Culture Black Arts Legacies: The Negro Repertory Company’s lasting legacy Bursting with Black talent and fueled by WPA funding, this Depression-era theater troupe lit up Seattle stages with ambitious productions and huge casts. by Jasmine Mahmoud / June 27, 2023
Culture Black Arts Legacies | Tina Bell: Forgotten forerunner of Seattle grunge A pivotal figure in Seattle’s proto-grunge scene, the Bam Bam singer has been long-overlooked. Now, rock history is being rewritten. by Jasmine Mahmoud / June 1, 2022
Politics 'Kennewick Man,' 13 years later The sensational scientific claim devolved into more of a legal dispute over Native claims on pre-immigrant human remains. by Roger Downey / July 27, 2009
Feds' stimulus for high-speed rail is low-speed The tracks at Seattle's King Street Station are to be improved with federal funds for high-speed rail. by C.B. Hall / July 6, 2010
Artistic, soul-nourishing ballet, from an unexpected source The PNB School: a sellout, and a standout by Roger Downey / June 21, 2010
Politics Rough seas for Puget Sound's foot ferries The 'Spirit of Kingston' passenger ferry by C.B. Hall / February 8, 2011
Politics Legislators counter Gregoire's ferry plan with one of their own Washington state's newest ferry, the Chetzemoka. by C.B. Hall / January 24, 2011
Tech Eastside rail line: Can suburbia deal with a freight train? A freight car sits on a spur just off the main line near downtown Bellevue. by C.B. Hall / January 19, 2011
Politics Seattle-to-Portland Amtrak service to get a boost The tracks at Seattle's King Street Station are to be improved with federal funds for high-speed rail. by C.B. Hall / September 6, 2010