Ballard - Features

By Peggy Sturdivant

Their parents didn’t immigrate to America. They are not first, second or third generation Italian-Americans. They work in research laboratories at UW, the Hutch, and Seattle Children’s Research Institute. They work at…MORE

Fifteen Ballard High School students started a club that made a big difference to individuals living at Tent City Three, a homeless community that was living at Seattle Pacific University.

Their club, called Tent City Three Club (TC3)…MORE

By Kseniya Sovenko

Lauren Curtis walks into a Belltown bar. She’s attending one of the many socialization events tailored for individuals involved with startups in the Seattle area. This particular one is called “Startup Drinks.”

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By Peggy Sturdivant

On January 4, 2015, the Seattle Green Spaces Coalition held a meeting at the High Point Branch library, possibly the first community meeting of the year. Two weeks later, that long ago day when the Seahawks pulled off…MORE

by Greg McCorkle

On a beautiful Saturday afternoon in Fremont hundreds of people gathered at the Fremont Foundry to celebrate Bacon and Bourbon, showcasing the burgeoning craft distilling movement of the Puget Sound region and the culinary…MORE

By Peggy Sturdivant

Last weekend I attended six wakes and one requiem. The requiem, composed to put to rest the soul of an 18th century enslaved African, and performed by a 40 piece orchestra and 100 voice chorus, was the more uplifting.…MORE

The recent clear skies have left the Olympic Mountains and the wide expanse of Puget Sound totally exposed to the brilliant light of the sun at dusk. Here are a few photographs of the scene. Tonight's sunset is sure to produce more.

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By Regional Administrator Calvin Goings

Today, 98 percent of American companies that export are small businesses, but more than half of our exporters are only selling to one foreign market, usually Canada or Mexico. The U.S. Small Business…MORE

By Pat Cashman

I was walking around a couple of days ago when someone shouted from over a block away. I turned and saw a distant figure waving wildly and running my way. It was an acquaintance I hadn’t seen in years. “Cashman!” he yelled,…MORE

By Jeanny Rhee

There are locals that merely make up Seattle and there are long-time locals that epitomize Seattle’s bohemian culture and spirit. Seattle native and Roosevelt High School alum Norman Petersen would be the latter.

Born…MORE