Kim Malcolm

This photo provided by the City of Longview, Wash., shows structural damage to the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co., after a tank containing hazardous liquid imploded, on Tuesday, May 26, 2026 in Longview, Washington.

Questions are swirling after last week's tank implosion at the Nippon Dynawave packaging facility in Longview. Eleven men died at the pulp and paper mill, in what's being called the deadliest workplace incident in Washington state in nearly a century. Reporter Lauren Dake told KUOW’s Kim Malcolm about Oregon Public Broadcasting’s coverage of the disaster.

This week, many Seattleites are honoring the memory of Amarr Murphy-Paine. Two years ago, the Garfield High School student was shot and killed while trying to break up a fight in a school parking lot. No arrest has been made in the case. KUOW’s Kim Malcolm spoke to Amarr’s father, Arron.

Rhenda Strub is a wife, a mother, a grandmother, and a relatively new Seattle Mariners season ticket holder. She was featured in a Seattle Times story recently. It concerned her decision to invite strangers to join her at games. Strub's family didn’t love that development. KUOW’s Kim Malcolm had a chance to have a long talk with her, about baseball and much more.

This photo provided by the City of Longview, Wash., shows structural damage to the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Co., after a tank containing hazardous liquid imploded, on Tuesday, May 26, 2026 in Longview, Washington.

On June 1, 2026, Governor Bob Ferguson signed Executive Order 26-01. It directs the Washington State Women’s Commission to work with cabinet agencies to implement appropriate accommodations for people experiencing menopause, as well as create guidance and training resources for state agencies and other public and private employers.

As early as Thursday, the Supreme Court could release their decision around so-called grace periods for mail-in ballots. Washington, along with 13 other states, allows mail-in ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but arrive later to be counted. An additional 15 states offer grace periods under certain circumstances. If the Supreme Court rules grace periods are unconstitutional, it could have a significant impact on voting in Washington — and ballots for the primary election are going out in less than a month. KUOW's Kim Malcolm spoke with Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs about preparations for the decision and other voting challenges the state faces.

The Walrus and the Carpenter speaking to the Oysters, as portrayed by illustrator John Tenniel,1871.

This week, the Supreme Court of the United States voted 5-4 in favor of a Mississippi law that allows that state to count ballots postmarked by Election Day that arrive within five business days. A decision the other way would have affected similar laws in more than half the states, including Washington. To go over what happened and what may happen next, KUOW’s Kim Malcolm spoke to University of Washington law professor Danieli Evans.

1 of 2 Hundreds of people attended a World Cup Watch Party at Hing Hay Park in Seattle's Chinatown-International District.