Seattle & King County
Seattle's bike-lane bigotry: Master planned?
Seattle's Biking Master Plan has focused most of its efforts on North Seattle, leaving the just-as-needy-but-less-wealthy neighborhoods down south to fend for themselves.
Eric Scigliano
Eric Scigliano's reporting on social and environmental issues for The Weekly (later Seattle Weekly) won Livingston, Kennedy, American Association for the Advancement of Scie
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Politics
A jail with a view proposed for Seattle's Beacon Hill
King County appears to favor a plan to move its juvenile detention facility to the landmark PacMed tower, former home of Amazon, in the south Seattle neighborhood. "Here we go again," says a neighborhood leader. "We're getting dumped on."
Politics
Southeast Seattle's long, hot winter of violence
Beset by a surge in robberies and homicides, police, politicians, and undaunted Rainier Valley residents walk the walkabout together, and talk a new talk of cooperation and community renewal.
Environment
Ditch the car and flash your Undriver's License
A Seattle artist transforms the challenge of driving less into the joy of Undriving - and gives undrivers something to show for it.
Washington State
Seahawks Super Bowl Parade: Why it's all too much
Some great folks are on that team. But, really, a mass turnout over a 4-day-old sports event represents a loss of meaningful community.