April 29, 2022 - 1:26 am
Carolyn DeFord is an enrolled Puyallup member and is from Nisqually and Cowlitz descendants. Her mother, Leona Lee Clare Kinsey has been missing for over 20 years. DeFord shares what she’s come away with from this tragedy with KBCS’s Yuko Kodama
Read More about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women 3 – A Story of a Missing Mother
April 28, 2022 - 1:40 pm
MAAC or Muslimahs Against Abuse Center is an organization dedicated to assisting victims of gender based violence. Listen in on how this group can fill in spaces for those in need in our community. Other leaders to assist people who are going through domestic abuse are Somali Family Safety Task Force in Seattle’s Rainier Valley
April 19, 2022 - 3:06 am
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
Read More about Bellevue College Earth Week: Conversations about the Climate Crisis
April 15, 2022 - 7:55 pm
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.
April 8, 2022 - 12:32 pm
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
April 8, 2022 - 11:36 am
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
March 28, 2022 - 1:56 pm
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
March 24, 2022 - 1:20 pm
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
March 22, 2022 - 1:45 pm
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.
March 14, 2022 - 5:11 pm
We are deeply saddened to learn of the death of Doug Paterson, our beloved host of The Music of Africa. He was 72 years old. For 30 years at KBCS and Bellevue College, Doug volunteered his time to showcase the very best in African music. His dedication was an extraordinary act of service to his
