The sidewalks had historic marks because they were built by workers who got jobs with President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression.
Here are the signs that a Seattle neighborhood rocked by a natural gas explosion will bounce back
The murals are a reminder that lots of talented artists are living – often obscurely – in our midst. The artwork also is a reminder that we can prevail in the face of tragedy when we fall back on our inherent optimism and spirit of …
Seven things you may not know about the life and music of country legend Merle Haggard
With songs like “Tulare Dust” and “They’re Tearing the Labor Camps Down” Haggard – like Guthrie – captured in simple lyric and melody the same sentiments reflected in the prose of John Steinbeck about the struggles of migrant workers.
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Should Seattle reopen old Aurora Ave. pedestrian tunnel where ‘mashers and thugs’ once lurked?
The political action group Let’s Move Seattle wants voters to approve spending nearly $1 billion in taxes to pay for a long list of transportation projects. The money would expand metro bus service, pave pockmarked streets and reinforce the city’s creaky, traffic-laden drawbridges before the …
The Elwha River Dam is gone and the salmon and cedars are making a comeback, but relics remain
Three years since workers demolished the Elwha Dam, wild salmon have returned to the upper reaches of the Elwha River and the native firs and cedars are sprouting up in what once was the bottom of a deep, wide reservoir. But the ruins of the …
