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‘Homelessness Is Not a Choice’: The State of the Crisis in Seattle and King County
The county’s 2018 “one-night count” provides a closer look at the facts about the people experiencing homelessness in the region.
Three years after the city of Seattle declared a homelessness state of emergency, the number of people experiencing homelessness in the region continues to increase. This year’s one-night count of people experiencing homelessness in King County, conducted by the county’s homelessness response agency All Home, found 12,112 people living outdoors, in vehicles, and in shelters—a…
There’s a Farm Equipment Demolition Derby in Eastern Washington that Every Seattleite Should Go See
The annual Combine Demolition Derby in Lind is happening from June 8 to 10, and it's an off-beat sight to behold
There are plenty of summer events around the state that offer entertainment that is, well, exotic from a Seattle standpoint. If you’re looking for off-beat and off-the-beaten-track entertainment, you might be drawn to events like the McCleary Bear Fest in Gray’s Harbor County which features a giant communal pot of bear meat stew (July 6-8)….
How Seattle’s Appetite for Construction Is Creating a Growing Waste Problem
Buildings are coming down all around town at a frenzied pace as old makes way for new. But what happens to the wood, concrete, metal, glass and other materials that come down with the structure?
WASTE NOT: When he deconstructs a building, Noel Stout of Dedicated Deconstruction distributes the salvage to places like Second Use in SoDo
A Bomb Scare that Nearly Shut Down Seattle Central Library Turned Out To Be an Army Training Exercise
The incident was one of several "realistic" military exercises that took place in Seattle in mid-April
On Saturday, April 14, staffers at the downtown Seattle library discovered two alarming objects on its third-floor shelves: Two books, including South of Broad, a family drama by Pat Conroy, that had been hollowed out and filled with what appeared to library staffers to be two primitive homemade bombs, according to an internal library email…
A University of Washington Professor Is Sharing the True Stories of ‘Real Black Grandmothers’
With the Real Black Grandmothers website, University of Washington assistant professor of American ethnic studies LaShawnDa Pittman archives the experience of a vital member of the black community
LaShawnDa Pittman of Real Black Grandmothers
For Generations, Seattle’s Innovators Have Called Dexter and Westlake Home
Change is the only constant, they say, and it’s happening all over Seattle— no place more so than along a stretch of Dexter and Westlake where yesterday’s innovators settled and today’s dreamers are also finding a home
This article appears in print in the May 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. White-haired Claude N. Nelson, an 86-year-old retired Boeing technical illustrator, takes two buses to get to the Friday lunch of Swedish meatballs at the Swedish Club, housed in an early 1960s-era building perched above Lake Union on Dexter Avenue. Nelson grew up on the…
What’s Next For Seattle’s ‘Head Tax’?
With a vote set for Monday, negotiations ongoing, and a veto threat from Mayor Jenny Durkan looming, what's the path forward for the hotly debated proposed tax to fund housing and homelessness services?
With the Seattle City Council poised to pass a proposed $500-per-employee “head tax” on Seattle’s 600 largest businesses, and Mayor Jenny Durkan equally prepared to veto the proposal in its current form, the question now is: What’s next? With council members heading into a weekend of negotiations, it’s possible that both sides could emerge on Monday with a compromise solution that splits the difference…
Seattle Author Angela Garbes Delivers the Right Book on Pregnancy and Motherhood
Garbes recognized new moms were craving non-biased information about pregnancy and new motherhood -- and she delivered it
Seattle author and mother Angela Garbes recognized new moms were craving non-biased information about pregnancy and new motherhood—and she delivered it
Ichiro Suzuki Is Stepping Away from the Field
He isn't officially retiring, but he's taken a front-office position with the team. Plus: Watch a video of what might be his final at-bat in Seattle.
Ichiro Suzuki returned to the Seattle Mariners at age 44 for the start of the 2018 season, but his time on the field has come to an end after 29 games. The team announced today that he is moving into a front-office position as the Special Assistant to the Chairman, effective immediately, where he will…
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