Longtime banker Rocky Fong recently took on a new role at Chase in Seattle as Community Manager, a newly created role. Fong’s mission is to provide community residents with access […]
Harrell names search committee for new SDOT director
Mayor Bruce Harrell announced on April 8 a committee to help find a permanent director for the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT). Committee members, including Cassie Chinn of the Wing […]
Trailblazing Asian American legislator Patsy Young
Patsy Young, who served in both the Hawaii state House and Senate between 1971 and 1988, died on April 3. She was 92. Young was the first Asian American woman […]
Nguyen to receive EMILY’s List award
EMILY’s List, the nation’s largest resource for women in politics, announced that the 2022 Gabrielle Giffords Rising Star Award will be awarded to Georgia state Rep. Bee Nguyen. The award […]
Minority Health Month
By Gayle Gupit-Mayor NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY April is National Minority Health Month (NMHM), and this year’s theme is “Give Your Community a Boost!” NMHM is an initiative promoted by the […]
Schwiethale’s ‘ABCs of Cambodia’ exposes readers to Cambodian culture
About a year ago, Kiri Schwiethale found herself at a crossroads, thinking about how she would share her Cambodian culture with her two kids.
Several COVID deaths in WA happened before 1st was announced
SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington state Department of Health has confirmed at least four other Washingtonians died from COVID complications before or on Feb. 28, 2020—the date the first known […]
Experts: Asian population overcount masks community nuances
By TERRY TANG and MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Jennifer Chau was astonished last month when the U.S. Census Bureau’s report card on how accurately it counted the […]
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu hopes to transform her adopted city
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — When she was elected mayor of Boston in November, Michelle Wu transformed the image of the city’s chief executive — up until […]
China used TV, TikTok stars in discreet Olympics campaign
By AMANDA SEITZ, MIKE CATALINI and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” TV star, a Paralympic swimmer and a self-described “brand king” were […]