The city of Seattle opened its first warehouse for salvaged lumber Friday in SoDo.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/seattle-opens-its-first-warehouse-for-salvaged-lumber
#KUOW #News #Recycling #Seattle #Business #Construction #Government
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When Seattle found out months ago that it would be hosting six matches for this year’s FIFA men’s World Cup, the city had no idea that one of those would be a must-win game for Team USA. With a chance at the quarterfinals on the line, Monday’s match against Belgium is likely to be Seattle’s biggest World Cup event yet.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/seattle-s-final-world-cup-match-is-set-to-be-its-biggest
#KUOW #News #Seattle #WorldCup #Sports #Sports
On the day Sound Transit was set to release updated numbers from Monday's record-setting train ridership, a loose latch on a hatch sent everything to a grinding halt. The transit agency said it is inspecting light rail cars to prevent another 15-hour shutdown.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/sound-transit-has-a-great-monday-and-then-very-bad-thursday
#KUOW #News #Transportation #Seattle #WorldCup #SoundTransit
A federal judge has ordered the immigration detention center in Tacoma to allow Washington state officials access to conduct health and safety inspections. It’s the latest in a long-running fight between state officials and GEO Group, the private contractor that owns and operates the federal facility.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/federal-judge-orders-tacoma-ice-center-to-allow-health-and-safety-inspections
#KUOW #News #Immigration #ImmigrationInTheNorthwest #Tacoma #Immigration #ImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement
It started as a simple idea floated to friends in a text chain: Gather on Lake Union with paddleboards and music, just to hang out. But things evolved, quickly.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/seattle-paddle-rave-lake-union
#KUOW #News #Seattle #Music #ArtsAndLife #ArtsAndLife #Arts
The Washington State Attorney General’s Office began its trial Monday against grocery giant Albertsons. The state alleges the company fueled the opioid crisis by failing to resolve warning signs of drug misuse or diversion.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/washington-vs-albertsons-trial-begins-over-grocery-giant-s-alleged-role-in-opioid-crisis
#KUOW #News #LawAndCourts
Washington is among the states suing to block Paramount from buying Warner Bros. Discovery in a Hollywood mega-merger that would unite some of the nation's largest movie studios and TV newsrooms.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/states-sue-to-stop-paramount-warner-bros-blockbuster-merger
#KUOW #News #ArtsAndLife #Business
The 14th Legislative District, centered around Yakima, is one of several Republican districts state Democrats are aiming to flip this election cycle as they edge closer to a supermajority in Olympia.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/could-the-agricultural-city-of-yakima-go-blue-this-year-wa-democrats-are-hopeful
#KUOW #News #Elections #Politics #Politics
For some electric vehicle batteries, it costs more to recycle them than they're worth. That creates all kinds of problems, which a new Colorado law aims to solve.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/ev-battery-recycling-has-a-math-problem
#KUOW #News #Science #Business #Environment
Northgate Mall is becoming a transit-oriented neighborhood. Where there were parking lots, there will be apartments, shops, and a park-like space.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/northgate-s-slow-evolution-from-parking-lots-to-a-walkable-seattle-neighborhood
#KUOW #News #Seattle #Development
Seattle-area people from a variety of backgrounds continue to draw inspiration from the Minnesota residents who mounted a movement against the federal agents deployed in their state earlier this year.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/seattle-area-organizers-adopt-and-adapt-minnesota-s-ice-protest-tactics
#KUOW #News #Politics #Protests #Seattle #TrumpAndTheNorthwest
Microsoft’s total carbon emissions have increased 25% year over year, driven by the company’s aggressive buildout of artificial intelligence infrastructure.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/microsoft-s-climate-warming-emissions-surge-25-percent-driven-by-ai
#KUOW #News #Technology
One of the most endangered sea creatures of the Pacific Ocean is getting a leg up in the kelp forests of Washington’s San Juan Islands: a 24-armed sea star called the sunflower star.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/how-a-northwest-tribe-and-an-endangered-sea-creature-are-helping-each-other
#KUOW #News #Oceans #EndangeredSpecies #Environment #PugetSound #NativeAmericans
An Oak Harbor city official said Wednesday’s late night 3.8 magnitude earthquake is a good reminder to review emergency plans and make sure you have basic preparedness supplies.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/like-a-large-truck-rolling-by-right-outside-my-window-3-8-magnitude-earthquake-near-oak-harbor-felt-by-thousands
#KUOW #News #Earthquakes #Environment
Planned Parenthood locations in western Washington and Hawaii are now offering abortion pills to people who are not currently pregnant. Patients can get the pills and keep them in their medicine cabinet in case of a future unwanted pregnancy.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/in-washington-and-hawaii-planned-parenthood-now-prescribes-abortion-pills-just-in-case
#KUOW #News #PlannedParenthood #HealthCare
Amazon has pledged to have net zero emissions by 2040, but the data center requirements of artificial intelligence have raised questions about the potential for Amazon and other big tech companies to reduce their carbon footprint.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/amazon-s-carbon-emissions-jump-driven-by-massive-data-center-buildout
#KUOW #News #Amazon #Environment #Energy #Technology #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence #Business
Retired police officers and firefighters in Washington, including former Congressman Dave Reichert, sued the state Thursday to block an attempt to raid their pension fund to help with ongoing budget shortfalls.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/plan-to-sweep-4b-from-wa-police-and-firefighter-pension-fund-spurs-lawsuit
#KUOW #News #WashingtonStateLegislature #Police #Politics
In 2024, nearly half of U.S. households did not earn enough to cover their necessities.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/americans-aren-t-just-on-the-financial-edge-because-of-inflation-wages-are-falling-behind-too
#KUOW #News #Business
Seattle sports enthusiasm has maybe never been more obvious than this year. The Seattle Seahawks won the Super Bowl, the World Cup is he, and the SuperSonics feel closer than ever to potentially returning. None of that is due to Mayor Katie Wilson, but will she benefit from it?
https://www.kuow.org/stories/it-s-seattle-s-best-sports-year-yet-will-mayor-katie-wilson-benefit
#KUOW #News #Politics #Seattle #SeattleSeahawks
This week, the Supreme Court of the United States voted 5-4 in favor of a Mississippi law that allows that state to count ballots postmarked by Election Day that arrive within five business days. A decision the other way would have affected similar laws in more than half the states, including Washington.
To go over what happened and what may happen next, KUOW’s Kim Malcolm spoke to University of Washington law professor Danieli Evans.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/scotus-ruling-not-the-end-of-the-road-for-wa-vote-by-mail-process
#KUOW #News #Elections #Voting
Seattle and King County officials announced Wednesday they intend to downsize the scope and responsibilities of the King County Regional Homelessness Authority. The five-year-old agency has faced heavy scrutiny following a damning financial audit. Officials said the agency’s response has been “insufficient” to correct the recent findings of mismanagement.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/after-damning-audit-officials-yank-most-funding-from-king-county-regional-homelessness-authority
#KUOW #News #Government #Homeless #KingCounty #Seattle
The federal government this week embarked on what it says is a new way to process a backlog of children with ongoing immigration cases. Those cases, which used to take months or years to process, are being moved up, sped up, and packed in on more days in what are called “mega master” hearings.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/seattle-immigration-court-begins-mega-hearings-for-child-immigrants
#KUOW #News #TrumpAndTheNorthwest #Immigration #Deportation #ImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement #Immigration #ImmigrationInTheNorthwest #Seattle #Children
Last year, the King County Auditor's Office released a damning report about lax financial oversight at the Department of Community and Human Services. It found potential fraud and numerous improper payments to contractors for four youth programs.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/investigation-points-to-glaring-conflict-of-interest-in-king-county-department
#KUOW #News #KingCounty #Government
Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who has long coached his daughters' and other girls' basketball teams at school, wrote the court's majority opinion.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/supreme-court-upholds-bans-on-transgender-athletes-participating-in-women-and-girls-sports
#KUOW #News #National #LawAndCourts
Residents of Seattle's South Park have long wanted to do something about Highway 99 that runs through their neighborhood, calling attention to the road's environmental and health impacts. Now that the city has concluded a two-year study into the matter, there are some options on the table.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/can-seattle-move-this-highway-south-park-wants-to
#KUOW #News #Transportation #Seattle
NPR has learned that the Department of Health and Human Services will not be finalizing its most aggressive attempt to end gender-affirming care for youth nationally.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/trump-s-hhs-abandons-threat-to-withhold-medicare-and-medicaid-funding-over-trans-care
#KUOW #News #Health
Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson has admitted to violating state ethics law and accepted a $4,000 fine for allowing a former top adviser to travel with him on a state plane to the Tri-Cities last summer.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/ferguson-violated-ethics-law-by-letting-ex-staffer-travel-on-state-plane
#KUOW #News #Politics #Politics
A passenger on board a Ryanair flight from Greece to Germany was being treated in a hospital Friday after being partially sucked out of a window that broke shortly after takeoff.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/passenger-was-injured-after-being-partially-sucked-out-of-plane-after-takeoff-from-greece
#KUOW #News #World
Over the weekend, news broke that the Seattle Seahawks may have new owners. But whois the Khosla family? KUOW’s Kim Malcolm talked to The Seattle Times’ sports reporter Bob Condotta for more.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/meet-the-khoslas-the-bay-area-family-behind-a-bid-to-buy-the-seattle-seahawks
#KUOW #News #Seattle #SeattleSeahawks #Sports #Sports
The unionization effort has been driven by concerns about patient care and working conditions, clinicians say.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/fred-hutch-clinicians-union-vote-ends-in-tie
#KUOW #News #HealthCare #Labor #HealthCare #Unions
Warning lights are flashing for Washington’s economy. Against this backdrop, Gov. Bob Ferguson on Thursday signed an executive order creating a Governor’s Economic Development Council that will advise him and help draft a statewide economic development plan by June next year.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/with-cracks-showing-in-wa-economy-ferguson-forms-new-council-to-look-for-fixes
#KUOW #News #Economy
After months of uncertainty, researchers with the U.S. Forest Service are learning whether they will have to relocate under the agency’s sweeping restructure.
https://www.kuow.org/governing/2026-09-04/us-forest-service-releases-long-awaited-restructuring-plan
#KUOW #News #Politics #Government #Environment
A surge of cases of the intestinal illness that causes diarrhea and nausea has been detected in 31 states, according to federal health authorities, but the source is still under investigation.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/what-to-know-about-the-cyclosporiasis-outbreak-hitting-more-than-half-of-u-s-states
#KUOW #News #Health
The federal bill is a massive laundry list of ideas — some major, some minor. Collectively, they reshape how the federal government spends its housing funds. It rewards the states that build the most.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/what-will-congress-s-biggest-housing-reforms-in-30-years-mean-for-seattle
#KUOW #News #Congress #Housing #Growth
State officials and environmentalists point to a new report on Washington’s greenhouse gas emissions as an indicator that the state’s climate policies are working.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/wa-s-latest-emissions-report-shows-small-decline
#KUOW #News #Environment #ClimateChange
Microsoft plans to reduce Xbox by 3,200 jobs over the next fiscal year, calling it “the most significant restructuring in Xbox history.” While the gaming industry has seen many boom and bust cycles, experts say this moment is different.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/what-xbox-s-layoffs-massive-reboot-says-about-the-gaming-industry
#KUOW #News #Technology
Annual inflation hit 3.5% in June, down from May's more than three-year high — but the resumption of the conflict with Iran threaten to push up inflation as energy costs once again spike.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/inflation-slowed-sharply-but-it-may-not-last
#KUOW #News #Business
A Thurston County Superior Court judge on Wednesday paused a new law that would have put more requirements on candidates running for county sheriff in Washington.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/judge-pauses-wa-s-new-law-creating-standards-for-sheriff-candidates
#KUOW #News #LawAndCourts #LawAndCourts
Starting next Monday, Seattle Public Schools will implement its first district-wide cellphone-use policies for students.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/stricter-cellphone-rules-are-coming-to-seattle-public-schools
#KUOW #News #Technology #CellPhones #Education #SeattlePublicSchools #Education
Washington wants drivers to go electric. A garage startup in north Seattle is betting the cheapest path runs through the cars people already own.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/this-seattle-inventor-turned-his-jeep-into-a-hybrid-now-he-wants-to-change-the-world
#KUOW #News
State workers staged walkouts across Washington on Monday in protest of expected cuts to agencies ahead of the next legislative session.
https://www.kuow.org/topics/politics/2026-08-31/washington-state-workers-stage-walk-out-over-proposed-agency-cuts
#KUOW #News #Politics #WashingtonState #Labor #WashingtonStateBudget
Washington state has paid out over half a million dollars in unemployment benefits to workers during labor disputes this year.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/six-months-in-wa-has-paid-unemployment-to-more-than-100-striking-workers
#KUOW #News #Government
Today KUOW launches Pocket Science, a podcast that takes you up close to the scientific research and discovery happening all around the region and introduces you to the scientists in the thick of it.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/kuow-s-new-podcast-pocket-science-digs-into-the-groundbreaking-research-happening-right-here-in-the-pacific-northwest
#KUOW #News #InsideKuow
Taught to sound like a candidate, bots are engaging voters with personalized text messages, making AI-generated texting conversations the latest tool political campaigns are using to connect.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/political-text-messages-could-get-more-effective-and-annoying-blame-ai
#KUOW #News #Politics #Technology #National #Elections
Some fans in the U.S. and around the world are unhappy with World Cup ticket prices — and U.S. immigration policies. So they're deciding not to come, raising concerns across the travel industry.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/these-fans-are-boycotting-the-world-cup-will-they-make-it-a-bust
#KUOW #News #Business #Sports
Leading into the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the Washington Department of Health warned visitors: The cannabis here can be more potent than what they’re used to, so go slow and don’t overdo it. Seattle and King County Public Health put out a similar warning.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/high-expectations-low-buzz-world-cup-fans-appear-to-favor-alcohol-over-weed
#KUOW #News #Seattle #Marijuana #WorldCup #Sports #Tourism #Alcohol
Big changes are underway for the Seattle area’s tech titans. Amazon and Microsoft just rewrote the terms of their partnerships with OpenAI as all three companies charge ahead into the artificial intelligence frontier.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/amazon-launches-new-ai-tools-as-microsoft-and-openai-end-exclusive-cloud-deal
#KUOW #News #Amazon #Technology #Business #Microsoft #Technology #Business #ArtificialIntelligence