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Group Wants To Start Low-Power Radio Station In Ballard
A group in Ballard is meeting Friday to discuss plans for a low-power FM radio station -- a small-scale station that broadcasts in a radius of about three miles.The group is headed by Ballard High...
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SeaTac Minimum Wage Initiative Headed to November Ballot
An initiative to raise the minimum wage in the City of SeaTac will appear on the November ballot. A ruling Friday from a state appeals court cleared the path for the measure to move forward.SeaTac’s...
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Rose Cano Crosses Language Barriers To Bring Theatre To The People
Rose Cano is a social worker in the broadest sense. By day, Cano translates for Spanish-speaking people with health care needs. But Cano's true social platform is theater. She envisions a society where...
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Fremont Troll: From Counterculture Jab To Cultural Icon
Seattle is a city full of icons. Visitors stop to gawk at the Space Needle. They marvel as Pike Place Market fishmongers blithely toss a fresh salmon to one another as the crowd cheers them on. And...
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Chemical Weapons: What They Are And Why They're Different
Congress returned to Washington D.C. today with Syria at the forefront of its agenda. Lawmakers will debate a resolution on military intervention against Syria for allegedly using chemical weapons. To...
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Obamacare: Your Questions Answered
Obamacare, as the president now calls it, is happening. On October 1, individuals and small business will be able to buy health benefit plans in the new health insurance marketplace. As October...
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Despite Danger People Still Texting And Driving
Studies upon studies have exposed the dangers of texting and driving. Some go so far as to say texting is worse than drinking and driving. Renowned director Werner Herzog even made a film about it.Yet...
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The Army That's Running Hotels
In 2009, the Sri Lankan Army brutally crushed a separatist group known as The Tamil Tigers. That same army is now in the hospitality business. Without a separatist group to fight anymore, the Sri...
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The Rising Income Gap: Is It All That Bad?
The rich are indeed getting richer. An updated study from UC-Berkeley finds that the income gap between the country's top 1 percent and the bottom 99 percent is the highest level recorded since the...
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Lynn Shelton's New Film "Touchy Feely"
Seattle cinephiles have known about director Lynn Shelton for years, starting with her 2004 film, "We Go Way Back" to her 2009 hit, "Humpday." Shelton's newest film, "Touchy Feely" is, at its heart, a...
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Even With Google Translate, Language Skills Still Valuable
It might seem that tools like Google Translate make the ability to speak different languages less valuable to employers. But Michael Erard, author of “Babel No More: The Search for the World’s Most...
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Proposed Bill Would Enhance Religous Freedom Protections
Are Washingtonians forced by state government to act against their religious beliefs?Last year, a Richland florist refused to provide flowers for a gay customer’s wedding. As a result, that florist is...
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Eastside Light Rail Moves Forward After Court Challenge
A plan to build light rail tracks on the Interstate 90 floating bridge can move forward.In a 7-2 opinion, the Washington State Supreme Court sided with Sound Transit and the Washington State Department...
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State Leaders Say More UW Funding Key To Economic Growth
A group of business and civic leaders including Bill Gates Sr. have issued a report calling for the University of Washington to admit more in-state students. They also say the UW needs to recruit more...
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Study: Alaskan Airlines Pollutes Less Than Other US Airlines
Mile for mile, Seattle-based Alaska Airlines pollutes less than any other US airline. That's one of the findings of a new study of fuel efficiency in the aviation sector from a nonprofit group.
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Author Danny Bland's On Writing His First Novel "In Case We Die"
Twenty years ago, Danny Bland was a Seattle musician, porn shop clerk and heroin addict. These days, Bland is clean and sober. He road manages rock bands and writes in his free time. Bland's first...
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Langdon Cook On "The Mushroom Hunters"
Ever wonder who heads into the woods to gather those gourmet wild mushrooms that adorn the plates in Seattle’s finest restaurants? Forager and author Langdon Cook introduces us to the motley crew that...
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The Seattle Sounders Face Real Salt Lake
Once again, the entire stadium at Century Link Field will be open for Seattle Sounders FC fans this Friday. The Sounders are hoping to unseat the current top team in the Western Conference: Real Salt...
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Hanging Up The Paddle: 20 Years Since Washington Banned Corporal Punishment...
Did you grow up in a school that allowed paddling? Maybe you knew someone who was hit in school – or maybe the idea of corporal punishment seems as antiquated as ink wells. This year marks the 20th...
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Fire Season Winding Down For Washington's Hotshots
It's been a tough fire season for the elite group of firefighters known as hotshots; and not because of the fires.Hotshots are used to the hard work. They work 14 days in a row, then get three days...
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