This week…

Western Washington got the summer weather double-header of smoke and heat.

Seattle's film buffs want to see blockbusters on the state's biggest movie screen.

And a Seattle reddit user says we need to talk about the flavor selection of a local ice cream chain. 

UW Business Professor Jeff Shulman and KUOW’s Vaughan Jones are here to break down the week.

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This week&hellip;
Western Washington got the summer weather double-header of smoke and heat.
Seattle's film buffs want to see blockbusters on the state's biggest movie screen.
And a Seattle reddit user says we need to talk about the flavor selection of a local ice cream chain. 
UW Business Professor Jeff Shulman and KUOW&rsquo;s Vaughan Jones are here to break down the week.
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This week…  Western Washington got the summer weather double-header of smoke and heat.  Seattle's film buffs want to see blockbusters on the state's biggest movie screen.  And a Seattle reddit user says we need to talk about the flavor selection of a local ice cream chain.   UW Business Professor Jeff Shulman and KUOW’s Vaughan Jones are here to break down the week.

Casual Friday with Jeff Shulman and Vaughan Jones

In Spokane, wildfires destroyed or damaged more than 900 structures last week. Thankfully, no casualties have been reported, but roughly 67,000 people had to evacuate. The city practiced an evacuation this spring, which likely helped the city’s response. Ashley Bosa helped with the evacuation drill. She’s a post-doc researcher at Boise State University’s Resilience Institute. She’s written about how the drill paid off for the nonprofit news organization The Conversation.

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In Spokane, wildfires destroyed or damaged more than 900 structures last week.&nbsp;Thankfully, no casualties have been reported,&nbsp;but roughly 67,000 people had to evacuate. The city practiced an evacuation this spring, which likely helped the city&rsquo;s response.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.boisestate.edu/research-resilience/about-us/leadership-and-executive-team/ashley-bosa/">Ashley Bosa</a> helped with the evacuation drill.&nbsp;She&rsquo;s a post-doc researcher at Boise State University&rsquo;s Resilience Institute. She&rsquo;s <a href="https://theconversation.com/just-weeks-before-devastating-wildfires-hit-spokane-practiced-a-mass-evacuation-the-drill-paid-off-288899">written about how the drill paid off</a> for the nonprofit news organization The Conversation.
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In Spokane, wildfires destroyed or damaged more than 900 structures last week. Thankfully, no casualties have been reported, but roughly 67,000 people had to evacuate. The city practiced an evacuation this spring, which likely helped the city’s response. Ashley Bosa helped with the evacuation drill. She’s a post-doc researcher at Boise State University’s Resilience Institute. She’s written about how the drill paid off for the nonprofit news organization The Conversation.

A mass evacuation drill this spring helped Spokane respond to wildfires

Governor Bob Ferguson signed an emergency declaration suspending some state laws for fire victims, the University of Washington will get a $540 billion dollar grant from the Gates Foundation, and we'll hear from the fire victims returning to Spokane.

It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.

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Governor Bob Ferguson signed an emergency declaration suspending some state laws for fire victims, the University of Washington will get a $540 billion dollar grant from the Gates Foundation, and we'll hear from the fire victims returning to Spokane.
It&rsquo;s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.
We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. <a href="https://donate.kuow.org/donate/seattlenow">Tap here</a> to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed.&nbsp;
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Governor Bob Ferguson signed an emergency declaration suspending some state laws for fire victims, the University of Washington will get a $540 billion dollar grant from the Gates Foundation, and we'll hear from the fire victims returning to Spokane.  It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.

Monday Evening Headlines

Washington state has big clean energy goals.

But with the looming deadline of 2045 to have zero emission energy across the state, people are starting to ask: Are these goals actually achievable?

We’ll get into that with Greg Kim from the Seattle Times.

Read Greg's reporting here.

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Washington state has big clean energy goals.
But with the looming deadline of 2045 to have zero emission energy across the state, people are starting to ask: Are these goals actually achievable?
We&rsquo;ll get into that with Greg Kim from the Seattle Times.
Read Greg's reporting <a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/climate-lab/wa-wanted-clean-energy-but-utilities-plan-fleet-of-gas-plants/">here</a>.
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Washington state has big clean energy goals.  But with the looming deadline of 2045 to have zero emission energy across the state, people are starting to ask: Are these goals actually achievable?  We’ll get into that with Greg Kim from the Seattle Times.

Casual Friday with Jeff Shulman and Vaughan Jones

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