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Arts & Life

How Broccoli Guy became the mascot the Mariners didn't know they needed

The Major League Baseball season is over for Seattle this year. But the Mariners say it's only the beginning for their young, rising stars. That includes one super-fan who made a name for himself by going to dozens of games with fistfuls of vegetables.
Casey Martin
Government

'We cannot promise every employee an accommodation'

Even if your request for an exemption is approved, you are still at risk for losing your job.
Natalie Akane Newcomb

Katie Campbell

Angela King
Government

When the big earthquake hits, 648 brick buildings in Seattle won’t be ready

50 percent of the old brick buildings in the city have had some sort of seismic repair work done.
Paige Browning
González vs Harrell: Solving Seattle's homelessness challenge

Lorena González and Bruce Harrell are running for Seattle mayor in the November 2021 elections. They each sat down with a panel of KUOW staff to discuss their approaches to the city's challenges, such as homelessness.
Dyer Oxley
Arts & Life

Seattle Kraken squeeze Nashville Predators for first NHL franchise win

Consider the Kraken released.
Katie Campbell

Angela King
Government

Vaccine exempt Seattle staff may not have 'same job' or 'same rate of pay'

As Seattle city officials plan the next step to getting Covid jabs in the arms of those who want them, the city is also grappling with those who do not. The city will open Covid-19 vaccination sites soon to get ahead of an expected run on doses in the coming months.
Katie Campbell

Paige Browning
Environment

La Niña winter in NW is 'good news for sports enthusiasts' and, you know, the environment

Washington State Climatologist Nick Bond says extra rain this month could bring the mountains some early snow. That's good news for skiers and, more importantly, "forest health, our fresh-water ecosystems, salmon, you know the whole [environment] thing"
Rob Wood

Katie Campbell
Government

‘That’s their individual choice’: Seattle mayor on officers who defy vaccine mandate

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan says she's hopeful those unvaccinated Seattle police officers will come around. And if they don't: "That's their individual choice."
Katie Campbell
Arts & Life

Don’t blame the Mariners. They would have made it if MLB played like Islander Middle School

Once again, the baseball playoffs are underway, and the Mariners are sitting at home.
Bill Radke
Crime

Stark differences on crime electrify race for Seattle city attorney

The normally uncontroversial race for Seattle city attorney has been an eventful one this year. The two candidates, Ann Davison and Nicole Thomas-Kennedy, have outlined dramatically different priorities for the city attorney’s civil and criminal efforts.
Amy Radil

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