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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More taxpayer-funded mobile crisis teams will soon be available for young people in crisis in King County.
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There's a storm brewing between Washington's governor and the U.S. Attorney General over the enforcement of the Trump Administration’s immigration and deportation policies.
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If you live close to your workplace, your child's school and your favorite coffee shop, you will walk more.
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Political bias can change opinions. That's the overarching result of a study of Republicans and Democrats using AI to learn about politics.
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Driving on North on I-5 through Seattle will be a challenge this weekend.
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Planned Parenthood says about half of the nearly 100,000 patients they serve in Washington rely on Medicaid.
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Conditions are dryer than normal and Washington state Public Lands Commissioner Dave Upthegrove says stray sparks can quickly become a hazard.
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The latest scam, with millions already stolen, is circulating across Washington through various means, including phone alerts, email notifications, and even computer pop-up messages.
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Results of an extensive new survey of LGBTQ-PLUS Washington residents, gives a broader perspective on the feelings of how safe and secure they feel.
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Hundreds gathered in the Wenatchee Valley Friday night, to remember the lives of the three young sisters who police believe were killed by their father.