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If you check into most hotels on First Avenue tonight, it'll run you at least $400. Not so in 1981, when low-income people found affordable rooms up and down "Skid Road" in single-room-occupancy hotels — for a night, or for the rest of their lives.
Seattle officials are preparing zoning changes for lower Queen Anne to make the area denser. The legislation gained preliminary approval from the city council this month.
Bremerton is two months into operating its new fast ferry to Seattle, and now Tacoma is looking into the idea. Tacoma's City Council started discussions this week on the potential benefits of running a foot ferry to-and-from Seattle. City council member Ryan Mello is proposing the idea.
A Washington state appeals court ruled Tuesday that King County has been improperly calculating the property taxes it’s using to fund a new courthouse and youth detention center. It’s the latest legal ruling in the contentious battle over replacing the facility.
SAN GREGORIO ATLAPULCO, MEXICO - A week after Mexico City’s devastating earthquake, donations continue to pour in. One came this week from Seattle and was delivered by hand to a hard hit town. KUOW's Liz Jones just happened to be nearby.
Civil rights organizations in the Northwest plan to fight the Trump administration's latest travel ban. The president wants to limit U.S. travel for people in eight countries, saying it will help prevent terrorism. The restrictions are scheduled to go into effect October 18.
Sara Jacobsen, 19, grew up eating family dinners beneath a stunning Native American robe.
Seattle Mayor Tim Burgess will unveil his 2018 city budget Monday. Most of the work on the budget had already been done before Burgess ascended to the office of mayor last week. But he’s included some legislation of his own.
Marty Jackson runs the Southeast Area Network of the Seattle Youth Violence Prevention Initiative. For years, she had worked with Stephan Stewart, trying to keep him off the streets. And her efforts appeared to be working.
The Burien City Council is scheduled to vote Monday on whether to keep its sanctuary city status. The council passed its sanctuary city law with a 4-3 vote earlier this year. Now, they're debating an initiative that would undo that measure. The council can either approve the initiative, or send it to voters to decide.
Suspensions and expulsions are down in Seattle Public Schools. The district's discipline rates mirror a statewide trend.
Kim Malcolm talks with Wired Magazine senior writer Issie Lapowsky about a new Senate proposal that would overhaul the legal immigration system in the U.S. It would cut in half the number of immigrants admitted to the U.S. and scrap the current system, which favors family reunification. Instead, it would introduce what the president calls a "merit-based" system. Immigrants with English proficiency, education and high-paying job offers would be given preference to acquire a green card.
Initial results in Seattle’s race for mayor showed former U.S. attorney Jenny Durkan with the largest share of votes counted. She’s followed by urban planner Cary Moon and lawyer and activist Nikkita Oliver. Altogether, female candidates for mayor had their best showing since 1926, when the city last elected a woman to run it.
Elijah Brown was 9 when he saw a man get shot dead.
Are bikini baristas a Pacific Northwest phenomenon? Jake Koukel from Puyallup asked KUOW’s Local Wonder team to investigate.
