News & City Life

Hawks Best

The Seattle Seahawks Weren't Supposed to Be Here

Here's how Seattle overcame modest expectations to put together a spectacular season.

01/13/2026 By Christopher Crawford

City Hall

Can New Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson Build a Movement?

Wilson is ambitious, progressive, and…deeply practical.

01/08/2026 By Josh Cohen

Know Your Place

The Livingston Baker Building Has Tales to Tell

The home of the Virginia Inn and Le Pichet has a few skeletons in its closets and ghosts in its walls.

12/23/2025 By Meg van Huygen

Social Paces

Your Guide to Seattle’s Running Clubs

Some will take you to a PR, others will take you to a brewery.

12/22/2025 By Taylor McKenzie Gerlach

Just for fun

The Seattle Dentist Who Doubles as the Tooth Fairy

Move over, Sasquatch—there’s been a confirmed sighting of Dr. Purva Merchant, who keeps the magic alive for gap-toothed grinners.

12/11/2025 By Haley Shapley

Match Play

Here's Who Is Playing in Seattle in the World Cup

Get ready for group action with the USMNT, Belgium, Egypt, Iran, Qatar, and a mystery team.

12/06/2025 By Seattle Met Staff

In a Pickle

What Is a Pickleball Country Club?

Seattle's homegrown sport inspired SoDo’s Picklewood, a venue complete with an Ethan Stowell restaurant and Hollywood kitsch.

12/04/2025 By Allison Williams

Japow

Why Is Everyone Skiing in Japan?

Suddenly all of Seattle is taking snow vacations 4,000 miles away.

11/24/2025 By Allison Williams

ICYMI

The Weirdest Seattle News of 2025

A highway tree sloth, Ken Jennings being a stickler, and a farewell to Lord Byron.

11/20/2025 By Eric Nusbaum and Seattle Met Staff

Photo Essay

The Women of Nomad Boxing Club Can Take a Punch

"The punching-each-other-in-the-head-to-best-friend pipeline is real."

11/18/2025 Photography by David Jaewon Oh By Alex Smith

Quote Unquote

Howie Cohen Made Bartell Drugs Something Special

You can thank him for the Fremont Troll Chia Pet, and a lot more.

11/17/2025 By Allison Williams

Hardhat Days

My Life in the Shipyards

I didn’t expect to be a union ship scaler. But after graduating college in the 1970s, that’s exactly where I found myself.

11/10/2025 By Mike Nolan

Explainer

How to Rent an Apartment in Seattle

It’s not cheap. It’s not easy. We’re here to help.

11/06/2025 By Taylor McKenzie Gerlach Illustrations by Jordan Kay

Protest Songs

The New Documentary WTO/99 Looks Terrifyingly Familiar

Ian Bell’s film is both a time capsule and a sneak preview.

11/03/2025 By Chase Hutchinson

Detained

Taken by ICE

More people than ever are being held in Tacoma’s ICE detention center. Fewer are leaving.

10/30/2025 By Eric Nusbaum

Arsenic and Old Lakes

This Is the Spookiest Lake in Washington

Soap Lake gets its title for reasons both scientific and supernatural, writes the author of a new novel set there.

10/27/2025 By Matthew Sullivan

Almost

A Beautiful, Heartbreaking Mariners Season

We commissioned some baseball cards to remember the good parts.

10/21/2025 By Eric Nusbaum Illustrations by Adam Villacin

Know Your Place

Pioneer Square’s Historic Cadillac Hotel Is Also Its Tiniest National Park

This working-class hotel is now a museum—and one of four units that make up the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park in Alaska.

10/06/2025 By Meg van Huygen

Lettuce Rejoice

A New Generation Blossoms at MacPherson’s and Rising Sun Produce Markets

Despite retirement, fire, and rising costs, things are just peachy at these storied corner shops.

10/02/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Refuse to Lose

This Is the Most Mariners Mariners Team Ever

And that’s a good thing.

09/29/2025 By Eric Nusbaum

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