Today, we’re bringing you the best from the KUOW Newsroom.

First, Washington state is home to one of the largest communities of Lao refugees in the country. Now, under pressure from the Trump administration, deportation flights have picked up. 

Next, gas prices are sky-high, but many local drivers are not flocking to buy an electric vehicle to avoid the pump.

And finally, the size of the money gap between the ultra wealthy and everyone else is hard to wrap your head around. One Seattle playwright is trying to make it easier to understand, with an interactive theater experience and history tour.

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Sound Transit shelves Ballard extension, Seattle city council explores street closures to deter gun violence, and Alaska Airlines is fined for allowing intoxicated passengers on board.

It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.

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This week…

Protesters showed up at the first car-free weekend along lake Washington boulevard. 

Our local spelling champ competed in the other Washington during the National Spelling Bee. 

And the town of La Conner tried to turn down the volume on public concerts.

KEXP DJ Eva Walker and Author Jacob Uitti are here to break down the week.

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Six bodies recovered from Longview paper mill disaster, Lumen Field's name is getting redacted for the World Cup, and DOJ sues WA over denying undercover license plates for federal agents.

It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.

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Practicing medicine is not an exact science.

It takes knowledge, but also bedside manner.

At UW Medicine, neurology residents train for both using actors from UW’s Drama Department.

We’ll hear how it works with Associate Neurology Professor Wolfgang Muhlhofer.

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Two people confirmed dead in Longview, WA paper mill disaster, lawsuit over Denny Blaine Park goes to trial, and Mark Zuckerberg's mega yacht is docked in Seattle.

It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.

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Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson’s campaign promised one thousand emergency beds by the end of the year.

It’s ambitious… but she and the City Council are working through growing pains to get it done.

Seattle Times reporter David Kroman will give us some insight on how it’s going.

Read David’s story here.

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Chemical implosion kills at least one person in Longview, WA, Meta cuts 1,400 jobs in WA, and journalists at several WA newspapers go on strike.

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Bird counts in Seattle have declined 21% between 2005 and 2023. That's according to a new study from Birds Connect Seattle, which also found that species diversity declined by 18% during that same time period. Conservation director Joshua Morris authored the report. We met up recently at Washington Park Arboretum to talk about what’s happening to Seattle’s bird populations.

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Memorial Day is a time to honor America’s fallen soldiers past and present.

It’s also the unofficial start of summer.

Today’s weather isn't exactly ideal for a beach swim.

But once we get to magical Seattle summer weather, don’t forget to check King County Public Health’s website before you take a dip.

They send out environmental scientists like Wyatt Klepac each week to test our swim beaches for toxic algae and bacteria.

Right now, Green Lake’s West Beach is closed because of toxic algae and Newcastle Beach due to high bacteria.

Last summer, we were curious about how the county decides to close beaches and went out with Wyatt to see for ourselves.

Here’s that episode again.

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Today, we’re bringing you the best from newsrooms across Washington.

First, rising diesel prices are squeezing the Pacific Northwest fishing industry. They're cutting into profits and adding new uncertainty to an already challenging business.

Next, for around 15 years, people have slowly dug up mammoth bones near the Tri-Cities. Along the way, people have made a lot of other discoveries.

And finally, renters in six apartment complexes in Tacoma have voted to form unions in the last six months.

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