Tanisha Sepúlveda, right, and Amara Schermerhorn navigate an especially perilous stretch of sidewalk along 16th Avenue Southwest in West Seattle on Friday. Sepúlveda often rides her power wheelchair in the road because it has fewer obstacles but it can also be risky due to hostile or distracted drivers. Schermerhorn is legally blind and has a hard time seeing surface changes in the pavement. Both advocate for more and better-maintained sidewalks. (Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times)
(Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times)
Naomi Ishisaka

Why you should ditch your car for a week | Naomi Ishisaka

The annual Week Without Driving challenge helps drivers better understand what people with disabilities and others must deal with just to get around, writes columnist Naomi Ishisaka.

Politics

The Nishant family: Smita Nishant and her husband, Nishant Kumar, with Anika Yadav and Atiksh Yadava, in Waukee, Iowa, on Sept. 14, 2023. For the first time in the nation’s history, there are two Indian Americans who are serious presidential contenders – Vivek Ramaswamy and Nikki Haley. (Rachel Mummey/The New York Times)

As Haley and Ramaswamy rise, some Indian Americans have mixed feelings

Opinion

Seattle, you have a spending problem | Op-Ed
Court ruling to keep Dayton library open a win for residents, free speech
Alex Fryer
Where we're at: Far apart on Seattle's drug crisis | Alex Fryer
Why I had to quit working on behalf of crime victims | Op-Ed

Local News

Homes were razed by the Gray Fire on the western shore of Silver Lake on Aug. 31, 2023.

2 WA wildfires’ causes are a mystery. Why do investigations take so long?

Featured Columnist

Why you should ditch your car for a week

Times Watchdog

Toxic legacy of Seattle’s only river could cost Boeing, taxpayers $1 billion. Talks over who pays more are secret
How wildfire risk scoring puts WA homeowners in insurance jeopardy
Historic murder trial of Tacoma police officers begins
Special education school accused of harming kids barred from new admissions

Business & Tech

Shoppers queue up to enter a Costco warehouse Friday, Aug. 4, 2023, in Thornton, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) OTKDZ105

Costco gets into health care business with $29 online visits

Featured Columnist

Harrell’s ‘Space Needle thinking’ needs to aim high

Most Read Stories

Nation & World

In this satellite photo provided by Planet Labs, smoke billows from a headquarters building for the Russian Black Sea fleet in Sevastopol, Crimea on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, after it was struck in a missile attack launched by the Ukrainian military. (Planet Labs via AP) NY696 NY696

Russia’s Black Sea Fleet commander among 34 killed in a missile strike in Crimea, Ukraine claims WATCH

PRODUCED BY ST CONTENT STUDIO

Sponsored

Health

A woman holds two boxes of at-home COVID-19 test kits after a distribution event in December 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Free COVID tests are back. Here's how to order

A letter from our publisher

Community investment and engagement keeps our local free press going