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Oil Train Crashes and Catches Fire in Oregon (and Thankfully Not Downtown Seattle)
The derailment prompted evacuations along the Columbia River Gorge. It’s also sure to prompt a new round of…
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Murray Wants to Bring Gunshot Detectors to Seattle
To be deployed in Central District and South Seattle neighborhoods, the proposal has the support of prominent African…
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NYT Op-ed: Big Beer Is Fighting Back. Beware.
The Times today published an op-ed laying out small brewers’ fears of what a more powerful Anheuser-Busch InBev…
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Inside the Underhanded Effort to Unseat Craft Beer in Seattle
The shady dealings that put your tasty brew on tap.
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Pabst Brewing’s John Wilhelm Is Putting Rainier in its Place
The iconic brand hasn’t been locally owned for decades. But that doesn’t mean we don’t still love it…
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Is Anheuser-Busch Playing Dirty to Crush Craft Beer in Seattle?
A state investigation found the King of Beers skirting the rules to elbow into Seattle’s famous beer scene.
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Republican Senate Candidate Chris Vance Would Like to Move On From Trump
He’s not voting for the presumptive nominee from his party, but that doesn’t mean he’s running against him…
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Leaders of Washington’s Economy: Anti-LGBT Discrimination Is Bad for Business
A large coalition of Washington businesses have filed an amicus brief to theWashington Supreme Court urging justices to…
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Sky High in Skyway: Is There Too Much Pot South of the Seattle Border?
Some people are concerned about the cluster of recreational marijuana stores in the diverse neighborhoods of Skyway and…
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For Seattle Minorities, “Environmentalism” Can Sound a lot Like “Gentrification”
On the banks of the Duwamish River river today, Mayor Ed Murray and a cadre of environmental and…
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Approaching Retirement, Jeff Renner Explains the Secrets to Seattle Weather (Hint: It Rains)
KING5 meteorologist Jeff Renner looks back on 30-plus years of telling Seattle it’s going to rain.
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Restaurant Owners Want City Council to Believe Scheduling Abuse Doesn’t Happen in Seattle
“If those bad practices are in fact in Seattle, we as well would like to know about them,…
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Seattle’s Labor Laws Let All Workers Know They Matter to this City
While each regulation carries its own nuances that should not be overlooked, as a whole these laws have…
Arts & Culture
How Woody Guthrie Found Hope for America on the Banks of the Columbia
Seventy-five years ago, the folk icon arrived in the Pacific Northwest to write songs for a progressive cause.…
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Tarah Wheeler Van Vlack on how women can start owning tech.
Tarah Wheeler Van Vlack is committed to making women’s contributions to tech show where it counts: the paycheck.
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The Paradox of Bernie and the Wealthy White Voter
Skyway Park Bowl sits beige and inconspicuous off Renton Avenue South, between a casino and an Ezell’s Fried…
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Kshama Sawant Explains Why Seattle Is So Over Capitalism Right Now
A specter is haunting America, and it rhymes with “hopeful prism.”
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Op-ed: Weekly Editorial on City Light CEO Larry Weis Was a Dim Take
The process of approving Mayor Ed Murray’s nomination for CEO of Seattle City Light, Larry Weis, proved to…
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Why a White Lady Is Championing Reparations in Seattle
Earlier this year, Bernie Sanders was asked whether he would support reparations for slavery in America.