Beyond Green

Seattle's first carbon-positive hotel opens this fall

Imagine a hotel that not only reduces its carbon footprint but actually removes more carbon from the atmosphere than it emits...

Sarah Stackhouse

Trailblazing Women: Shin Yu Pai

Civic poet of Seattle, Host KUOW's Ten Thousand Things

I made the decision to move back to Seattle in 2012, after working in arts jobs in the Austin, Texas, and Little Rock, Arkansas, areas. I’d worked here as a grad student in the University of Washington museology program and loved the small, community-based cultural organizations that characterize our city — like the Wing Luke

Shin Yu Pai

The Sandwich Goes Gourmet

Seattle is experiencing a sandwich renaissance

Seattle doesn’t have one reigning sandwich, but that hasn’t ruled out sandwich shops from taking root and becoming key players in our food scene...

Tiffany Ran

Trailblazing Women: Lynne Varner

CEO, Washington STEM

I don’t see myself as a trailblazer. Instead, call me a trail runner nimbly following paths laid by so many brilliant, amazing women who came before me. Some of those women are mentors who showed me not just who I could be, but how I could be. We tell young people...

Lynne Varner

Hot New Books for Summer

Susan Lieu, Ijeoma Oluo, and Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe release compelling, transformative works

In her debut memoir, The Manicurist’s Daughter, Seattle playwright and performer Susan Lieu, best known for her autobiographical solo show, 140 LBS: How Beauty Killed My Mother, recounts the tale of losing her mother...

Shin Yu Pai

Double Victory

Ballard High cheer notches National Championships

Visit Seattle’s Ballard High School, and you can’t help but notice the championship banners hanging from the gymnasium rafters...

Rob Smith

Trailblazing Women: Merrie Williamson

Executive Vice President, Chief Customer And Revenue Officer, Equinix

I’ve been in the technology industry for more than 25 years. I’ve had an incredible career journey taking me from building microchips in a silicon manufacturing plant for Intel, to the big stage recently with Microsoft’s Satya Nadella speaking to developers at this big AI moment. Along the way I have been asked...

Merrie Williamson

Lakeside Getaways: Peace and Awe

These Pacific Northwest destinations provoke a sense of nostalgia, tranquility, and romanticism

As temperatures rise and springtime thoughts turn to summer splashes, here is a roundup of the best “lake-ations” in the Pacific Northwest.

Natalie Compagno and Greg Freitas

Trailblazing Women: Tahmina Watson

Founder, Watson Immigration Law

I am a servant leader who leads with love. It has taken four decades to know this about myself. And now I am unapologetically loving to everyone. My journey to this realization was paved by my dedication as an immigration lawyer, a profession where compassion is a key ingredient. Yet, being a lawyer and running

Tahmina Watson

Clarity: Pete Carroll’s Quirky, Lasting Legacy

We won't see another NFL coach like him again

I covered sports for more than 20 years in this city, and I should know better than catching feelings for a coach. Besides, the most unusual thing about Carroll’s firing is that he lasted this long. Pete may not have been able to win forever, as his book proclaimed, but lasting 14 years is closer

Danny O’Neil

Covid Creativity

A young author draws inspiration from her seclusion

Prior to the pandemic, Rubiee LaFave-Norlin was a typical kid...