Culture 'Zero net energy' homes: an experiment in Issaquah An artist's drawing of the proposed zHome townhouses in Issaquah, Wash. (Howland Housing) by Francesca Lyman / October 7, 2008
Culture The lore behind Washington’s spookiest historic haunts From Port Townsend to Pioneer Square, visit supernatural hotels frequented by ghost hunters from across the country this Halloween. by Francesca Lyman / October 20, 2023
Fiddler on the Roof: Can tradition balance turbulence? Village Theatre's production of Fiddler on the Roof by Francesca Lyman / December 17, 2012
Culture Musical revival captures Twain, Americana, U.S. racial history Huck (Randy Scholz) and, right, Jim (Rodney Hicks) in Village Theatre's "Big River." by Francesca Lyman / November 15, 2012
News Value Village claims First Amendment right in Washington lawsuit The attorney general has surveyed 400 customers to bolster claims that the Bellevue-based thrift chain is misleading donors and consumers. by Francesca Lyman Investigate West / January 17, 2019 / Updated Jan. 18 at 5:50 p.m.
Opinion What the Seattle General Strike can teach workers today There are lessons we could apply to today's Seattle, which faces many of the same issues of 1919. by Alex Gallo-Brown / January 30, 2019
Culture Booming Bothell says goodbye to quaint Country Village After 40 years, the iconic mix of shops will soon be razed for townhomes. by Francesca Lyman / April 3, 2019
Opinion The Seattle I thought I knew The Seattle I grew up in was far from perfect, but its recent reaction to the head tax has shaken me to the core. by Alex Gallo-Brown / June 12, 2018
News WA Supreme Court to hear fraud case concerning Value Village The state says the for-profit thrift store chain wrapped itself in ‘a charitable veneer’ and violated consumer protection laws. The company says it’s done nothing wrong. by Francesca Lyman InvestigateWest / April 20, 2022
Culture Remembering the Wobblies, the labor union radicals of the early 1900s In a new novel by Jess Walter, the personal and the political collide during a historic, and still relevant, labor battle in Spokane. by Alex Gallo-Brown / December 31, 2020