AltWeeklies Wire
The Rip-Off Continuesnew
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has come out with a proposal for settling Enron's claims in Washington -- and it stinks.
Seattle Weekly |
Geov Parrish |
04-26-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Immigration Prison Purgatorynew
The government has jailed family-supporting, lifelong U.S. residents who seem as American as the next person -- but can't prove it.
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
04-26-2006 |
Immigration
The Seattle Oil Tycoonnew
An update of Paul Allen's world: pipelines, insurance, and maybe some bankruptcy.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
04-19-2006 |
Business & Labor
Bacterial Mysterynew
A spike in deaths due to flesh-eating disease puzzles Seattle-area health officials.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
04-12-2006 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Tangled Webbnew
Accused of insurance fraud, a former progressive talk-show host faces a criminal trial -- but that's not the only quirk of his radio career.
Seattle Weekly |
Geov Parrish |
04-12-2006 |
Media
Tags: KIRO-AM, Michael Webb
Hearst Has a Heartnew
After three costly years of head-butting in court, the Seattle Times Co. and Hearst Corp., owner of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, are pinning their papers' destiny on an outside arbitrator.
Seattle Weekly |
Bill Richards |
04-05-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
Supreme Retortnew
While on the lam, cranky journalist Paul Trummel scores a First Amendment victory.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
04-05-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
Warm Globally, Act Locallynew
Seattle officials deserve credit for positing initial changes and for drawing attention to the problem of global warming, but even they have to go much farther.
Seattle Weekly |
Geov Parrish |
03-29-2006 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Outcast Among Outcastsnew
Seattle's rave community tried to embrace Kyle Huff -- but it seems he was stalking them.
Seattle Weekly |
Philip Dawdy |
03-29-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Seattle's Mass Killernew
Police have questioned the twin brother of a man who shot six young people and then himself.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson and Philip Dawdy |
03-27-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Tent City Showdownnew
The Seattle government faces off with the homeless group SHARE/WHEEL.
Seattle Weekly |
Philip Dawdy |
03-22-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Iraq by the Numbersnew
Being at war for three years has many costs.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
03-22-2006 |
War
The Shield Bill's Demisenew
A bill that would have protected journalists from having to disclose confidential sources mysteriously dies in the Washington state Senate.
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
03-15-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
McClatchy Moves Innew
Now in four cities, McClatchy is the most widespread newspaper chain in Washington state -- so what happens to its minority Seattle Times stake?
Seattle Weekly |
Bill Richards |
03-15-2006 |
Media
Microsoft's Big Betnew
Although the latest version of Microsoft Windows is more than six months from shipping, company brass already have christened Vista as the biggest and best Windows release since Windows 95.
Seattle Weekly |
Mary Jo Foley |
03-15-2006 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
