U.S. House OKs bill reversing order to help salmon in Washington state
A bill, approved 225-189, would prevent any changes in dam operations until 2022. It was sponsored by Republican Reps.Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Dan Newhouse, both of Washington state.
View ArticleSeattle School Board approves contract with incoming Superintendent Denise...
She will will earn $295,000 per year, plus benefits, when she starts her job July 1.
View ArticleThe Leafly Guide to Cannabis Is a Pot Primer Worth Recommending
by Josh Jardine JULIA SUMPTER / LEAFLY Leafly is an app and website that, along with Weedmaps, should be fairly well-known to cannabis consumers, whether they be medical or recreational. Based in...
View ArticleThe Documentary Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami Is Not Encyclopedic, but...
by Dave Segal Grace Jones: Bloodlight and BamiIf you’re looking for an encyclopedic portrait of Jamaican dub-disco-funk diva Grace Jones, Sophie Fiennes’s Bloodlight and Bami ain’t for you. (And, yes,...
View ArticleSeattle Cider Company Releases Its Cider/Rosé Hybrid for the Summer
by Sophia Stephens Now that 4/20 is out of the way, we can properly gear up for 4/30, which marks the release of Seattle Cider Company’s seasonal offering, Berry Rosé Hard Cider, the drink formerly...
View ArticleSavage Love: Crushed
by Dan Savage JOE NEWTONI'm a straight male in my 30s. I've been with my wife for 12 years. I have had several affairs. Not one-night-stand scenarios, but longer-term connections. I didn't pursue any...
View Article27 Movies Worth Watching in Seattle This Weekend: April 26–29, 2018
by Stranger Things To Do StaffSee every superhero in the universe charge into battle in Avengers: Infinity War. This weekend, whether you're in the mood to drink in a spectacle, like Avengers: Infinity...
View ArticleSeattle’s biggest fireboat is back at its dock as Fire Station 5 reopens
Sketched April 25, 2018 You may have caught a glimpse of Seattle’s largest fireboat, the 108-foot Leschi, when it shoots its water cannons during spring and summer drills on Elliott Bay. Or you may...
View ArticleConnelly: Challenger Brown closes on Republicans' McMorris Rodgers -- poll
U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., a member of the House Republican leadership, is in the race of her life. According to a new survey taken for Public Policy Polling, she has a bare three-point...
View ArticleWhy E. coli keeps getting into our lettuce
Food-safety experts say convenience greens — those handy bags of chopped and washed salads — carry an extra risk because they come in contact with more people and machinery before they arrive on your...
View ArticleBuy Your Tickets to These 27 Newly Announced Seattle Events Before They Sell Out
by Stranger Things To Do StaffCirque du Soleil will bring a new acrobatic circus show, VOLTA, to Marymoor Park this fall, complete with a score by M83. Patrice Lamoureux We all know that many of the...
View ArticleAre most homeless people living outside because of drug abuse?
There is definitely a connection, but it’s not the entire cause.
View ArticleStatewide survey asks Washington what’s left to pay for in public schools
In a typical year, Washington’s Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction would seek advice from its top experts when crafting budget requests for state lawmakers to consider. This year, however,...
View ArticleSeattle just recorded its first 80-degree day of 2018
Seattleites last reveled in this warm of weather on Sept. 28, 2017, according to the National Weather Service.
View ArticleT-Mobile, Sprint shares jump on report that merger deal is near
The two companies have made progress in negotiating terms and are nearing an agreement, according to Reuters, which cited unnamed people familiar with the situation.
View ArticleTons of legal marijuana leave Oregon regulators awash in data
A huge amount of data is entered into the system by Oregon’s 1,800 licensees every day, a reality that means the state has a tremendous amount of information at its fingertips. But the reality also is...
View ArticleDomestic sheep program aims to ease problems for bighorns
Wild bighorn sheep and their domestic cousins both can be infected by a bacteria that can trigger pneumonia. The pathogen leads to mild sickness in the domestic animals, but can be lethal to bighorns....
View ArticleA look at DNA testing that ID’d a suspected serial killer
Joseph James DeAngelo, who authorities suspect is the so-called Golden State Killer responsible for at least a dozen murders and 50 rapes in the 1970s and 80s, was arrested more than three decades...
View ArticleJudge to decide if man deserves new trial for one of three notorious...
Antonio Wheat and Arthur Aiken have been in prison for 53 years for committing three murders in the Seattle area in 1965. Aiken, who is now 72, is petitioning for a new trial on one of the murder charges.
View ArticleTraditional foods like chorizo unite Yakima Valley families in special way
Yakima chef Shawn Niles said that throughout history, food like chorizo has brought people together in a way words can’t. He strives though his dinner club to unite eaters through “global comfort food”...
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