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Seattle Parks: Where’s the Urgency?
Given the challenge, tents everywhere in parks throughout the city, a sense of resignation was not surprising. But there are fixes and many other cities have found them.
Biden and Trudeau Agree to Rescue Porcupine Caribou Herd
The coastal plain has been subject to a 40-year struggle. It is vital to existence of the 100,000-plus animals of the Porcupine herd, but Alaska politicians have long sought to drill in the Refuge.
Pickleball’s Seattle Origins (It’s America’s Fastest-Growing Sport)
Wanting to play badminton one day in his Bainbridge back yard, but lacking a shuttlecock, Joel Pritchard substituted a whiffle ball and fashioned some small wooden rackets.
Cutting Costs at The Seattle Times
In Seattle, the Times is reducing its rented space from four floors to one, but that does not reflect any cuts in personnel so much as the new hybrid work model.
Hugo House Loses its Leader Amid Landmines of ‘Decisional Equity’
"The nonprofit sector must immediately lean away from the precedent of empowering white leaders to act on behalf of Black and Brown people. Period."
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