Suburban and Rural Students Join the Call for Gun Control

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Suburban and Rural Students Join the Call for Gun Control

What the National School Walkout looked like outside of Seattle.

Full Upstream Music Fest Lineup Revealed

Arts & Culture

Full Upstream Music Fest Lineup Revealed

The reunited Jawbreaker joins Miguel, The Flaming Lips, and a myriad of local bands.

Pacific Northwest Ballet will perform Jerome Robbins’ <em>The Concert (or, The Perils of Everybody)</em> as part of its season-opening Jerome Robbins Festival in September. Photo by Angela Sterling

Arts & Culture

Pacific Northwest Ballet’s 2018–19 Season Balances Old Favorites and Premieres

The upcoming slate also feature a Jerome Robbins Festival.

Garfield High School students stand in silence to protest gun violence. Photo by Melissa Hellmann

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Seattle Students Take Part in the National School Walkout

Garfield High School students pay tribute to the Parkland victims by rallying for gun control.

Erica Sklar (center) and fellow protestors demonstrating in solidarity with No New Youth Jail Campaign on March 12. and Photo by DJ Martinez

Opinion

Protesting While White in Seattle

How police protection of white bodies relates to the criminalization of black and brown youth.

Issaquah will not be housing a supervised consumption site like the facilities found in Vancouver, B.C. Photo by Nicole Jennings

News

County Roundup: A Safe Drug Site Ban and Taco Tax Dodge

A weekly recap of King County news.

<em>Come From Away</em> kicks off 5th Avenue Theatre’s 2018–19 season. Photo by Matthew Murphy

Arts & Culture

5th Avenue Theatre Reveals Its 2018–19 Season

Find hope in performances of musical favorites like ‘Annie’ and ‘Come From Away.’

Reproductive rights marchers during the 2017 Seattle Pride Parade. Photo by Bobby Arispe Jr./Flickr

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Seattle Abortion Providers Weigh in on Reproductive Parity Act

The newly passed state legislation will cover abortion services for private insurance holders.

A pro-immigrant sign at the                                 2018 Women’s March in Seattle. 
Photo by David Lee/Flickr

News

Can Immigration Issues Be Fixed at the County Level?

King County establishes new commission to support immigrant and refugee communities.

Photo by Taylor McAvoy

News

No Longer Silent: Sexual Assault Survivors Push Legislative Change

Seeking systematic reforms, victims spoke up this legislative session.

Photo by Nicolas Vigier/Flickr

News

Legislators Come to Agreement on Deadly Force Reform

An agreement between lawmakers, activists, and police alters and passes the I-940 ballot initiative.

The Matriarch of Marijuana

Podcasts

The Matriarch of Marijuana

Meet JoAnna McKee, a persistent voice in the ear of wary politicians who didn’t believe that marijuana was…

Seattle’s Unheralded Track and Field Champion

Sports

Seattle’s Unheralded Track and Field Champion

With an Olympic bloodline, Jeremy Taiwo has gone from Newport Knight to America’s top male heptathlete.

Namasgay participants gather at a local meetup. Photo courtesy of Frank Macri

News

Making a Home for Spiritually-Minded LGBTQ Folks

Namasgay hosts local events for queer people seeking greater self-actualization.

How a Vashon Islander Helped Launch the Iditarod

Sports

How a Vashon Islander Helped Launch the Iditarod

Tom Johnson’s passion for mushing brought “Last Great Race on Earth” to life.

Photo by Keith Allison/Wikimedia

Sports

The Passion of Ichiro Suzuki

Three passages from ESPN’s article on the 44-year-old Mariner capture the sacrifice at the heart of his greatness.

Legislature Lifts Outdated Restrictions on Food Trucks

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Legislature Lifts Outdated Restrictions on Food Trucks

How a Vashon Island food truck owner/operator helped end old brick-and-mortar limitations.

Ichiro Returns to the Mariners

Sports

Ichiro Returns to the Mariners

The club signed the iconic outfielder to a one-year deal. Let’s appreciate the simple joy of that.

Gold 6 is assisting United Way by preparing taxes for low to median income Seattleites. Photo courtesy of Kimberly Brown

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Youth Help Low-Income Seattlelites File Taxes

The AmeriCorps NCCC offers free tax preparations at 30 locations throughout King County until April.

Hosts Kim Sherman and Dan Tenenbaum stand in front of the pilot BLOCK home in Beacon Hill. Photo courtesy Facing Homelessness

News

An Old Flour Mill Finds New Life in Homeless Programs

The King County property’s nonprofit tenants include builders of backyard cottages for the homeless.