AltWeeklies Wire
The Dangerous Lives of Hobosnew
For some people, seeing the country from a boxcar is the ultimate freedom -- but it can come at an ultimate cost.
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
11-02-2006 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Book Dropnew
The state wants to sell Seattle's library for the blind and move it to Olympia. That could reap big profits but lose volunteers.
Seattle Weekly |
Tony Hopfinger |
10-19-2006 |
Education
Tags: Education
Jack-Potnew
Federal law lets the cops pocket anything seized in a drug bust, but when Jane Gerth found a half-million dollars in drug money in Okanogan woods, the rules got more complicated.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
10-19-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Hazard Lightsnew
Moped and scooter jockeys say getting run off the road is nothing unusual.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
10-19-2006 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
The Bodfathernew
Call Frank Colacurcio Sr. Seattle's oldest nude dance purveyor -- but never a mobster.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
10-11-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Joe Bonnano, Referendum 1
Broke as a Smokenew
Powerful state legislators explore ditching the 25-foot rule as barkeeps struggle to weather a butt-free recession.
Seattle Weekly |
Philip Dawdy |
09-27-2006 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
Big Gamenew
Breaking into Washington's Native American gaming gold rush can be a wild west circus -- just ask the Snoqualmie Tribe.
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
09-13-2006 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Wet & Mildnew
We go inside Eastlake's much-ballyhooed drunk residence.
Seattle Weekly |
Philip Dawdy |
09-06-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Help Me, I'm Lostnew
Why doesn't Seattle have a proper bus map?
Seattle Weekly |
Jonathan Kauffman |
08-30-2006 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Expensive Carenew
How do you run up a $17,000 hospital tab without actually being sick?
Seattle Weekly |
Roger Downey |
08-30-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
One Crude Dudenew
With Big Oil reeling from the Prudhoe Bay shutdown, Chuck Hamel can finally say "I told you so."
Seattle Weekly |
Tony Hopfinger |
08-23-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Substance Abusenew
How many licks does it take to get to the center of Seattle's dueling glossies?
Seattle Weekly |
Knute Berger |
08-16-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
Club Pot Mednew
Washington state's vague medical marijuana law has pushed supply underground, gotten patients busted, and confused the heck out of area lawmen.
Seattle Weekly |
Philip Dawdy |
08-16-2006 |
Science
The Rat Patrolnew
From the trailer parks to the sewers, public-health workers are on the job, teaching people to be smarter than rats.
Seattle Weekly |
George Howland Jr. |
08-09-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Breaking the Vicious Cyclenew
Seattle has a reputation as a cycling paradise, but there's a lot that has to be done before bike commuting is truly viable for regular folks.
Seattle Weekly |
David Neiwert |
07-26-2006 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
