News & City Life

Hoops Fever

Caitlin Clark Draws a Crowd. But the Storm Deserve Our Lasting Attention.

The sellout crowd reserved its biggest applause for a Storm legend.

06/28/2024 By Eric Olson

Mission Driven

The SoDo Shop That Demystifies Auto Repair for Everyone

How queer-owned Repair Revolution centers community empowerment.

06/24/2024 By Lindsay Lee Wallace

Seattle Weather Blog

Are We In for a Cruel (Cool) Summer?

It depends what decade you're comparing it to.

06/21/2024 By Justin Shaw

Asked/Answered

Why Is Seattle’s Best Public Pool So Hard to Find?

Colman Pool is full of salt water—and hidden-away history.

06/17/2024 By Allecia Vermillion

Obsession

UW President Ana Mari Cauce Shares Her Favorite Seattle Spots

The sausage and sweet potato fries at Shultzy’s, the majesty of Snoqualmie Falls, and the magic of Suzzallo Library.

06/13/2024 By Eric Nusbaum

Interview

Joe Bivins Is Fixing Our Roads

One Washington State Department of Transportation worker tells us what it’s like behind the orange safety gear.

05/20/2024 By Allison Williams

Parachutes

The Mariners Are Dropping Hot Dogs from the Sky—and the Crowd Is Going Wild

‘Hot Dogs from Heaven’ is exactly what it sounds like. Inside Seattle's new viral ballpark promotion.

05/17/2024 By Brittney Bush Bollay

Hoop Dreams

Welcome Home, Storm

After 25 years, Seattle's most successful pro sports team finally has a permanent home.

05/16/2024 By Malia Alexander

Feature

Cody Chhun Defies the Odds

Can the local son of Cambodian refugees become a pro wrestling superstar?

05/15/2024 By Dae Shik Kim Photography by David Jaewon Oh

R Roots

Rainier: A Beer Odyssey Is a Film about Seattle’s Soul

It’s not just beer commercials. It's the city that made them.

05/14/2024 By Eric Olson

Well Well Well

The Local Cafe Turning Viral Cat Videos Into an Art Form

And why looking at cats on the internet is actually good for your health.

05/14/2024 By Haley Shapley

Into the Woods

Why Are We So Scared of Bears?

The animals are not actually deadly, until they are.

05/08/2024 By Allison Williams Photography by Carlton Canary

Exit Velocity

The World’s Most Cutting-Edge Baseball Laboratory Is Hiding in a Kent Warehouse

Why are big league superstars making an annual offseason pilgrimage to the Seattle suburbs?

05/03/2024 By Eric Nusbaum

Feature

The Treasure Hunters

Can a mission that began with two adventurous teenagers in the 1980s end with the discovery of a sunken gold rush fortune off the Washington coast?

04/30/2024 By Benjamin Cassidy Photography by Grant Hindsley

Excerpt

A Promising Team, a Fatal Crash in Snoqualmie Pass

The most deadly accident in American pro sports history happened outside Seattle.

04/26/2024 By Eric Vickrey

Sunrise, Sunset

Get Ready to Spring Forward, Seattle

Do you have big plans for an extra hour of daylight?

03/08/2024 By Seattle Met Staff

Thanks, El Niño

Seattle Might Actually Get a Spring This Year

Unlike 2022 and 2023, we’re looking at warm temperatures in late March, April, and May.

03/07/2024 By Justin Shaw

News You Can Use

Washingtonians Can Now File Their Taxes Directly with the IRS—for Free

The new Direct File pilot program is available in 12 states, including this one.

03/04/2024 By Eric Nusbaum

Pantsed

Who Broke the Mariners Uniforms?

Transparency is a worthy goal for any organization, but not when it comes to major league teams' pants.

03/01/2024 By Eric Nusbaum

Toppers

Interstate 5 in Downtown Seattle: Put a Lid on It?

A freeway lid could hold park space, housing, even a school.

02/26/2024 By Ryan Packer

Seattle Met