Seattle & King County
Fremont's corporate takeover: Biker bars give way to big banks
Once we were old and funky: A Fremont institution's closing stirs nostalgia. Not so long ago, it was the "big business" interloper.
Eric Scigliano
Eric Scigliano's reporting on social and environmental issues for The Weekly (later Seattle Weekly) won Livingston, Kennedy, American Association for the Advancement of Scie
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Culture
A local comic brew debuts online. Just don't call it 'Seattleandia'.
'Local Brew' delivers real laughs and captures real Seattle moments. Best of all, it revives the shambolic, do-it-yourself spirit that made Seattle fun.
Tech
How Sound Transit could build a promised station for SE Seattle
The money is there, because of a budget surplus. Even though ST originally planned for the Graham Street station, don't count on the agency doing what it should.
Politics
Do we really want more flashy digital billboards?
King County and the city of Tacoma are considering whether to allow bright, image-flipping electronic billboards recalling those seen along I-5 near Fife in Pierce County. Critics, including some suburban cities, are fighting the idea of "billboards on amphetamines."