An unstable ice block dangerously hanging over the key trail on Mount Everest, high travel costs and increased permit fees haven’t deterred hundreds of climbers from attempting to scale the world’s highest mountain.
Family of imprisoned Chinese journalist pleads for his release over health concerns
Family members and activists have called for the release of imprisoned Chinese journalist Dong Yuyu due to health concerns.
How Asian Americans are finding community through fitness
On any given evening in the Seattle area, you can find pockets of community forming in unexpected places: the rhythmic thud of lion dance drums in a kung fu studio, the steady pop of pickleball paddles at public courts, or the quiet focus of climbers scaling indoor walls.
SIFF’s Shailaja Rao on Seattle, sensibility, and cinema
Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) programmer Shailaja Rao grew up across several regions in India, and spent three years in England.
Free shuttle to link CID With World Cup fan destinations
King County Metro will launch the free waterfront shuttle service on May 21 with expanded routes serving the Chinatown-International District (CID) as Seattle prepares for a busy summer of soccer events ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2026.
Filipino Shayla Hufana’s work to be featured for Pride during the 2026 World Cup
The last time we spoke with Shayla Hufana, owner of ConceptShell Art + Design Studio, she told us she expected to do more projects related to sports.
The Layup Drill
Welcome to another edition of The Layup Drill.
Majumdar receives a Neddy Award
Sangram Majumdar, a Seattle-based painter and associate professor in the School of Art+Art History+Design at the University of Washington, has received the 2026 Neddy Artist Award in the painting category—one of Washington state’s longest-running awards for visual artists.
Knife wielding man arrested for burglary in Little Saigon
Seattle police arrested a 32-year-old man on Tuesday afternoon after investigators said he threatened a woman with a knife during a burglary in the Little Saigon neighborhood.
Teen arrested in CID for assaulting woman with knife
Seattle police arrested an 18-year-old man on Tuesday afternoon after authorities said he threatened several people with a knife and an improvised weapon at Hing Hay Park in the Chinatown-International District (CID).