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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The family of Charleena Lyles has filed a legal claim against the city of Seattle. Lyles, an African American mother of four, was fatally shot by police… -
Homeless people living in cars and RVs on Seattle streets may soon be exempt from some penalties for parking violations.A new draft ordinance, unveiled by… -
Earlier this year, a man named Delvonn Heckard filed a lawsuit claiming he was repeatedly raped by Seattle Mayor Ed Murray in the mid-1980s, when he was a… -
If you were hoping to make it to movie night at Magnuson Park in the next few weeks, you're out of luck.The outdoor movie series has been canceled part… -
Plans to open safe consumption sites for drug users in King County may soon be subject to a public vote. Opponents say they've collected nearly 70,000… -
The Washington State Supreme Court has put an end to a decades-old debate between the University of Washington and the city of Seattle.The court ruled… -
Whoever is elected as the next mayor of Seattle will inherit a growing homelessness crisis.Perhaps the most visible markers of this crisis are the tents… -
Bill Radke speaks with KUOW reporter Kate Walters about the latest developments in the allegations that Seattle Mayor Ed Murray sexually abused his foster… -
On a frigid day last year, I walked into Seattle’s largest homeless camp. As my breath turned to fog, I wondered why anyone would choose to live in a tent…
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Seattle is a step closer to getting a law that prohibits biased policing.The proposed legislation would take the Seattle Police Department's bias-free…
