Papers Please

Real ID Is Really Happening This Time

Here's what you need at the airport.

04/22/2025 By Allison Williams

ICYMI

The Weirdest Seattle News of 2024

A Sue Bird Barbie, escaped zebras, and the end of both Bartell's and the Pac 12.

11/18/2024 By Eric Nusbaum and Seattle Met Staff

Well Well Well

Long-Distance Walking Is Having a Moment

A Seattle influencer is building community one mile at a time.

10/31/2024 By Haley Shapley

Voter Guide

Everything You Need to Know About Washington's Voter Initiatives

And Brian Heywood, the hedge fund CEO who is backing all four of them.

10/08/2024 By Adam Willems

Rent Report

Rent Growth Falls Back, but Avoids the Seasonal Dip—for Now

As the greater Seattle area apartment market downshifts into a new season, find out where rents are changing the most.

10/02/2024 By Lindsey Schober

Controversies

The Story Behind the Local Children’s Book That Was Banned—or Was It?

A local influencer went viral saying his children's book was banned. Some people aren't so sure.

08/01/2024 By Haley Shapley

Park Thyself

Stop Leaving Seattle on Friday Afternoons

Don't get stuck in traffic; try enjoying the city instead.

06/28/2024 By Allison Williams

Rent Report

Rents Increased across the Region Last Month

But pace of growth slowed. What does it mean for the summer season, and where are rents increasing the fastest?

05/17/2024 By Lindsey Schober

Trident True

Julio Rodríguez Is That Guy

The Mariners center fielder might already belong in the pantheon of great Seattle superstars.

09/01/2023 By Christopher Crawford

CROWD IN

Love Letters: Seattle's Best Beaches Are for Everyone All at Once

No room to spread out? No problem.

06/27/2023 By Zoe Sayler

Awards & Accolades

Seattle Shut Out at 2023 James Beard Awards

Seattle had a hefty number of nominees this year, but no winners.

06/05/2023 By Allecia Vermillion

Data Dive

You Can Expect to Live Longer in Washington

New CDC figures show that life expectancy dipped across the U.S. as Covid began to spread. But our longevity number remains resiliently high.

09/23/2022 By Benjamin Cassidy

Parental Controls

What Banned Books Week, 40 Years After Its Founding, Means for Seattle Readers

Our liberal bubble doesn’t shield us from a rising tide of book bans nationwide, nor should it foreclose critical engagement with controversial titles.

09/23/2022 By Sophie Grossman

Climate Change

A Lifeline for Coping with the Smoke

In At Home on an Unruly Planet, Madeline Ostrander lays out models of resilience for reckoning with the climate crisis.

09/22/2022 By Benjamin Cassidy

Extremely online

How the Department of Natural Resources Won Social Media

A Washington state agency's Twitter and Instagram are going viral with wholesome memes.

09/21/2022 By Allison Williams

Hoopsla

A Seattleite's Rooting Guide for March Madness

You don't have to look up mascots to make your picks this year.

03/17/2022 By Benjamin Cassidy

Exit Interview

Jenny Durkan on Those Missing Texts, CHOP, and Covid

Seattle's latest one-term mayor reflects on her turbulent four years in office.

12/21/2021 By Benjamin Cassidy

Sleepless City

Can't Sleep? The Moon Might Be to Blame.

A Seattle-centric study brings us one small step closer to understanding our groggy mornings.

06/15/2021 By Benjamin Cassidy

Greenbacked

Cannabis Gave Washington State a Major Lift in 2020

On 4/20, celebrate a growing industry (with its fair share of growing pains).

04/20/2021 By Benjamin Cassidy

2020 Capsules

How ACT Theatre’s Scrooge Actor Moved from Stage to Sound Booth

For actor Jeff Steitzer, this year has mixed the new with the familiar.

12/24/2020 By Carli Ricker