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Should Washington Get Tougher On DUIs?
The King County prosecutor filed four felony charges of vehicular homicide and vehicular assault yesterday against Mark W. Mullan. He’s the alleged drunken driver who killed two people and wounded two...
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Al Gore Takes On "The Future"
Coming up on Weekday at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, April 1On day one of our spring pledge drive, we bring you some of our conversation with Al Gore. In his new book, “The Future: Six Drivers of Global...
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Nancy Pearl On Books That Made You Take Action
Coming up on Weekday at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, March 1.During our spring pledge drive, we hope to inspire you to act by pledging your support to KUOW. Books, of course can inspire action, too. The...
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District Says Teachers Who Boycotted Test Won’t Be Punished
The superintendent of Seattle Public Schools says no teachers will be disciplined for refusing to give students the district-wide Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) test. The district got...
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Arrest Warrant Issued For Former Seattle Schools Official Silas Potter
Former Seattle Public Schools official Silas Potter has disappeared, just weeks before his trial was to begin for his alleged theft of a quarter-million dollars from the district.Potter faces 42 counts...
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Cheryl Chow, Educator And Politician Dies At 66
Cheryl Chow died Friday. Chow served on the Seattle City Council and the Seattle School Board. She grew up in Seattle and had also worked as a teacher, a principal and an assistant director for Girl...
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Greendays Gardening: Pledge Drive Edition
What a beautiful weekend we just had! Did you start a gardening project, do some weeding, or walk the neighborhood and get new ideas? Our gardening experts Greg Rabourn, Marty Wingate and Lisa Taylor...
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Is It Ever Okay For A Non-Native Person To Wear A Headdress?
Feather headdresses have become part of our cultural iconography. But for many Native Americans, the headdress has deep spiritual meaning, and its misuse is deeply offensive. When the fashion company...
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Why Does Amazon Support Online Sales Taxes?
It's rare that you get Republicans and Democrats agreeing on taxes, but that's what's happening in the other Washington and it might impact us here in the evergreen state.The tax bill known as the...
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Lies Your Parents Told You
Don’t run with scissors! If you keep making that face, it will get stuck like that. We had to take your dog to a ranch so it could have room to run.Did you ever hear any of those lines from your...
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The Revised Fundamentals Of Caregiving
Northwest novelist Jonathan Evison talks about how he buried his first three novels before achieving his first success. Ross Reynolds talks with Evison about that and his most recent book, "The Revised...
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How To Make Your Brain Smarter
In her new book, "Make Your Brain Smarter," Dr. Sandra Bond Chapman offers tools to customize your own brain fitness plan. She talks with Ross Reynolds about strategies and exercises you can do to...
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Marjorie Manwaring Offers A Poem Of Second Chances
As spring edges out winter and previously bare tree limbs are suddenly effusive with blossoms, there's a sense that almost anything -- or anyone -- deserves a second chance. In her poem "A Quiet," poet...
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Bill Mullins On The Seattle Pilots And Stadium Politics
In 1969, Major League Baseball arrived in the Pacific Northwest, when the Seattle Pilots played one ill-fated season before taking off to become the Milwaukee Brewers. Seattle wouldn’t get another...
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Federal Prosecution Adds Stiff Penalty To Hate Crime Charge
It’s a story you may have heard before: A drunk guy gets in a cab. His driver has dark skin, a beard, and a turban. The passenger calls the driver racial names and beats him so viciously, the driver...
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The Tradition Of Naming Tunneling Machines
Bertha is here. The world’s largest tunnel boring machine arrived in Seattle Tuesday after being shipped from Japan. It’s expected to reach land sometime this week. After that, in a few months, it will...
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Technology You Can Wear
There’s been a lot of buzz about wearable technology — computing capabilities you can wear — for at least a decade. Digital wrist bands that monitor physical activity are becoming more common. Products...
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Living Off The Banking Grid
It’s estimated that about 8.2 percent of US households don’t use bank accounts. Not only that — 20.1 percent of households are considered “underbanked,” meaning they use bank accounts but still opt for...
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Simon Winchester: SKULLS
Skulls are potent symbols of death, life and danger, and they also can tell a fascinating story about natural history. Ross Reynolds talks with writer Simon Winchester about his new book about skulls...
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Eric Whitacre’s Virtual Choir
Eric Whitacre is as close as a choral composer can be to a superstar. He sees lots of fan videos on YouTube of people singing his songs. That got him wondering. What would happen if he got all those...
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