Culture Meet the Metropolitans: Seattle’s first world champions VIDEO: A century ago, Seattle's hockey team was the best in the world. But it was no match for the Spanish flu, or plans for a downtown parking garage. by Knute Berger / April 24, 2019
Culture Why Mount Rainier was once called Mount Tacoma In what was a PR battle for the ages, Seattle and Tacoma rivaled over the name of our biggest mountain. by Knute Berger / April 2, 2019
Culture Meet Harry Allen, transgender at-risk youth of yesteryear Allen was a media favorite in his day. by Knute Berger / March 20, 2019
Culture How a PNW cowboy shattered 19th-century gender norms Harry Allen was an outlaw of a different sort. by Knute Berger / March 20, 2019
Environment When Seattle cared more about coal than climate change Today we fight it, but generations ago the city thrived on it. by Knute Berger & Stephen Hegg / March 5, 2019
Culture How Seattle's first alt-weekly once gave voice to a changing city Seattle Weekly founder David Brewster reflects on the newspaper's legacy. by Knute Berger / February 28, 2019
Culture The movement that scorned Seattle's global ambitions 'Lesser Seattle' wanted to keep the city free of pretension — and Californians. by Knute Berger & Stephen Hegg / February 19, 2019
Culture The clock is ticking on WA's aging historical archives Secretary of State Kim Wyman wants to consolidate archives in a new state-of-the-art facility. by Knute Berger / February 12, 2019
Culture Two times crises shut down Seattle Right on the heels of the Spanish flu pandemic, the Seattle General Strike of 1919 brought the city to a halt. by Knute Berger / February 4, 2019
Culture 326-year-old beeswax is washing up on Oregon beaches This ancient shipwreck may have caused the first-ever contact between Europeans and Northwest indigenous peoples. by Knute Berger & Stephen Hegg / January 29, 2019