Environment Where do Seattle-area crows go at night? Listener Lauren Linscheid of Seattle sees crows flying every day toward Lake City Way. “I want to know where they’re going and why,” Lauren told KUOW’s Local Wonder team. We sent reporter Ashley Ahearn to investigate. Ashley Ahearn
The Strange, Short Story Of Washington State’s Income Tax What is the history of Washington state's political allergy to an income tax? Steven Thomson of Olympia posed this question to KUOW's Local Wonder . We... Carolyn Adolph
Hey Bridge Tender! Why Do You Keep Raising The Bridge? “What is a day in the life of a Seattle bridge tender?” Laura Osterbrock of Magnolia asked that question as part of KUOW’s Local Wonder project . Part... Meghan Walker
Why Have Seattle's Urban Forests Dodged Development? “With so much building going on in Seattle, why haven’t urban forests like Interlaken and Ravenna been developed?” Adam Goch of Greenwood asked that... Sara Bernard
What Are Seattle's Urban Legends (And Are They True?) Do Seattleites buy more sunglasses than residents of other cities? Was there really a dead horse in Ballard’s water supply in the early 1900s? And did... Jeannie Yandel
Arts & Life Do Pacific Northwesterners Have An Accent? Do Pacific Northwesterners have an accent and what does it sound like? Listener Molly in Tacoma asked that question as part of KUOW's Local Wonder... Deborah Wang
Who Are The Descendants Of Seattle's Early Families? What are the descendants of Seattle's pioneers up to? KUOW Listener Ben Lee wanted to know. For KUOW's Local Wonder project, I escaped into Seattle's... Joshua McNichols
What's On The Bottom Of Lake Washington? Planes, Trains And … What’s on the bottom of Lake Washington? Listener Merry McCreery wanted to know. For KUOW Public Radio’s Local Wonder project, I embarked on a strange... Sarah Waller
Why Are There So Few Mosquitos In Seattle? KUOW listener Nancy Beaudet had a question: Why are there so few mosquitos in Seattle? As part of our Local Wonder series, we sent our environmental... Ashley Ahearn
Is the 'Seattle freeze' a real thing? When John Reese moved from northern Illinois to Seattle last year he kept hearing people talking about the Seattle Freeze. So far he hasn’t seen any... Jim Gates