Monica Nickelsburg
Labor & Economy Reporter at KUOW-FM (Seattle, WA)
labor & economy reporter for Seattle @npr station @kuow | tips: [email protected] https://t.co/zh9qS76TxB
Articles
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1 week ago |
m.kuow.org | Monica Nickelsburg
Bartell Drugs faces an uncertain future as parent company Rite Aid files for bankruptcy. KUOW Photo / Monica Nickelsburg Bartell Drugs customers are mourning what could be the end of the beloved local pharmacy. Its parent company, Rite Aid, plans to close all Bartell locations in the coming months as part of bankruptcy proceedings if it can’t find a buyer for the stores. Though Rite Aid says it’s in talks with multiple buyers, the future of the Seattle pharmacy chain remains uncertain.
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2 weeks ago |
kuow.org | Monica Nickelsburg
Cell technologist Ian Townsend thaws T-cells for infusion in the Swim Across America Cellular Therapy Lab on Wednesday, October 25, 2017, at the Fred Hutch Eastlake Building in Seattle. KUOW Photo/Megan Farmer The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center laid off an undisclosed number of employees Wednesday. Many of the cuts were part of a reorganization of the nonprofit’s IT department, and not due to a loss of federal funding, according to spokesperson Christina VerHeul.
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4 weeks ago |
kuow.org | Monica Nickelsburg
Pedestrians at several Seattle intersections were surprised by a rogue message when they pushed the crosswalk button on Wednesday. On the corner of 43rd street and University Ave, a spoofed voice of Amazon co-founder Jeff Bezos blared from a speaker that normally gives instructions on when it’s safe to cross. “Hi it’s Jeff Bezos,” the recording said.
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4 weeks ago |
m.kuow.org | Monica Nickelsburg
Pedestrians at several Seattle intersections were surprised by a rogue message when they pushed the crosswalk button on Wednesday. On the corner of 43rd street and University Ave, a spoofed voice of Amazon co-founder Jeff Bezos blared from a speaker that normally gives instructions on when it’s safe to cross. “Hi it’s Jeff Bezos,” the recording said.
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1 month ago |
kuow.org | Joshua McNichols |Monica Nickelsburg |Lucy Soucek |Carol Smith
If you've got tariff whiplash, you're not alone. The Trump administration's on-again, off-again tariffs are meant to protect domestic businesses and bring industry back to the US. So tariffs should be good for the iconic local industries we're so proud of here in the Pacific Northwest...right? On today's episode we'll dig into three of these Northwest industries: salmon, craft breweries, and aerospace parts, to see how they could be affected by rising tariffs.
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