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KNKX Arts and Culture Reporter Grace Madigan kicks off this new series with Shaina Shepherd, a Tacoma artist whose voice "makes you stop in your tracks." And when it came her turn to pass the aux cord, Shepherd picked a local rapper who she can’t get enough of.

Reynaldo Ismael Moreno comes from a family of singers, but he never thought he’d have a song of his own. Thanks to the new Latino Civic and Cultural Center in Burien he now thinks a career in music is possible.

KNKX introduces Aux Cord Privileges, a new series that will put musicians from the Puget Sound area in charge of the stereo. They'll share their music and their stories — and then pass the aux cord to another local musician.

Amid increasing heat waves driven by climate change, the role of trees in urban environments becomes more crucial every year. Tacoma has fewer trees than any other city in the Puget Sound region – and some of the most aggressive goals to change that.

"Beyond The Mountain" at Seattle Asian Art Museum features five contemporary Chinese artists and their works exploring present day issues like political protest and urban living. The museum's director Foong Ping incorporated ideas from a class she taught at the University of Washington into the final exhibit.

Ukrainian American volunteer Irene Danysh left Burien, Wash. in March for Lviv to help people displaced by the war in Ukraine. She’s back, but she isn’t staying long. She’s selling her home here and permanently moving to the war-torn region.

The Seattle chapter of the Audubon Society, one of the largest chapters in the country, announced that it is dropping "Audubon" from its name because of its association with white supremacy. Seattle Audubon hopes other chapters will make similar changes and says its main goal is for more people to feel welcome in spaces dedicated to conservation.

For years, Des Moines, Washington, officials have considered offering a passenger ferry service. Next month, they’ll be one step closer to that vision. In June, the city council approved a two-month long pilot program that will offer roundtrip rides from Des Moines to Seattle.

This fall, people in Seattle will get to decide whether or not they want a new way of voting for local candidates. Here's the difference between approval voting and ranked choice voting, and how these options may appear on the November ballot.

Seattle's Central District used to be home to many Black families and businesses. But as developers bought up land, Black residents and businesses were priced out. In a sign Black businesses are returning, a new brewery opened in the neighborhood last month.