The Seattle Cherry Blossom & Japanese Cultural Festival, part of the Seattle Center Festál series, promotes cross-cultural exchanges and fosters a deeper understanding of Japanese and Japanese American culture and heritage through both traditional and contemporary means.
Can you offer any tips to help seniors save on their auto insurance? I recently turned 70 and got hit with a 25 percent premium increase on my car insurance and am looking for ways to save.
On April 2, after 60 tense minutes of competition in front of a cheering crowd in the Central Library auditorium, the Library Lynx team from Queen Anne Elementary won the title of 2025 Global Reading Challenge city champion.
Thousands of protesters flocked to Seattle Center Saturday for the “Hands Off!” rally. The noise from the massive crowd could be heard from more than a half a mile away. There were approximately 1,300 rallies across the country.
They say death comes in threes. A crazy superstition, one of those fallacies that has no grounding in truth but you secretly believe it anyway. Because I have been waiting for the third shoe to drop, waiting since I lost my nephew last year, and my dad a few months later. And when I say “drop,” I mean it fell from the sky with all the weight and intensity of a meteor landing.
The International Children’s Friendship Festival (ICFF) returns for its 16th year, bringing a vibrant celebration of culture, creativity, and unity to Seattle on April 5- 6. Hosted at the Fisher Pavilion in Seattle Center, ICFF is the largest children’s festival in the Pacific Northwest, where children take center stage as both organizers and performers. The festival is proudly organized by the ICFF committee of the Turkish American Cultural Association of Washington (TACAWA).
Revenue collected last year from Seattle’s payroll expense tax on big businesses was $47 million lower than projected, with Mayor Bruce Harrell implying that large corporations aren’t paying their fair share.
Washington state lawmakers are contemplating an increase in a variety of taxes and fees, including the gas tax and electric vehicle registration fee, to finance its proposed 2025-2027 transportation budget.
My local Social Security office was recently shut down because of staff layoffs and large-scale downsizing by the Department of Government Efficiency. All this disruption makes me very nervous, as I’ll be applying for my Social Security retirement benefits later this year. My question is, how are we supposed to get help with our Social Security questions or problems now that our office is permanently closed? What can you tell me?
Discovery Park is Seattle’s largest green space and a Pacific Northwest jewel, drawing in over a million visitors each year. From families on weekend outings to international tourists marveling at its sweeping views, the urban oasis is a vital refuge within the city’s landscape.
After more than a decade of holding steady, Senate Democrats voted Wednesday to advance a 38% “inflationary adjustment” that would raise the price of hunting and fishing licenses in Washington state if passed by the House.
The Sound Transit Board of Directors voted unanimously Thursday to hire King County Executive Dow Constantine as the agency’s new CEO. Constantine will start his new job on April 1. Sound Transit is the Seattle metropolitan area’s public transit agency and has been without a permanent CEO for more than a year since Julie Timm resigned from the position in January 2024.
What can we do when life upsets us? Take time to notice how often you are upset during the day. You’ll likely see that usually it’s because life upended your expectations. Therapist and author Christine Hassler calls this an “expectation hangover” – the frustration and internal pushback we experience in disappointment. It might be something small, like the café is out of your favorite coffee, or something more challenging.
Just prior to competing transportation budgets being introduced in Olympia this week, the Washington Policy Center put out a policy brief making the case that Washington state, despite increased spending, is failing to meet expectations when it comes to the state’s transportation system.
Finances figured prominently in King County Executive Down Constantine's final State of the County address Wednesday afternoon. He said the county is in good financial standing, but warned tough decisions are coming.