Dyer Oxley

1 month ago | kuow.org | Dyer Oxley

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell and Councilmember Maritza Rivera take turns reading "Under the Ramadan Moon" to a class of preschoolers at The Children's Center at Burke Gilman Gardens in North Seattle on March 14, 2025. City of Seattle The city of Seattle has opened applications for the 2025-26 preschool year, offering free or discounted tuition. Many Seattleites may be surprised that they qualify. Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell is psychic. That might be a shocking revelation to Seattleites.

1 month ago | kuow.org | Dyer Oxley

The U.S. - Canada border at Blaine, Wash. The entry is marked by the Peace Arch, a massive arch at the border that states, "Children of a Common Mother." The Peace Arch park spans both sides of the international border. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have reportedly arrested a tourist from the United Kingdom and have detained her at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma.

2 months ago | opb.org | Jeanie Lindsay |Dyer Oxley

Under the new road usage charge proposal, the pay-per-mile tax system would become mandatory for all gas-powered vehicles getting 20 miles per gallon or more by 2035. The future for Washington drivers may include a pay-per-mile system. Some state lawmakers are seeking to offset declining gas tax revenue, as cars get more fuel efficient and electric vehicles get more popular. Officials in Washington have been revving up an idea, called a road usage charge, for more than a decade.

2 months ago | m.kuow.org | Dyer Oxley |Jeanie Lindsay

The Washington State Legislature is considering a bill that would phase out the state's gas tax and phase in a road usage charge. Under the new plan, Washington drivers would pay a tax on every mile they drive, instead of a tax for every gallon of gas they buy. The future for Washington drivers may include a pay-per-mile system. Some state lawmakers are seeking to offset declining gas tax revenue, as cars get more fuel efficient and electric vehicles get more popular.

2 months ago | kuow.org | Patricia Murphy |Matthew Martin |Dyer Oxley

Erika Sandoval, a nurse with the Seattle Visiting Nurse Association, gives first-grade student Tavita Tuilagi-Su a bandaid after administering a flu shot on Tuesday, October 22, 2019, at Concord International Elementary School in Seattle. KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer If you don't recall hearing much about the flu, measles, polio, or other major diseases while you were growing up, there's likely a good reason for that. You, or most everyone around you, got vaccine shots.