by Vee Hua 華婷婷
by Julia Park
Former HistoryLink Executive Director Marie McCaffrey had been training her successor for six years to take her place.
“If the institution cannot survive the founder, it is not successful,” McCaffrey said. “So I really had my eye on that.”
The online encyclopedia with over 8,000 articles covering various topics in Washington State history is used by journalists, educators, students, politicians, and even real estate agents. Formally launched in 1999 by McCaffrey, her husband Walt Crowley, and historian Paul Dorpat, the organization just celebrated its 25th anniversary as McCaffrey hands the reins over to her assistant director of over six years, Jennifer Ott.
Continue reading HistoryLink Celebrates 25 Years, Welcomes New Executive Directorby Lauryn Bray
King County Executive Dow Constantine has announced that King County will be providing an additional $1 million in emergency funding to support refugee families in Tukwila. After an application process that will run through March 12, the County will select one or more nonprofit organizations to contract with to provide temporary housing, food, support, and legal services. Money for the $1 million grant will be taken out of the $5 million committed to address homelessness in cities in South King County.
“Last year, King County stepped up to provide urgent assistance to Tukwila that would support people facing the winter months outside. While this additional $1 million in funding will help in the near term, the full-scale response and infrastructure needed for this ongoing situation requires additional federal leadership and partnership with the State,” said Constantine in a press release.
Continue reading King County Announces $1 Million in Additional Support for Asylees and Refugees in Tukwilaby Vee Hua 華婷婷
by Alex Garland
In eastern King County, a mountainside forest holds an unlikely approach to sustainability and ecological restoration. There, a decades-long project converts poop into profit, yielding bigger trees and potentially lowering taxes.
Continue reading The Royal Flush: How a King County Project Turns Our Waste Into a Rich Environmental and Agricultural Resourceby Jenn Ngeth
Seattle is known worldwide for coffee (no shocker there) and is almost synonymous with Starbucks. But in the last decade, we’ve seen an increase in BIPOC-owned specialty cafes proudly reclaiming their unique, intimate ties to the beverage. Coffee culture isn’t just the stereotypical “tattooed hipster white guy who drinks a breve” anymore.
Continue reading The Emerald’s Guide to South End Coffee Shopsby Vee Hua 華婷婷
by Guy Oron
(This article was originally published on Real Change and has been reprinted under an agreement.)
In addition to candidate Sofia Aragon, Real Change also interviewed candidate Teresa Mosqueda.
King County is the largest county in the state of Washington, and its government is responsible for providing key services like public health and bus transportation to more than 2.25 million residents. In most of the county, which overlaps with 39 cities and towns, the King County Council has limited authority. However, for about a quarter million residents of the county’s unincorporated areas, the council has direct control.
Because of this limited reach, the King County Council has historically been a less attractive post for politicians. This year, however, there are multiple contested races.
Continue reading King County District 8 Candidate Sofia Aragon Talks to Real Changeby Bruce L. Davidson M.D., M.P.H.
Have you wondered why that ill-kempt shirtless man shouting on the street isn’t in a hospital somewhere? If he were convulsing or sitting up clutching his chest instead, he would have been phoned in to Medic One and whisked away. But he’s on his own since so many inpatient mental health facilities and beds were taken away nationwide when bad conditions were revealed during the 1970s.
Continue reading OPINION | Why the Shirtless Man Shouting on the Street Isn’t in the Hospitalby Angelina Snodgrass Godoy
On Tuesday, May 2, ICE resumed its deportation flights out of King County’s Boeing Field. This is the shameful result of a federal judge’s ruling last month that despite known abuses on deportation flights, the County is not allowed to decline to participate in them, as it did when Dow Constantine issued an executive order in May 2019. (Since that time, deportation flights have been routed through Yakima.)
Continue reading OPINION | King County, Port of Seattle Must Demand Humane Conditions for ICE Deportation Flights
