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Operators like Nathan Vass have navigated the intersection of safety and kindness.

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This phase of RISE opens up eligibility to all BIPOC small business owners in Washington

The pandemic challenges local holiday shopping.

By increasing the number of tests the health system can run by 270 tests per day, EvergreenHealth will make non-urgent COVID-19 testing more readily available.

One of the few craft cideries in Pierce County regularly presses out experimental flavors.

Seattle’s a fashionable city. You just have to know where to look.

Brush off the sand and browse these stores stocked with tie-dye, plants, and handmade accessories.

A University of Washington School of Medicine professor of pathology, Dr. Stephen Schwartz didn’t just specialize in vascular biology—he helped create the field, introducing the idea that blood vessels are more complicated than just body plumbing.

CHOP’s attempt to transform the area in and around the East Precinct may not endure, but other demonstrations in Seattle have yielded long-lasting results.

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In case you’re hesitant to roll that yoga mat outside your living room.

The bakery is launching another storefront—and walk-up window—with our new normal in mind.

Peak avian migration time means the skies are full of songbirds.

The Swedish Issaquah nurse finished intensive care training just as COVID-19 hit the city.

It’s easy to go stir-crazy when social distancing. Here are some tips for self-quarantine self-care.

Plenty of late-voting Seattleites will emerge from their work-from-home bubbles to make their votes count in Washington’s presidential primary by Tuesday, March 10 at 8pm. 

If you weren’t paying close attention walking down Pine Street, you might mistake Elm Candle Bar for just another one of the area’s cafes or plant shops. It does cater to millennial aesthetics.

On January 7, Door was cycled into the mayor position for her turn in a two-year term.

The idea of a candlelit dinner doesn’t make you gag, necessarily... But these plans look way more fun.

Valentine’s Day is notably a day dedicated to romance, meant to show your loved one how much you care about them. Some argue that this love should be shown more than just this one day per year. But why not take the opportunity to go out and do something special?

Generally a first-of-the-year affair and strictly in low-temp seasons, this international phenomenon often involves dressing in costume, running long distances, or munching on concessions before or after the main attraction: a collective dunk in frigid water.

On the third floor of Urban Grace Church on Market Street in downtown Tacoma, every Thursday night for $5 at the door (regardless of holidays or weather), hands clap or snap in tune with the beat of new and advanced dancers tapping their feet.

As you prepare and execute your holiday dinner menus this year, consider buying in-season produce and locally raised meats and seafood from local community farmers. It will be just that much easier with this year’s first Tacoma Winter Farmer's Market.

Many people simply do not know what can or cannot be recycled. This has led to the concept of ‘wishful recycling,’ the process of tossing things in the recycling bin when we aren’t exactly sure it can be recycled, but hoping that it ultimately will be (which is often is not the case).

The cities of Chelan and Manson offer an eventful getaway weekend or week, ideally in the spring and summer, but enjoyable any time of year. From the south side of Lake Chelan, through downtown and winding around north of the lake toward Manson, visitors settle into timeshares and hotels, grab lunch and dinner al fresco, ride jet skis and taste local wines.

Upon receiving results, some companies allow users to upload their DNA onto an online database that connects users with other family members who have also used the database. This opens the door to happy family reunions with long-lost relatives but has also become a new way for police to track down criminals.

Events funded by tourism grants “increase economic activity by bringing tourists to Bellingham,” according to the City of Bellingham website. The Tourism Promotion Fund consists of collected sales tax on overnight stays within the city limits, known as the Lodging Tax.

Black Lives Matter Bellingham holds meetings on the third Wednesday of every month in the basement of First Congregational Church on Cornwall Avenue. Morris said the goal of BLM meetings is to build a community that holds empathy for one another.

The MyWestern portal was down as Western Academic Technology and User Services worked on updating the system. Students had been unable to access the homepage when the software supporting the login page on MyWestern unexpectedly crashed on May 23.

Mental Health Poetry was the focus at the Underground Coffeehouse during their open-mic night on Thursday, May 24. Speakers were able to read aloud poems they wrote pertaining to mental health.