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KUOW Seattle News and Information

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 Woodland Park Zoo Elephants Are Leaving Seattle | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 238

Seattle’s elephants are leaving town to join another herd. The Woodland Park Zoo announced on Wednesday that it will phase out its elephant program. The...

 'Not An Easy Decision': Seattle Zoo Sends Its Elephants Away | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 238

Seattle’s elephants are leaving town to join another herd. The Woodland Park Zoo announced on Wednesday that it will close its elephant exhibit and send...

 Seattle Gently Reins In Medical Marijuana Providers | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 184

Across Seattle are storefronts with green crosses out front – medical marijuana providers. Seattle has long been friendly to these businesses, but there...

 Rest Stop Offers ‘Place Of Heaven’ For Seattle’s Homeless | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 145

The city budget for the next two years is coming together and it looks like a downtown facility for the homeless will get enough money to keep its doors...

 Capitol Hill Is First Of Many Official Seattle Arts Districts | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 287

Jeannie Yandel talks with Matthew Richter, Seattle's cultural space liaison, about the recently approved program to create official arts districts...

 Nancy Pearl Takes On The Dystopian Future | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 285

Marcie Sillman gets book explorer Nancy Pearl's pick of the week: David Shafer's dystopian fantasy, "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot."

 Quiet Crimes: Elder Abuse On Rise In Washington | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 383

You might think the elderly are targeted by strangers, but more often, it’s someone they know. Now prosecutors say that crimes against vulnerable adults...

 Cows Are Second Most Important Mammal In North America | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 638

Ross Reynolds interviews Denis Hayes about the forthcoming book he co-wrote with his wife, Gail Boyer Hayes, called “Cowed: The Hidden Impact of 93...

 No Borders For India’s Young, Hungry Engineers | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 354

HYDERABAD, INDIA – If you ask engineering students in India about their career paths, the conversation often leads to America and if they’d like to go...

 Can Microsoft Catch Up? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 320

Jeannie Yandel talks with Todd Bishop, co-founder of GeekWire, about Microsoft's fate in the sea of successful tech giants.

 Bathrooms, Not Benefits, Biggest Issue For Metro Drivers | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 482

Posey Gruener interviews Metro bus drivers at Northgate Transit Center, who describe why they're having trouble catching a bathroom break. And Marcie...

 How King County Is Preparing For Public Defender Layoffs | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 304

Jeannie Yandel talks with King County budget director Dwight Dively about proposed layoffs at the Department of Public Defense.

 For Rural Health, Insurance Isn't The Only Remedy | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 744

Jeannie Yandel talks with Pat Justis, rural health manager at the Washington State Department of Health, about the myriad of health issues facing rural...

 Scientists Discover Secret Corridor Of Brain, Lost For 100 Years | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 502

Two years ago Jason Yeatman, a researcher at the University of Washington, stumbled into a secret corridor of the mind.

 Why Did KUOW Send A Reporter To Hyderabad, India? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 242

Liz Jones traveled to Hyderabad, India this summer to report on its deepening connection with the Seattle area. She tells Bill Radke what she found and...

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