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EDITORIAL: Time to vote! — Northwest Asian Weekly’s endorsements

October 28, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Initiative 1366 — NO   Initiative 1401 — YES Advisory Vote No. 10 — Maintained Advisory Vote No. 11 — Maintained Advisory Vote No. 12 — Maintained Advisory Vote No. 13 — Maintained King County Charter Amendment No. 1 — NO Proposition No. 1 — APPROVED Assessor: Lloyd Hara Director of Elections: Julie Wise or […]

Filed Under: Editorials Tagged With: 2015, APPROVED, Bruce Harrell, Claudia Balducci, Courtney Gregoire, David Lee, Fred Felleman, King County, Larry Gossett, Marion Yoshino, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pamela Banks, Port of Seattle, Sally Bagshaw, Tim Burgess, Vandana Slatter, Vol 34 No 44 | October 24 - October 30, YES, Zach Hudgins

Sleepless in Seattle warms street corners … with more than sleeping bags

October 16, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Jocelyn Moore Northwest Asian Weekly Following its initial success last year, Sleepless in Seattle is planning to deliver more sleeping bags and care packages this year to the homeless community in the hopes to warm up the city’s street corners. Led by its 24-year-old founder Eddie Wang, the team aims to raise $75,000 between […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2014, 2015, Ben Nilsen, Big Give, CEO, Daniel Todd, Eddie Wang, IT, Influence Mobile, Jocelyn Moore, King County, Louder Rewards, Northwest Asian Weekly, Seattle, Vol 34 No 43 | October 17 - October 23

Okazaki awarded Kip Tokuda Award

May 18, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

The Asian Pacific Islander Community Leadership Foundation (ACLF) announced that Mark Okazaki is the winner of the Kip Tokuda Award.  The Kip Tokuda Award recognizes a community member that has demonstrated outstanding contributions to ACLF and the Asian Pacific Islander Community. Past winners of the Kip Tokuda Award include Vera and Joey Ing, Rep. Sharon […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, ACLF, Asian Pacific Islander Community, Assistant Director, Community Leaders Program Dinner, Executive Director, Jill Nishi, Joey Ing, King County, Kip Tokuda Award, Mark Okazaki, Neighborhood House, PIC, Ruth Woo, Seattle, Sharon Tomiko Santos, Vol 34 No 21 | May 16 - May 22, Workforce Development Council

Local homicide suspect captured in Northern California

April 10, 2015 By Jason Cruz

By Jason Cruz Northwest Asian Weekly Authorities in Northern California have arrested 30-year-old Song Wang, a Seattle-area man accused of killing a woman and then setting fire to her Bellevue apartment. He will be returned to Bellevue where he will be charged with first degree murder and first degree arson. It is believed that the […]

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2014, 2015, Avalon Meydenbauer Apartments, Bellevue Police Chief Stephen Mylett, Jason Cruz, King County, Louis Vuitton, Northern California, Northwest Asian Weekly, Oregon Saturday, Unruean Aboulafia, Vol 34 No 16 | April 11 - April 17

Suspect arrested – King Donuts assault suspect holed up in Chinatown

March 27, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Seattle police have arrested the suspect that is believed to be the man was involved in the Jan. 2 assault and robbery of Heng Hay and Chea Pol, the founders of King Donuts, a popular doughnut shop and laundromat in Rainier Beach. Hay and Pol had closed the shop when the suspect assaulted Pol as she […]

Filed Under: Community News Tagged With: 2015, Chinatown, King County, King Donuts, Main Street, Marshals Service, Rainier Beach, Seattle, South Jackson Street, Vol 34 No 14 | March 28 - April 3

Supporting student and workplace diversity — Seattle Colleges gets acclaim

March 20, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Peggy Chapman Northwest Asian Weekly The Seattle Colleges recently received the American Association of Community Colleges award for national equity. The Seattle Colleges system has impressive numbers when it comes to representing diversity. The minority student population is 52 percent. This is in contrast to the combined total minority demographics for King County, Seattle, […]

Filed Under: Education Tagged With: 2015, African American, Asian American, BA, Jill Wakefield, King County, Northwest Asian Weekly, Occupy Seattle, Peggy Chapman, Seattle Central, Seattle Colleges, Vocational Institute, Vol 34 No 13 | March 21 - March 27

Vigil protesting domestic violence

March 16, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

  There was a rally and march around the King County courthouse last week in honor to remember the lives of Susanna Remerata Blackwell, her unborn child, baby Kristine, Phoebe Dizon, and Veronica Laureta, who were shot and killed at the Courthouse in 1995 by Susanna’s estranged and abusive husband. This year was the 20th anniversary […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2015, King County, Phoebe Dizon, Susanna Remerata Blackwell, Veronica Laureta, Vol 34 No 12 | March 14 - March 20

Battling kidney disease

March 6, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Cynthia Flash Northwest Asian Weekly Lincoln Louie grew up surrounded by chronic kidney disease. The youngest of three children, he saw his brother Danny and sister Lily battle it. For Lincoln, who lives in the Beacon Hill home where he grew up, the sometimes life-threatening disease was just a regular part of life. “To […]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: 2012, 2013, 2015, Ann Marie Louie, Asian Americans, Beacon Hill, China, Chinese, Cynthia Flash, Eventually Alan, Flash Media Services, King County, Lincoln Louie, Mercer Island, Northwest Asian Weekly, Northwest Kidney Centers, Vol 34 No 11 | March 7 - March 13

Measles warning and precautions in Seattle area

February 6, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Local public health officials have confirmed a measles infection in an adult international traveler who was in King County during the contagious period. <!–more–> Most people have immunity to the measles through vaccination, but people should check the exposure locations, know their immunization status, and call a health care provider promptly if they develop an […]

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2015, King County, Seattle, Sheraton Hotel, Vol 34 No 7 | February 7 - February 13

Providing sleep in Seattle — ‘Big Give’ day provides King County with sleeping bags

December 18, 2014 By James Tabafunda

By James Tabafunda Northwest Asian Weekly One caring group of individuals stand united in delivering compassion and restoring dignity to people without stable and permanent housing. <!–more–> Sleepless in Seattle (SIS), a grass-roots group of individuals, handed out new sleeping bags to King County’s homeless population on December 13, designated by the group as “Big […]

Filed Under: Features, Profiles, Community News Tagged With: 2009, 2014, Big Give Day, Capitol Hill, Chinese American Eddie Wang, Chinese American Phoebe Huang, Eddie Wang, International Rescue Committee, James Tabafunda, King County, Northwest Asian Weekly, SIS, Seattle Big Give, Serve Seattle, Taiwanese American, UW, Vicky Lin, Vol 33 No 52 | December 20 - December 26

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