Coronavirus In Seattle
KUOW's ongoing coverage of the coronavirus pandemic in Seattle and surrounding area.
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August 10th | One day we’ll be living in a post-vaccine world. What then?
Things that will change, and several things that won’t. A look at how the Samish tribal government is adapting to socially distant times. And the return of no-bid contracts.
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Why, and how, PLU will have in-person classes
Many school districts and colleges are planning to have classes remotely during the upcoming school year. But Pacific Lutheran University is planning for in-person classes. PLU President Allan Belton discusses.
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Still trying to get an unemployment check in Washington state? You are far from alone
At last count, 30,000 people were still stuck waiting. The Employment Security Department says it is working on the remaining cases, and is expecting to have the latest update on its backlogs come Thursday.
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August 4th | Is nature really healing?
If only the memes were true. A chat with King County Executive Dow Constantine, and with Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman. And a look at how one area already plagued by gentrification is weathering the pandemic.
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August 3rd | Calling for better working conditions, PAC-12 athletes say #WeAreUnited
With football at risk, do student athletes have new leverage for the first time? How COVID-19 has been handled by the Seattle Indian Health Board. How the pandemic has affected a small business. And the fight to reduce or even zero out prison populations.
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Inmates sent to Covid hot spot in central Washington to relieve overcrowding at their prison; others sleep on floor
Five months into the pandemic, nearly 300 inmates and staff have tested positive for the coronavirus at the Coyote Ridge Corrections Center. Nonetheless, inmates continue to be transferred to and from this Covid-19 hotspot to offset low prison capacity at other state facilities. This movement has inmates and their families worried.
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New woman on the block: An Amazon worker falls in love with Beacon Hill
One afternoon in May, two months into the coronavirus pandemic in Seattle, Kate Huntington carried boxes of books and clothing into a shiny new apartment building. One box has business-oriented books like “Getting To Yes.”
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The 'Street Strider' of Beacon Hill
Pearl de La Cruz is out, riding on a surprising contraption that looks like a giant water bug crossed with a bicycle. “I’m coming by!” she yelled out, laughing.
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Tiny masks: Reopening a Seattle daycare center during Covid
It’s an odd sight. Before each child enters the center, their temperature gets taken by staff. Then they wash their hands. But it’s more than that -- the sounds and feel of the school have changed. Down to the blue stickers on the playground outside that dot the floor and remind the children how far to stand apart.
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'It's nervous-making to be operating a business in this way, at this time'
When Gov. Jay Inslee issued a statewide lockdown in March, Petite Soif, a wine bar on Beacon Hill, had been open four months. “We were nervous about what was going to happen,” said co-owner Shawn Mead. Like many small businesses, the wine bar is struggling to survive. As a business that relies on people gathering, it has reinvented itself almost monthly since the pandemic started.
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Pub on the block: The 'Cheers' of Beacon Hill faces pandemic challenges
Inside a one-story building on Beacon Hill, built in 1926, is a bar where customers consider each other family.
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July 28th | Chronicling isolation, together
Extroverts (and anyone who needs more human interaction than they’re getting), unite! And conversations with the County Executive and the Superintendent of Seattle Public Schools about what to expect going forward.