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Employees at the Nippon Dynawave paper mill described the chemical tank in interviews with investigators. One stated it was “not in good working condition.”
https://www.kuow.org/topics/business/2026-08-25/records-show-ruptured-tank-at-longview-paper-mill-was-being-worked-on-scheduled-for-replacement-before-incident
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Maya Jewell Zeller went from a "feral" childhood to learning to live with the rules of an HOA. She documented the experience in her memoir, "Raised by Ferns," which the KUOW Book Club read in August.
https://www.kuow.org/2026-08-25/kuow-book-club-seattle-public-library-maya-jewell-zeller-raised-by-ferns-live
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Monday marked the beginning of a long-awaited change to Seattle’s slowest downtown bus line, Route 8. The so-called “late eight” got a dedicated bus lane along a roughly one-mile stretch of Denny Way.
https://www.kuow.org/governing/2026-08-25/seattles-route-8-is-notoriously-slow-will-denny-ways-new-bus-lane-help
#KUOW #News #Transportation #TransportationAndTraffic #Government -
With the start of the school year for most Seattle Public School students nine days away, the union for SPS teachers and the district have yet to finalize a new contract.
https://www.kuow.org/education/2026-08-24/seattle-public-schools-struggles-to-ink-new-contract-with-teachers-union-as-school-year-nears
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Fire and medical officials have issued warnings about a supplement offered to Western wildland firefighters who have been exposed to toxic chemicals while battling some of the country's biggest blazes, including those in and around Spokane.
https://www.kuow.org/environment/2026-08-24/officials-warn-wildland-firefighters-about-the-risks-of-using-a-supplement-for-smoke-exposure
#KUOW #News #Wildfires #Environment -
Educators across Washington state were given a preview Wednesday of a Suquamish Tribe-focused social studies curriculum for middle and high school that will be adopted this year by several school districts. Tribal historians and educators have spent more than a decade creating the curriculum, part of a state-mandated effort to highlight tribal history and culture in public schools.
https://www.kuow.org/education/2026-08-21/suquamish-tribe-focused-curriculum-decades-in-the-making-is-ready-for-washington-schools
#KUOW #News #NativeAmericans #Education #Education #History -
The figures are for 2025, which saw a peak in the incidents. Many involved drug ingestion and children younger than one.
https://www.kuow.org/health-care/2026-08-21/watchdog-data-shows-higher-wa-child-welfare-deaths-than-previously-reported
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Boeing’s engineers and tech workers have rejected the company's latest contract offer. One pattern is clear: union members don't trust Boeing's management.
https://www.kuow.org/topics/business/2026-08-21/boeing-engineers-tech-workers-reject-contract-offer
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Paige Towers' new book, "What They Stole: A Familicide Rooted in Intercountry Adoption," tells the story of how a family in Oregon changed adoption from Korea to the U.S. for decades. But it's not the story people familiar with the Holt Adoption Program might think they know.
https://www.kuow.org/2026-08-21/what-they-stole-paige-towers-details-how-an-oregon-family-stole-korean-children-for-decades
#KUOW #News #Adoption #ArtsAndLife #Books -
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson signed an executive order Friday to speed up transportation department processes, in hopes of meeting the city's goal of eliminating traffic deaths and major injuries by 2030.
https://www.kuow.org/governing/2026-08-21/seattle-mayor-katie-wilson-wants-to-accelerate-citys-efforts-to-improve-pedestrian-safety
#KUOW #News #Government #Transportation #TransportationAndTraffic -
Hundreds of Lime riders are expected to pack downtown Seattle streets Saturday, following similar events this month in Minneapolis and Omaha. Most riders are having some good summertime fun, but there are safety concerns since many are young people, and most won’t be wearing helmets.
https://www.kuow.org/arts-life/2026-08-20/prepare-seattle-a-third-lime-takeover-is-planned-for-saturday
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A new report from Seattle’s Inspector General finds the city’s police contract restricts unarmed crisis responders from helping “a significant portion of the population” they were intended to serve. The crisis responders’ union has filed an unfair labor practice over these limitations.
https://www.kuow.org/governing/2026-08-20/seattle-police-contract-throttles-citys-crisis-response-teams-inspector-general-finds
#KUOW #News #Government #MentalHealth #SeattlePoliceDepartment -
Starbucks is moving supply chain teams to its new Nashville hub, but not everyone is willing.
https://www.kuow.org/topics/business/2026-08-20/more-than-half-of-224-laid-off-from-starbucks-refused-to-relocate-to-nashville
#KUOW #News #Starbucks #Business -
Security camera footage released this week offers a glimpse of the catastrophic implosion at the Nippon Dynawave wood pulp mill in May that killed 11 workers.
https://www.kuow.org/topics/business/2026-08-20/new-video-shows-white-liquor-rupture-at-longview-plant-that-killed-11-workers
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There has never been a successful eradication of the emerald ash borer, a metallic green beetle that feeds on wood, according to the state’s Department of Agriculture. The insect has wiped out more than 100 million ash trees in the United States since its initial detection 20 years ago.
https://www.kuow.org/environment/2026-08-20/invasive-beetle-that-has-wiped-out-millions-of-ash-trees-confirmed-in-washington
#KUOW #News #Environment -
The latest jobs report for Washington state shows slight hiring growth and a dip in unemployment for the first time in more than a year and a half. Though unemployment in the state remains higher than the national average, labor economists called the news “bright” and credited World Cup-related hiring for the bump.
https://www.kuow.org/economy/2026-08-19/washington-state-unemployment-fell-slightly-in-july-adding-over-20-000-jobs
#KUOW #News #Economy #Economy #WashingtonState #UnemploymentRate #WorldCup -
In the span of a month, firefighting costs for 20 wildfires burning across Washington state have totaled $207 million, according to data from the state’s Department of Natural Resources.
https://www.kuow.org/governing/2026-08-19/cost-to-battle-20-washington-wildfires-has-topped-200m
#KUOW #News #Government -
Washington’s Democratic governor and a Republican congressman are asking President Donald Trump to meet with them to discuss the wildfires that have devastated parts of the state this summer.
https://www.kuow.org/governing/2026-08-19/ferguson-baumgartner-seek-meeting-with-trump-on-washington-wildfires
#KUOW #News #Government -
The debate on how to combat open-air drug markets is a perennial topic in Seattle. The Stay Out of Drug Area (SODA) law was supposed to take on the issue. Two years later, it's barely being used.
https://www.kuow.org/law/2026-08-19/seattles-soda-law-once-hotly-debated-is-now-barely-being-used-city-leaders-weigh-in-on-what-that-means
#KUOW #News #LawAndCourts #Government #Crime #SeattleCityCouncil #SeattleNews -
The Orca Behavior Institute recorded a record-breaking number of Bigg’s killer whale sightings in the Salish Sea in July.
https://www.kuow.org/animals/2026-08-19/the-salish-sea-is-the-place-to-be-for-orcas-this-summer-whats-behind-this-trend
#KUOW #News #Environment #Animals #Orcas #Nature -
Nikola Tesla STEM High School came in at No. 9 among U.S. News and World Report’s best high schools in the country.
https://www.kuow.org/education/2026-08-18/this-seattle-area-magnet-school-is-one-of-the-best-in-the-nation-again
#KUOW #News #Science #Education #SchoolsAndEducation -
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has rejected President Trump’s practice of installing top federal prosecutors without Senate confirmation. The Trump administration plans to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. The case could affect Seattle, where the U.S. attorney appointed by federal judges, Roger Rogoff, was fired by Trump and is suing to be reinstated.
https://www.kuow.org/law/2026-08-18/ninth-circuit-ruling-could-impact-who-serves-as-u-s-attorney-in-seattle
#KUOW #News #Government #Law,CrimeAndCourt #SeattleNews #LawAndCourts -
A new poll seems to show broad support for the use of cameras in Seattle. Anti-surveillance advocates disagree.
https://www.kuow.org/politics/2026-08-17/lobbying-intensifies-in-seattle-over-surveillance-cameras
#KUOW #News #SeattlePoliceDepartment #Government #Law,CrimeAndCourt #Politics -
Rep. Tarra Simmons says she plans to appeal.
https://www.kuow.org/politics/2026-08-17/washington-state-lawmaker-hit-with-15k-fine-in-ethics-case
#KUOW #News #WashingtonStateLegislature #Politics -
Wildfires have shut down two segments of the Pacific Crest Trail in Washington. Long-distance hikers unable to reach Canada have responded creatively to preserve the PCT experience.
https://www.kuow.org/climate/2026-08-14/new-monument-marks-northern-end-of-fire-blocked-pacific-crest-trail
#KUOW #News #Climate #ClimateChange #Climate #Wildfires #Outdoors -
Seattle’s previous interim police chief Sue Rahr told KUOW that outside candidates may be reluctant to seek the job of the city’s next police chief, given high turnover and current political instability between the brand-new mayor and the city council who criticized her dismissal of Chief Shon Barnes. But Rahr said there may be promising internal candidates at SPD.
https://www.kuow.org/governing/2026-08-14/former-interim-chief-sue-rahr-predicts-few-outside-candidates-to-head-seattle-police
#KUOW #News #Seattle #Government #SeattlePoliceDepartment #Shooting -
The Pacific Northwest will need a massive buildout of new energy infrastructure over the next six years to meet rising electricity demand, according to a draft regional power plan released Thursday.
https://www.kuow.org/environment/2026-08-14/with-pnw-electricity-demand-surging-planners-map-out-major-grid-upgrades
#KUOW #News #Environment -
A King County Superior Court judge has ordered the online prediction market Kalshi to cease most of its operations in Washington state, but Kalshi officials say the court lacks jurisdiction to make that call.
https://www.kuow.org/law/2026-08-14/king-county-judge-orders-kalshi-to-stop-most-online-betting-in-washington-state
#KUOW #News #WashingtonState #LawAndCourts -
The wife of Carlos Sanchez Villalba says every day has been harder since losing her husband. He was one of the victims at the Seattle Center mass shooting last month.
https://www.kuow.org/crime/2026-08-14/every-day-is-harder-dad-killed-at-seattle-center-is-laid-to-rest
#KUOW #News #Obituary #Shooting #Crime