Coronavirus Chronicles

Your Thanksgiving Dinner Is Now Served with a Two-Week Quarantine

The governor's appeal to families across the state caps a week of warnings about Covid-19's spread.

11/13/2020 By Benjamin Cassidy

Feature

Santa Is Real—He’s Also My Dad

Dad was never big on holidays. Then a jolly seasonal job gave us a new form of father-daughter bonding.

11/13/2020 By Marisa Comeau-Kerege Illustrations by Franziska Barczyk

2020 Election

Bummed about Biden? Celebrate These Local Progressive Wins

The president-elect's record shouldn't overshadow down-ballot triumphs for Puget Sound region progressives.

11/10/2020 By Christy Carley

2020 Relief

Biden’s Victory Brought Joyful Noise Back to Seattle

Saturday's political revelry should revive an early pandemic ritual.

11/09/2020 By Benjamin Cassidy

2020 Election

Mad at the Polls? A Local Pollster Explains What Might’ve Happened

Some criticism is justified. Some is not.

11/06/2020 By Benjamin Cassidy

2020 Election

These Washington Races Wrapped Up Early

Even as the national presidential outcome hangs in the balance, our state's initial results put a bow on some local campaigns.

11/04/2020 By Benjamin Cassidy

Explainer

What Happened to Pier 58?

Charting the collapse and rebuild of a well-trodden waterfront walkway.

11/04/2020 By Annette Maxon

2020 Election

How Long Will It Take Washington to Count the Votes?

Plus answers to a few basic questions that may come up in your living room or group chat.

11/03/2020 By Benjamin Cassidy

Fight or Flight

Washington Googles Moving to Canada More Than Any Other State

Republican presidential wins cause huge interest in immigration. Do we actually go?

11/02/2020 By Stefan Milne

2020 Election

How Seattleites Can Support the Final Push for Record Voter Turnout

You don't even have to put down your phone.

10/30/2020 By Benjamin Cassidy

Weed Wire

Seattle Dispensary Shawn Kemp's Cannabis Opens Today

A PR gaffe has dampened enthusiasm around a ribbon-cutting event that also involves another Sonics legend.

10/30/2020 By Benjamin Cassidy

2020 Election

If Biden Wins, Which Local Politicians Might Join His Administration?

We said if!

10/29/2020 By Benjamin Cassidy

Department of Good News

Murder Hornet Fighter, the Halloween Costume You Didn’t Know You Needed

Celebrate with an outfit tailor-made for 2020.

10/28/2020 By Benjamin Cassidy

Coronavirus Chronicles

Washington Must Prioritize Teachers in Vaccine Distribution Plan

Otherwise, Seattle's latest extension of remote learning won't be the last.

10/26/2020 By Benjamin Cassidy

GET OUT THE VOTE

If You Miss Those 'I Voted' Stickers, Try This Local Merch

Those free stickers are cool. But they don't give out beer and sweatshirts at polling places.

10/26/2020 By Zoe Sayler

Masks on Masks on Masks

You Can Probably Have Your Block “Closed” for Trick or Treating

Seattle announced Trick or Street Blocks.

10/23/2020 By Stefan Milne

Photo Essay

SoDo's Duwamish River Is Visibly Healing

Labeled one of the most toxic sites in the U.S., two decades of clean-up have the river doing better.

10/21/2020 Photography by David Ryder By Stefan Milne

First Person, Last Word

The Art of Living in the Rain

How my East Coast family learned to love this soggy city through my eyes.

10/20/2020 By Alex Pemoulié

2020 Election

Your Last-Minute Anxieties about Voting in King County, Addressed

How to register to vote if you still haven’t, and what to do if your ballot hasn’t arrived.

10/20/2020 By Christy Carley

2020 Election

How Many People Have Turned in Their Ballots Already in King County?

We aren't messing around.

10/19/2020 By Benjamin Cassidy

News & City Life

Your Thanksgiving Dinner Is Now Served with a Two-Week Quarantine

Santa Is Real—He’s Also My Dad

Bummed about Biden? Celebrate These Local Progressive Wins

Biden’s Victory Brought Joyful Noise Back to Seattle

Mad at the Polls? A Local Pollster Explains What Might’ve Happened

These Washington Races Wrapped Up Early

What Happened to Pier 58?

How Long Will It Take Washington to Count the Votes?

Washington Googles Moving to Canada More Than Any Other State

How Seattleites Can Support the Final Push for Record Voter Turnout

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