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Seattle Animal Shelter accused of safety issues, retaliation
Kassandra Rocker really wanted a new best friend. The local animal shelter matched her with Grubauer – a 2-year-old Catahoula Leopard dog named after Seattle Kraken goalie Philipp Grubauer – as a foster parent with the idea that it would lead to adoption. “We jogged together, and I...
Gretchen Yanover
Barefoot, Gretchen Yanover sits alone on stage with a looping pedal, sheet music and a microphone before her. A thoughtful silence fills the air of the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute as she readies the neck of a slim electric cello on her shoulder, raises her bow and begins to play. Solemn, yawning sounds erupt from her instrument. Slowly, she layers them into loops using her pedal, then lays a bright, effervescent melody on top — creating a symphony of one.
Refugees find a new home in majority-immigrant Des Moines school
When Baheer Hedayee came to the U.S. from Kabul, Afghanistan, after the U.S. troop withdrawal in 2021, he said his English level was at 5%. The 10-year-old remembers he couldn’t understand any of the words spoken when he started first grade at Parkside Elementary School in Des Moines, Washington.
Podcast | A comedy roast of SCOTUS
New York Times bestselling author Lindy West and democracy expert and “recovering lawyer” Meagan Hatcher-Mays have been best friends for 25 years. Their podcast, Text Me Back!, celebrates that friendship through lively discussions of pop culture, politics, the paranormal and more. As part of the Cascade PBS Ideas...
UW student encampment to disband following deal with university
Students who have occupied the University of Washington Quad over the past two weeks to protest the Israel-Hamas war reached an agreement with the university on Friday and will be shutting down their encampment. A news release from the “Popular University for Gaza Liberated Zone” said the agreement reached on...
Mossback’s Northwest: How architect Minoru Yamasaki designed the future
Amid the wonder and carnival atmosphere of the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair — with Elvis, the Wild Mouse roller coaster and the Space-Age Bubbleator — there was a tranquil oasis away from the hubbub. Outside the Cold War was getting hotter with events like the Bay of...
Medical residents are avoiding abortion-ban states, survey finds
Isabella Rosario Blum was wrapping up medical school and considering residency programs to become a family practice physician when she got some frank advice: If she wanted to be trained to provide abortions, she shouldn’t stay in Arizona. Blum turned to programs mostly in states where abortion access —...
Podcast | The Seattle native who brought serenity to skyscrapers
Minoru Yamasaki was born in Seattle in 1912, studied architecture at the University of Washington and went on to design some of the most celebrated buildings of the 20th century. Among them: the World Trade Center in New York and the Pacific Science Center in Seattle. Yamasaki aimed to do...
ArtSEA: Chasing the aurora borealis afterglow at Seattle art shows
The biggest cultural event of the season happened this past weekend, when the aurora borealis made a surprise late-night appearance before a rapt Northwest audience whose eyes were glued to the skies. Performing an ever-changing array of light and color — sometimes in the form of drippy swaths of hot...
New Indigenous-led PacSci exhibit connects humans and pollinators
Just beyond the north gates of the Pacific Science Center, a living pathway guides visitors on an exploration of native pollinators. Berry leaves resembling butterfly wings; the hum of bumblebees around white Labrador Tea flowers; and the recitation of Indigenous languages to tell their stories along the way. The new...
Your Last Meal | Food & feminism with riot grrrl Kathleen Hanna
The first time Kathleen Hanna tried sushi, she cried. She’s also shed tears over birthday cake and gelato. Why does food make her so emotional? She breaks it down (but doesn’t break down!) for host Rachel Belle. Kathleen, who got her start in the punk scene in Olympia...
The carbon cost of return-to-office mandates
This story was originally published by Grist and was co-published with Fast Company. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. When office workers stopped working in offices in 2020, trading their cubicles for living room couches during COVID-19 lockdowns, many began questioning those hours they had spent commuting to work. All those rushed mornings stuck in traffic could have been spent getting things done? Life was often lonely for those stuck in their homes, but people found something to appreciate when birdsong rang through the quiet streets. And the temporary dip in travel had the side effect of cutting global carbon emissions by 7 percent in 2020 — a blip of good news in an otherwise miserable year.
What is an attorney general? They’re more attorney than general
For the first time in more than a decade, Washington voters will choose a new leader of the state’s largest public law office. But what exactly does the Washington attorney general do, and how has the office changed in the 12 years Bob Ferguson has been at the helm?
Podcast | Learning to swim as a trans man in Idaho
Torrey Stephenson was born biologically female. Over the years he realized that he identifies as a man, and took measures to align with his gender — for example, getting top surgery in 2020. Subscribe to Northwest Reports on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Podbean. As he grew more comfortable in...
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