Seattle Community Discusses Bullying on Campus
Doug Hamilton shares his story during a roundtable discussion held by Sen. Patty Murray at the HUB. The discussion was centered around the Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2014....
View ArticleHydroplane races return to Sammamish River slough after 38-year absence
High speed boats raced on the Sammamish River slough this weekend for the first time since 1976 at the Kenmore Hydroplane Cup. The crowd was eager and enthusiastic, even though the races had to be...
View ArticleBallard High graduates reunite, collaborate to make professional indie-films
(Photo by Seth Halleran)The Same Old Thing writer and director, Isaiah Hoban Halvorsen. In the nine years since Isaiah Hoban Halvorsen started playing with cameras, making videos with his friends, his...
View ArticlePickleball allows local ID community to stay active, connected
Sally Soo, left, and Ray Soo, right, prepare for a service from their opponents. • Photo by Giraldi Alabanza While the Asian Resource Center has been around since the Robert Chinn Foundation built it...
View ArticleNew coach brings competitive culture to CAAT
Jocelyn Crawford is crouched in a hotel lobby chair in Texas dreading the next day. She has traveled all the way from Capitol Hill in Seattle to compete in a national swim meet, but she is sick. Adding...
View ArticleJustice Mary Yu: Crossing Boundaries to the Supreme Court
Washington State Supreme Court Justice Mary Yu, 57, was officiated on Jan. 12, and says she will run for a six-year reelection next year. Photo: Janelle Retka Even a little glimpse into Justice Mary...
View ArticleThe West Seattle jewelry artist too bold for his own hometown
Seth Damm in his studio, with a number of hanging Neon Zinn necklaces. The line is named after historian and civil rights activist Howard Zinn. Credit: Andrea Coan Product photography of a Damm...
View ArticleWest Hill’s Concrete Mountain: Over Three Decades of Suffering Still Not Over...
A 30-year battle over the operations of an industrial company in West Hill is supposed to come to a court-ordered end on June 1, but despite environmental and health concerns alongside a bevy of...
View ArticleTown Hall meeting packs the house with those against skyrocketing housing costs
Seattle City Councilmembers Nick Licata and Kshama Sawant described a town hall meeting on April 23 as “ground zero” for the affordable housing movement. Hosted by more than a dozen organizations, the...
View ArticleBreaking down barriers: How coding workshops can help encourage women in...
The Code Carrots workshop hosted by Geek Girls Carrots in Seattle gives participants aspace and a mentor to work in a projectbased environment. (Photos by Lindsey Boisvin) Decked out in orange and a...
View ArticleLatino drag performer brings “Queen of Tejano Music” to life
Video Story – Andrew Scott from Randy Salgado on Vimeo. On weekends, you can find actor, singer and dancer Jacob Andrew Almanza, who performs in drag as Andrew Scott, putting on stiletto high heels,...
View ArticleNew Angeline Apartments, PCC, Highlight Columbia City’s Ever Changing Face
Columbia City’s historic district in southeast Seattle is a world of its own. Trendy new restaurants line Rainier Avenue among assorted retail shops, while crowds of young people pile into bars and...
View ArticleDubHacks: Remote cat feeders, disease detectors and other inventions at this...
James Whitaker gives the keynote speech to kick off DubHacks. (Photo by Christopher Zeuthen) Hundreds of students and hackers from across the globe gathered at the University of Washington last weekend...
View ArticleHunting wild mushrooms along the Mountain Loop Highway
By Jessi Loerch Jennifer Karami, a journalism student at the University of Washington, created this video about hunting for wild mushrooms. The footage comes from various points along the Mountain Loop...
View ArticleThe last days of the Ballard Forge
From inside the Fenpro building in Ballard you can hear all manner of noises. Sometimes it’s an angle grinder. Others it’s the banter of talk radio. Frequently it’s the shrill ping of metal hammer...
View ArticleThe Phenomenal Life And Times Of Vivian O. Lee
Vivian O. Lee “I don’t shout or jump about, or have to talk real loud. When you see me passing it ought to make you proud… I am a woman, phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, that’s me.” Vivian Lee is a...
View ArticleGreen Lake Artist Brings Moments to Life Through Color and Light
Green Lake painter David McGranaghan is the subject of a new video created by UW Journalism student Grace Swanson. You may remember our feature on David last year and perhaps you’ve even seen him...
View ArticleHearing Draws Strong Support for New Housing Levy
More than 40 people spoke and showed strong support of the 2016 Seattle Housing Levy proposal at a public hearing at City Hall on Monday. Since 1981, four housing levies have been passed to fund...
View ArticleFranceswa elevates Northwest hip-hop
At age 23, Romaro Franceswa is already tired of answering the question of when he started rapping, but he knows he’ll probably have to do it for the rest of his life. The answer is 8 years old. That’s...
View ArticleTrump inauguration looms for DACA, undocumented students
After the presidential election on Nov. 8, phone calls flooded the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project’s (NWIP) office with questions from worried Seattle immigrants. “Within the first hour of opening...
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