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Lightning tips for Seattleites: Get inside
This summer Seattle enjoyed cool temperatures, mostly smoke-free skies, but a rare light show there at the end.
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Thousands gather in Seattle to demand government action on fossil fuels, climate change.
Thousands of activists walked out of school and work on Friday to gather at Cal Anderson Park and the Amazon Spheres and march to Seattle City Hall.
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Can ‘universal rent control’ get Kshama Sawant re-elected this November?
Rent control is illegal in Washington State but that’s not stopping Seattle city council member Kshama Sawant from fighting for it. An unapologetic Marxist, Sawant anticipates a vicious fight for that proposal against developers, and what she calls “the Capitalist class.”
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Two new vaping illness cases reported in Washington state
Two new cases of vaping illness are being reported in Washington. One in King County and one in Mason County.
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This boy was institutionalized at age 12. Now he's moving out — half a century later
MaryAnn Brookhart remembers the day in 1964 when her parents dropped off her 12-year-old brother, Gregory Paul, at the Rainier School for the developmentally disabled in Buckley. She was 17 and had insisted on riding with them.
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Rainy weekend ahead for Puget Sound region
Fall officially starts Monday, but the weather is here already. KUOW's Angela King talks with KOMO's Scott Sistek to get all the details on this weekend's weather forecast.
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Great quakes of Northwest past: Scientists look to the shaky future by probing lakes
Multiple teams of earthquake researchers are looking in what may seem like an unlikely place to figure out how strongly the Pacific Northwest shook during great quakes in the past.
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One Seattle teen's climate change moment: 'Screw this. I have to take action'
As part of #CoveringClimateNow, the global media project to bring attention to the story of climate change, Seattle high school senior Jamie Margolin talked with KUOW about fear and effective action.
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Beerfests and the autumnal equinox: Marcie Sillman's weekend culture picks September 20-22
Autumn arrives on Sunday evening, but the Seattle-area fall arts season is already in full swing. KUOW’s Arts and Culture reporter Marcie Sillman offers these weekend highlights.
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Amazon reveals dirty secret, promises quick action for climate
How dirty is Amazon’s business?
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Seattle to force Uber, Lyft to pay drivers minimum wage
Seattle says it will force Uber and Lyft to pay drivers at least Seattle’s minimum hourly wage. And it served notice that other gig economy workers could also receive city protection and support.
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Baby oysters can't build healthy shells in Washington's acidified waters
Oysters are one of the iconic foods of the Pacific Northwest. But their survival is under serious threat thanks to ocean acidification, sometimes called the “evil twin” of climate change. Local shellfish growers are seeing firsthand the devastating impacts on oysters and other shellfish.