Husky football coach Tyrone Willingham keeps press and public at arm’s length—which might be the best thing for his embattled program.
The secret life of Seattle’s most famous Star Wars enthusiast
Libertarian candidate Bruce Guthrie says what Cantwell can’t.
A trip inside Eastlake’s much-ballyhooed drunk residence.
Powerful state legislators explore ditching the 25-foot rule as barkeeps struggle to weather a butt-free recession. By Philip Dawdy
Crosswalks and strip joints: one and the same for Mayor Micromanage.
Village Voice Media deal in L.A. raises antitrust issues.
The challenges of an outdoor smoking ban.
Livid over the vague voter-enacted state law allowing use of medical marijuana, a crusading lawyer tries to untangle unintended consequences. The law has driven the supply system underground, pot patients are getting busted, and some cops, prosecutors, and judges just don’t get it.
Pioneer Square alcohol rules don’t seem to have much effect.
Study: Newer antipsychotic drugs are little improvement.
PEOPLE, POLITICS, & MEDIA
Money pours into the 5 million acre campaign for state public lands commissioner.
Medical marijuana is now fair game in every state.
Can reefer cure madness? The case for legalizing ‘green Prozac.’
After a near-death experience, Alejandro Escovedo returns, cleaner than ever and just as hungry.
A homelessness solution prompts an area of town that should know better to roll up the welcome mat.
The Seattle Times cuts loose the aggressive veteran freelancer who was covering the paper’s dispute with the Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Owner cites lack of advertising.
At a Seattle Times–owned paper in Maine, a young Blethen ascends and a veteran reporter is out.
Seattle is home to 800 nonhuman primates, but the University of Washington won’t let anyone see them. Here’s why.
Questions emerge about a new way to check blood pressure.
An ignorant GOP state senator kills a popular bill that would have required insurers to cover mental-health treatment and counseling.
