Kate Walters
ReporterYear started with KUOW: 2015
Kate is a daily news reporter at KUOW. Originally from Australia, Kate studied journalism at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology before coming to work in public radio. Kate began her career as a reporter with WXXI Public Radio in Rochester, NY, where she worked as part of a Local Journalism Center (LJC) called the Innovation Trail. At KUOW, she started as a producer on The Record before joining the news desk.
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Brothers accused of a pair of fatal shootings in the Jungle homeless encampment as teens in early 2016 will face a trial for those charges beginning… -
Seattle’s South Park neighborhood sits on the bank of the polluted Duwamish river, flanked by industry and split in two by Highway 99.This is a… -
This year’s point-in-time count of people living without homes in King County showed yet another increase of those living on the streets. But among people… -
On a single night in January, more than 12,000 people were counted as homeless throughout Seattle and King County.That included people living on the… -
Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan wants to significantly increase shelter capacity for people experiencing homelessness in the city over the next three… -
Community members and activists, some belonging to Mayor Jenny Durkan's own police chief selection committee, are calling for an overhaul of the city's… -
Seattle made some big shifts in its approach to homeless services last year, including signing new contracts that gave the city the ability to ding… -
On a sunny May morning, the Alaskan Way Viaduct throws long shadows over a line of tents.This cluster of tents is here illegally, one of about 400… -
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan has proposed a compromise tax on large businesses that would pay to ease the city’s affordable housing shortage and… -
When you throw away a piece of trash, do you ever wonder where it goes and who deals with it? If you live in the city of Seattle, there’s a good chance…
