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Bellevue College Earth Week: Conversations about the Climate Crisis

Bellevue College is hosting a series of Earth Week events. One of them takes place this Saturday at (10 am to 12:30 pm). Bellevue College retired faculty member, Kent Short will discuss how climate change impacts local outdoor enthusiasts. Then, Bellevue College Emerita Wendy Pickering will facilitate a discussion on how to talk constructively about climate

The Power of the BTS/ARMY Relationship

BTS, the South Korean music group has taken the global music scene by storm, breaking records in numbers of albums sold and spun, twitter follows, number of fans, sold out concerts and much more. Their influence has been noted by many, including governmental officials who have tried to suppress BTS’s reach and image in public.

Update from the Southern US Border

Dulce Garcia, Executive Director at Border Angels gives us an update of Ukrainians and other migration patterns at the border. Producer: Yuko Kodama Photo: Dana Schuerholz

On the Ground in Poland to help Ukrainians Fleeing War

What’s happening on the ground in Poland where Ukrainians are fleeing to by the thousands? A local Sammamish resident and his brother are there to help. Here is information on their project, Suitcases for Ukraine. Producer: Yuko Kodama Photo Credit: Lance and Thury Foster

In a Dense City Landscape, Can Trees and Development Coexist?

In the face of rapid residential development, Seattle’s urban trees are in the crosshairs. 60% of the city’s urban canopy is on residential lots. Tree advocates say housing and trees can co-exist, but have yet to convince the Seattle’s Department of Construction and Inspection. Producer: Martha Baskin Photo: Vladimir Menkov

Supporting Families Through the Pandemic

Gerald Donaldson is a Family Support Worker at Leschi Elementary School in the Seattle Public School System. He assists families who need help, so the children at Leschi can thrive in school. Donaldson describes the challenges through the pandemic (from our interview with him last spring), and gives a more recent update of where

World Water Day: The One Minute Challenge

It’s the United Nations founded World Water Day today, March 22, 2022. Here’s a prompt for you to submit your own one-minute groundwater story. Five story submissions will be picked to present to the United Nations.

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women – A Series of Six Stories

A report released by the Urban Indian Health Institute in 2018 shows that over 500 cases of missing or murdered indigenous women have been found throughout the United States – many since the year 2000. 70 women had gone missing or were murdered in Seattle and Tacoma. 6 were reported in Portland. How are indigenous

Honoring the Nikkei Farmers of Bellevue

91.3 KBCS · 91.3KBCS 20220303 Michelle Kumata Emerging Radiance Prior to World War II, Bellevue, Washington was home to a powerful and vibrant Japanese American community. In 1942 the United States government forcibly evacuated and incarcerated sixty Japanese American farming families from Bellevue. They were among 120,000 Japanese Americans who were sent to incarceration

Artist, Lauren Iida

91.3 KBCS · 91.3KBCS 20220301 Lauren Iida Densho Project Installation Lauren Iida is an artist who works with cut paper and paint. Iida is artist-in-residence with Densho Project. She recently completed an art installation for Densho Project’s community space. The piece was created in commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the day Franklin D.