Isolde Raftery
Managing Editor
About
Isolde Raftery has been the Managing Editor at KUOW since 2024. Previously at KUOW, she was online managing editor, investigations team editor, and web editor.
She has reported for NBCNews.com, The New York Times (where she was a fellow on the Metro desk), and the Columbian and Skagit Valley Herald newspapers here in Washington state.
Isolde attended James A. Garfield High School in Seattle and later graduated from Barnard College in New York City. She received a Master's degree in Literary Nonfiction from the University of Oregon.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English, French
Pronouns: she/her
Stories
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PHOTOS: This is how the Northwest showed up for No Kings protests
On Saturday, June 14, tens of thousands of people around the Pacific Northwest joined a No Kings protest -- a collective protest against President Donald Trump's immigration raids and ICE actions. Here are photos from around the region, in tiny towns and big cities.
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Irish woman with green card held at Tacoma ICE center, questioned about decades-old drug conviction
An Irish woman has been taken into custody at the ICE detention center in Tacoma, according to federal records and a GoFundMe by her sister.
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Trump's VA launches 'anti-Christian bias' investigation effort
The U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs has directed employees to report any incidents perceived as hostile toward the Christian faith. The move is aimed at aligning with the Trump administration's executive order to "end the anti-Christian weaponization of government," according to an internal email.
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'Beauty and the chief.' How a secret romance ended former Seattle Police Chief Diaz's career
It began with a rumor that former police chief Adrian Diaz had a paramour, which he dismissed as tawdry gossip, a conspiracy ginned up by his detractors.
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Trump foes lead in Washington state as he wins a second term
Republicans may feel like winners, with former President Donald Trump being declared the winner of the next presidency by The Associated Press and other major news outlets. But here in Washington state, candidates who have gone toe-to-toe with Trump were winning or leading their races on Tuesday night.
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Meet Peter Ferguson, running for first cat of Washington state
This shorthaired cat lives in northeast Seattle where he hunts gnats at dusk ... and is as popular as the Democratic candidate for governor.
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The Green River Killer has been brought back to Seattle, booked into King County Jail
Gary Ridgway, known as the Green River Killer, was moved to the King County Jail in Seattle Monday.
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Cringe-fest: KUOW newsroom brainstorms a 'cool' headline
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Photos: First day fits lowkey slapped at Seattle's Roosevelt High
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A dead baby found in Ballard and the homeless mother who wonders if he was ever alive