Casey Martin

In an exclusive interview with OPB, Kaylub Giamanco, the man who fatally shot the teenage school shooter at Silver Rail Elementary, shares what he wants people to know about his experience.

Seattle's sunny Spooktober

Seattle City Council is set to vote today on RV parking restrictions on city streets. Packed council chambers. 63 people have signed up to speak so far. www.kuow.org/governing/20...

Excited for this. "Each week, “METRO” mines a city packed with personality to bring you investigations, personal stories, essays and interviews that take the bigness of New York and make it human and relevant, no matter where you live." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/16/p...

King County Elections says they stopped sending "I Voted" stickers out this year due to costs. But you can still pick one up at a voting event or vote center: cd.kingcounty.gov/en/dept/elec... For drop box users: election employees in yellow vests also have them to give out. Ballots due Nov. 3

So far this year, UW researchers have documented 356 immigration-related detentions and arrests in Washington state where federal agencies have been provided records by state agencies.

Three children were killed in Thursday’s shooting at a Bend elementary school, three sources confirmed to OPB. Police said earlier Thursday that the suspected shooter was killed at the scene.

The flu has come early to the Pacific Northwest this year. In King County, six people — all of them adults — have already died in this wave of the flu, and that number will rise as more deaths get investigated and counted.

The Bend-La Pine School District said on social media Thursday that there was an active lockdown at the school, and that police were on the scene.

Washington state can no longer require foster parents to provide an affirming and supportive home for LGBTQ+ children and youth, according to a settlement the state reached with a religious couple.

Cruise ship season wrapped up Sunday in Seattle, with close to 1 million people boarding a cruise ship in 2026, a record number, according to the Port of Seattle. Moving these floating resorts through the sea can have big impacts – from hitting whales to heating the planet.

McClatchy Media just made sweeping layoffs at its papers in Tacoma, Bellingham, Olympia and the Tri-Cities. KUOW's Kim Malcolm talked with Seattle Times Free Press Editor Brier Dudley about the state of local newspaper reporting.

The 17-year-old accused of fatally shooting his two parents and three younger siblings in their Fall City home two years ago will face trial in adult court.

In what is becoming a sadly familiar ritual, an endangered orca has been carrying her dead calf around on her nose. www.kuow.org/climate/2026...

Marchers began a four-day pilgrimage Wednesday from Seattle to the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma as a protest against mass deportations.

I drew a cool picture of KUOW Public Radio.😎🔥 @kuow.org #kuow

Skyline peakaboo from earlier

How Rob Curley’s plan to make the Spokesman-Review ‘The People’s Paper’ ended in a newsroom revolt (Reported in collaboration with RANGE) www.investigatewest.org/rob-curley-s...

Sound Transit opened its newest light rail station Wednesday in Pinehurst, a stop that will serve riders between the larger hubs of Shoreline and Northgate.

Flu cases are surging in Washington state, much sooner than when health officials usually expect the illness to peak in winter.

For some reason they keep interrupting Rick Rizzs stories with game updates.

More people than ever biked around Seattle this summer — and one cycling advocate says this could be just the beginning of a new normal in the city.

The FIFA World Cup was an economic win for Seattle, with a total impact of $889 million, according to a new report from Visit Seattle.

Get ready for that new train smell and more seats. But they won’t go faster or run more frequently on the Cascades route in Washington and Oregon.

Rose was a union gal, bless her. She was instrumental in getting NPR to hire me full-time, after years of them trying not to. You didn’t hear her voice, but you did. This sucks a lot. She made NPR so much better. www.npr.org/2026/09/18/n...

Members of the Unofficial Scorekeepers Union (Local 206) record nearly every detail of every Mariners at-bat using pen and paper and the same symbols and notations scorekeepers have used for decades.

Great feature on @kuow.org by @caseyworks.bsky.social www.kuow.org/sports/2026-...

Ashley Whitehead, the mother who was killed at the Seattle Center mass shooting in July, is remembered as a "light in the darkness." www.kuow.org/crime/2026-0...

The program that sends free books to kids up to the age of 5 was on pause for the past year due to lack of funding, but a local nonprofit has partnered with the Washington state branch of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to get books back in kids' hands.

After more than a year on pause, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library to donate free books again to thousands of King County kids www.kuow.org/arts-life/20...

UW study shows coyote density is 9 times higher in Seattle compared to the wild lands in Washington. “Coyotes are here to stay in cities, and it is up to us to learn how to live with them.” - Laura Prugh, professor in @uw-sefs.bsky.social https://bit.ly/46kdUVp

Seattle's Jean Smart is a national treasure. Smart won the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for all 5 seasons of Hacks.

BREAKING: The Supreme Court has refused to allow mail-in voting restrictions for the midterms, rejecting the Trump administration’s bid to revive a U.S. Postal Service plan. USPS is expected to continue delivering mail ballots as usual www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...

3. Here's my @npr.org article on what the Supreme Court's ruling means for mail-in voting for the midterms -- it's still available to all eligible voters: www.npr.org/2026/09/14/n...

Seattle firefighters, police, and city leaders held a remembrance ceremony Friday to honor the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.

The Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild is shocked and disappointed by McClatchy’s decision to lay off 33% of its unionized workers at the Idaho Statesman, The News Tribune (Tacoma), Tri-City Herald, The Olympian and Bellingham Herald. This includes 10 journalists in Idaho, and seven across Washington

Washington has joined 20 other states around the country in filing two lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s changes to the Endangered Species Act.

An internal investigation found the Seattle Police Department's latest choice to supervise its wellness unit likely violated state law by failing to report his older son’s sexual abuse of his younger daughter.

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson is live now on KUOW's Soundside taking your questions: 206-221-9430. kuow.org

Why has a giant hole across from City Hall in downtown Seattle remained undeveloped for more than 20 years?

More than 150 transit advocates are getting ready to race the Route 8 bus from Denny Park to Stewart Street. They're expecting to lose after a new bus lane sped up the bus.

Very fun to officially get things going. We even had a bit of new reporting on the Pit across from City Hall: The city has found the developer to be in default of its agreement.

KUOW's Soundside is back! Now with a new format and new co-host, @kromandavid.bsky.social, joining Libby Denkmann. Show is live now and rebroadcast at 8 p.m. Tune in! www.kuow.org/podcast/soun...

This Wednesday, Pioneer Square businesses will test whether they can recapture the success of the World Cup during the first Seahawks game of the season.

SCOOP: Immigrants are being rapidly reassigned to in-person immigration court hearings at buildings that are not immigration courts + with minimal notice. The pop-up courts come as EOIR is looking to rapidly acquire space throughout the country. www.npr.org/2026/09/04/g...

Food stamps have a direct link to other critical resources, such as free breakfast and lunch at school. Now, experts say they're starting to see that link break. n.pr/4d0MUOj