Joshua McNichols

1 week ago | m.kuow.org | Monica Nickelsburg |Joshua McNichols |Lucy Soucek |Alec Cowan

Washington state is known for its cherries. We produce more sweet cherries than any other state in the country, and we export them all over the world. But to supply the world with cherries, Washington farmers need a lot of workers to show up for a very short harvesting window. Usually they do, but not this year. High profile ICE raids are keeping migrant workers from the fields. Today, how a culture of fear is pushing Washington cherry growers to the brink.

2 weeks ago | kuow.org | Joshua McNichols

Sounders FC owner and former player Steve Zakuani speaks as Mayor Bruce Harrell (center) and Seattle Center Director Marshall Foster look on. KUOW Photo/Joshua McNichols Seattle started its official countdown Wednesday, marking one year until it hosts the FIFA World Cup. Sounders FC owner and former player Steve Zakuani was on hand to help unveil a giant digital clock at the Seattle Center. It’s counting down the 525,600 minutes until the city hosts six World Cup matches next summer.

2 weeks ago | m.kuow.org | Joshua McNichols

Sounders FC owner and former player Steve Zakuani speaks as Mayor Bruce Harrell (center) and Seattle Center Director Marshall Foster look on. KUOW Photo/Joshua McNichols Seattle started its official countdown Wednesday, marking one year until it hosts the FIFA World Cup. Sounders FC owner and former player Steve Zakuani was on hand to help unveil a giant digital clock at the Seattle Center. It’s counting down the 525,600 minutes until the city hosts six World Cup matches next summer.

2 weeks ago | kuow.org | Joshua McNichols

An arborists climbs a 100-year-old coastal redwood in Edmonds, removing its limbs on the way up, before chainsawing the trunk into large pieces on his way down. KUOW Photo/Joshua McNichols Cities around Seattle are hemmed in by mountains and sea to the east and west, and protected farms and forests to the north and south. Inside that urban growth boundary, developers turn nooks and crannies into new homes and parking spots. Almost half of trees lose this standoff.

2 weeks ago | m.kuow.org | Monica Nickelsburg |Joshua McNichols |Lucy Soucek |Alec Cowan

After years of heated arguments, Seattle just passed a law allowing up to four houses per residential lot -- and six, in some cases.  The hope is that building a lot more homes will keep prices from becoming dramatically more expensive than they are now. But there’s a tradeoff. Togain more housing, we’re going to lose something else people care a lot about: trees. On the latest episode of Booming, could there be a way to have both?