Category Archives: Seattle history

Looming spotlight: Seattle suburb vote on $15 minimum wage

Posted on by July 6, 2014
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City of SeaTac measure may draw national attention

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Seattle again tops ‘America’s most miserable sports cities’

Posted on by July 6, 2014
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Annual Forbes list measures elusive pro sports championships

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Reddit post about Seattle race relations creates quite a stir

Posted on by July 6, 2014
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Unkind comments attributed to Central District neighbors trigger illuminating thread

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Seattle area had a mirror Roswell Incident–and just as valid

Posted on by May 29, 2017
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Bogus birds of a feather flock together

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Monumental Seattle (Part 4)

Posted on by July 6, 2014
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Public art depicts nothing–or something

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Monumental Seattle (Part 3)

Posted on by July 6, 2014
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Did you know about the local tribute to Confederate veterans?

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Folks in Seattle don’t dress for the rain

Posted on by September 25, 2014
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Umbrellas and raincoats are rarely seen.

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Stamping out bad notaries around Seattle

Posted on by July 5, 2014
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Loose practices lead to dozens of sanctions

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A song in ‘The Music Man’ suggests ‘Seattle Stubborn’

Posted on by May 30, 2015
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Famous tune in local production evokes thoughts of the Seattle Freeze

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Seattle influence in, of all places, Antarctica

Posted on by July 6, 2014
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More than a dozen features are named for local persons

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Seattle media go nuts over prediction of minimal rain

Posted on by July 6, 2014
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Prediction of minor weather event tops local news

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The usual suspects of Seattle (plus others)

Posted on by July 6, 2014
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Bruce Nordstrom climbs onto the Forbes 400 list, but what about his sister?

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Chief Seattle statue’s 100th birthday recalls city’s grabby origins

Posted on by September 9, 2023
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Realizing the inevitable, he made the best of a bad situation

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Does a 1941 description of Seattle still ring true?

Posted on by May 30, 2015
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‘Farthest Reach,’ by Nancy Wilson Ross, provided an unflattering view

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New-arena debate in Seattle involves city’s self-image

Posted on by July 6, 2014
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Do residents want a big-time city, or not?

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Seattle’s love-hate relationship with its downtown waterfront

Posted on by July 6, 2014
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Tourists seem more interested in it than the locals.

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Monumental Seattle

Posted on by July 6, 2014
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The city’s considerable number of public statues and memorials is revealing

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Different search engines see a different Seattle

Posted on by July 6, 2014
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Inclusions and omissions are interesting

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Seattle by the numbers

Posted on by May 30, 2015
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Answers to questions I get asked by friends elsewhere

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Blogging the blogs of Seattle

Posted on by July 7, 2014
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Here are my periodic picks for the best

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