Lisa Brooks
Stories
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Gia Soriano, Wounded In Marysville Shooting, Dies
A 14-year-old girl wounded in last week’s high school shooting has died, raising the number of fatalities to three.
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A Bike-Tree Grows On Vashon
On Vashon Island, there's an unusual local attraction. It's an old, red, child's bicycle that's growing out of a tree.
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Paul Schell, Innkeeper And Former Seattle Mayor, Dies At 76
He is the reason fish fly at the Pike Place Market, or so the story goes.
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I Watched My Church Burn: Washington Man Faces Down Wildfires
UPDATE 7/22/2014, 9:44 a.m. KUOW's Lisa Brooks checked back in with Bruce Craven Tuesday morning to get an update on how his town was faring after the...
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What’s The Skin Cancer Rate In Your County?
This may come as a surprise, but if cloudy Puget Sound were a state, it would rank fourth in skin cancer rates.
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Snohomish County Temporarily Halts Building Near Oso Landslide
Lisa Brooks speaks with Snohomish County Council Chair Dave Somers about a temporary ban on development in two landslide-prone areas near the site of...
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Port Of Seattle Proposes $13 Minimum Wage By 2017
Lisa Brooks talks with Port of Seattle co-president Courtney Gregoire about a proposal to raise the minimum wage for SeaTac airport employees to $13 by...
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SPU Student President: 'Truth Is Confusing, And Frustrating And Angry'
Lisa Brooks talks with Seattle Pacific University Associated Students President Isaac Gundersen about faith and the aftermath of Thursday's campus...
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Tacoma Teacher Wins Milken Educator Award
A high school social studies teacher in Tacoma was caught off guard when he received a national award for his exceptional work in the classroom.
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Local University Accepts Unprecedented Bitcoin Donation
Universities are used to accepting donations from alumni. They count on it. But when the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma recently received a...