Biden administration halts sale of National Archives in Seattle WATCH
The announcement followed a 14-month campaign to stop the move out of state of the histories of 272 federally recognized tribes as well as all...
Erik Lacitis
In your driveway or plunked down in Seattle’s Lumen Field. This app lets you put the Suez Canal-blocking ship anywhere VIEW
With the EverGivenEveryWhere app, which uses Google Maps, you can place the ship anywhere in the world, and see how it fits.
Northwest senators introduce bill to halt sale of National Archives at Seattle
A bill introduced by U.S. Sen. Patty Murray targets the sale of the 10-acre facility by stating federal property cannot not be sold without consultation...
Borracchini’s Bakery, a Seattle destination for almost a century, is closed for good VIEW
The pandemic has taken down another business — this one, a destination for generations of Seattleites with both a sweet tooth and a sense of...
She got $662/month to run a tiny Washington town post office. When asked for more, USPS shut it down. VIEW
The Postal Service, as has been well publicized, has been losing money and shedding post offices. When this post office on Washington's Long Beach Peninsula...
Stop sale of Seattle’s National Archives treasure trove, members of Congress tell feds
A letter sent to the Office of Management and Budget asks that it "take immediate action to reverse OMB’s prior approval of the sale” of...
Sleepless in pandemic Seattle? Tell us your story.
Amid the pandemic, many people have experienced changed sleeping patterns and more sleepiness, as well as nightmares and impacts on mental health. Seattle Times reporter...
Rethinking ‘man’s best friend’: WSU research shows the importance of dogs in women’s lives
A revision on the old saying about dogs being a man’s best friend: They’re actually a woman’s best friend, according to WSU anthropologists who analyzed...
How Seattle has claimed fame in the national spotlight through the years VIEW
Erik Lacitis revisits the ways Seattle has been portrayed in the media, from one man's Klondike Gold Rush public-relations campaign to the emergence of Microsoft,...
Seattle touts itself as the country’s most literate, most educated city. Whoa. We used to be pretty rough.
While researching the ways others have viewed Seattle over the years, Erik Lacitis found an opinion from our own 1863-66 University of Washington president, who...