Scott Greenstone
ReporterScott Greenstone reports on under-covered communities, and spotlights the powerful people making decisions that affect all of us throughout Western Washington. You can email him with story ideas at sgreenstone@knkx.org.
Scott has covered everything from politics to homelessness to movie reviews for newspapers and radio. After getting into news at his community college newspaper, he studied journalism at University of Oregon and interned for NPR's Weekend All Things Considered.
While at The Seattle Times, he co-produced the "Outsiders" podcast with KNKX. It was named one of TIME's top 10 podcasts of 2020, and the team were finalists for the University of Michigan's Livingston Award for journalists under 35.
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Seattle was picked as a setting for ‘Frasier’ somewhat randomly, and next month, a reboot will take Frasier Crane back to Boston. But from 1993 to 2004, the award-winning sitcom helped define Seattle to the nation — even if it got a lot wrong. -
When longtime director Dr. Anthony Chen retired this summer, the search committee couldn’t find a qualified replacement.
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The lawsuit stems from a recent $100 million fine a federal court imposed on the state of Washington, for letting mentally ill people wait too long for treatment.
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For decades, millions in federal funding has been used exclusively to support police. Now some of the funding may instead go to mental health, diversion programs and other things. Members of Washington’s Congressional delegation released a letter saying the shift could prove "disastrous."
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As of Friday's vote count, leading candidates in Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia, Bellingham and Spokane support some form of sending unarmed civilians to respond to mental health crises and other nonviolent incidents.
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While many jurisdictions elsewhere in the country have provided some interpretive services or materials in the two languages, King County could be the first to provide an actual votable ballot in Somali or Russian.
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The state is awarding almost $80 million dollars to help hotels and restaurants still struggling to recover from the pandemic.
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In an odd-year election like the one coming up on August 1, getting the right endorsement from the right group can make or break a local political campaign.
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Taylor Swift is playing two sold out shows at Lumen Field this weekend in Seattle, and the impact on the local economy is expected to be huge.
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The same day Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg visited western Washington to highlight federal infrastructure investments in the state's ferry system, canceled sailings reminded residents it may get worse before it gets better.
