Jason Pagano
Assistant News Director
About
Jason Pagano is KUOW's Assistant News Director. He previously worked as a producer on local KUOW shows including The Conversation, Weekday, The Record, Morning Edition, Week in Review and Seattle Now.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English
Stories
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West Seattle Water Taxi to the rescue
You’ve probably seen video of the runaway barge in Elliot Bay last week slamming into Pier 66. The six-story wall of steel containers broke free in high winds and was headed towards the Great Wheel. Things could’ve been much worse if it wasn’t for the quick thinking of Captain Dan Krehbiel, steering a water taxi from West Seattle. We met up with him on the boat over the weekend.
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This water taxi captain prevented a runaway barge from ramming into downtown Seattle. Here's his account
Captain Dan Krehbiel was steering a water taxi boat from West Seattle on Thursday when he spotted a runaway barge -- a six-story wall of steel containers -- headed at a clipped pace of the Great Wheel and the Seattle Aquarium. What follows is Krehbiel’s account of what happened.
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Seattle's giant house spiders: Big and fast, but they won't kill you
Certain spiders are so big, they make even the most spider-friendly humans leap off the couch, and those spiders, appropriately named “giant house spiders,” are on the move this time of year, looking for a mate.
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Washington ferries still floating back to pre-pandemic service levels
Washington state's ferry system now has four of its eight routes back to pre-pandemic service levels. But the state's only international route, Anacortes to Sidney, B.C., won't be back until 2030 at the earliest.
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Why eastern states are getting all of our Northwest weather right now
National Weather Service forecaster Dustin Guy says the current weather trend could be one of the longer dry stretches Washington has seen in a November.
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Late voters find long lines in Seattle and Bellevue
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Down to the wire
We're about to throw open the gates for anyone over 16 to get vaccinated. And just in time, because young people are driving infections and the Governor might start rolling back the reopening as soon as today. We’ll get a pandemic reality check from UW epidemiologist Judith Malmgren.
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Seattle Now: Hit the panic button?
Western Washington had the first confirmed case of the COVID-19 coronavirus, and this weekend, the first reported deaths in the U.S. So what's a reasonable Seattleite supposed to do as more cases are expected? Guest: Dr. Clyde Crumpacker, infectious disease specialist and professor at Harvard Medical School
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We interrupt this mild Puget Sound winter for some cold weather ... and snow?
Washington State climatologist Nick Bond tells KUOW’s Patricia Murphy that the warm, wet winter predicted for the region could see an interruption.
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Friday Politics: Amazon's election money
Amazon is playing a bigger role than ever in Seattle politics. How will it impact next week's election? KUOW's Angela King talks with political analysts Joni Balter and C.R. Douglas.