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U.S. Coast Guard will help researchers track whales along the West Coast

The Oregon crab industry is putting up money to launch a new research study on where whales swim and feed along the Pacific Coast. The study stems from...
By
Tom Banse

Oct 23, 2018 at 4:26 pm Northwest News Network
King County takes on Uber, Lyft with new app

Metro’s project could disrupt the disruptors.
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Joshua McNichols

Oct 17, 2018 at 6:08 pm
‘Don't go to a hotel room’ with a drunk man. Councilmember Kathy Lambert’s full KUOW interview

The King County Council member took issue with a KUOW story about a campaign event for Sen. Joe Fain this past Sunday, during which she was interviewed. Here's the full transcript of that interview.
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Sydney Brownstone

Isolde Raftery

Oct 17, 2018 at 8:50 am
Undeterred by rape allegation, Sen. Joe Fain supporters applaud campaign

Two weeks after former Seattle city official Candace Faber tweeted that he raped her in 2007, Sen. Joe Fain made a campaign appearance on Sunday with his family and miniature Schnauzer-Yorkie mix, Waffles, in tow.
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Sydney Brownstone

Oct 15, 2018 at 2:30 pm
Elections

Will Washington lead the nation on a carbon tax this November?

A new Elway Poll shows 50 percent of Washington voters now back the carbon tax initiative I-1631 on the November ballot. Q13 political analyst C.R. Douglas joined KUOW’s Angela King to discuss the initiative’s propects.
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Angela King

Jason Pagano

Oct 12, 2018 at 12:58 pm
Starbucks now serving baristas subsidized childcare

Starbucks baristas can now get backup child-care for as low as $5 a day.
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Paige Browning

Oct 09, 2018 at 3:01 pm
‘Done being silent.’ Woman accuses Washington state senator of rape; he denies

The tweet came 20 minutes after Thursday’s tumultuous Kavanaugh hearings concluded.
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Sydney Brownstone

Sep 28, 2018 at 11:31 am
This coffee table book is not ashamed of its 43 abortion stories

Amelia Bonow, a Seattle bartender, wanted to talk about her abortion. In September 2015, she posted on Facebook: “Like a year ago I had an abortion at the Planned Parenthood on Madison Ave, and I remember this experience with a near inexpressible level of gratitude."
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Brie Ripley

Sep 14, 2018 at 1:07 pm
Naked Burt Reynolds, a Native canoe paddle, and the male gaze

This is the story of how naked Burt Reynolds became immortalized on a Native canoe paddle.
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Sydney Brownstone

Sep 07, 2018 at 2:36 pm
Light rail to West Seattle and Ballard could get way pricier

For West Seattle, the documents show it would cost $1.2 billion more to build a tunnel instead of using at-grade tracks. Other options would cost $300 million to $700 million more than the basic proposal.
By
Gil Aegerter

Sep 06, 2018 at 6:27 am