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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Public schools in Washington could be required to add Asian American and Pacific Island American cultures to the list of communities they must cover in social studies classes.
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It's the most planes ever ordered at one time by the Seattle-based company. It's also a big vote of confidence from Alaska, after a door plug blew out of a newer 737 flying out of Portland two years ago.
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On average, more than 20% fewer Canadians are crossing into the U.S. this year compared to last.
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Washington State University researchers stimulated regions of rats' brains associated with addiction and pleasure, which greatly reduced cravings.
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Newhouse has represented Central Washington's fourth district since 2015 and was one of 10 Republicans who voted to impeach President Donald Trump in 2021.
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Multiple communities, including those along the Skagit River are being evacuated, and other residents are encouraged to get ready to leave their property. -
Nighttime coyote sightings are not uncommon in Western Washington. But a recent bump in reports of daytime encounters has some Seattle residents near Volunteer Park and the Washington Park Arboretum concerned. -
The case means dozens of people must undergo testing for exposure.
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The Families, Education, Preschool, and Promise Levy expands on one that is expiring. It would raise more than $1.2 billion over six years and pay for education support services like preschool and college tuition.
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The Tacoma City Council has changed an ordinance to prohibit public camping in most neighborhoods.
