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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Man Killed By Tree In Seattle Windstorm; Toddler Spared
A man was killed on Sunday after a windstorm pushed a large pine tree onto his car. He had been driving a navy blue station wagon in the upper loop of...
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'Massive Explosion' From Gas Leak Levels Greenwood Buildings
Update 12:20 p.m. Residents and businesses affected by the natural gas explosion in Greenwood early Wednesday morning are waiting for word on when they...
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PHOTOS: This Is Seattle's Notorious 'Jungle'
There’s a reason it’s called The Jungle. It’s a stretch of woods between Seattle’s Beacon Hill neighborhood and Interstate 5. James Q. Tran, 33, and...
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Mom Fired By Overlake Hospital After Lactation Room Complaint
Jamie Steeb’s breasts hurt. Steeb was a nursing assistant at Overlake Hospital in Bellevue. She had returned from maternity leave and needed time to...
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Seattle Archdiocese Names Priests Who Abused Kids
The Archdiocese of Seattle on Friday named 77 Catholic clergy or religious order members accused of sexually abusing minors. Those on the list served or...
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A Wild Tale Of Kidnapping And Newshounding In The Northwest
It was the Northwest’s most notorious kidnapping case. Little George Weyerhaeuser had been snatched off the streets of Tacoma and held for $200,000 rans...
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'When It's A White Guy, No One Gets Hurt After The Attack. But When It's A Muslim...'
After the deadly shooting in San Bernardino, California last week Muslims across the country held their breath. Was the shooter a Muslim? They hoped not.
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See An Adorable Ermine (And Its Fresh Kill) Up Close In The Methow Valley
Ashley Siple, a cross-country skier, was spending the weekend in the Methow Valley when she spotted a tiny white creature bounding across the snow.
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This Seattle Symphony Piece Inspired Taylor Swift
A Grammy-winning recording by the Seattle Symphony has caught Taylor Swift’s ear: The pop star just donated $50,000 to the symphony after hearing its...
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Votes Will Be Recounted By Hand In West Seattle
West Seattle’s ballots from the November election will be recounted, the King County Elections department said on Tuesday. That's because the race...
