A proposed luxury hotel would be the first in a tourist town where high-class lodging is in short supply and not much else is happening in a slumping economy. But some fear it could drive a stake in the tumbledown vibe the old ski town has managed to hold onto.
Seattle has always modeled itself on San Francisco, and now both cities are having doubts about the model. The California city picked itself up after the dot-com bust by pursuing condos, fine restaurants, young residents, and the new trends in the economy such as biotechnology, green tech, and stem-
The Northwest is no stranger to timber theft, but a case that raised a lot of eyebrows was the recent plea-bargain of a Camano Island man who pled guilty to a federal theft charge for cutting down 27 old-growth cedars [http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/environment/archives/127692.asp] in an isolate
A longtime theater figure looks back on four decades in Seattle, during which the Market played an endearing, sustaining, starring role.
I've always thought that the loathing for Rick Neuheisel was out of proportion to his misdeeds. Yes, the former Husky football coach broke rules and definitely lied about his interest in a job elsewhere. He earned the nickname Slick Rick even before he came to Washington.
