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Neighborhoods

How Long Will It Take to Make Greenwood Whole Again?

One year after a natural gas explosion ripped through the neighborhood’s heart, its businesses struggle to recover.

02/20/2017 By Matthew Halverson

Guide to Cannabis

First Time in a Marijuana Shop? Here's How to Read a Label.

THC percentage. CBD levels. Hybrids. What does it all mean?

02/20/2017 By Darren Davis

Quote Unquote

Jordan Morris Isn’t a Rookie Anymore

And he's learned to live with the pressure of being American soccer's Next Big Thing.

02/20/2017 By Matthew Halverson

Back Fence

Is Hygge, the Danish Coziness Trend, Just Another Word for…Seattle?

The untranslatable term shortlisted for Oxford English Dictionary’s word of the year feels like it may as well have been invented right here.

02/20/2017 By Kathryn Robinson

Open Letter

To Pam Roach, Who Wants Everyone to Learn Cursive

Let me tell you what I tell all of my struggling students…

02/20/2017

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Perfect Party: March 2017

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

02/20/2017 By Seattle Met Staff

Meet The Money

Privateer Holdings Banks on Bud

The Seattle-based investment firm has money on ending prohibition.

02/20/2017 By Darren Davis

Guide to Cannabis

What's It Like to Be a Budtender?

Molly Brown has been with Uncle Ike’s since its first location opened in 2014. And in that time she’s seen it all: nervous first timers, old stoners, potential criminals. It’s been a wild ride working for the most visible pot shop in the city.

02/20/2017 By Darren Davis

Meet the Grower

Vashon Velvet Grows on Island Time

A self-taught green thumb proves there is no one right way to cultivate marijuana.

02/20/2017 By Darren Davis

Guide to Cannabis

8 Seattle Pot Shops to Know, from the Quiet Corner Store to the Lap of Luxury

The grab 'n' go. The tech temple. The local shop. Buying weed has come a long way.

02/20/2017 By Darren Davis

Meet the Shop Owner

Dockside Serves Medical Patients Too—Though the Rules Have Changed

Going recreational didn’t stop Oscar Velasco-Schmitz from providing for those in medical need.

02/20/2017 By Darren Davis

Pot 101

The New Guide to Cannabis

The shops, strains, and personalities behind Seattle's burgeoning industry.

02/20/2017 By Darren Davis

Questions Answered

Lilith Starr Does the Devil’s Work

But the head of the Satanic Temple of Seattle insists she’s a force for good.

02/20/2017 By Jessica Voelker

News Roundup

The Week in Review

Today's Seattle protests, a court ruling in Valentine's Day spirit, and breakups at the White House.

02/17/2017 By Rianna Hidalgo

Olympia Dispatch

Paid Family Leave: Meanwhile, in the Washington State Legislature

(Maybe) this will be the year a bipartisan effort gets Washington paid leave for new parents.

02/15/2017 By Rianna Hidalgo

News

Will Paid Family Leave Become a Reality in Seattle?

City employees have it; now council member Lorena González sets sights on paid family leave in the private sector.

02/14/2017 By Rianna Hidalgo

News

A Call to Action in Trump’s America, from Idriss Mosque in North Seattle

“First come visit, then we’ll go from there.”

02/13/2017 By Rianna Hidalgo

Feature

After the Fall: Remembering the Tunnel Creek Avalanche

The Tunnel Creek avalanche took the lives of three world-class skiers and was immortalized in a Pulitzer Prize–winning New York Times story. Five years later, the survivors, friends, and family members reflect on what was lost that day.

02/13/2017 By Eva Holland

News

For Seattle Area Warriors of #NoBan, the Work Is Nonstop

Ninth Circuit upholds suspension of Trump travel ban: “For one day, I can breathe a little bit normally.”

02/10/2017 By Rianna Hidalgo

News

Seattle's First Navigation Center Is Not Your Average Shelter

Plus, six things council member Sally Bagshaw saw at the one in San Francisco.

02/09/2017 By Rianna Hidalgo

Seattle Met

News & City Life

How Long Will It Take to Make Greenwood Whole Again?

First Time in a Marijuana Shop? Here's How to Read a Label.

Jordan Morris Isn’t a Rookie Anymore

Is Hygge, the Danish Coziness Trend, Just Another Word for…Seattle?

To Pam Roach, Who Wants Everyone to Learn Cursive

Perfect Party: March 2017

Privateer Holdings Banks on Bud

What's It Like to Be a Budtender?

Vashon Velvet Grows on Island Time

8 Seattle Pot Shops to Know, from the Quiet Corner Store to the Lap of Luxury

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