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Laurelhurst Community Council Will Support Ending Policy that Reduces Helicopter Landings at Seattle Children’s Hospital
All It Took Was Some Bad Publicity
For more than 30 years, Seattle Children’s Hospital has abided by a voluntary agreement with the Laurelhurst Community Council (LCC) and the city to restrict which medevac helicopter flights carrying sick children can land directly at the hospital to the most serious cases. A Reddit post last week brought this long-standing agreement to the public’s…
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What’s the State of SIFF in 2026?
The festival has been through its worst year in recent memory, and they have a smaller festival to show for it. But looking forward, staff are cautiously optimistic.
SIFF Cinema Workers Union Still Want a Fair Contract
Cinema staff are calling for public support just as the annual festival gets underway.
Laurelhurst Community Council Isn’t Sure Helicopters Need to Land Sick Kids at the Hospital
They Took Down Their Website, But Not Before We Downloaded Their Meeting Minutes
Impoverished Journalists Threaten Strike Across Pacific Northwest
Media Workers in Tacoma, Olympia, Bellingham, Tri-Cities and Boise Say Newspaper Owner McClatchy Media Won’t Pay Living Wage
Once a Year, Seattle Center Becomes a Medical Clinic
The line for the free Seattle/King County Clinic starts the night before it opens, treating thousands of patients.
Who Are the Millionaires Suing to Stop Our New Millionaire’s Tax?
It’s a rogues’ gallery of plantation owners, real-estate developers, and Koch network tentacles.
Bait Shop Is Looking for a New Place
But Hopes to Stay on Capitol Hill
WATCH: Seattle-Based Photographer Nate Gowdy on Documenting ICE in Minneapolis
“Five years earlier, on January 6, 2021, I photographed the pro-Trump mob as thousands laid siege to the United States Capitol,” he writes. “In Minnesota, the fear worked differently.”
Stop Putting Soap in the Fountain in Waterfront Park
It’s Not Even Clever, Okay?
Which Democrats Killed the Bill for Farmworkers Rights?
The ‘Who’ Is Opaque, but the ‘Why’ Comes Down to the Ag Industry’s Propaganda
Mayor Katie Wilson Announces a Summer Full of Bike Supremacy
We’ll Have More Bicycle Weekends on Lake Washington Boulevard Than Ever Before
Whatever Happened to the Abortion Pill Stockpile?
30,000 doses expired in January. A new policy could keep that from happening again.
There’s a New Fungus Among Us
TMI? No, TMVII, the Sexually Transmissible Ringworm!
Washington State Has a Public Defense Crisis
The State Could Get McCleary’d Again
Ahead of World Cup, Homeland Security Secretary Threatens to Stop Processing All International Arrivals in “Sanctuary Cities”
Hosting the World Cup under the Trump Administration Continues to be a Nightmare
If You Can’t Beat ’Em, Join ’Em
Brandi Kruse tried to join the Olympia press corps she despises. It didn’t work.
The Washington State Supreme Court Races Are a BFD This Year
They’re the Most Important State Races in 2026 and No One Knows Anything About Them
Did Your Elected Representative Vote for You or Your Boss? Washington State Labor Council Releases 2026 Legislative Scorecard
Plus, the Lowest-Scoring Democrat and Highest-Scoring Republican
Portland and Seattle Magazines Bought up by Michigan Media Company
New owners cut deep into already struggling Seattle Met and Portland Monthly editorial teams.
UW Librarians and University Press Staff Walk Out
Docs Show Familiar Pattern of Anti-Worker Behavior From UW
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