Stephen Howie

1 month 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 | m.kuow.org | Stephen Howie

The Trump administration has cut NIH funding levels and paused new and existing grants from the agency, which totalled $35 billion in 2023. That’s left critical studies of various illnesses and drugs that could help treat them on pause. Doctors, researchers, and scientists who have spent years and often decades studying chronic diseases worry the cuts will have long-lasting consequences for public health and medical innovation.

Feb 3, 2025 | 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.

Jan 27, 2025 | 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.