Covering Climate Now
KUOW is devoting a special week of climate change coverage from September 16-23, 2019 as part of the #CoveringClimateNow effort. More than 250 other news outlets have signed on to do the same.
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Pandemic updates for Seattle: How sewage can help track Covid outbreaks
Updated news about the coronavirus pandemic in Seattle and Washington state.
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This hotline gave immigrants a lifeline as Covid ripped through the Seattle area
One year ago, Monserrat Padilla and her colleagues posted a phone number to Facebook. “We told people, you can call us for rental assistance, access to food,” said Padilla, a co-director of Washington Immigrant Solidary Network. They also helped connect folks with Covid testing and legal help.
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Seattle's indie movie theater scene hangs on by a reel
“We were just flat out closed. Nobody. Nothing” said Jeff Brien, managing partner at Faraway Entertainment.
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September 9th | Fire in the skies
With much of the West either ablaze or seeing bad air quality, a look at where we are in Washington. A look at the protests that became contentious Monday, with 22 arrests and several instances of police violence. Why aren’t we testing people who aren’t showing COVID-19 symptoms? And a chat with Margaret Atwood.
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July 23rd | Searching and rescuing in the time of coronavirus
The people who come scoop you out of a crevasse have their own worries during this pandemic. The mayor joins us for your calls. And reevaluating your relationship to cleanliness.
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King County (and Seattle) move to Phase 2, which means restaurants reopening
King County, home to Seattle, was approved by Washington state on Friday morning to move to Phase 2 of reopening from the coronavirus shutdown. What does this mean?
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Here's how the pandemic — and your grocery store habits — are affecting Washington farmers
First, the toilet paper disappeared from store shelves. Then it was the flour and other supplies with long shelf lives as people prepared for an unknown future amid a global pandemic. But there are some things customers just aren't buying -- and that's putting farmers in a financial predicament.
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April 29th | What's getting you through?
A new app designed to help contact tracers track the coronavirus. A picture book to help kids understand life during a pandemic. Hearing from Seattle children what they think of the shut down. And a conversation about what's getting Seattle residents through e.
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Earth Day 2020 moves to home and online, for now
The coronavirus pandemic derailed ambitious plans for the 50th anniversary of Earth Day on April 22. But organizers still hope to observe the day, and keep building their movement.
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"We've been through something major together. This virus doesn't discriminate based on race, class, creed," says Xavier Lopez Jr.
Xavier Lopez Jr. wears many hats. He writes a culture blog for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. He holds down a day job to pay the bills. And “I’m a multi-media Latinx performance artist and conceptual sculptor.”
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Lightning tips for Seattleites: Get inside
This summer Seattle enjoyed cool temperatures, mostly smoke-free skies, but a rare light show there at the end.
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Thousands gather in Seattle to demand government action on fossil fuels, climate change.
Thousands of activists walked out of school and work on Friday to gather at Cal Anderson Park and the Amazon Spheres and march to Seattle City Hall.
