Gwen Baumgardner, KIRO 7 News

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Gwen joined the KIRO news team in April 2022. Before moving to Seattle, she spent most of her life in the Midwest. Gwen is ‘not in Kansas anymore’, but that is where this fourth-generation Kansan started her journalism career. She also worked at news stations in Iowa and Nebraska before moving with her husband to London. While in the UK, Gwen earned a master’s degree from the University of London. She also worked for various news and radio outlets but spent most of her time at CBS News. She covered the Royals, Brexit, and UK elections. After moving back to the US, Gwen spent a year working for a digital news start-up. During that time, she was able to travel to Ukraine and Poland to report on Russia’s invasion and the growing refugee crisis. Outside of the newsroom, she is mom to ‘Poncho’, her miniature dachshund puppy, and ‘Aunt Gwen’ to four sweet nephews.

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Group works to honor lives lost after King County sees record number of homeless deaths in 2022

New data from the King County Medical Examiner shows a grim milestone in the country’s homelessness crisis. 310 people died while experiencing homelessness last year on King County streets.

By Gwen Baumgardner, KIRO 7 News●

January 28, 2023 at 3:37 pm PST