We just received a company email that longtime NPR correspondent Wade Goodwyn had died - at the age of 63.
Wade’s voice, storytelling, and radio writing was some of all-time favorite listening on NPR.
I was an intern on the national desk and used to study Wade’s stories…
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The only places in the U District I've found that sell Topo Chico: Supreme Pizza, Boon Boona Coffee inside University Bookstore, and University Market next to Alder Hall. This account is now a Topo Tracker.
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#BREAKING: Judge denies Second Amendment Foundation request to block assault weapons sales ban. Judge rules Second Amendment Foundation not likely to prevail.
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This is Betty. She's 17 years old and a regular ferry rider... racking up a hundred rides in the past two years. Her owner initially had her in a pet carrier in their vehicle during sailings but she meowed nonstop. So now she roams free and people watches.
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Outreach workers from Community Passageways, The More We Love, and others are here with coffee and rides to shelters out of town. This piece of land has been leased to an animal shelter to open a dog park. As part of the lease, the city has to clean the area first.
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Happening now in Burien: city workers are removing tents and tossing debris from a former encampment. Some people living here have gotten into a shelter in nearby towns, but at least a dozen have packed up to move somewhere else in Burien.
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Great explainer on the private clearing of a homeless encampment in Burien - and implications for all cities in King County #KUOW
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At Burien City Hall for City Council special meeting about a homeless tent encampment at a park. City was set to clear the camp until King County said they have to offer shelter first. Room is packed and they're setting up an overflow room. Live stream: cloud.castus.tv/vod/burien/vid
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this one meant a lot: i spent time with the mariachi team at uvalde high school. this year, with the help of their teacher mr. martinez, they won a state trophy and made their hometown proud during a wrenching year. i hope you'll read their story below.
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Seattle was the first major city to integrate kids without a court order. Today, it’s hard to tell that ever happened. Please take some time with this massive project about the resegregation of Seattle schools, which took my colleagues and I more than a year to complete.
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Special Report: After the landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision, Seattle schools took the initiative to voluntarily integrate through busing and school choice policies. But today, some schools are more segregated than in the 1980s. #waedu st.news/schoolsegregatShow this thread
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I know summer is here because it's 10:15 and my neighbors are playing badminton in the road beneath the orange glow of a street lamp and laughing
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Bellevue has created a roadmap for the potential broad expansion of curbside street space that shifts away from being focused primarily on single-occupancy vehicle movement and storage. Ryan Packer reports on the new Curb Management Plan.
Story: theurbanist.org/2023/05/26/bel
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Before and after photos of a food pantry destroyed by a vandal. The Shoreline church that maintains it is rushing to get it back in place because of how many families count on it each month. Live on KOMO-TV at 5pm
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Here’s my radio obituary on for rock ‘n’ roll queen Tina Turner, an enduring role model for surviving abuse who often found it tough to talk about her own story. loom.ly/S2_4c8c
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I have a lot I could say but all I will say is that there was a value judgement made here and these roles aren’t valued the way they should be because us and the communities we come from or cover aren’t valued the way we should be.
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Yesterday, Crosscut’s parent company (@CascadePubMedia) announced it intends to lay off five newsroom employees, effective July 1, and replace them with additional video and podcast producers.
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Cutting 3 reporters (environment, Indigenous and equity beats), a photographer, and a social media person to…
pivot to video?!
(2015 called and would like its failed media strategy back)
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Yesterday, Crosscut’s parent company (@CascadePubMedia) announced it intends to lay off five newsroom employees, effective July 1, and replace them with additional video and podcast producers.
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Kitsap Transit considers eliminating fares, in part to boost bus ridership
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"This has never happened," said Dr. Ryan Marino, a toxicologist and emergency room physician who studies addiction at Case Western Reserve University. "There has never been an overdose through skin contact or accidentally inhaling fentanyl."
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I'm going to miss the orange/ gold. Added some great color to the skyline that really popped, even on overcast days.
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Roof painting begins! 100 gallons of Astronaut White… this is gonna take a while. #spaceneedle #seattle #2023
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Community Passageways confirmed the FBI investigation in response to questions from last summer. But the plea deal clarifies Susana Tantico's identity, previous employer, and extent of her embezzlement.
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Today in federal court in Seattle, the former finance director for Country Doctor clinics and Community Passageways pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $3m from those nonprofits over 9 years. She spent the money on gambling, clothes and travel.
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"At one point, she was questioned by one of the organization’s banks about all the withdrawals at casinos. She claimed that the non-profit held youth programs at the casinos and claimed the withdrawals were for cash prize giveaways."
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New: Susana Tantico, who worked as Director of Finance at Community Passageways in Seattle in 2020, pleads guilty to embezzling more than $3 million from two local non-profits.
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Some personal news: 37 years after beginning a wonderful career in public radio as a college summer intern at , I am retiring today. I am deeply grateful to the listeners & readers who joined me on this journey. Extra big thanks to all the folks who talked to me for stories.
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Cal Raleigh is the first catcher to homer from BOTH sides of the plate in a game in the 112-year history of Fenway Park.
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The 14-year-old boy is being treated at Harborview Medical Center.
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With an early heatwave on the way, our Severe Weather Response protocols are activating tomorrow, May 13. View a full list of resources, including hours of operation, here: kcrha.org/news-extreme-h
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Can't wait to hang out alongside and next Friday for a live taping of Seattle Now! I promise irreverence from all, and semi-coherence from me!
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With extreme heat expected around Seattle this weekend, King County Metro has "directed operators to provide any customer a trip who is seeking respite from the heat and/or would like a ride to a cooling center."
A list of cooling centers here: kcrha.org/news-extreme-h
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