Arts & Life Seattle brewery crafts Chinese culture in every drop of this Lunar New Year beer With a special connection to Lunar New Year, one Seattle brewery incorporates Chinese culture into every bottle of beer coming from its Ballard tap house. Patricia Murphy Clare McGrane Play AudioListen 13 mins
Business MeWow! These feral Seattle cats are hunting mice in local breweries A crew of feral cats placed in breweries and industrial sites are keeping pests away. Katie Campbell
Arts & Life Craft nonalcoholic scene is brewing in Seattle, just don't call it a 'mocktail' Are you sober curious? Perhaps you're more health oriented, or just want to lay off the sauce for dry January. It is currently quite easy to go nonalcoholic in Seattle amid a modern age of mocktails throughout the city's bars. Dyer Oxley
Crime From informant for prohibition agents to the wife of Seattle’s biggest rumrunner. The amazing story of Elise Olmstead Alongside Seattle bootlegger Roy Olmstead, somewhat hidden in his larger-than-life shadow, was his second wife, Elise, often known as Elsie. And her story, like those of so many other women, is just as fascinating in its own right, though it's less often told. Kate Walters Play AudioListen 8 mins
Arts & Life Mushrooms are abundant in Puget Sound. Here's how to forage them ethically Puget Sound mushroom clubs are proud to be some of the biggest in the country. Our rainy climate helps a wide variety of fungi thrive in the wild, and the enthusiasts who collect them help the knowledge of fungi spread like spores on your fridge’s leftovers. But picking mushrooms isn't a no-impact activity — so how can you forage like the pros? Libby Denkmann Alec Cowan Play AudioListen 9 mins
Government With dogs and radar, volunteers search for remains at Mool-Mool, or Fort Simcoe State Park Since time immemorial, Native Tribes in the Columbia Basin met at a village crossroads called Mool-Mool. In the wake of the Yakama Treaty of 1855, the site was of continual use as a U.S. military outpost, and for decades, the grounds included a boarding school operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, where children from the Yakama Nation were forced to attend. Today, volunteers and Yakama descendants are searching the 200-acre park for their relatives' remains. Anna King Libby Denkmann Alec Cowan Play AudioListen 18 mins
Government A snowplow dry run through Seattle with Big Pete in the Big Pete Snow plow drivers who work for Seattle’s Department of Transportation are out doing dry runs through the city, preparing for potential snow and ice this winter. The department says about 130 people will work to keep hundreds of miles of city streets clear. Casey Martin
Arts & Life The love story that grew Seattle's 'secret garden' Since 1972, the Streissguth Gardens have become one of Seattle’s most unique landmarks. The gardens take up a full acre of hillside just west of Capitol Hill’s Volunteer Park. If you’ve spent a morning running up the long Blaine Street Stairs, you’ve passed right by the gardens. But the story of how this unorthodox public garden came to be is one of coincidence, love, and perhaps a bit of magic. Diana Opong Alec Cowan Play AudioListen 14 mins
Government This water taxi captain prevented a runaway barge from ramming into downtown Seattle. Here's his account Captain Dan Krehbiel was steering a water taxi boat from West Seattle on Thursday when he spotted a runaway barge -- a six-story wall of steel containers -- headed at a clipped pace of the Great Wheel and the Seattle Aquarium. What follows is Krehbiel’s account of what happened. Patricia Murphy Jason Pagano Play AudioListen 9 mins
Business It's in the bag! Washington's best baggers perform great grocery feats This week, Washington state’s five top grocery baggers faced off in Shoreline for a chance to represent the Evergreen State on the national stage. Ruby de Luna
