By Joaquin Uy Ethnic Media & Communications Specialist City of Seattle Office of Immigrant & Refugee Affairs Photo by Nate Gowdy The City of Seattle joined U.S. Citizenship and Immigration […]
PICTORIAL: Seattle greets President Xi — Big welcoming committee greets Chinese
It was a warm reception for Chinese President Xi Jinping Sept. 22. The welcoming committee included Jay Inslee, Gary Locke, Mayor Ed Murray, along with other mayors from the Northwest. […]
BLOG: Dinner with Chinese President Xi
By Assunta Ng The best of Seattle and Washington state was showcased for Chinese President Xi Jinping’s dinner held at the Westin Hotel on Sept. 22 for over 750 attendees. […]
EDITORIAL: Where’s our ride?
We’ve been writing about the streetcar for several years now. Amid concept, development, controversy, the distraction of construction, it has been fodder for community news. But once decided and construction […]
Gov. Inslee appoints
Kyoko Matsumoto Wright Kyoko Matsumoto Wright, a Coldwell Banker Bain broker, has been appointed to a second six-year term on Washington state’s Real Estate Commission. First appointed to the commission […]
Kim awarded art grant
Eunice Kim was awarded a 2015 4Culture Art Projects grant. Kim lives and maintains a studio in the Cascade foothills of Ravensdale, a small town located in Southeast King County. […]
From Everett to Hawaii
Bradford Chun has recently accepted a position as Senior Director of Engineering for Hawaiian Airlines in Honolulu, Hawaii. Most recently, Brad was an engineering manager in the Flight Control Design […]
U.S. to shun Chinese-owned Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
By Matthew Lee AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s official. The U.S. government says it’s abandoning decades of tradition and moving out of New York’s famed Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, which […]
Chinese jeers over BMW crash probe highlight ‘trust crisis’
By Didi Tang Associated Press BEIJING (AP)—When authorities in an eastern city announced that a BMW driver involved in a crash that killed two people was suffering from “acute transient […]
Morisawa to be featured in Art Interruptions 2015
Morisawa will create a trio of pop-art mosaic images that will inhabit the Spring Street P-Patch. Morisawa creates hand-made wood mosaics, made up of hundreds of intricate pieces of wood […]