It’s now up to Seattle voters to decide on a six-year $1.3 billion levy that funds early-learning programs for the city’s youth. On Tuesday, the Seattle City Council unanimously approved the Families, Education, Preschool, and Promise, or FEPP, Levy, with a focus on funding childcare in the city to ease the financial burden on lower-income families. In total, the tax would fund early learning, childcare, and post-secondary preparation programs over six years, from 2026 to 2032.
Have you observed distinctive disc-shaped marks on the shoulder blades of your neighbors at the gym or in yoga class? Or perhaps you first spied the telltale round discolorations when watching Michael Phelps stroke to victory at the 2016 Olympic Games?
Recently the United Indians of All Tribes Foundation (UIATF) celebrated a significant milestone for Seattle's Indigenous community, holding a groundbreaking ceremony for the highly anticipated Canoe Carving House.
Buyers finally have more options both in our region and the country as real estate inventory has risen to the highest level since 2018. This has resulted in a slight softening of prices, but an increase in the number of transactions as some buyers have finally come off the sidelines. However, days on market is also increasing as buyers don’t feel rushed to make a decision right away, and many continue to be priced out by home prices and mortgage rates.
Grilling season has returned, and steak lovers everywhere have once again started to enjoy grilled steak. This season, add some more flavor to your grill with the following recipe for “Flatiron Steak and Tomatoes With Anchovy Vinaigrette,” courtesy of “The Niman Ranch Cookbook,” (Ten Speed Press).
We’ve all heard stories of people coming together during a disaster. Stories like these draw us to disaster news – and hopeful images like a man holding a puppy above flood waters, energetic volunteers stacking sandbags. Stories like these also leave us wondering if we’d tap into our own “inner heroes” in this situation.
This morning the sound of water woke me at seven, splashing onto our balcony. I’d been awake reading until nearly two, and hoped to sleep until eight or nine. First, it’s a Saturday. Plus nothing pressing waits at my desk. And that’s a rare thing for me.
Growing up in Madison Park, the streets were our kingdom, where we’d race each other on wobbly wheels or dare the tallest kid to jump that one suspiciously uneven curb. Every corner was a new opportunity for glory — or a scraped knee. Half of what we built probably wouldn’t pass a safety inspection today, but hey, who needs OSHA when you’ve got imagination?
What can we do when life upsets us? Take time to notice how often you are upset during the day. You’ll likely see that usually it’s because life upended your expectations. Therapist and author Christine Hassler calls this an “expectation hangover” – the frustration and internal pushback we experience in disappointment. It might be something small, like the café is out of your favorite coffee, or something more challenging.
It’s probably not quite the break Washington state drivers were hoping for, but the rate of increase in the cost of auto insurance appears to be slowing down. “I checked the numbers just to see where we’re at for 2025 through six months, and we’re at 1.8%,” said Aaron VanTuyl, communications manager at the Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner, noting that’s not likely won’t show up in premium rates for the remainder of the year but should result in much smaller increases for 2026.
Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) announced last week that glass collected in residential recycling bins is being recycled again because of rail system improvements and new commercial customers in the western U.S. Seattle’s glass recycling was paused in 2024 because of the closure of Ardagh Glass Packaging, which operated a bottle manufacturing plant in the SODO business district. The closure left Seattle and the region without a key business in the pipeline to accept recycled glass and make it into new bottles.
There are a few plants that could be considered biblical. Not that they play any role in the Bible, but because they validate ancient biblical teachings. In this case: The meek shall inherit the Earth. In its definition from Webster’s dictionary of 1828, “meek” was defined thusly: Mild of temper, soft, gentle, not easily provoked or irritated, yielding, given to forbearance under injuries, quiet, gently and easily imposed on; submissive.
The Madison Park Farmer’s Market opened on a beautiful June 14, with Joy Hollingsworth leading the official ribbon cutting, a wonderful crowd of neighbors mingling and checking out the vendors and a peek at what the Market will bring to the Community throughout the summer. 15 vendors lined the street with flats and flats of strawberries and raspberries, cookies, honey, produce, eggs, grilled salmon sandwiches and much more.
Ann Muno describes her new book Powerful Girls as a love note to the field of girls’ empowerment and to the girls themselves—“those we’ve worked with, those we’ve raised, those we’ve lost, and those who continue to show us what courage looks like as leaders of today in these complex, unimaginably challenging times.” She chronicled the process as a labor of love that has been the culmination of a journey that began 30 years ago.
Elly Garcia-Dudek can't help but gaze out toward the ice during hockey practices at the Kraken Community Iceplex. The 12-year-old Garcia-Dudek is a big fan of women's national team stars like Hilary Knight, who starred for the Boston Fleet of the Professional Women's Hockey League last season. Pretty soon, Garcia-Dudek — who started playing through the Seattle Kraken's Learn to Play program — won't have to look across the country for role models like Knight.
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