Culture Why is jazz essential in Seattle schools? Ask Wynton Marsalis With a nationally acclaimed local jazz program at risk, the trumpet legend joins Washington Middle School graduates in protest. by Alexa Peters / April 14, 2023
Growth Has Microsoft’s 'game-changing' housing commitment changed the game? As the company pledges another $250 million, a look at how its first $500 million has played out. by Gregory Scruggs / January 16, 2020 / Updated on Friday, Jan. 17 at 9 a.m.
Growth Does Cascadia High-Speed Rail have a future after Initiative 976? Voters gutted transportation budgets statewide in this year's election, but supporters of the effort to ease transit between Portland, Seattle and Vancouver, B.C., see a path forward. by Gregory Scruggs / November 13, 2019
News Coronavirus hits a WA geoduck industry already struggling with tariffs From restaurants to shellfish farmers, the outbreak is already hurting the state's economy. by Gregory Scruggs / March 3, 2020
Opinion The coronavirus crisis is what emergency funds are for — Seattle, use them. Officials have $150 million in reserves to provide relief from COVID-19 and its looming economic consequences. by Shaun Scott / March 17, 2020
Culture Mosh pits in the era of social distancing How Seattle musicians are finding ways to make money amid the coronavirus. by Alexa Peters / March 16, 2020
Opinion Why Seattle needs a government-funded news outlet Journalism, like schools, libraries and utilities, is a public good. Let's support it just the same. by Shaun Scott & David Goldstein / May 13, 2020
Opinion ‘Weeks where decades happen’: Seattle has been a ghost town before From the General Strike of 1919 to the dot-com recession, the city is no stranger to empty streets. by Shaun Scott / April 16, 2020
Culture New Pike Place Market venue aims to rekindle Seattle’s arts scene With literary talks, live music and dinner theater, The Rabbit Box hopes to get audiences hopping back downtown. by Alexa Peters / November 4, 2022
Culture How Seattle indie bands are benefiting from big brand partnerships ‘No such thing as selling out,’ say young musicians buoyed by corporate support. by Alexa Peters / February 23, 2022