Department of Good News

Three Reasons Why Everything Isn’t Totally Terrible Right Now

Promising coronavirus data and other positive developments of late in Seattle.

Breach Bums

You Don’t Have to Leave Shore to Spot an Orca in Seattle

The Orca Network’s devotees ground the whale-watching game.

Food for a Cause

Some of the city's biggest names are dishing up clams and oysters to save the salmon habitat.

Shifts & Shakeups

Plus Ballard adds another brewery, and Old Ballard Liquor Company gets ready to open a bar.

08/24/2018 By Rosin Saez

Last Week in Politics

The governor has assembled a task force to address Washington’s killer whale crisis. But saving our shrinking orca population is no small task.

Insider Guide to the San Juans

Bob Otis has been watching killer whales off the island since 1990. And he doesn't take weekends or breaks.