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Seattle Soundings: Media follies in 2017 and beyond

It’s a holiday season tradition! Here, for the 22nd year (!), is the list of overhyped and underreported stories of the year.

Outside City Hall: The good, bad and ugly: a look back at Seattle politics in 2017 and towards an uncertain future for 2018

They were the best of times; they were the worst of times.  Okay, looking back over the last year at the actions of locally elected leaders, more often it was the worst of times.

A City on a Hill: Looking back on a crazy, strange year

It’s been a crazy, mixed-up, challenging year in the news. Even locally.

Editorial: Twitter should mind its business

Before people read [the Madison Park Times] in print, they have the option of checking out most of our stories online. We make sure to push those stories through our social media accounts. Twitter is probably our best bet of reaching readers on the go.

City settles with one of Ed Murray's sex-abuse accusers

The City of Seattle has announced a $150,000 settlement with one of the men who alleged former Seattle mayor Ed Murray raped and molested them in the 1980s.

Backers of drinks tax make their case

Food access, public health, early learning, and education programs stand to gain from Seattle’s new sweetened beverage tax that went into effect on New Year’s Day.

Charlton receives 28-year prison sentence in 'vicious and cruel' murder

Man killed, dismembered Renton woman in 2016, disposed of body in Central District

Family and friends of Ingrid Lyne sat in a King County courtroom on Friday, wanting John R. Charlton to receive a life sentence for the 2016 murder of the Renton mother of three. Superior Court Judge Julie Spector said she wished that were possible.

Design for Seattle U's new science building revealed

An early schematic design for Seattle University’s Center for Science and Innovation received a mostly positive reception from a standing advisory committee last week.

Madison RapidRide shoots for 2021 service

The Madison Street Bus Rapid Transit corridor is still at least three years away, but plans are becoming more concrete.

Property Views: Strong close to 2017, expect more of same

Last year closed out with a bang — December 2017’s real estate market continued to thrive.

Tree Talk: Streaks of sunshine for the winter garden

Yellow: Considered the most beautiful and prestigious color in Imperial China, yellow was the Emperor’s color.

Real estate market will continue to stay hot in 2018

According to the National Association of Realtors, the sale of homes across the United States is expected to increase 3.7 percent in 2018 compared to 2017. Driving the increase will be a continued lack of housing inventory to purchase.

Ask Ray: New GOP tax plan means fewer deductions for homeowners

Homeownership in the U.S. has been declining for most of the last decade.  According to the October 31st report released by the U.S. Census Bureau, the rate of homeownership in the U.S. is currently 63.9 percent, down from the all-time high of 69.2 percent reached in 2004.  The new GOP tax bill is expected to cause homeownership to decline further.

NW Sports: Move better, feel better this year

It’s a fact that one in two Americans has a musculoskeletal disorder.  As a doctor who diagnoses and treats musculoskeletal disorders every day, it’s no surprise to me why we struggle to keep our muscles and joints healthy:  we don’t move well, and we don’t move often.

Healthy and Active: SMART fitness goals for 2018

Do you have health and fitness goals for 2018? Are you going to exercise more? Eat more vegetables? Drop a few pounds? If you’ve had difficulty meeting goals in the past you should try SMART goal setting. SMART is an acronym for specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time-bound.