Jill Stein Is Under Investigation, Former Staffer Says
by Dan SavageYou don't wind up at Putin's table — with Mike Flynn — by accident. BuzzFeed: The top congressional committee investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election has set...
View ArticleThe Edgewater Hotel Lights Up Its "E" with New Colors, Donates to Russell...
by Leilani PolkThis is the first time this sign has not been red its 55 year tenure. The Edgewater—that historic waterfront Seattle hotel which is actually located ON the water, on a pier over Elliott...
View ArticleCurve where Amtrak train derailed in Washington has speed limit of 30 mph
The Amtrak train that derailed Monday morning on its inaugural trip through a faster railway route was supposed to slow dramatically, to 30 mph, before entering the curve where the crash occurred.
View ArticleThe Band Industrial Revelation Is Covering Björk's Homogenic Live at the...
by Dave Segal Industrial Revelation In one of the year's most surprising developments, Industrial Revelation will be covering Icelandic singer/songwriter/producer Björk's third album, Homogenic, in its...
View ArticleThe 45 Best Things To Do in Seattle This Week: Dec 18-24, 2017
by Stranger Things To Do StaffYou have just a few days left to enter Hong Kong artist Wong Ping's twisted, cutesy mind, which might feel something like taking mushrooms and watching porn with a shy...
View ArticleAmtrak trains will revert to old route Tuesday
In the aftermath of a train derailment about 40 miles south of Seattle Monday morning, Amtrak Cascades trains headed between Seattle and Portland will go back to old route Tuesday.
View ArticleAmtrak trains will revert to old route Tuesday, one cancelled
In the aftermath of a train derailment about 40 miles south of Seattle Monday morning, Amtrak Cascades trains headed between Seattle and Portland will go back to old route Tuesday.
View ArticleSavage Love Letter of the Day: Conventional Man Seeks Abusive Relationship
What do you do when it's what you want?by Dan Savage I'm a thirty-three-year-old gay man. I'm probably painfully conventional in most aspects of my life, but I don't really know how to articulate what...
View ArticleCornel West Hates on Ta-Nehisi Coates. Again.
by Charles MudedeTa-Nehisi Coates: "Want to wish the great @CornelWest a Happy 20th on the publication of Race Matters. Rare that anyone gets to write such a monumental book—and then be around to...
View ArticleHomeland agent in Tukwila accused of pointing gun at boss over performance...
A complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Seattle alleges Peggy Lee Robbins unholstered her handgun and pointed it at her boss after she was asked to sign documents related to an employee...
View ArticleThe grayest skies you’ve ever seen are in Seattle?
Visitors at a Kerry Park sculpture get a typical view of the city.
View ArticleOur Complete Seattle New Year's Eve 2017 Calendar
Parties, Dinners, Concerts, Fireworks, and Moreby Stranger Things To Do Staff
View ArticleEphrata students use Lego-robot competition to tackle town’s water-main problems
The team, made up of fifth- and sixth-graders from Parkview School, faced off with 14 other teams on Dec. 9, to see whose Lego robots — built and programmed using the Danish company’s Mindstorms robot...
View ArticleNorthwest actor G. Valmont Thomas, beloved in old and new stage roles, dies...
His fast, fiery eyes; his large frame, his impossibly dexterous face; his charismatic intensity — actor G. Valmont Thomas has been a Northwest audience favorite for decades, in roles from Falstaff at...
View ArticlePuyallup Tribe leads protest against liquefied-natural-gas plant at Tacoma Port
“We feel like we are back in the 1800s,” said a Tribal Council member after self-described “protectors” blocked access and turned away some workers at the plant site Monday. She said the tribe opposes...
View ArticleHere’s what we know — and don’t know — about the Amtrak train derailment near...
As federal investigators piece together what caused an Amtrak train to derail near Olympia, here is what we know so far.At least three people died, but the exact cause of the crash is still under...
View ArticleProbe of deadly Amtrak crash looks at safety delays, engineer
A National Transportation Safety Board investigation into Monday's Amtrak derailment will likely focus on three key aspects, with a close eye on the speed of the train and the engineer running it.
View ArticleWould You Care to Hear Jeff Goldblum Think Out Loud for Two Hours? (Answer:...
by Sean NelsonPresley and Goldblum, a king and a prince. Christmas is almost here, Hanukkah's almost over, the House just passed the Rich People Are More Equal Than Poor People Tax Act, and the Senate...
View ArticleThese Four House Members from Washington State Just Voted for the Republican...
Zero Democrats supported this "heist."by Eli SandersThey represent your state and they voted yes on a tax bill that's being described as "an all-out war on any idea of opportunity in this country."CHIP...
View ArticleClimate Change Is Sinking Coffins in Alaska
by Charles Mudede DieterMeyrl/gettyimage.com The haunting story published this morning by Anchorage News Daily—"As permafrost thaws, Western Alaska village cemeteries sink into swampland"—is about one...
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