Opinion
Seattle needs unity. Can Bruce Harrell deliver?
Fixing potholes used to define a good mayor. In today's divided city, the challenges ahead are far more significant.
Knute Berger
Knute “Mossback” Berger is an editor-at-large and host of "Mossback’s Northwest" at Cascade PBS. He writes about politics and regional heritage.
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Environment
In 1931, an orca swam to Portland — and caused a stir
A recent beluga whale sighting had Puget Sound agog. It wasn't the first time a whale visited a Northwest city.
Opinion
50 years later, the fight for Pike Place Market resonates
Once cast as an obstacle to a more modern Seattle, the downtown destination has become the kind of multi-layered urban environment we strive for.
Opinion
We’re living in the age of the megafire
We have a long history of wildfire in the PNW. But megafires are a new thing entirely.
Culture
In Seattle, public health resisters have always pushed back
From sewage to milk to vaccinations, naysayers have always obstructed mandates and measures.