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Capitol Hill's Out Watch

With Out Watch, Jennifer Dietrich wants to turn the tide against after-dark attacks in Capitol Hill.

06/02/2014 By Matthew Halverson

The Explainer

Lake Washington Sockeye Salmon Returns on the Rise

It’s been years since sockeye returns to Lake Washington have yielded a fishery. But in June the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife will start its annual count at the Ballard Locks, and if recent trends continue, the drought could soon be over.

06/02/2014 By Matthew Halverson

The Sporting Life

The U.S. Open at Chambers Bay: An Ambition Unlike Any Other

When a team of architects and county officials announced in 2004 they were building a golf course worthy of the U.S. Open, it sounded like a joke: Golf’s most prestigious event, in Tacoma? But now the only ones laughing are the people who made it happen.

06/02/2014 By Matthew Halverson

Advice

Should You Attend the Northwest Pinball and Arcade Show?

Flipperheads* will descend on the Tacoma Convention Center June 6–8, 2014, for the seventh annual celebration of all things pinball. Here’s how to know if you should join them.

06/01/2014 By Matthew Halverson

Music News

Macklemore Makes Up to $300K Per Show

But that's not nearly as much as some other really, really bad bands.

05/22/2014 By Matthew Halverson

Sporting Life

We Finally Settled Our Super Bowl Bet with 5280

It was worth the wait for the kids at Greater Seattle Youth Football and Cheer.

05/07/2014 By Matthew Halverson

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Meet the Men Who Discovered HMS Chatham’s Anchor

A commercial diver and an amateur historian may have just discovered an anchor lost during the Vancouver Expedition of the 1790s.

05/01/2014 By Matthew Halverson

Rainmakers

Designed, Sealed, Delivered

Rathna Sharad and Runway2Street are bringing international fashion to domestic doorsteps.

05/01/2014 By Matthew Halverson

Seattle Real Estate 2014

This Must Be the Place

When my marriage ended in spring 2013, I was dragged into one of the most turbulent real estate markets in recent memory. Through the tears and heartache, I learned a lot about buying and selling houses but even more about finding home.

04/19/2014 By Matthew Halverson

Rainmakers

His Stuff Doesn't Stink

Tim O’Neill and Engineered Compost Systems take the “ick” out of organic waste.

04/01/2014 By Matthew Halverson

Explainer

Lowering the Boom

A new federal report documents the failures—in process, material, regulation and others—that killed seven people at the Tesoro refinery in Anacortes in April 2010.

04/01/2014 By Matthew Halverson

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The Director: Kate Becker

The new director of the Seattle Office of Film and Music aims to pick up where her beloved predecessor left off.

04/01/2014 By Matthew Halverson

Music

Will Mia Zapata Be Remembered for Something Other Than Her Death?

A forthcoming TV show about the singer’s murder dredges up bad memories without acknowledging the good ones.

03/01/2014 By Matthew Halverson

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Rex Hohlbein Has Designs on Ending Homelessness

The architect is closing his Fremont firm to educate “homed” people on the plight of Seattle’s homeless and bring much-needed empathy to the equation.

03/01/2014 By Matthew Halverson