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“No fear” might be an OK slogan for a bumper sticker, but it’s a terrible idea for a salmon. Salmon are starting to lose their sense of smell and their fear of predators, according to research from federal and university scientists in Seattle.

Seattle’s Intiman Theatre has a simple mission: To present work that is relevant to our times and as diverse as the community itself. Intiman recently hired a Broadway producer to help them achieve that goal.

Should we have kids, given where the planet is headed?

If you find yourself at Lake Washington this summer, breathe deeply. Matthew Klingle, author of "Emerald City: An Environmental History of Seattle," says you wouldn't have wanted to do that 60 years ago, when the lake was chronically polluted with sewage.

Auburn police officer Aaron Williams furrows his brow as he reroutes his patrol car to a 911 call. “Yeah, you can send me,” Williams responds to the radio dispatch.

Key Arena is poised to be Seattle's home for pro-basketball for another 10 years. The Seattle City Council will vote Tuesday on whether to renew its contract with the Seattle Storm to ensure the team has a home if Key Arena is renovated.

Seattle is America's fastest-growing big city, but how does it treat those new arrivals? President Trump's proposes budget cuts to light rail, university research and the cleanup at Hanford. Will San Fransisco 49er Colin Kaepernick become a Seattle Seahawk? He reportedly visited the team this week and has Seattle's Socialist Councilmember Kshama Sawant in his corner. And you wouldn't feed a lion by hand, so why do we act any differently when that lion lives in the sea?

The Port of Seattle is cutting down on passenger wait times at security screening checkpoints.

Attorneys for Seattle Mayor Ed Murray have formally answered a lawsuit that accuses Murray of raping an underage teen boy in the mid-1980s. The documents filed in court this week deny the allegations and request the lawsuit be dismissed.

A molar from a mammoth estimated to be at least 19,000 years old was found on a public beach in Sequim, Washington.

Bill Radke talks with Aaron Katz, who teaches health policy at the UW's School of Public Health, about his take on the American Health Care Act, what the new score from the Congressional Budget Office means for a potentially 23 million uninsured people and how Washington's failed health plan in the 90s can inform the future of health care in the country.

Amazon Prime members can now pick up their groceries without getting out of their cars. This is part of a new service they’re trying out called AmazonFresh Pickup. But what does that mean for traditional grocery stores?

To say the least, the statistics surrounding gun violence in the United States are disturbing. On an average day, 93 Americans are killed with guns. Seven of those are children. For every person killed with guns, two more are injured.

Bill Radke and Monica Guzman, co-founder of the Seattle newsletter The Evergrey , take calls from listeners about moving to Seattle, expectations vs. reality and the question of when do you become a local .

Bill Radke speaks with Kate Lebo about why she left her life in Seattle to move to Spokane. We all know new people are flooding into this area, but as all these people move in, who are the people moving out?