Seattle Now

The long-anticipated West Seattle Bridge reopening is finally (almost here.

Russell Wilson had a dramatic and disappointing return to Seattle… AND here in Washington we have our work cut out for us if we’re going to improve traffic safety

We unpack it all with The Seattle Times’s Chase Burns and KUOW’s Mike Davis.

On Sunday, the West Seattle Bridge will be open to the public for the first time since March of 2020.

After two and a half years of construction and delays, the bridge is finally repaired, and our neighbors in West Seattle are ready and waiting.

We’ll hear from West Seattle Blog editor Tracy Record about how things will change on the “Accidental Island.”

Seattle is getting closer to finding a new police chief.

And there are 3 finalists in the running.

Crime, police reform, and public safety are top priorities.

We’ll hear about the selection process from Seattle Times reporter Sarah Grace Taylor.

Seattleites often experience wildfire season through the suffocating smoke of blazes burning over in eastern Washington or British Columbia.

But this weekend the Bolt Creek fire scorched nearly 8,000 acres here in western Washington.

Former firefighter Amanda Montei says this is a shift, and we’ll have to expect more fires like this in the future.

The Seattle Seahawks play their first game of the season tonight.

They’re getting the primetime Monday Night Football slot, because Former Hawks superstar Russell Wilson is suiting up for the other team.

We’ll talk with sports columnist Jerry Brewer about what to look for tonight, and how the city can learn to live without Russ.

This week Seattle teachers went on strike.

The Mariners invited fans to take their work to the ballgame.

And Seattle Storm legend Sue Bird played her last WNBA game.

We unpack it all with Esmy Jimenez of the Seattle Times and Seattle Weather Blog’s Justin Shaw.

School was supposed to start yesterday. Instead of coming to classrooms full of students, Seattle public school teachers donned red shirts and took to the picket lines to strike. Teachers are striking for competitive pay, adequate classroom support, and a better teacher to student ratio for Special Education classrooms. In fact, Seattle's Special Education program has been a core issue at the bargaining table. We went to a few schools to talk with teachers and educators about why they are striking and the issues that are important to them.

Early in the pandemic, Covid vaccines were all the rage, but after two years, some people are tuning out.

Heads up: a new omicron booster is here. It may be available as soon as Friday and targets the most recent Covid strains.

UW Medicine's Dr. Shireesha Dhanireddy is here to tell us why it’s different and when you should try and get one.

If you live in the Pacific Northwest, chances are you’ve been on a hike. If not, you might go with a trail that’s considered “easy” to get started.

But, easy for who? Trails labeled easy in many guides are still difficult or inaccessible for people with disabilities.

We’ll hear from Syren Nagakyrie, the author of a new hikers guide for those with disabilities looking to experience one of Washington’s many hiking trails.

This week, some teachers and students started a new school year. Others are on still trying to negotiate labor agreements with districts. The rest of us are debating what it really means to “quiet quit” your job. And just in case you want to get judgy on the internet, Pumpkin Spice season is officially here. Cue the hot takes.

We unpack it all with The Stranger’s Jas Keimig and podcast host Andrew Walsh.