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Frustration in Sumner over city’s rush to demolish historic Ryan House

The City of Sumner held a public open house Tuesday night for residents to learn more about various civic projects and initiatives underway in the...

In search of sweet, ripe watermelons and Hermiston, Ore.

It’s peak watermelon season, and you might have seen those stickers on certain melons at your local grocery store that say, “Grown in Hermiston, Oregon.”...

All Over The Map: Who was the ‘Paine’ of Paine Field?

Paine Field in Everett added “Seattle” to its name this week – becoming Seattle Paine Field International Airport. The new name generated a lot of...

‘Prairie Line’ walking tour revisits Tacoma’s 1873 win over Seattle in rail rivalry

July 2023 marks the 150th anniversary of one of the most momentous events in Pacific Northwest history: when the Northern Pacific Railway Company chose Tacoma...

The best WA public service music made for (and paid by) the masses

Legendary folk singer Woody Guthrie was famously commissioned by the Bonneville Power Administration in the 1940s to write songs about Columbia River hydroelectric projects. That...

Historic Fort Steilacoom battles to get new landlord

In Pierce County, a quartet of historic buildings from one of the oldest outposts of the U.S. Army in what’s now the Evergreen State still...

Before it collapsed, WaMu ad campaign was the ‘Friend of the Family’

All the failing banks in the news lately remind so many around here of Washington Mutual (WaMu), and that seemed like a good reason to...

Regional anthem “Viva! Sea-Tac” celebrates 1990s Seattle culture, good and bad

Viva! Seattle-Tacoma, Viva viva Sea-Tac! Viva! Seattle-Tacoma, Viva viva Sea-Tac! That’s the chorus from “Viva! Sea-Tac,” a song written in London and recorded in Seattle...

City pauses Pike Street logging project: Cherry Trees 1, Chainsaws 0

The City of Seattle has hit the pause button on the removal of the linear grove of Pike Street cherry trees. “The removal of the...

Washington state namesake’s challenging history of slavery

Originally published August 30, 2017 Ever since the death of demonstrator Heather Heyer in Charlottesville earlier this month, some Seattle area politicians, notably Mayor Ed...

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