Stephen Howie

4 weeks ago | kuow.org | Patricia Murphy |Vaughan F. R. Jones |Stephen Howie

Leonard and Pam Johnson hold a photo of their dog, Django, who passed away last week. Leonard "Ned" Johnson is one of the people identified by the Social Security Administration as dead, even though he is alive and well and living in Seattle. Pam Johnson of Seattle found out her husband, Leonard or “Ned,” had been declared dead when she got a letter from Bank of America on Feb. 19 offering condolences.

2 months ago | kuow.org | Shane Mehling |Patricia Murphy |Stephen Howie

Patti Gorman, dressed as lady liberty, talks with her former Seattle Central student, Afrikaan Sahra, right, as voters cast their ballots on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, outside of Seattle Central College in Capitol Hill. Sahra was voting for the first time after receiving U.S. citizenship.

2 months ago | kuow.org | Scott Greenstone |Stephen Howie

Washington's 24th Governor, Bob Ferguson, takes the oath of office in Olympia Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. KUOW Surrounded by immigrant advocates chanting, “Keep families together!” Gov. Bob Ferguson signed an executive order Monday creating a rapid response team to help Washington families targeted by the Trump administration for deportation.

Jan 10, 2025 | kuow.org | Stephen Howie

A passerby walks across the street in Sierra Madre, as fire burns in the background. KPCC Washington state is sending at least 45 fire engines and 280 firefighters to help battle the Los Angeles wildfires, which have now killed at least 10 people, burned thousands of homes, and forced 180,000 people to evacuate. Three large fires continued to burn Friday in the Los Angeles area, stretching from the Pacific Coast to Pasadena.

Jan 8, 2025 | kuow.org | Stephen Howie

Don Danielson of Sedro Woolley is the kind of person who would rather point to the evidence than state his opinion. When he wants to explain how popular his 27-year-old son Brandon was when he died, he describes the turnout at his son’s funeral in 2019. Hundreds of people packed the church. It was standing room only — old people, young people, people from other countries who Brandon had met. “He was very outgoing. He had tons of friends,” Don Danielson said. “He married his high school sweetheart.