Seattle

My Seattle Restaurant Wishes for 2026

For most of the nearly two decades I’ve been writing about food in the Seattle area, I’ve created something of a...

Portland

Not Satire: After Legalizing Meth and Recriminalizing It, Portland Has Now Banned Gas-Powered Leaf Blowers

Share This ArticleNot satire. Just Oregon. As 2026 kicks off, Oregon rolled out 282 new state laws covering everything from health care and consumer protections to deepfakes and marriage age reforms. Some of them actually make sense. Medical debt can’t hit your credit report. Workers get...

Tacoma

Technology

Vancouver

Want to own a hockey team in Chilliwack? The WHL has a brand new one for sale

Breadcrumb Trail LinksSportsHockeyJunior HockeyThe WHL has a higher profile than the BCHL. The crowds are bigger. The WHL is one of the main leagues NHL...

Canucks vs. Devils Game Day Update: Thatcher Demko returns, Quinn Hughes leads charge, Elias Pettersson, Nils Hoglander return home

Breadcrumb Trail LinksSportsHockeyNHLVancouver CanucksIt's not all good news. Elias Pettersson and Nils Hoglander have returned to Vancouver for injury assessment after suffering ailments Saturday. They...

Spokane

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Oregon Mountain Passes Brace for a Major Storm After a Slow Winter Start

Share This ArticleThe National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for the Oregon and southern Washington Cascades as a...

Intel launches Core Ultra Series 3 CPUs, made using its long-awaited 18A process

Like past Core Ultra generations, the Core Ultra 3 chips use a chiplet-based approach, combining several distinct silicon tiles on a foundational “base tile”...

AMD reheats last year’s Ryzen AI and X3D CPUs for 2026’s laptops and desktops

Intel, AMD, Nvidia, and other chip companies usually have some kind of news to announce at CES to kick off the year, but some...

Where to Travel from Seattle in 2026

Our sister publication Portland Monthly shared details in its fall issue on a major 24,000-square-foot expansion of that city's art museum, which was visited...

Venezuelan Portland business owner reacts to Maduro’s removal : ‘We needed this’

The owner of a Venezuelan restaurant in Southeast Portland says many Venezuelans have hoped for decades to see President Nicolás Maduro removed from power....

Photos of Caracas the day after U.S. forces captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro

Jesus Linares, right, removes a painting of independence hero Simon Bolivar at his home, which he says was hit during U.S. military operations...

42 Best Restaurants for Birthdays in Seattle

I know all about the best restaurants for birthdays in Seattle, both as the celebrator and the celebrate-y. Back when I worked a corporate...

Newport Resident Shoots and Kills Attacker Who Was Stabbing Another Man on Front Porch

Share This ArticleIn the early hours of Friday morning, a quiet Newport neighborhood became the latest reminder of how quickly random...

Legacy providers vote to ratify first contract, capping nearly month-long strike

Dozens of advanced practice providers at Legacy Health went on strike starting Dec. 2. Now those striking workers have voted to accept a deal....

No, Grok can’t really “apologize” for posting non-consensual sexual images

Despite reporting to the contrary, there’s evidence to suggest that Grok isn’t sorry at all about reports that it generated non-consensual sexual images of...

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