The Seattle TimesAlyssa McLemore's family has searched for her since she went missing 10 years ago. Now, with the support of the grassroots MMIW movement and renewed efforts of the Washington State Patrol, they hope to find answers. (Lauren Frohne & Bettina Hansen)
Not Invisible Episode 5: An open woundThe Seattle Times2020-10-20 | Alyssa McLemore's family has searched for her since she went missing 10 years ago. Now, with the support of the grassroots MMIW movement and renewed efforts of the Washington State Patrol, they hope to find answers. (Lauren Frohne & Bettina Hansen)
projects.seattletimes.com/2019/mmiwMeet the older activists hoping to save Washingtons legacy forestsThe Seattle Times2024-10-15 | As the debate over Washington's legacy forests continues, a group of retirees, mostly in their 60s, 70s and 80s, take matters into their own hands, bushwhacking through an old forest to remove survey markers and boundary signs in hopes of delaying, or even stopping, a Department of Natural Resources timber sale.
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Read more about Washington’s fight over the old growth of tomorrow: seattletimes.com/seattle-news/climate-lab/was-fight-over-the-old-growth-forests-of-tomorrowSeattle double Dutch jump rope group turns outdoor fitness into a partyThe Seattle Times2024-10-14 | When Angie Mosley started double Dutch jump roping with her friends during the pandemic, she never expected it to become her life's work. Now as the founder and CEO of Double Dutch Divas, she and her fellow coaches are bringing the joy of jump roping to Seattle communities as a way to get moving.
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Read more: seattletimes.com/life/culture/watch-seattle-jump-rope-group-turns-outdoor-fitness-into-a-partyWatch Live: Washington gubernatorial debate with Bob Ferguson and Dave ReichertThe Seattle Times2024-09-11 | Watch Washington gubernatorial candidates Bob Ferguson and Dave Reichert in a live debate hosted by The Seattle Times and other media partners about the top issues facing Washington voters. The debate will start on September 10 at 8 p.m., after the presidential debate.Pioneer fire spreads to Stehekin in WashingtonThe Seattle Times2024-08-09 | Crews use helicopters and airplanes to drop water on the Pioneer fire, which spread to Stehekin on Monday, August 5.
Originally published Aug. 5, 2023What is it like to fly with the Blue Angels?The Seattle Times2024-07-30 | Seattle Times writer Vonnai Phair joined the Blue Angels for a demo flight in advance of Seafair in Seattle, Washington.
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Originally published Aug 4, 2022
Read more: seattletimes.com/life/lifestyle/whats-it-like-to-fly-with-the-blue-angels-at-seafair-we-hopped-on-an-f-a-18-to-find-outTrump whisked off stage after shooting at rallyThe Seattle Times2024-07-14 | Donald Trump was whisked off the stage at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania after apparent gunshots rang through the crowd. (Associated Press)Stop drinking the water: Spokane residents face uncertainty with PFAS in their wellsThe Seattle Times2024-07-09 | In 2017, PFAS were detected in underground water at Fairchild Air Force Base and Spokane International Airport. With few answers about the scope of contamination, residents are unsure their water is safe to drink.
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---- Watch more Seattle Times video at seattletimes.com/videoThe stylists making Seattle an oasis for Black hair careThe Seattle Times2024-07-02 | Black women sometimes drive hours to see Jackie Page Christian at Six17 Salon in Seattle. Lashawn Jenkins, who styles hair in Bellevue, says the same thing. The Seattle-area hairstylists are helping clients find pride, identity and community in their natural hair."
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---- Watch more Seattle Times video at seattletimes.com/videoClimbing mountains through recoveryThe Seattle Times2024-06-24 | Gladys Barillas-Reyes learns new skills to cope with her history as a participant in the Recovery Beyond program which provides support and community for those in long-term sobriety.
00:00 - Intro 00:35 - Education 10:30 - Climate Commitment Act 16:00 - Washington state ferry system 18:42 - Transportation revenues 22:42 - Behavioral health 27:53 - Civil commitment threshold 29:03 - Homelessness 35:40 - Drug use prevention 38:58 - Policing 43:27 - Qualified immunity 46:20 - Long-term care program alternatives 50:29 - Capital gains tax 56:22 - Journalism fellowships and grants 01:01:13 - Presidential election 01:03:04 - Final commentsSemi Bird gubernatorial candidate interviewThe Seattle Times2024-06-09 | Semi Bird, a former Richland School Board member, is running for governor of Washington in 2024. The Seattle Times editorial board interviewed him about a range of topics. See below for bookmarks.
00:00 - Intro 00:18 - Education 13:37 - Climate Commitment Act 21:35 - Washington state ferry system 25:50 - Behavioral health 30:43 - Civicl commitment threshold 32:10 - Homelessness and housing 36:52 - Drug use prevention 40:25 - Policing 41:14 - Qualified immunity 44:00 - Capital gains tax 46:31 - Long-term care program alternatives 49:15 - Semi Bird’s qualifications 54:08 - Mask mandate and Open public meetings acts 01:01:18 - Misdemeanor conviction 01:05:15 - Presidential election 01:06:05 - Final commentsBob Ferguson gubernatorial candidate interviewThe Seattle Times2024-06-09 | Bob Ferguson, Washington's attorney general, is running for governor in 2024. The Seattle Times editorial board interviewed him about a range of topics. See below for bookmarks.
00:00 - Intro 00:30 - Education 10:38 - Climate Commitment Act 17:35 - Washington state ferry system 22:36 - Culverts and fish passages 27:18 - Behavioral health 34:09 - Housing and Homelessness 38:45 - UW protests 42:34 - Drug criminalization 47:55 - Foster care 51:17 - Campaign funding 54:24 - Boeing 55:46 - WA Cares 57:40 - Executive privilege 01:01:45 - Final commentsDave Reichert gubernatorial candidate interviewThe Seattle Times2024-06-09 | Dave Reichert, the former congressman and King County sheriff, is running for governor of Washington in 2024. The Seattle Times editorial board interviewed him about a range of topics. See below for bookmarks.
00:00 - Intro 00:58 - Education 16:25 - Climate Commitment Act 22:00 - Transportation 26:28 - Washington state ferry system 28:32 - Behavioral health 38:48 - Civil commitment threshold 39:42 - Homelessness 45:40 - Drug criminalization and prevention 53:44 - Policing 01:02:25 - WA Cares 01:04:55 - Abortion 01:07:15 - Presidential election 01:11:40 - Final commentsTo heal a forest: The fight for salmon parksThe Seattle Times2024-05-21 | First Nations managed forests on Vancouver and Nootka islands for thousands of years. As logging encroached on the last untouched salmon stream in their traditional territory, leaders of the Nuchatlaht Tribe launched a movement to heal and protect this land.
---------- Watch more from Seattle Times Video: seattletimes.com/videoGeomagnetic storm brings aurora borealis to Seattle skiesThe Seattle Times2024-05-14 | Seattle-area stargazers on Alki Beach watched the aurora borealis dance across the sky above Puget Sound on Friday evening and early Saturday morning, as a strong solar storm hit Earth.
---------- Watch more from Seattle Times Video: seattletimes.com/videoSeattle artist Baso Fibonacci paints on fentanyl-stained foils to make a pointThe Seattle Times2024-05-09 | In his series "Seattle's Got the Blues," Seattle artist Baso Fibonacci has painted 203 skulls on used fentanyl foils stained with brown residue. Each one represents a person who died from a fentanyl-involved overdose in downtown Seattle last year.
---------- Watch more from Seattle Times Video: seattletimes.com/videoFinding Lillian: The lost patients of Washington’s abandoned mental hospitalThe Seattle Times2024-04-18 | He uncovered 200 headstones. She was searching for remnants about her great-grandmother’s life. This documentary follows two people's consuming quest to unearth the truth about Northern State Hospital and revive the stories of its forgotten patients.
This video was originally published July 16, 2023.
---------- Watch more from Seattle Times Video: seattletimes.com/videoThe first greens of spring: Harvesting nettles in the Pacific NorthwestThe Seattle Times2024-04-12 | "Our foods are our teachers" — As spring breaks through the cold, gray skies of the Pacific Northwest winter, Native foods educator and Muckleshoot Indian Tribe member Valerie Segrest harvests nettles with her two young daughters, teaching them how to sustainably cultivate these greens that deliver essential nutrition and medicine.
---------- Watch more from Seattle Times Video: seattletimes.com/videoConnecting with the land through camasThe Seattle Times2024-04-08 | Native people have cultivated prairies and harvested the roots of camas flowers for thousands of years. Native plants educator and Spokane tribal member Elizabeth Campbell joined an intertribal group of diggers to tend to the prairie at Glacial Heritage Preserve, aerating the soil around the camas and gathering bulbs to feast on together.
--------- Watch more from Seattle Times Video: seattletimes.com/videoA forest rises from the Oso landslide debris fieldThe Seattle Times2024-04-05 | Ten years after the Oso landslide devastated a community along the Stillaguamish River, scientists see signs of a "reset for the landscape" that allows wildlife to thrive in a newly diverse habitat.
---------- Watch more from Seattle Times Video: seattletimes.com/videoWatch elk, martens, moose and more use wildlife crossings over and under I-90The Seattle Times2024-04-01 | For wildlife that once freely roamed the Cascade crest from Canada to Oregon, Interstate 90 was an impassable barrier. Now, with wildlife crossings over and under the highway, thousands of animals can safely traverse the interstate. Watch elk, martens, coyotes, moose and more run, play and graze through these crossings.
(Video courtesy of WSDOT and Conservation NW, edited by Lauren Frohne / The Seattle Times)
---------- Watch more from Seattle Times Video: seattletimes.com/videoAfghan woman in Seattle area fights to become Olympic boxerThe Seattle Times2024-03-29 | Forced out of Kabul by Taliban rule, Seema Rezai, a young female boxer, continues her training in Washington. Rezai hopes to compete in the Olympics as a refugee, and to inspire other Afghan women by becoming the first female Afghan medalist in the Games.
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---------- Watch more from Seattle Times Video: seattletimes.com/videoThe old-growth expert and the forests he vowed to protectThe Seattle Times2024-03-25 | When Jerry Franklin was just a boy, he vowed to protect the forests and trees he saw as his friends. During his career as a forest ecologist, his research into the unique attributes of old growth Douglas fir forests led to the protection of millions of acres of ancient forests in the Pacific Northwest.
---------- Watch more from Seattle Times Video: seattletimes.com/videoA Washington town’s proactive approach to mental health care starts on the streetThe Seattle Times2024-03-19 | As the sole embedded clinical social worker with the Mount Vernon Police Department, Erin von Fempe provides long-term care and resources to people dealing with addiction, homelessness and mental health issues that go beyond immediate crisis response.
---------- Watch more from Seattle Times Video: seattletimes.com/videoOso landslide video: Devastated site memorializes victims, teaches about risksThe Seattle Times2024-03-18 | Ten years after a catastrophic landslide killed 43 people in the Steelhead Haven neighborhood, a new memorial offers a place for reflection. Meanwhile, scientists work to better understand what caused the Oso landslide to try to avoid deadly disasters elsewhere.
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---------- Watch more from Seattle Times Video: seattletimes.com/videoFamily finds freedom, joy in WA after fleeing anti-trans legislation in TexasThe Seattle Times2024-03-15 | This family left their Texas home and moved to the Seattle area to protect their transgender daughter from anti-trans legislation. A year after the move, they share their story. (Erika Schultz & Lauren Frohne / The Seattle Times)
---------- Watch more from Seattle Times Video: seattletimes.com/videoTRAILER: Lost Patients: A podcast from The Seattle Times and KUOW #shortsThe Seattle Times2024-03-12 | In a new podcast called “Lost Patients,” launching March 12, journalists from The Seattle Times and @KUOW investigate why mental health care in Washington is the way it is, and what we might do to improve it.
The 6-part series, hosted and reported by Will James at KUOW with Seattle Times investigative reporter Sydney Brownstone and former Seattle Times Mental Health Project reporter Esmy Jimenez, examines the difficulties of treating serious mental illness through the lens of Seattle’s past, present and future.
(Image by Alicia Villa)Why cedar is sacred to Pacific Northwest tribesThe Seattle Times2024-03-08 | For millennia, cedar trees have been a source of identity to Indigenous people, providing shelter, medicine, clothing and transportation. Gail White Eagle, a master cultural traditions specialist and master weaver with the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe, shares how she weaves bark harvested from the culturally modified trees.
---------- Watch more from Seattle Times Video: seattletimes.com/videoA voice for the salmon: Boldt decision goes deeper than the right to fishThe Seattle Times2024-03-06 | Fifty years ago, federal Judge George Boldt affirmed tribal treaty fishing rights in Washington state in a landmark decision. Today, tribal members working toward salmon recovery remember the violent struggle of their elders and share why the Boldt decision goes much deeper than the right to fish.
---------- Watch more from Seattle Times Video: seattletimes.com/videoFreeing the Klamath RiverThe Seattle Times2024-03-05 | Following the largest fish die-off in U.S. history, a decades-long fight for dam removal on the Klamath River aims to return healthy water to the tribes and wildlife who depend on it.
0:00 The Creator’s Country 1:14 A river cut in half 2:14 Removing the dams 2:50 Subsisting off the river 4:22 Protecting tribal rights 5:25 The 2002 fish-kill 7:47 Restoring riverine habitatNot Sick Enough: A teens story of finding treatment for an eating disorderThe Seattle Times2024-03-01 | Seven months after 15-year-old Medin was diagnosed with anorexia nervosa, she was finally accepted into treatment. Then, almost immediately, a denial notice from her insurer arrived. Her Medicaid plan determined she wasn’t thin enough to get the treatment recommended by her doctor. Now 17, she tells her own story in this animated video.
(Produced by Jennifer Luxton, Lauren Frohne & Hannah Furfaro / The Seattle Times)
This story originally published on September 10, 2023.
---------- Watch more from Seattle Times Video: seattletimes.com/videoAre seals and sea lions affecting salmon recovery in the Salish Sea?The Seattle Times2024-03-01 | Record numbers of seals and sea lions have increased their predation on salmon, likely hindering the recovery of struggling salmon populations in the Salish Sea. A report from Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife suggests lethal removal of the animals to study their true effect on the fish.
---------- Watch more from Seattle Times Video: seattletimes.com/videoTacoma’s Catluminati talks TikTok fame, holdable cats and nose boopsThe Seattle Times2024-02-28 | Christopher Watson, now better known as "Catluminati," has built a social media following of over two million with wholesome videos of his meet-and-greets with neighborhood cats. Follow along on one of his signature "cat walks" and as he charms Seattle cats as a featured guest at the Sea-Meow cat convention.
--------- Watch more from Seattle Times Video: seattletimes.com/videoBehind the scenes with Cat CosplayThe Seattle Times2024-02-28 | Freyu, the artist behind Cat Cosplay, uses his crafting and technical skills to create elaborate costumes for his cat Fawkes, who performs as a paid model. Together they post daily pictures for their thousands of followers and fans on social media and Freyu was a featured speaker at this year's Sea-Meow cat convention in Seattle.
---------- Watch more from Seattle Times Video: seattletimes.com/videoNote smiling faces: The legacy of a photograph made during Japanese incarcerationThe Seattle Times2024-02-26 | During the transportation of Japanese Americans to the Minidoka incarceration camp, a news photographer told Mitsuye Yamada and her family to smile for a photograph. The photograph ran on The Seattle Times' front page on August 14, 1942, and compelled Yamada to write her poem 'Evacuation' while in camp.
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---------- Watch more from Seattle Times Video: seattletimes.com/videoA plan to lure double-crested cormorants back to East Sand IslandThe Seattle Times2024-02-23 | A plan to lure double-crested cormorants away from the Astoria-Megler bridge and back to East Sand Island on the Columbia River has been proposed by a cross-disciplinary group convened by the Oregon Department of Transportation.
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---------- Watch more from Seattle Times Video: seattletimes.com/videoArmys forever chemicals ruined their wells, now they await solutionsThe Seattle Times2024-02-22 | In 2021, families near Selah, Washington learned their drinking-water wells were tainted with PFAS — a class of “forever chemicals” with negative health effects — due to pollution from a nearby Army training center. Some residents now rely on bottled water and avoid bathing in their own homes as they wait for a long-term solution from the Army.
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---------- Watch more from Seattle Times Video: seattletimes.com/videoFrom a butcher shop to the NBAThe Seattle Times2024-02-21 | Mario Banchero has only ever worked for one company: the butcher and meat distributor his family has run for 90 years. And he's still doing it even as his son Paolo Banchero is becoming an NBA all-star
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---------- Watch more from Seattle Times Video: seattletimes.com/videoSeattle open-water swimmer Melissa Kegler promotes body positivity in the swimming worldThe Seattle Times2024-02-09 | Melissa Kegler, an elite open-water swimmer who specializes in long distance swims, recently broke the U.S. national distance record for IISA’s Ice Mile event with a 1.4-mile swim in 39.2 degree water in 51 minutes and 26 seconds.
Her goal is not only to excel in this extreme sport, but also to foster community and body positivity in the swimming world.
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This story was originally published on March 4, 2022.
---------- More from The Seattle Times Video: seattletimes.com/videoSeattles Acrobatic Conundrum sews connections in new acrobatic show ThreadsThe Seattle Times2024-02-08 | What is acrobatics? In Seattle, it's far more than a spectacle. Acrobatic Conundrum's new show "Threads" highlights the stitching that binds performers and audiences together. "The performance is this kind of little window into this personal universe that they've created, and that feels very intimate and wonderful," said Terry Crane, co-founder and artistic director of Acrobatic Conundrum. The show runs Feb. 9-24 at 12th Avenue Arts in Seattle.
More from The Seattle Times Video: seattletimes.com/videoMegan Rapinoe: Her big moments on and off the field and what comes after retirementThe Seattle Times2024-02-07 | As she prepares for retirement, Megan Rapinoe talks with reporter Jayda Evans about her career highlights and life after pro soccer.
---------- Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/seattletimesd... More from The Seattle Times Video: seattletimes.com/videoGeorge Clooneys film The Boys in the Boat premiere at SIFF CinemaThe Seattle Times2024-02-01 | Director George Clooney joins author Daniel James Brown and Judy Rantz Willman, daughter of gold-medal-winning rower Joe Rantz, to celebrate the Seattle premiere of the film "The Boys in the Boat."
This story was originally published on December 7, 2023 ---------- Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/seattletimesd... More from The Seattle Times Video: seattletimes.com/videoFamilies build working Star Wars droidsThe Seattle Times2024-01-31 | Pacific Northwest R2 Builders Club members Dino Ignacio and Todd Maxfield-Matsumoto build working Star Wars droids with their families and share their love of Star Wars with the community.
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Originally published January 19, 2021
------- Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/seattletimesd... More from The Seattle Times Video: seattletimes.com/videoAlaska Airlines flight 1282 passenger recounts harrowing experienceThe Seattle Times2024-01-30 | Vi Nguyen was looking forward to a girls trip when she and her friends boarded an Alaska Airlines flight bound for Ontario, California. Shortly after takeoff, the Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft suffered a blowout once a door plug tore off the fuselage, causing rapid depressurization in the cabin and forcing the plane to make an emergency landing back at Portland International Airport. Nguyen, 27, talks to The Seattle Times about her terrifying experience.
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---------- Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/seattletimesd... More from The Seattle Times Video: seattletimes.com/videoPassengers recount facing the end aboard Alaska Airlines Flight 1282The Seattle Times2024-01-30 | Alaska Airlines and Boeing face a potential class-action lawsuit brought by passengers aboard Alaska Flight 1282. Shortly after takeoff, the Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft suffered a blowout once a door plug tore off the fuselage, causing rapid depressurization in the cabin and forcing the plane to make an emergency landing back at Portland International Airport. In a press conference announcing the amendments, passengers Suzannah Anderson and Garet Cunningham described facing "the end" during the 25-minute flight.
---------- Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/seattletimesd... More from The Seattle Times Video: seattletimes.com/videoLegendary Banked Slalom at Mt. Baker Ski Area builds communityThe Seattle Times2024-01-29 | Whatcom County's independent Mt. Baker Ski Area was one of the first mountains to embrace snowboarders by hosting the Legendary Banked Slalom race, which turned 35 years old in 2023. The event brings together a community of Olympians and aspiring racers who compete on the renowned race course.
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Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/seattletimesd... More from The Seattle Times Video: seattletimes.com/videoHow to hack gentrification and save a historically Black neighborhood in SeattleThe Seattle Times2024-01-27 | Looking to correct a long history of displacement and erasure from Seattle's Central District, Black artists and community members work to make their mark on the newly developed Midtown Square at 23rd & Union.
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Live killer whale captures in the Pacific Northwest during the 1960s and ’70s fueled a worldwide orca craze. Puget Sound was the primary source of supply. But a 1976 hunt for SeaWorld in Budd Inlet was a turning point, leading to the end of an era. Just one killer whale taken from Puget Sound, Lola otherwise known as Tokitae, survives today.
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