The location is surprising, but that's only the beginning of the unlikely history that includes repeated episodes of legally enacted discrimination, an absence of training, and the triumph of both individual and family vision and commitment.
The eccentric West through the eyes of Seattle's British expat author is a landscape of strange customs, forlorn towns, and back roads. His mantra: "To be alone is to be safe."
A new effort, Mapping Our Voices for Equality, has grown out of federal efforts to involve more communities in promoting healthy foods and preventing the dangers associated with smoking.
An unseasonably cold spring and summer are adding stress to an already strained Washington wine industry. How will this affect this year's harvest and what will it mean for the state's darling wineries?
This Monday, a revival reading of Sinclair Lewis's fable of an American fascist coup opens a rare window into Depression-era Washington, when politics were radical, artists were agitators, and theater really seemed to matter.
