On March 13, Seattle Art Museum (SAM) executives, joined by City of Seattle leaders, project donors and supporters, and members of the community, gathered for an official groundbreaking ceremony to […]
Harold Taniguchi honored
The director of the King County Department of Transportation (KCDOT), Harold Taniguchi, was recently honored with the Honorable Ray LaHood (Man of the Year) Award from the Puget Sound Chapter […]
Momo to be featured on TV
Momo was invited to share its locally-made, socially and environmentally conscious clothing for spring on television recently. The segment will air on March 28 during KOMO 4’s 4 p.m. newscast. […]
Seattle school named a top design award finalist
Summit Sierra High School in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District finished as one of the finalists for the 2018 Learn By Design competition at SXSWedu. Myron Kong, director of Real Estate and […]
Tina Tchen to head Recording Academy’s diversity task force
On March 6, the organization behind the Grammy Awards named Tina Tchen as the chair of its new task force for inclusion and diversity. Her appointment follows a controversy over […]
Interior secretary defends Japanese comment to congresswoman
SASABE, Ariz. (AP) — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is defending his use of a Japanese greeting when responding to a question from a congresswoman of Japanese descent. The Arizona Republic […]
Body of wife of Nobel-winning professor found at landfill
ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — Authorities in northern Illinois are investigating the death of the wife of a Nobel Prize winning chemistry professor whose body was found at a landfill hours […]
Bali’s Day of Silence shuts airport, clears beaches, streets
BALI, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s normally bustling Bali shut down social media, closed the airport and shuttered all shops for a Day of Silence that marked New Year on the […]
‘Mr. Fix-It’: China’s new VP has tackled thorniest of crises
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Wang Qishan is known as China’s “Mr. Fix-It,’’ a trustworthy official deployed to tackle the thorniest of crises — from crumbling banks […]
Hawaii releases redacted recording of missile alert drill
By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The state of Hawaii released an audio recording last week, the drill it was running in January when an employee mistakenly sent […]