News & City Life

Essay

What It Feels Like to Be Wrongly Accused

I spent four years in an Italian prison for a crime I didn’t commit. And I am not alone.

10/01/2014 By Amanda Knox

Back Fence

Seattle's Small Time Criminals

What petty crime has taught me about community.

10/01/2014 By Kathryn Robinson

Feature

Crime in Seattle, By the Numbers

10/01/2014 Research by Ezra Parter and Casey Jaywork

Feature

Who Killed Tom Wales?

The murder of the beloved federal prosecutor remains unsolved 13 years later.

10/01/2014 By Seattle Met Staff

Mudroom

Perfect Party October 2014

Here’s who we’d invite if we could entertain this month’s most interesting visitors, locals, and newsmakers.

10/01/2014 By Seattle Met Staff

Power Lines

Prop 1 Could Save King County Metro But Hurt Future Funding

Seattle’s thumbing its nose at Olympia on bus funding by putting Prop 1 on the ballot in November. Will this go-it-alone gambit to preserve transit backfire and ultimately dry up future funding from the state?

10/01/2014 By Josh Feit

Quote Unquote

Kyle MacLachlan and Pursued By Bear Wines

Yakima native Kyle MacLachlan is just as serious about making wine as he is about making good television.

10/01/2014 Edited by Matthew Halverson

Urban Upgrade

Density Triumphs in Seattle

A Wallingford development is criticized for being too small, spurring the city council to mandate new laws requiring more height and density for Seattle.

10/01/2014 By Josh Feit

Feature

Meet Kathleen O'Toole, Seattle's New Crime Fighter

Can the new chief save the Seattle Police Department from itself?

10/01/2014 By Erica C. Barnett

Passing Through

Nicholas Kristof, World Saver

The Oregon boy secretly likes Washington state best.

10/01/2014 By Allison Williams

Local Business

Taking the Pulse of Biotech

With the loss of biotech giant Amgen, what’s next for the industry?

10/01/2014 By Hanna Brooks Olsen

Rainmakers

Long Live the Stylus

A Pioneer Square company is doodling its way to the future.

10/01/2014 By Allison Williams

Afternoon Jolt

Video Clip of the Day

The day's winners and losers.

09/30/2014 By Afternoon Jolt

Fizz

Extra Fizz Pt. 2: Protesting, Meeting, Greeting, and Raging

Extra Fizz featuring the Seattle Housing Authority, Seattle Public Schools, and a Seattle institution.

09/30/2014 By Erica C. Barnett

Morning Fizz

Morning Fizz: "We Have a Challenge Ahead of Us in 'To Be Determined' Funding."

Caffeinated News & Gossip featuring pandemonium in High Point, cost overruns on the waterfront, big donations for November, and SPD Chief O'Toole.

09/30/2014 By Morning Fizz

Afternoon Jolt

Conservative Opinion Writer Out at Seattle Times

The day's winners and losers.

09/29/2014 By Afternoon Jolt

City Hall

"Disruptive" Commenter Zimerman Still Barred From Council Chambers

"Disruptive" public commenter given to comparing council members to Hitler and Stalin remains barred from council chambers.

09/29/2014 By Erica C. Barnett

Morning Fizz

Morning Fizz: "Support of Property Owners Will Not be Forthcoming."

Caffeinated News & Gossip featuring concerns on the waterfront and rejection in N. Seattle.

09/29/2014 By Morning Fizz