Carolyn Adolph
ReporterYear started with KUOW: 2008
Carolyn covers Seattle’s growth and the challenges people have in meeting the regional economy’s shifting demands. She came to KUOW after careers at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the Montreal Gazette and the Toronto Star. She is a graduate of Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. She studied Economics at the University of California, Davis, and the Cultural Impact of Technological Change at the University of Washington.
Latest Award: Runner Up, SPJ Investigative Audio Reporting with John Ryan, 2016.
Email cadolph@kuow.org
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So.It’s been a little tense in Seattle since Amazon started shopping around for a new city to love.But it hasn’t always been the way. Remember when the… -
Do us a favor. Look up relentless.com. No really — try it.We’ll wait.Mind blown?Think that says something about what kind of company Amazon was going to… -
What happens when Amazon comes to your town? So many cities want Amazon’s second headquarters. We get it. We here in Seattle have the first one.And it’s… -
In September, 2017, Amazon kicked off the country’s biggest lottery — a search for a second headquarters, a.k.a. HQ2. The city that wins that contest… -
Regional politicians have been assembling a multi-county strategy to keep Amazon’s growth here.The company’s announcement last month that it will pick a… -
Our region is growing, and so is the use of hiking trails. If you’ve been to Rattlesnake Ledge near North Bend, then you already know that.TRANSCRIPTThe… -
As traffic has worsened in the Seattle area, drivers have taken to side streets to beat the brake lights.This prompted one of our most popular Local… -
Until last week, Seattle’s growth looked endless and predictable. Amazon was hiring at a fierce pace, and planners were struggling with housing and… -
Amazon wants to double its footprint by building a second headquarters — for 50,000 more workers.Consider that its current Seattle headquarters has more… -
Voters approved a light rail line to Lynnwood from Northgate in 2008. Now there’s word the cost of that line is half a billion dollars over…
