Homelessness remains a top issue as voters lean toward Bruce Harrell for mayor, finds the new Crosscut/Elway Poll.

While a delta surge may keep us more distant than we’d like in the cuffing season, this fall promises some exciting get-togethers of the artistic kind.

People fleeing the Taliban now face a unique resettlement experience compared to previous waves of migrants.

Mikayla Weary has been community organizing since the sixth grade. Now a 17-year-old Mikayla Weary is the president of Black Coffee NW.

Teams throughout the region provide a critical service for outdoor adventurers 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. It all started in Seattle.

As new development proliferates in the historically Black neighborhood, artists proclaim: ‘We were here, and we are still here, and we will be here.’

Colonization and assimilation took away customs and traditional foods from both Native and immigrant communities. Now, local farmers and chefs are bringing back traditional cuisines.

A reporter reflects on the disappearing hallmarks of the region’s natural spaces.

The city’s unsure of workers’ vaccination rate, but ‘attestations’ hint at relatively lower numbers among police officers.

With a robust cultural agenda (and too few snacks), an arts editor heads up I-5 north to explore beyond the Seattle bubble.

A so-called Vision Zero city, Seattle has a lofty goal of eliminating traffic fatalities and serious injuries. The city has averaged about 20 deaths a year over the past decade.

At 23 years old, she has become one of the city’s most recognized and in-demand muralists and illustrators.

More than 90% of the songs aired on Daybreak Star Radio are written, produced or performed by Native American or First Nation peoples.

Climate change is leading to record-breaking wildfires across the West Coast: In Washington, the 2020 fire season was one of the worst on record. At the same time, a national firefighter shortage is limiting our ability to fight these fires effectively.

The pandemic drew restaurant owner and chef Wes Yoo to the food that brought him comfort. He found himself shopping for, eating and cooking the Korean food that he grew up with.

Email threats, irate officials and dealing with misinformation have become part of the job for stress-filled public health workers.

Prosecutors must flag officers who have known incidents of dishonesty or other misconduct. A Crosscut investigation found at least 22 officers with such issues still found new jobs at other agencies.

Rural and tribal communities across the nation have been looking to renewable energy sources to achieve energy sovereignty.

The comprehensive Kinsey collection celebrates achievements and contributions of Black Americans from 1595 to the present.

A proposal to lay cables beneath the Columbia River is met with skepticism from an Indigenous activist and the river’s advocates.