Socialist Kshama Sawant Causes Rift Among Seattle Democrats In Seattle, Democratic Party activists have held enormous sway over the outcome of local elections. But now, as campaign season begins, a non-Democrat... Deborah Wang
What Cruise Tourists Buy At The Pike Place Market The cruise ship docked at 7 a.m. By 8 a.m., Danielle Smith and her family were at Pike Place Market, walking through the stalls. They had 48 hours to... Amy Radil
Why NASA Called The Northwest Indian College Space Center It started out as a joke. The students at Northwest Indian College on the Lummi Reservation near Bellingham were launching little rockets made from... Joshua McNichols
Most-Read Books At The Seattle Public Library We’re always looking for good book recommendations, which is why you often hear librarian Nancy Pearl on KUOW. That's why, ahead of summer reading... Isolde Raftery
Seattle Police Grilled About May Day Response Seattle City Council members grilled police officials on Wednesday about their use of force during recent May Day protests. Bruce Harrell, who heads the... Liz Jones
It's Not Easy Convincing Family You Want To Be A Cop Some recruits at Washington state’s police academy have policing in their blood – their parents or grandparents were police officers. Stephanie Schendel... Amy Radil
Washington’s Police Academy Shuns ‘Warrior’ Attitude Five years ago, Washington state’s police academy was almost empty. But now the classrooms are bursting as police departments expand and baby boomers... Amy Radil
Seattle Goes Decidedly Low-Tech In Setting Parking Rates In a city known for tech wizards, you might expect parking costs to depend on huge data sets collected electronically in real time. You’d be wrong.... Joshua McNichols
Young Doctor Follows His Heart But Medicaid Money Dries Up As a new doctor, Wes Henricksen wanted to help poor communities. But doing that hasn’t been simple. Henricksen joined the Child and Adolescent Clinic in... Ruby de Luna
What's Behind Washington's Whooping Cough Spike? Washington state’s whooping cough outbreak continues to grow. So far this year, there have been 397 confirmed cases, compared with 85 last year.... Ruby de Luna
