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Japanese Americans speak out about proposed windfarm adjacent to Minidoka internment site
Across the region, Japanese Americans – including survivors of U.S. internment camps – are speaking out about a proposed wind farm, the Lava Ridge Wind Project, in southern Idaho. → Read More
Seattle could become the first city to ban caste discrimination
On Tuesday, the Seattle City Council could make history. The council is expected to vote on a law that would make Seattle the first city in the country to ban a type of discrimination that affects South Asian communities. → Read More
Seattle becomes the first city to ban caste discrimination
On Tuesday, the Seattle City Council made history. After hearing more than two hours of public comment, a majority of the council voted in favor of a law that makes Seattle the first city in the country to ban a type of discrimination that affects South Asian communities. → Read More
Washington volunteers deliver aid to earthquake victims in Syria
A network of volunteers based in Seattle, founded in part as a response to the Gulf War, is coordinating deliveries of aid to earthquake survivors in Syria. → Read More
Seattle institution Beth's Cafe is back, but a little different
A lot of restaurants in the region are still recovering from the pandemic. Beth’s Cafe, a Seattle institution since 1954, is the latest restaurant to manage to reopen after being forced to temporarily shutter its doors. → Read More
A reporter and her Mexican family reflect on Seattle Rep's 'I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter'
The bestselling novel "I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter" is now on stage at Seattle Rep. KNKX's Lilly Ana Fowler attended a performance with her cousins. They reflect on the play and their own Mexican heritage. → Read More
New King County prosecuting attorney Leesa Manion on drug possession, bail and gun violence
King County’s new prosecutor Leesa Manion took office this month. KNKX's Lilly Ana Fowler talked with Manion about legalized drug possession, bail reform and how crime is being handled in King County. → Read More
Seattle Archdiocese announces Catholic parishes will consolidate
A video featuring church leaders from the Archdiocese of Seattle played at Mass all around the region on Sunday. In it, they announced that parishes would be consolidating due to the priest shortage, fewer people going to church, and other factors. → Read More
King County Council to consider impact of cashless businesses
Around the region, some businesses have opted to go cashless which limits access for the millions of people without bank accounts. King County Councilmember Jeanne Kohl-Welles says that doesn’t work for everyone. → Read More
Residents face disenrollment, eviction in Nooksack tribal court
Early on a snowy morning, Michelle Roberts prepared for a hearing in tribal court. The stakes were high: The hearing could determine whether Roberts gets to keep the home she’s been living in for 15 years. For more than 50 years, Roberts' has thought of herself as Nooksack, now she faces the possibility of tribal disenrollment. → Read More
Charges filed against two teens in fatal Seattle school shooting
The King County Prosecutor’s Office is charging a 14-year-old with murder and a 15-year-old with unlawful possession of a gun in connection to a shooting at Ingraham High School last week that left a 17-year-old student dead. The charging documents reveal details from police about what they say happened. → Read More
Seattle students rally against gun violence after fatal Ingraham High School shooting
A couple thousand students crowded outside Seattle City Hall on Monday to demand that Seattle Public Schools, Washington state and city legislators do more to prevent shootings in public schools. It comes nearly a week after a shooting at Ingraham High School in north Seattle left one student dead. → Read More
Student killed in Ingraham High School shooting, suspect arrested
Seattle police arrested a suspect in a shooting at a north Seattle high school Tuesday morning that left one student dead. → Read More
Labor expert weighs in after Starbucks and workers face off in Seattle hearing
In a three-day National Labor Relations Board hearing, attorneys for Starbucks and workers faced off in Seattle. The judge’s ruling is expected in the coming weeks. Labor studies expert John Logan is following the case and sees Starbucks’ defense as a delaying tactic. → Read More
Starbucks’ union battle comes home with labor law hearing
Coffee chain giant Starbucks is facing a National Labor Relations Board judge this week in Seattle over allegations that it broke labor laws when it offered higher wages and other benefits exclusively to non-unionized workers. → Read More
El Centro de la Raza marks 50 years and buys a roller rink
Seattle cultural institution El Centro de la Raza is marking 50 years. Founded after a peaceful occupation of a Beacon Hill elementary school, El Centro has dozens of programs, expanded to Federal Way and now owns a roller rink – part of its vision for a new community campus. → Read More
Immigrant rights groups say ICE's no visitation policy taking toll on detainees’ mental health
It’s been more than two years since families and friends have been able to visit loved ones in person at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Tacoma. ICE suspended visitations at all detention facilities in early 2020 and has kept that policy in place. Now, national and local immigrant rights groups have started to push back after visitations at federal and state… → Read More
Memorial takes place for fallen Pierce County Sheriff deputy
A memorial is took place on Friday for Pierce County Deputy Dom Calata. The 35-year-old died after he was shot during a SWAT team standoff in Spanaway last week. → Read More
U.N. calls on U.S. to halt evictions by Nooksack Indian Tribe
Experts from the United Nations are calling on the U.S. government to stop the Nooksack Indian Tribe’s ongoing effort to evict certain families from their homes. The unusual announcement is the most recent development in a long dispute over enrollment in the tribe near Bellingham. → Read More
Washington carpenters vote to accept new contract following strike
Union carpenters in Washington have ended their strike and voted to accept a new contract with the Associated General Contractors of Washington. → Read More