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Change comes to El Salvador, too

Click to view larger Benjamin Dunlap, In the first presidential election in the Americas since the U.S. election last November, the promise of change has again prevailed, this time in El Salvador. On March 15, Salvadorans elected Mauricio Funes of the lef ...

March 25th, 2009 - Will Voinot-Baron
Housing stimulus

The state's public housing authorities will receive $40 million in stimulus funds for housing improvement projects-- a much-needed shot in the arm, according to a statement from Sen. Patty Murray, (D-Wash.), announcing the funding, which was included ...

March 25th, 2009 - Cydney Gillis
Gone, forgotten

"I'm just a poor wayfaring stranger, traveling through this world alone." The lament of the old folk song is etched on a stone bench at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, where the remains of those who died without family to mourn them are buried. This w ...

March 25th, 2009 - Cydney Gillis
Open government

As part of its five-month look at how well the City of Seattle makes public information available to the public, the City Council is reconsidering hearings supposed to take place before it embarks on public-private partnerships or large capital projects. ...

March 25th, 2009 - Cydney Gillis
Light rail builder contests fine for accident

The Sound Transit contractor Obayashi may not have to pay the state any fines stemming from a fatal accident in the Beacon Hill tunnel two years ago. Michael Merryman, 49, died after he was thrown or jumped from a moving locomotive in the tunnel in Februa ...

March 25th, 2009 - Margie Slovan
Soil toil

Click to view larger A laborer at Cedar Grove measures the moisture content of green waste that's about to be added to a heap of compost at their N. Everett facility. On a busy day the plant will take in 1,000 tons of wood, grass clippings, and food ...

March 25th, 2009 - Cydney Gillis
What’s a city to do in recession?

It's a vicious cycle: Home values keep dropping because of the recession, then the homeowner gets laid off and stops making payments. Selling the home would be an escape, but many owners find they can't: They owe more on the mortgage than the ho ...

March 25th, 2009 - Cydney Gillis
Seven minutes and 17 seconds with Tavis Smiley

Click to view larger Tavis Smiley, formerly of NPR and currently hosting his own talk show on PBS, drew hundreds to the Seattle Public Library on March 12. He held a town hall meeting to discuss his new book, "Accountable: Making America as Good as i ...

March 25th, 2009 - Rosette Royale
Street Watch

Wed., Feb. 11, 10:30 a.m., E. Interlaken Dr. Officers responded to the greenbelt area of E. Interlaken Dr. to remove a transient camper at the request of the Seattle Parks Department. The witness, a Parks employee, said that he had placed a notice to vaca ...

March 25th, 2009 - Emma Quinn
Vendor of the Week: James Fuller

Click to view larger James Fuller, Vendor of the Week. "Keep that smile going now!" he tells passersby. That's James. Cheerful, kind-hearted and friendly; he's a neighborhood favorite for customers and staff alike at the Fremont PCC. & ...

March 25th, 2009 - Alex Becker