On March 10, Mayor Bruce Harrell announced that the City’s Office of the Waterfront will plant 24 new cherry blossom trees to replace the eight declining cherry blossoms planted outside Pike Place Market in the 1980s, along with a memorial plaque highlighting the cultural significance of the trees at Pike Place Market.
ST fails to deliver on final station placement — Postpones announcement for two weeks
Walking into the Sound Transit (ST) System Expansion Meeting (SEC) almost 10 minutes late, King County Councilmember Joe McDermott laid down a bag from McDonald’s and a drink.
Opposition continues over proposed site of wind farm near Minidoka
A wind project near the Minidoka National Historic Site in Southern Idaho is spurring many descendants and former inhabitants of the internment camp to protest the moves taken by the Federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
Save the cherry trees
The Pike Pine Streetscape and Bicycle Improvements (a part of the Downtown Seattle Association’s Pike Pine Renaissance program) purports to provide a new and vibrant pedestrian experience on Pike and Pine streets between Capitol Hill and the Pike Place Market.
Death comes for the heroine—again — Stunning opera blazons paradox for abused women
How do you survive abuse? Domestic? Cultural? Geopolitical? Gender?
UW dental students receive prestigious scholarships
Two University of Washington (UW) dental students recently were awarded prestigious scholarships from the American Dental Education Association (ADEA).
The Success Foundation announces new executive director
The Success Foundation announced Samantha Le as its executive director.
WA state could get a Chinese American Heritage month — Local community groups working on making January the official month
A group of local Chinese Americans are hoping to get the state to pass a bill that would honor and celebrate the accomplishments of Chinese Americans during the month of January.
COMMENTARY: Reader pushes for North and Sound Sound Transit design, over CID
After reading pages of Sound Transit study and reports, the superior choice for the transit construction to serve the Chinatown-International District (CID) is clearly the North and South (N&S) design.