KUOW News Podcast

Aerospace Analyst Scott Hamilton of Issaquah–based Leeham Company, spoke with KUOW's Derek Wang about Boeing's decision to establish its 787 Dreamliner site in South Carolina.

Election season brings lots of attack ads and bitter debates between candidates. But some of the races in the Seattle area aren't exactly nail–biters this year. Most of the candidates for King County Council are running unopposed. Even so, they've ...

Whoever wins the race for King County Executive faces a quick turnaround, since that person will take office on November 24. Both Susan Hutchison and Dow Constantine say they are forming advisory teams to help them with such a quick transition.

More details now on Boeing's decision to locate its 787 production line in South Carolina. Boeing announced its decision yesterday after an unsuccessful round of negotiations with the Machinists union. There was widespread hope the two sides could reach ...

Four candidates are running for two seats on the Seattle School Board. The winner of one race will represent south Seattle.

With less than a week to go before Election Day, the candidates for Seattle Mayor are working hard to woo the thousands of undecided voters in the race. A poll released yesterday by the University of Washington shows T-Mobile executive Joe Mallahan ...

Researchers at the University of Washington have just finished their latest poll on next week's election. Among other things, it suggests that a large group of people are still undecided in many races. Matt Barreto, a professor of political science at ...

Federal officials say they won't ship new waste to the Hanford Nuclear Reservation until 2019. That's according to the preferred alternative in the Department of Energy's new 6,000 page cleanup plan released this Monday.

Many businesses in the Green River Valley are having a tough time finding flood insurance. So, state insurance commissioner Mike Kreidler wants lawmakers to help.

Next week voters will determine Ron Sims' successor. Sims joined the Department of Housing and Urban Development last spring, so a special election is in order for King County Executive. It's a race with the classic insider versus outsider dimension. Dow ...

It's like an oil spill, but without the oil. That's how wildlife rescue people are describing an unusual red tide along the Northwest coast. The algal bloom is causing hundreds upon hundreds of dead or dying seabirds to wash up on coastal beaches. Today, ...

This summer, the country was riveted by images of wildfires burning the southern California hills. Though modern wildfires are strong, none compare to the 1910 blaze known as the Big Burn. It charred three million acres of forest in Idaho and Montana and ...

You can look at the race for Seattle City Council Position 6 several ways. It is 12–year council veteran Nick Licata versus energetic newcomer Jesse Israel. She's a well–recognized rising star. He's a well–known civic voice. For liberal ...

Coeur d'Alene tribal members are finishing the harvest of traditional foods that their ancestors relied on to stay alive. In the fall, they dig up small tubers known as water potatoes. The tribe uses the harvest as a way to pass along its traditions to ...

The University of Washington welcomes top international diplomat Secretary–General of the United Nations Ban Ki–Moon today.

Election Day is next week and the campaign over Washington's Referendum 71 is passionate. Lawsuits are flying and ads are hitting the airwaves. Opponents of the gay domestic partnership law warn that if Ref. 71 is approved, it will lead to gay studies in ...

Some jobs require special endurance. Some jobs are just plain creepy. In this week before Halloween, our correspondents have been finding the spookiest jobs in the Northwest. Today, we go deep underground, for a job only a few can do.

What do immunizations, tuberculosis, and birth control have in common? In King County those health issues fall under the purview of one agency – Public Health. The agency quietly operates in the background until a threat like a pandemic flu ...

Microsoft's Windows 7 went on sale Thursday just after midnight. Anticipation has been high for the new PC operating system, but will it have better success than Microsoft's much hyped and much maligned Vista?