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A home and garden tour is being revived to benefit McGilvra Elementary

A real estate office and McGilvra Elementary School have partnered to revive a once well-attended tour of Madison Park homes and gardens.  

Bert's Red Apple owner named 'Grocer of the Year'

Roger Croshaw was awarded 'Grocer of the Year' at the Washington Food Industry Association's annual convention. The award is given to independent grocers who have made a lifetime commitment to service in the industry.

Charlene Strong: City Council candidate believes Seattle needs to address growth, learn to make due with existing revenue

Seattle City Council candidate Charlene Strong describes herself as a pragmatic progressive, as someone who wants to capitalize on what the city does well and dispense with the things it doesn’t.

Support for First Presbyterian homeless shelter

While organizers of a 24/7 homeless shelter at Seattle First Presbyterian Church had braced themselves for pushback, First Hill residents provided mostly words of support Monday night, as well as questions about how it will work.

Convention Center developers ask for $30 million public benefits package

Developers for the Washington State Convention Center addition proposed a $30 million public benefits package in exchange for three alleyway and two street vacations during a packed meeting of the Seattle Design Commission on May 18.

Outside City Hall: The parents of Bertha's expensive journey

In April, Bertha, the world’s largest boring machine, finally broke through just west of Aurora, completing a 1.7-mile underground journey. However, the tunnel itself won’t be finished until 2019 -- four years from its original 2015 completion date.  

Aging With Care: Caring for elderly parents over long distances

Long-distance issues with aging parents are never easy. For most, frequent travel is not an option. For Bill, who is working full time and has two young teens and aging in-laws living with him, it would be difficult.

Town hall urges District 3 residents to support city income tax

A Seattle District 3 “Tax the Rich” town hall included a history lesson on why Washington state doesn’t have a state income tax -- and how the future could be a lot brighter for those paying the greatest costs in Seattle.

Despite travel troubles, Seattle International Dance Festival promises embarrassment of riches

The difficulty of obtaining travel visas for performers has made the 2017 Seattle International Dance Festival "more difficult than others," director Cyrus Khambatta said.

A community confronted by darkness

Jagger Gravning spent seven years on a film that dramatizes the 2006 mass shooting on Capitol Hill, without glorifying events; The film premieres June 6 as part of the Seattle International Film Festi

Kyle Huff killed six people and wounded two others at a rave after-party in the 2000 block of East Republican Street on the morning of March 25, 2006. He had been invited there after attending the “Better Off Undead” rave at the Capitol Hill Arts Center the night before.

Garden Hotline: Summer bulbs

Imagine strolling through the garden just after sunset on a warm summer night and the moonlight shines on bright white lilies.

Garden Hotline: Summer bulbs

Imagine strolling through the garden just after sunset on a warm summer night and the moonlight shines on bright white lilies.

SIFF Review: 'Hello Destroyer' a bleak, must-see examination of the way men hurt men

“Hello Destroyer,” a Canadian drama playing at the 43rd Seattle International Film Festival, is a film supremely concerned with noise. 

SIFF Review: Tension sizzles, but doesn't ignite, in 'Pyromaniac'

Erik Skjoldbjaerg opens “Pyromaniac” quietly, from the first-person view of a car as it barrels down the road and sets upon a house at the edge of the woods. Inside, an elderly couple tidy their kitchen and untuck their sheets just so as they settle down for the night. They awaken to find their home in flames, the idyllic silence broken by the roar of the fire.

Pramila Jayapal on her first months in office

“I would have liked to be serving in a different Congress with a different president,” she said in a recent interview with Pacific Publishing Company. “But we are where we are.”