Angela King

Time is winding down for this year's legislative session. Lawmakers in the State House and Senate are now looking to reconcile two slightly different spending plans. Each chamber passed its own version of this year's supplemental budget over the weekend, and both plans from the Democratic majorities call for heavy cuts to child care, education, and health care funding. State government reporter Sarah Mizes-Tan brought KUOW's Angela King this update.

Dr. Quintard Taylor taught history at the University of Washington and created BlackPast.org, an online collection of global Black history. He died Sept. 21, 2025, at the age of 76.

This Memorial Day, we’re remembering the legacy of the WWII era unit, the 6888 Central Postal Directory Battalion. It was the only predominantly Black, all-women’s U.S. military unit to serve overseas, and is also the subject of a recent Netflix movie. Their mission was to sort through a backlog of more than 17 million pieces of mail and to deliver it to war-weary soldiers scattered across Europe, longing for words of encouragement from home.

As the highest-ranking Black woman officer during WWII, Lt. Col. Charity Adams Earley served her country proudly between 1942 and 1946. She led the Six-Triple-Eight Central Postal Directory Battalion — the only all-woman, predominantly Black unit to serve overseas during WWII.

I've never felt so nervous while flying back to my hometown in Southern California. I also feel a sense of urgency among other passengers as we come in for a landing at Burbank International Airport. Everyone's peering through what sliver of airplane-window they can find before we touch down. We all look like meerkats.

Two of the most famous drag queens in the world are in Seattle to perform their annual holiday show.

'Wimpy' winter ahead for Pacific Northwest despite La Niña prediction, climatologist says

How does one collect 100,000 albums? If you're Kevin Cole, you spend 50 years in radio, and a lot of your childhood in the local record store.

KEXP's Kevin Cole retires and reflects on his friendship with Prince ahead of Purple Rain's 40th Anniversary

It was a beautiful Pacific Northwest day. Sunny, puffy clouds on the horizon.