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Episodes
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Wednesday Headlines
Details surface from the Gorge shooting, Amazon gets sued over Prime memberships, and the U.S. World Cup roster is stacked with PNW talent.
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Summer is here: What to expect for PNW wildfire season and more
It is the first official day of summer. The extended forecast shows the first few days of summer will be sunny and relatively warm.
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Median earnings for full-time working WA men $14,600 higher than for women
Washington state has one of the widest gender pay gaps in the nation. But KUOW's Monica Nickelsburg is exploring one strategy for changing that.
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Tuesday Headlines
Submersible still missing, Seattle's U.S. attorney quits, and Washington has the nation's most expensive gasoline.
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Tukwila's student poets reassure new refugees: ‘You aren't alone’
These sisters came to Tukwila from Afghanistan in 2019 and found a poetry workshop that helped them delve into their own journeys. Now they have words of encouragement for other refugees.
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How to lose money if you’re a working woman? Have kids
Working women stand to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars over the course of their careers compared to their male counterparts. The median salary gap between men and women is particularly dramatic in Washington state.
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Highway robbery: What keeps Seattle-area women in the salary slow lane
Early in her career, Chanin Kelly-Rae, a diversity and inclusion consultant in Seattle, experienced what is sometimes called “the breadwinner bonus.”
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Friday Headlines
Political fallout in Burien, gas stoves under scrutiny, and Seattle celebrates Juneteenth.
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Kids in this small Washington town worry about food when school is out for summer
Summer can be tough for low-income students who depend on school for most of their meals. But it’s especially tougher for kids living in rural Washington. That’s because the hurdles to addressing food insecurity here are often more complicated compared to urban areas.
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Thursday Headlines
Seattle's graffiti law is on hold, UW researchers strike a labor deal, and a new area code is coming to the 206.
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Wednesday Headlines
Seattle gets a new arts and culture director, bus ridership is trending up, and will more than one Mariner make the All Star Game?
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Getting fish passage over Skagit dams will take decades
After years of drama with Tribes who say the dams are getting in the way of the salmon. If successful, it’ll be introducing fish into a region it hasn’t been in for 50 or even more years.