Lisa Brooks
Weekend Edition and On-Call News HostLisa Brooks hosts Weekend Edition as well as fills in as News Host for Morning Edition and All Things Considered on KNKX.
In her decades-long career, Lisa has worked as a newscaster, reporter, host and editor in Public Radio and TV in Seattle and Cleveland, OH, and in Commercial Radio in Seattle, Harrisburg and York PA , and Westminster MD.
Two career highlights; becoming the first woman Public Address Announcer in Major League Baseball's American League for the Seattle Mariners in the 1990's and occasionally in the early 2000's. And, winning the 2024 Gracie Award from the Alliance of Women in Media for a feature story focusing on Kent-Meridian High School.
Lisa is also a singer-songwriter with two CDs of original music and loves spending time with her sweet rescue pup, Quincy.
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The April 22 special election in Washington is fast-approaching.
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A multi-year investigation into employee misconduct at Seattle City Light has revealed hundreds of acts of misconduct, and ended with dozens of workers fired, reprimanded or re-trained.
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The holiday used to bring a surge of travelers over a two or three week period. Now, airport officials say it's spread over about five weeks. -
Washington state health officials say the local impacts of cuts being made to the federal Department of Health and Human Services are now clear.
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Scientists who study the iconic cherry trees on the University of Washington campus say later blooms happen when winters are warmer. That's been the trend for several decades.
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Seattle's preschool program is offering more classrooms and seats have been added for the upcoming school year.
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Dr. Valerie Daggett says her team has found a way to synthesize amino acids to help destroy the structure of harmful bacteria, making them more responsive to antibiotics.
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Bremerton-based Safe Boats has multiple federal contracts, including one impacting about 90 workers at their.
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Hospitals are emailing some local doctors asking them not to send patients to the emergency room unless they exhibit severe symptoms.
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The Tacoma-based organization says that everything is on hold, including the futures of more than 1100 refugees who are supposed to settle here in Washington.
