Fall colors are a visual treat before entering the depths of winter. 

We take a stroll through Kubota Garden with local arborist Allen Taylor who talks about what's going on with trees when they're popping with fall color.

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Fall colors are a visual treat before entering the depths of winter.&nbsp;
We take a stroll through Kubota Garden with local arborist Allen Taylor who talks about what's going on with trees when they're popping with fall color.
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Seattle Now is KUOW's flagship daily news podcast. Seattle Now brings you quick headlines, smart analysis, and award-winning local news. New episodes every weekday morning and afternoon. Start and end your day with Seattle Now, from KUOW and the NPR Network.

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Fall colors are POPPING in the PNW

In the West Seattle Greenbelt, the Duwamish Tribe and its community partners are thinking deeply about how to care for newly acquired land that was once declared toxic by the EPA.

We'll learn more about this local land back effort turned urban sanctuary in a minute.

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In the West Seattle Greenbelt, the Duwamish Tribe and its community partners are thinking deeply about how to care for newly acquired land that was once declared toxic by the EPA.
We'll learn more about this local land back effort turned urban sanctuary in a minute.
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In the West Seattle Greenbelt, the Duwamish Tribe and its community partners are thinking deeply about how to care for newly acquired land that was once declared toxic by the EPA.  We'll learn more about this local land back effort turned urban sanctuary in a minute.

A Duwamish land back project in West Seattle is healing both land and people

Polling is out on the Washington state initiative that would prohibit students who are trans from girl's school sports, another orca was spotted carrying a dead calf on her nose, and a new sales tax increase is coming to King County.

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

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Polling is out on the Washington state initiative that would prohibit students who are trans from girl's school sports, another orca was spotted carrying a dead calf on her nose, and a new sales tax increase is coming to King County.
It&rsquo;s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.
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Polling is out on the Washington state initiative that would prohibit students who are trans from girl's school sports, another orca was spotted carrying a dead calf on her nose, and a new sales tax increase is coming to King County.  It’s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.

Wednesday Evening Headlines

FBI charges WA resident with helping a school shooter in Canada, polling shows ban on trans girls in girls' sports could pass, and SCOTUS declines Snohomish firefighters' religious discrimination lawsuit

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

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FBI charges WA resident with helping a school shooter in Canada, polling shows ban on trans girls in girls' sports <a href="https://www.kuow.org/elections/2026-10-05/polling-shows-ban-on-trans-girls-in-girls-sports-could-pass-in-november">could pass</a>, and SCOTUS <a href="https://www.kuow.org/law/2026-10-05/u-s-supreme-court-declines-snohomish-firefighters-religious-discrimination-lawsuit">declines</a> Snohomish firefighters' religious discrimination lawsuit
It&rsquo;s our daily roundup of top stories from the KUOW newsroom, with host Paige Browning.
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FBI charges WA resident with helping a school shooter in Canada, polling shows ban on trans girls in girls' sports could pass, and SCOTUS declines Snohomish firefighters' religious discrimination lawsuit

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