleared from evidence rooms across the state and submitted for testing.
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Covid is on the rise at King County nursing homes
Since August, long-term care facilities in King County are averaging 12 new Covid-19 outbreaks per week, health officials say.
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Violent restraint killed Manny Ellis, medical expert testifies in Tacoma police officers' trial
Jurors continue to hear testimony this week in the trial of three Tacoma police officers charged in the March 2020 death of Manuel Ellis. Ellis, a Black man, died after being restrained by police. His death was ruled a homicide.
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Kaiser health care workers in Washington state vote to strike
Thousands of Kaiser Permanente health care workers in Washington will go on strike next month if a new contract is not reached by the end of October. Contract negotiations between the healthcare giant and workers in the state have been ongoing since the spring.
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Fentanyl spike leads to record overdose deaths in King County
The number of overdose deaths in King County so far this year has officially set a new record, making 2023 the deadliest year for drug and alcohol fatalities.