Kim Malcolm

The photo shows the Canadian flag at the top of a tall flagpole against a blue sky. Below it, on the yardarm, several other flags fly, including the provincial flag of British Columbia.

The World Trade Center Twin Towers were a focal point of the attacks of Sept. 11. The buildings were envisioned by architect Minoru Yamasaki, who was born and raised in Seattle. Journalist Knute “Mossback” Berger is an editor-at-large at Cascade PBS, and host of “ Mossback's Northwest.” He told KUOW’s Kim Malcolm about his research into Yamasaki's life and legacy.

New York Times columnist Kurt Streeter lives in Jimothy's neighborhood and followed this phenomenon closely this summer. KUOW’s Kim Malcolm talked to him about his recent article, “What a Hunchbacked Raccoon Teaches Us About Kindness in a Fractured World.”

There has been a flurry of voting-related court decisions in the lead-up to the November general election. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court said no to President Trump's plan to involve the U.S. Postal Service in mail-in voting restrictions. Washingtonians who appreciate receiving their ballot in the mail breathed a collective sigh of relief at that one.

The Seattle-based organization Lifelong, which works to make health care and food more accessible to people facing chronic illness, HIV/AIDS, aging, and disability, announced today it will extend services statewide.

Vice President JD Vance accused Microsoft of fraud this week and suspended the company from a program that helps transition foreign workers on H-1B visas to permanent U.S. residency. Microsoft says the administration has misinterpreted its use of the program.

McClatchy Media just made sweeping layoffs at its papers in Tacoma, Bellingham, Olympia and the Tri-Cities. KUOW's Kim Malcolm talked with Seattle Times Free Press Editor Brier Dudley about the state of local newspaper reporting.

To learn more about how Washington schools work to prevent shootings, KUOW’s Kim Malcolm spoke to UW Tacoma criminal justice professor Eric Madfis, director of the Violence Prevention Research Collaborative at the School of Social Work and Criminal Justice.

Chefs and restaurant owners say it's hard running a restaurant in Seattle. Diners feel it, too. Seattle has the country's second-highest menu prices, with customers paying 17% above the national median, according to Washington Hospitality Association figures. KUOW’s Kim Malcolm talked to Puget Sound Business Journal reporter Egan Ward about the trials and tribulations of Seattle's restaurant scene.

KUOW’s All Things Considered asked about efforts to keep Washington state schools safe, including physical safety measures on school campuses, how threats are assessed and prevented, and funding for those efforts. The Washington approach is layered, and there are no simple answers.