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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Politics
The State of the City
Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan gave her State of the City speech on Tuesday in which she gave a few indications of what is to come in 2019.
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Health
Seattle officials try to bring people inside from the cold, with mixed results
The city's Navigation Team helped 24 people travel to shelter Monday night and transported 67 people to shelters on Sunday.
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Politics
After years of delays, affordable housing plan for Fort Lawton may move forward
More than 200 affordable units could be coming to a swath of land near Discovery Park.
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Health
As freezing cold continues, Seattle opens emergency shelters
Local officials have opened additional temporary shelter beds this week to try to get more people experiencing homelessness off the streets and out of the freezing temperatures. “We’re very concerned about people living out in the elements when we have a cold snap like this,” said King County Executive Dow Constantine.
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Health
Seattle will open a cold weather shelter for the homeless as temperatures dip
Seattle is opening a severe weather shelter for people who are homeless as the city prepares for temperatures to dip near freezing.
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Politics
Three years after a fatal shooting, the Jungle has changed and so has this man
Kevin Boggs awoke to flashing red and blue lights. It was a wake-up call.
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Politics
One night a year, Seattle tries to count all of its homeless residents. This is how volunteers do it
Small trails that lead away from the road. The sound of a generator. The glint of canvas in the glare of a flashlight. These are just some of the things that Daniel Long was looking for in the wee hours of Friday morning as he helped conduct the annual one night count of people experiencing homelessness.
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Health
The one-night count of Seattle's homeless is always an undercount. But here's why we do it
The one-night count, explained.
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Politics
The viaduct covered homeless camps, but now those have to go
As Seattle prepares for the Alaskan Way Viaduct to come down, drivers aren't the only ones experiencing change. People living underneath in homeless camps also have to move on.
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Health
A man with disabilities was left at an ER. He stayed there three weeks
Adults with disabilities are living in hospitals, because they have nowhere else to go.