Anna Marie Yanny
Stories
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Blackpast.org looks to its future
This year marks the first Black History month BlackPast.org has faced without its founder Dr. Quintard Taylor. The site was created in Seattle almost 20 years ago and it continues to preserve and protect Black history. We’ll get into how the site is facing both old and new challenges to the legitimacy of Black history with BlackPast Executive Director LaNesha McCoy DeBardelaben.
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Can Washington state recover from its 'abysmally low' mountain snowpack?
There is still a chance for snow to come to Washington's mountains this season, but don't expect the region's dismal snowpack to miraculously recover. "That would be great if we could recover a little bit, but we have a lot of ground to catch up on ... at this point, we'll take anything we can get," National Weather Service Meteorologist Maddie Kristell told Seattle Now.
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The snow flaked on us this year. That’s got meteorologists worried
It’s hard to ignore the weather this week. I’m in a t-shirt. I had to dig out my sunglasses. It’s nice, but it’s not normal. Washington is having one of its warmest winters in recent history. We’ve got Seattle's National Weather Service meteorologist Maddie Kristell here to explain what this means for our region.
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"Super Cooper" speed skates from WA to the Olympic games
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You now have the "Right to Repair" in Washington state
A new law in Washington gives people the “Right to Repair” cellphones, computers, and appliances. Manufacturers must provide repair shops with the parts, tools, and instructions to fix digital electronics. One of the goals of the law is to prevent waste. To learn more, we spoke with Adrian Tan, who's policy and market development manager with King County’s Recycling and Environmental Services.
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After 100 years, a Northwest symbol of Japanese culture returns to Tacoma
In 1928, Uwajimaya founders Fujimatsu and Sadako Moriguchi opened their first Japanese grocery store in Tacoma. Now, the company their granddaughter runs is returning to the city where Uwajimaya got its start. Plans are in the works to open a new Tacoma store in 2027.
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Uwajimaya returns to Tacoma, nearly 100 years later
The Asian market Uwajimaya is having a long overdue homecoming, sort of. Plans are in motion to open a new store in Tacoma next year. That's actually where the family-owned business first opened nearly 100 years ago. We’ll talk to Uwajimaya’s CEO, and the Puget Sound Business Journal reporter who broke the news.
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Should financial education be required for WA students?
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Virtual reality gives a boost to the 'lazy eye'
To treat amblyopia, or lazy eye, doctors typically prescribe a patch to cover the stronger eye and make the brain learn to work with the weaker one. Virtual reality offers a new approach.