Kate OConnell
Stories
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They Told Native Children, ‘You’re Here Because Your Parents Don’t Love You’
On Oct. 12, the Seattle City Council voted to acknowledge the trauma caused by the government’s American Indian boarding schools. Matt Remle, an...
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Bezos Plunges On List Of Best CEOs
David Hyde speaks with Ashley Stewart, reporter for the Puget Sound Business Journal, about Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos' dip in the Harvard...
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New UW President: 'It Feeds My Heart, It Feeds My Head, It Feeds My Soul'
Jeannie Yandel speaks with Ana Marie Cauce, newly selected president of the University of Washington, about her commitment to the school and her plans...
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Look No Further: Ana Mari Cauce Picked As UW President
Ana Mari Cauce is the new president of the University of Washington. The university's board of regents made the announcement after a brief meeting...
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First Elvis, Now The Chinese President Visit Tacoma School
Ross Reynolds speaks with Lincoln High School principal Patrick Erwin about the upcoming visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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Political Analyst: Seattle Teachers Winning Negotiations
A crippling recession, a subsequently ever-less affordable Seattle and events nearly 2,000 miles away set the stage for the teacher strike that has...
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It's Not Very Lice To Meet You
When kids in Seattle eventually go to school after the strike, they could find an unfriendly welcoming party: tougher lice. Washington is among at least...
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Pee-Gate Taking Toll In Canadian Elections
David Hyde speaks with Vaughn Palmer, columnist for the Vancouver Sun, about the beleaguered governing party in Canada and the issues they're facing in...
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Firefighters On Okanogan Complex Doing The 'Dirty Work'
Todd Mundt speaks with Richard Harvey, a volunteer firefighter working on the Okanogan complex fires. After the "hot, dirty work" on the fire line that...
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Fires Burning, My Husband Fed And Said Goodbye To Our Pigs
My husband is telling me to come home. “It’s close,” he says. “How close?” “Within two miles, coming toward us.”