Active Search Efforts End In Oso Mudslide
This morning, Snohomish County Sheriff Ty Trenary announced the end of active search operations at the site of the March 22 mudslide near Oso, Wash.Trenary said it was a difficult decision to make and...
View ArticleJen Graves On The Art Of Arts Criticism
Marcie Sillman sits down with Jen Graves, art critic for The Stranger, to talk about crafting an argument, confronting difficult topics and being a finalist for the 2014 Pulitzer Prize in Criticism.
View ArticleFinding Business Outside Of Boeing In Snohomish County
Marcie Sillman speaks with Seattle Times business columnist Jon Talton about the economic climate of Snohomish County — with and without Boeing's business.
View ArticleAnother Initiative Hopes To Save King County Metro
David Hyde talks with Ben Schiendelman, co-founder of Seattle Transit Blog, about the initiative that he and Friends of Transit have filed.
View ArticleHomeland Security: Don't Use Microsoft's Internet Explorer Until Bug Fixed
Marcie Sillman talks with Todd Bishop, co-founder of Geekwire, about the major security flaw affecting Microsoft's web browser Internet Explorer.
View ArticleComcast-Time Warner Merger Could Cause A 'Huge War' In Washington, D.C.
Comcast provides Internet and cable service to more households than any other cable company in the U.S.In Washington, D.C., Comcast has hired more than 80 lobbyists to sell its $45 billion mega-merger...
View Article'Taking Back Power And Culture:' How The Internet Is Changing Our Lives
Ross Reynolds speaks with writer and filmmaker Astra Taylor about how the Internet has become a victim of its own success. She is the author of "The People’s Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in...
View ArticleTunnel Machine Set To Dig Under Seattle, But It's Not Bertha
A tunnel machine is set to resume digging beneath the streets of Seattle in mid-June.No, it's not Bertha. It's Brenda.
View ArticleDetour Around Oso Mudslide Opens To Reconnect Darrington, I-5 Corridor
The end of the large-scale recovery operation at the site of the Oso mudslide means that a road around the slide zone, once reserved for emergency vehicles, will be open for traffic.State...
View ArticleThe Five Hardest Minutes Working The Mudslide
The Oso mudslide drew hundreds of volunteers to the towns of Arlington and Darrington, Wash.Mixed in among those responders were 50 young people in the Washington Conservation Corps between the ages of...
View ArticleGovernor Inslee Announces New Plan To Address Climate Change
David Hyde talks with Grist writer David Roberts about Washington Governor Jay Inslee's efforts to combat climate change in the state.
View ArticleJournalist Urges Caution In Minimum Wage Debate
David Hyde talks with Seattle journalist and New York Times contributor Timothy Egan about Seattle’s impact on the minimum wage movement in other parts of the country.
View ArticlePublic Radio's Pied Piper Ira Glass Talks Storytelling
Marcie Sillman talks with Ira Glass, host of This American Life, about his career and the art of radio storytelling.
View ArticleHealth On Your Smartphone: A Doctor Weighs In
Ross Reynolds asks Dr. David Bates, physician at the Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, how consumers can navigate the exploding marketplace of mobile health apps.
View ArticleResidents React To Central District Shootings
Over the last week and a half, there were five shootings in Seattle's Central District area, three of which shootings were fatal.The police haven't confirmed, but many people are saying the shootings...
View ArticleHIV Research: Pioneering How Science Is Done For 30 Years
David Hyde talks with Mitchell Warren about the breakthroughs and challenges of HIV prevention over the last 30 years. Warren is the executive director of AVAC, an international non-governmental...
View ArticleBertha Costs: Who Will Pick Up The Tab?
Marcie Sillman talks with Lynn Peterson, Washington state transportation secretary, about the estimated $125 million in extra costs for Bertha's tunneling delay.
View ArticleHealth Inspection Results, Coming Soon To A Restaurant Near You
David Hyde finds our more about a plan by Seattle & King County Public Health to make restaurant health inspection results more visible with Becky Elias, who runs the food protection program.
View ArticleNew Rule Promises 'No Surprises' From Health Insurance Plans
Marcie Sillman checks in with Washington State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler about a new rule that will mandate increased transparency for plans offered on the Washington state health exchange.
View ArticleFederal Government Finds Harmful Contaminants In Columbia River Fish
The U.S. Geological Survey has found high levels of toxic substances in the Columbia River everywhere from sediments to resident fish to osprey eggs.
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