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Episodes
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Seattle is losing more apartments than it's building. Small landlords blame overregulation
Data from Seattle’s Rental Registration and Inspection database reveal a trend: For every apartment created in a big, new building, a small landlord takes one off the market.
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Safety device, human error derailed Anacortes train, federal officials say
The Federal Railroad Administration has confirmed KUOW reporting that a safety device meant to keep trains from plunging into Puget Sound knocked a train off the tracks and onto the Swinomish Reservation early Thursday morning.
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Federal court rules Seattle landlords can ask about criminal history
A federal court has struck down half of Seattle's Fair Chance Housing Ordinance, which prohibits landlords from asking about prospective tenants’ criminal history.
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Missed crime lab evidence could've stopped Green River Killer decades earlier, investigation finds
During the 1980s and 1990s, detectives struggled to catch the suspect known as the Green River Killer. But according to some new investigative reporting, the Washington State Crime Lab overlooked some key evidence that could have linked Gary Ridgway to the killings as far back as the 1980s, before he took more lives.
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'Build in Washington' rule may be cast overboard to obtain new ferries affordably and quickly
Every new car ferry added to the Washington State Ferries fleet over the past fifty years was built at a Puget Sound shipyard. Now, state lawmakers are considering a break from past policy in order to obtain new vessels faster and cheaper for the troubled state ferry system.
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WA state revenue forecasts predict slowdown as lawmakers prepare new spending plans
Over the next two years, Washington State is likely to bring in less revenue than previously expected, according to the latest revenue forecast officials released Monday. But lawmakers say it's cause for caution, not necessarily concern.
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Amazon cuts another 9,000 jobs signaling new era for the company
Amazon delivered another dose of uncertainty to employees Monday morning: CEO Andy Jassy announced another 9,000 jobs will be eliminated in the coming weeks, making for a total of 27,000 cuts by the company so far this year.
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Large tent encampment cleared from South Park following reports of violence
The Washington State Department of Transportation on Monday began clearing a large tent encampment in Seattle’s South Park neighborhood that used to be home to at least 33 people. The Seattle Police Department says in the weeks leading up to this clearing, the camp has become dangerous and there have been multiple homicides at the location.
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Oil train derailed to avoid plunging into Puget Sound, tribal leader says
“It did what it was supposed to and spilled the train off the tracks so it wouldn't continue on into the Swinomish Slough, into the water, which wouldn't have been good at all.”
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3 months into a school ban for girls and women, a report from Kabul
One of the boys started out and just said, “I apologize. I hate walking out the door every morning to go to school and my sister can’t.”
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A Northwest dryland wheat farmer looks to the sky, contemplates the coming harvest
Even with all the rain and snow in California this winter, it’s been pretty dry in our region, especially in much of eastern Oregon and parts of eastern Washington.For wheat farmers, that means there could be some nail-biting months ahead.Chris Herron owns an eight-square-mile dryland farm in north Franklin County, Washington. Correspondent Anna King spent the day with him and produced this audio postcard.This transcript has been condensed and edited for clarity.
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Mike's adventures in art: 'Between Two Knees'
If you're looking for tips on how to experience art in the Seattle area, you're in the right place. In this weekly post, KUOW arts reporter Mike Davis has suggestions for what to do around Seattle over the weekend so you can have your own adventures in arts and culture