Mossback Support for this article is provided by Bedrooms and More. Recall elections in Seattle are anything but predictable A look back at the city's history shows this form of citizen impeachment rarely settles anything. by Knute Berger / December 15, 2021
Mossback's Northwest D.B. Cooper: Folk Hero or Terrorist? Fifty years after Cooper skyjacked an airplane over Washington state, attitudes toward the incident have changed. December 10, 2021
Mossback Support for this article is provided by Bedrooms and More. Video | D.B. Cooper: Folk Hero or Terrorist? Fifty years after Cooper skyjacked an airplane over Washington, attitudes toward the incident have changed. by Knute Berger & Stephen Hegg / December 10, 2021
Inside Crosscut How Mossback went from a state of mind to TV series Season 5 of Mossback's Northwest surfaces new details on familiar stories and brings less-known PNW lore to life. by Knute Berger / December 8, 2021
Mossback When the Confederate flag flew in Seattle Seattle was far removed from the epicenter of hostilities, but the post-Civil War culture war flared up here. by Knute Berger / December 1, 2021
Opinion Recall in Seattle: The roots and realities of a populist process The effort to remove city councilmember Kshama Sawant is just the latest in a litany of attempted ousters that began in the Progressive Era. by Knute Berger / May 20, 2021
Culture Mossback's Northwest: The Palouse cowboy who inspired John Wayne Hollywood’s greatest Western stuntman was a rodeo champion from Washington state. by Knute Berger & Stephen Hegg / January 22, 2021
Culture Mossback's Northwest: The bootleg sake of Prohibition-era Seattle Prohibition couldn’t stop every drinking habit. One particular Japanese tradition never went dry. by Knute Berger & Stephen Hegg / January 15, 2021
Culture Mossback’s Northwest: The ancient bison hunters of the San Juans The discovery of 14,000-year-old bones on Orcas Island means humans were BBQing a lot earlier than previously thought. by Knute Berger & Stephen Hegg / January 8, 2021
Culture Mossback's Northwest: The Washington outlaw who couldn't be caught Harry Tracy terrorized the state from one end to the other, even as newspaper readers couldn't get enough of his criminal adventures. by / December 25, 2020
Culture Mossback’s Northwest: The rise and fall of Seattle’s Kingdome The Seahawks and Mariners called it home for 24 years, but now much of the city doesn’t even know the stadium existed. by Knute Berger / December 18, 2020
Culture Mossback's Northwest: When Japanese castaways wash up on local shores Flotsam from Asia reaches Washington's beaches all the time. But sometimes other stuff comes ashore, like people. by Knute Berger & Stephen Hegg / December 11, 2020
Culture Mossback's Northwest: The true history of the 'Seattle Freeze' Locals have been infamous for icing out newcomers since World War I. by Knute Berger & Stephen Hegg / December 4, 2020
Opinion Being Seattle’s mayor has never been easy Amid calls for her resignation, Jenny Durkan can take cold comfort in the fact that she’s not the first to struggle in the job. by Knute Berger / June 25, 2020
Culture Mossback's Northwest: Gold fever launched Seattle’s aerospace obsession The idea of airships delivering provisions to the 1897 Alaskan gold fields gave rise to global sightings of fantastical flying machines. by / May 22, 2020