The snowy quest for a damn good cup of coffee
Taxes, grocery store community, public land expansion, rehab monitoring, and a tale of two snow emergencies.
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North Bend snowfall
Seattle’s been measuring its snowfall in inches – unusual enough. But in North Bend, they’re measuring the snow in feet. You might recognize Twede’s Café from the TV show Twin Peaks. But, says owner Kyle Twede, that damn good cup of coffee has been harder to get lately.
Snowy streets, salty runoff
Part of city snowstorm lore is that Mayor Greg Nickels lost his bid for a second term by refusing to salt the streets. There was an environmental case to be made at the time, and according to KUOW’s John Ryan there might still be.
School levies
Tuesday’s ballot featured two property tax levies for Seattle public schools. But one of them, an operations levy, would raise twice the amount of tax money that the district can legally collect. Will the legislature raise the levy cap? We asked State Senator Lisa Wellman.
National public lands expansion
Yesterday, the Senate passed a sweeping public lands expansion that’s been in the works for a decade. David Lamfrom, director of the National Parks Conservation Association’s California Desert and National Wildlife Programs, joined us to explain what the bill contains and what it means for our country’s wildest places.
Self checkout: convenience, or community killer?
A tale of two grocers. PCC Community Markets are removing their self checkouts to foster community. Amazon Go, on the other hand, wants you to be able to waltz through your grocery list without speaking to a soul. Who’s right? KUOW features reporter Ruby de Luna and Joshua McNichols, host of KUOW’s Prime(d) podcast, have been following the story.
Tom Banse, rehab programs
After completing an intensive drug or alcohol rehab program, the next months are fraught with the risk of relapse. A treatment counselor or supporter can't monitor you around the clock. But now your smartphone can watch you, coach you – even alert your mom. KUOW’s Tom Banse has the story.
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Bill Radke
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Bill hosts Week In Review and Words in Review. After starting with KUOW as a University of Washington student in 1985, Bill was KUOW's morning host in the '90s and the creator of past show, Rewind, a news-satire show heard on KUOW and nationwide on NPR. Bill moved away to Southern California to host American Public Media's Weekend America and Marketplace Morning Report and returned to KUOW in 2012.
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