For years, Seattle's real estate has been like a rocket ship, hurtling higher and higher. But now, things are slowing down. Yet prices continue to rise.

Puget Sound mushroom clubs are proud to be some of the biggest in the country. Our rainy climate helps a wide variety of fungi thrive in the wild, and the enthusiasts who collect them help the knowledge of fungi spread like spores on your fridge’s leftovers. But picking mushrooms isn't a no-impact activity — so how can you forage like the pros?

Controversy is brewing in Bellingham over a former cement plant, a Canadian metal recycling company, and a lot of concerned neighbors.

Members of the Washington State Nurses Association say there’s been an increase in violence in the Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine Unit at Seattle Children's Hospital and want to bring attention to the need for safer working conditions. KUOW reporter Diana Opong talked to Soundside host Libby Denkmann about what nurses in the unit have been experiencing.

Spokesman Review reporter Orion Donovan Smith talks with Soundside about the lawsuit filed by Army veteran Charlie Bourg, after a missed cancer diagnosis caused by the VA Medical Center's new electronic health records system.

Since the 2020 election, conservative lawmakers and staffers have led a campaign against mis- and dis-information researchers like Kate Starbird, the director and co-founder of the University of Washington's Center for an Informed Public, arguing that the researchers are attempting to censor them, thus violating the First Amendment. But that argument itself would be misinformation, according to Starbird.

Last month, residents in San Juan County began complaining that Amazon packages were causing a major backup at post offices and delaying regular mail delivery. People reported going days without receiving some bills, letters, and packages.

In an effort to protect the native northern spotted owl, U.S. Fish and Wildlife officials announced 500,000 barred owls need to be culled throughout the Pacific Northwest over the next 30 years. But some conservationists worry the effort might be too late.

Typically, a new playground — at minimal cost to taxpayers — would be greeted with open arms by a community. But in this scenario, it’s not that simple.