Living on Hawaii volcano offers affordable paradise, risks
The slopes of Kilauea offer a lush rural setting and affordable land that contrasts sharply with Hawaii's more expensive real estate, but living on one of the world's most active volcanoes comes with...
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Numerous people responded to stories by The Seattle Times last week, outlining the measure to create a new revenue stream for homelessness services. Here is what some of them said.
View ArticleBuses could be evicted from the downtown bus tunnel next spring, but Seattle...
Seattle’s interim transportation director warns that bus-lane restripings and signals for Fifth and Sixth avenues, and more ORCA fare-card readers on Third Avenue, might take beyond March 2019 to...
View ArticleHow Seattle's Amazon avoids paying taxes
Seattle-based Amazon has gotten a lot of love from cities vying to win its HQ2. Many of those cities have offered up millions in tax incentives to the retail giant, but does it really need them?
View ArticleYes, Cascades volcanoes could blow — but not like Hawaii’s
Our volcanoes are snow-topped cones that erupt explosively, with lots of ash and deadly mud flows; they also have trash-talking Twitter accounts.
View ArticleMedford, Oregon, residents find KKK recruiting flier outside homes
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — Residents in an Oregon city discovered recruiting materials from the United Northern and Southern Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. The Mail Tribune reports the fliers, found Sunday...
View ArticleMount Rainier: the third most dangerous volcano in the country?
Don't be fooled by Mount Rainier's silent beauty. When it erupts it could cause serious damage.
View ArticleVolcanic gases prompt door-to-door evacuation in Hawaii
PAHOA, Hawaii (AP) — Police went door-to-door in Hawaii to roust residents near two new vents emitting dangerous gases in areas where lava has been pouring into streets and backyards for the past week....
View ArticleVolcanic gases prompt evacuation of stragglers in Hawaii
PAHOA, Hawaii — Police went door-to-door in Hawaii to roust residents near two new volcanic vents emitting dangerous gases in areas where lava has poured into streets and backyards for the past week....
View ArticleConjugal Visit: I’m Not a Prostitute, but I’d Fuck Him for Free and Go Away...
by AnonymousHe told me he was married and that his wife was too exhausted with the kids and housework for sex. He worked; she stayed at home. He told me he suspected that she either didn't like sex or...
View ArticleCrossword Solution: "Antisocial Network"
The solutions to the crossword puzzle in the May 9, 2018 issue of The Strangerby Brendan Emmett Quigley[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleDemian DinéYazhi' Mines a Toxic History
A noninvasive approach to land art.by Emily PothastIn July of 1979, a breached dam at Church Rock, New Mexico, sent more than a thousand tons of radioactive waste tumbling into the Puerco River....
View ArticleElectro-Goth Diva Fever Ray Takes a Plunge into Queerness
Swedish icon Fever Ray's new album explores her kinky side.by Dave Segal"I want to run my fingers up your pussy," Fever Ray sings with pervy earnestness in "To the Moon and Back," the first single from...
View ArticleI, Anonymous: Me, My Son, and Your Kind Words to Carry Us Along
by AnonymousMy favorite few hours every other Sunday is when I take my 4-year-old son to 5 Point Cafe for breakfast. We started doing this four months ago, after I decided to move out of the family...
View ArticleI've Never Seen a Play Before Where the Characters Talk Like This
The marvelous language and characters in Familiar remind me of my family.by Charles MudedeReading the script of Danai Gurira's play Familiar, currently playing at Seattle Repertory Theatre, was an...
View Article"On the one hand, the joy of children. On the other hand, the misery of them."
That's the dilemma facing the narrator of Sheila Heti's novel Motherhood.by Christopher Frizzelle"On the one hand, the joy of children. On the other hand, the misery of them."That's the dilemma facing...
View ArticleTalking Weed Laws with Crispin Blunt.
A member of England's government gives our cannabis columnist a joint.by Lester BlackIt's generally against the rules for journalists to accept gifts from sources—we can't have bribes clouding our...
View ArticleThe 32 Films You Must See at the Seattle International Film Festival 2018
Our guide to the very best movies playing at the Seattle International Film Festival.by Stranger StaffSIFF, America's biggest film festival, runs from May 17–June 10 this year, and we have a complete...
View ArticleThe Most Important Development for Seattle Craft Brewing in Decades
Skagit Valley Malting might be the biggest thing in the Seattle craft beer scene since Redhook.by Lester BlackSeattleites think they know a lot about beer. We can tell the fruity aroma of Citra hops...
View ArticleRed tide causing surf to glow in parts of California
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A red tide is causing the surf to glow in parts of California. An algae bloom filled with bioluminescent phytoplankton has been lighting up the ocean from La Jolla to Encinitas since...
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