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First-ever Hana Hou Festival to benefit Maui fire victims
Co-produced by Jake Shimabukuro, the inaugural Hana Hou Festival is pivoting to benefit the Maui Strong Fund and providing a livestream for people to donate and participate from afar. The two-night event starts Friday.
Lawsuit aims to block ballot measure to dissolve Dayton library
A small library in southeastern Washington could be the first in the country to dissolve if a ballot measure is approved this November. But several residents want to keep the proposition from even making it to the ballot.
Rural Washington library could be nation’s first to dissolve after book challenges
A library in southeastern Washington could be the first in the country to dissolve. It all started with some people asking the library to get rid of or move several books. Now, voters will get to decide this November whether to keep their only library.
The riff that cemented John Lee Hooker as a blues superstar
Born Aug. 22, 1917, blues singer/guitarist John Lee Hooker took a ‘B’ chord and ran with it, riffing his way through a career that spanned more than 50 years. Hooker not only influenced a generation of rock and blues musicians, he recorded with them.
What'd you do on summer vacation? Oh, just scaled Washington's 100 highest peaks
One of the premier peak bagging objectives in the Pacific Northwest is to scale the 100 highest mountains in Washington state. That challenge is called the Bulger List. Two years ago, an Oregon man became the first to conquer all 100 peaks in a single season. Just in the past few days, a duo from Ellensburg, Washington, repeated the feat — not quite as fast, but with an extra-hard twist.
Milkshakes from a Tacoma burger joint tied to listeria outbreak that killed 3 people
Six people were hospitalized earlier this year for listeriosis, three of whom died. Two of those who survived the infection said they had milkshakes from Frugals in Tacoma, Wash., before getting sick.
From defensive end to designer: retired Seahawk Michael Bennett on what drives him
Retired Seahawk Michael Bennett has a new career as a designer. Bennett says his goal as an artist is to "dismantle systemic injustices." He talked with KNKX Morning Edition host Kirsten Kendrick for our series "Going Deep."
Washington's Congress members and state government at odds over drug enforcement funds
For decades, millions in federal funding has been used exclusively to support police. Now some of the funding may instead go to mental health, diversion programs and other things. Members of Washington’s Congressional delegation released a letter saying the shift could prove "disastrous."
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