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Your Last Meal | The Leftovers with G. Love
G. Love tells host Rachel Belle about his big backyard garden, where he grows both edibles and smokables, and shares how he turned his “special sauce” into a tangible product. When it comes to sugary kid’s cereals, you most likely know the mascots and slogans even if you've...
WA ballot initiative would cut $848.6M of environmental programs
It takes about five minutes to cross the channel between Anacortes and Guemes Island. But the trip seems a lot longer to the people waiting in their cars to board the ferry that takes them across. On a recent Tuesday afternoon, traffic backed up on both sides of the channel,...
Seattle veterans clinic closes after mold, ceiling leak reports
The Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System shut the doors to its South Clinic, less than three weeks after staff and patients publicly raised the alarm over deteriorating conditions in the building following years of deferred maintenance. The complaints also drew questions from U.S. Sen. Patty Murray and Rep....
Who are the three candidates running for WA attorney general?
We already know a lot about Washington’s next attorney general, even though the election is still four months away. The leader of the state’s largest law firm will be an attorney with extensive experience in government work. They will be at least a decade younger than the current occupant of the office. And as Bob Ferguson steps down after more than a decade as Washington’s attorney general, his replacement will also be a person of color.
WA public lands commissioner race attracts unusually crowded field
The average Washington voter is going to find the race to be Washington’s next Commissioner of Public Lands to be rather confusing. First, five Democrats are on the primary ballot and one of the two Republicans in the race is a former congressional representative. Second, few people really know what the lands commissioner does and what qualifies someone to hold this job. And third, some people may be wondering: Why are so many Washington agency leaders elected and not appointed?
Podcast | Malcolm Gladwell on what we get wrong about gun violence
Acclaimed author Malcolm Gladwell explores all things overlooked and misunderstood in his podcast, Revisionist History. He recently produced a six-part series about what we get wrong about gun violence in America. As part of the Cascade PBS Ideas Festival in early May, Gladwell revisited that conversation with Dr. Babak Sarani,...
After SCOTUS decision, WA homeless camping bans may gain traction
On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Grants Pass, Oregon’s criminalization of sleeping in public, a decision that’s sure to have ripple effects in Washington state. Though Seattle’s mayor says the new legal precedent won’t change the city’s approach to homeless encampments, there are several ongoing legal challenges to public camping bans elsewhere in the state that could be impacted by the high court’s ruling.
What the latest Supreme Court abortion ruling could mean for WA
Doctors in Idaho can legally perform emergency abortions again after the Supreme Court released its ruling in Moyle v. United States Thursday, dismissing the case and reinstating a lower court’s order allowing emergency care to continue. But providers and advocates in Washington say more needs to be done to ensure patients in emergency situations receive appropriate care, and that physicians who provide it are protected.
Dancers struggle to find work as Eastern WA’s last strip club closes
When Montana heard the club she was dancing at was about to go under, she started to apply to other jobs immediately, wanting to get ahead of the unemployment looming in her future if she didn’t find something else. The stakes were high, not just for her, but for the two children Montana was raising alone as a single mother.
Watch: Shermona Mitchell
“I’m a believer that at least some of the art that you make should scare you,” says actor and director Shermona Mitchell. “Whether it’s the subject matter, a particular scene or a piece of choreography, there should be something in there that keeps your heart aflutter in a way that you’re like, Dear Lord, don’t let me pass out.”
ArtSEA: For Independence Day, gather at Seattle group shows
You may be reading this issue of the newsletter as a way to escape the presidential debate tonight, and I am fine with that. Speaking of decidedly American displays, we’re coming up on the Fourth of July holiday. But instead of independence, I recommend the benefits of banding together — firstly, in the form of some excellent new group exhibits.
Seattle’s dual dispatch police alternative is expanding citywide
Seattle’s experiment with non-police responses to certain 911 emergencies is getting a boost this year. Mayor Bruce Harrell and acting CARE chief Amy Smith announced Wednesday that the pilot program would expand citywide from its current greater-Downtown operating boundaries. With that, the staff will grow from six responders to 24, along with three supervisors, and provide service seven days a week.
Your Last Meal | 30 years of G. Love & the Special Sauce
It has been 30 years (!) since G. Love and the Special Sauce put out their first album, and in that time G. Love has written a whole lotta food and drink lyrics. He tells host Rachel Belle the origin stories behind songs like “Milk & Cereal,” “Cold Beverage” and his album Lemonade.
How Seattle Public Library's cyberattack impacts patrons, students
During the school year, Ayehu Endile’s children usually spend three afternoons a week at the Lake City Library in North Seattle. Homework Help tutors have helped the fourth and fifth graders with math, reading and other subjects for several years, but not lately. The recent ransomware attack against Seattle’s library system has taken many services away, including the online homework help program.
Pierce deputy drove 83 mph in wrong lane during deadly 2020 crash
An urgent call crackled through Pierce County Sheriff Deputy Eric Lopez’s patrol radio. Lopez booted up his lights and siren, maneuvering his white Ford Explorer south past Tacoma city limits. Lopez stopped to check for cross traffic before proceeding through three stop-signed intersections and one traffic light, he later wrote in a statement submitted by a union-appointed attorney.
New tax to fund social housing likely headed to Seattle ballots
Seattle voters will likely get a chance to decide whether to impose a new tax on high-earning businesses to pay for the work of the newly created Seattle Social Housing Developer. On Monday afternoon, House Our Neighbors, a nonprofit social housing advocacy group, submitted 37,819 signatures to Seattle’s Office of...
Cowlitz Tribe youth help lead this year's First Salmon Ceremony
This article originally appeared on Underscore Native News. Rain poured down from the cloudy gray skies above as community from the Cowlitz Indian Tribe gathered at the tribe’s property on the Cowlitz River. The smell of fire smoke wafted through the air, mingling with the delighted screams and laughter of young children.
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