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Harborview Medical Center is turning away all non-urgent patients, and has been for more than a week. The hospital is at 130 percent of its capacity. One big reason: staffing, both at the hospital and in other parts of the healthcare system.

Dr. Steve Mitchell, medical director of Harborview's emergency department, explains what's going on and how the hospital is adapting. We also hear from nurse Nicole Johnson on burnout among frontline healthcare workers.

You’ve seen the help wanted signs all over town.

There are plenty of job openings, but businesses are struggling to hire workers.

UW Public Policy professor Jacob Vigdor is here to explain what’s going on with the labor market.

Amazon is boosting its game in the healthcare industry.

The company is poised to acquire One Medical --a chain of primary care clinics for 3.9 billion dollars.

But the deal is still pending… as critics weigh in on their concerns over data privacy and FTC regulations.

Lauren Rosenblatt, the Amazon reporter for the Seattle Times is here to untangle the pending deal.

Amber Alerts, Silver Alerts, now Missing Indigenous Person Alerts. The state of Washington is the first in the nation to have an alert system specifically to find Native American people. It’s a victory for those who have been working to spotlight missing and murdered Indigenous women. But, missing persons cases can be much more complex than the happy endings the public is seeking. A conversation with KUOW’s Amy Radil on this new system.

This week neighbors at 96th and Aurora set up some garden beds after the city swept an encampment. Amazon is inching closer to becoming a health giant. And a new lawsuit against Starbucks claims… that mango refresher...might not have mango.

One of the great things about living in this part of the world is seeing our iconic, green and white Washington State ferries cruising around Puget Sound. But the system has been struggling with fleet and staffing issues.

Monkeypox is testing our already strained medical care system. Cases are doubling nearly every week and vaccines are still in short supply. But King County

UW Medicine’s Dr. Shireesha Dhanireddy is here to fill us in

The Seattle housing market has been trending upward for years.

But just in the last month or so prices are on the decline.

Seattle Times reporter Heidi Groover gives us the latest on what’s happening with housing costs.

Grocery stores in Seattle have been required to pay an additional $4 an hour to workers since last February. The money was meant to compensate them for the risk of working during the pandemic. But it was always temporary, and now it's going away.

This week about 24% of eligible voters cast ballots in the primary, Monkeypox was declared a national health emergency, and millennials are staying close to home, but some of them are moving here.

The Strangers Rich Smith and author Ruchika Tulshyan are here to break down the week

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