News Flush with federal cash, WA cities steer resources to police Justice reform advocates have been disappointed by choices to spend flexible federal recovery funds on items such as tasers and new police cruisers. by Brandon Block / May 16, 2022
News How rent relief fraud allegations left Thurston County tenants hanging Evidence suggests fraud in federal rent relief programs is rare. But in some states, fraud fears have kept tenants from getting help. by Brandon Block / April 25, 2022
Inside Cascade PBS Watchdog work to track federal spending in WA Washington has received billions in federal recovery money. Our new investigative reporter is determined to figure out where it's landing. by Brandon Block / April 12, 2022
News How Comcast and other telecoms scuttle rural WA broadband efforts The state Public Works Board is considering changes after private internet companies successfully objected to local government initiatives. by Brandon Block / March 30, 2022 / Updated at 3 p.m. Friday, April 1
News Rural Jefferson County is building its own broadband network The Washington county's public utility district is taking advantage of federal dollars and a new state law to deliver broadband internet straight to its residents. by Brandon Block / March 21, 2022 / Updated at 2:15 p.m. on March 23
Tech Power underwear It's been too long since we've had a breakthrough in underwear design. Here it is. by Kimberly Marlowe Hartnett / August 16, 2010
Keep your eye on that dog The Churchillian look of the English bulldog by Kimberly Marlowe Hartnett / January 4, 2010
Culture Old airwaves On the day NBC sells out to Comcast, the daughter of a self-styled TV visionary muses on broadcasting's Nordstrom effect. by Kimberly Marlowe Hartnett / December 3, 2009
Culture Storing up treasure Some kind words for the late Reverend Ike, who raised up his radio listeners by speeding up the arrival of the Promised Land by Kimberly Marlowe Hartnett / August 5, 2009
Tech A brief infatuation with Kindle When Amazon whisked away Orwell's 1984, something made this writer want to hang onto those things with paper pages and covers by Kimberly Marlowe Hartnett / July 18, 2009