9+ hour, 37+ min ago  (1265+ words) What's up, South End? I'm delivering the newsletter a day early because it's a special time in Seattle: Today is Juneteenth, and Seattle is the host city of Team USA's World Cup match versus Australia. Needless to say, the city…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (355+ words) On her "tough on crime" approach, Wilson says the city "will no longer tolerate open-air drug sale and use and vending stolen goods." Seattle police will "explain that the behavior is no longer tolerated," and if "individuals persist in these…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago  (595+ words) Call it soccer or f'tbol. It was the summer of 1994 when the United States last hosted the FIFA World Cup. Now, 32 years later, the 2026 FIFA World Cup has landed across North America. Seattle will host six matches starting today, June…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago  (1154+ words) Today, Rainier Beach High School seniors will collect their diplomas and celebrate the culmination of their high school careers. Among them should be 18-year-old Tyjon Malik Stewart and 17-year-old Tra'Veiah Houfmuse, two Rainier Beach students whose lives were cut short…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago  (160+ words) DOOM LOOP is a serialized fictional cartoon from South End author and comic Brett Hamil. Check in every Sunday for a new installment! You can now buy the latest Doom Loop collection, It's Never This Nice, at'Brett Hamil. Big Cartel....

1+ week, 1+ hour ago  (1123+ words) What's up, South End? The big event this week is the start of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which will bring a global sporting event into our city. With'FIFA expecting about 750, 000 tourists'coming into Seattle for the games, local businesses are anticipating…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (553+ words) Imagine a relationship built on a permanent threat of departure. One person is always negotiating. The other is always conceding. Every disagreement carries the same implication: keep me happy, or I'll leave. Most people would not call that a healthy…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (530+ words) Mangosteen's started almost a decade ago, doing pop-ups at farmers markets until they found a temporary home in Little Saigon's Pho Bac. Chef Thai Ha started slinging his fried chicken, boba, and garlic noodles out of the back of the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (727+ words) Throughout Georgetown, there are clunky clusters of what look like oversized, gray, concrete Legos in parking lots, outside of businesses, or even on the side of the road. The two-ton slabs of recycled concrete are called "eco-blocks." When Charlie Martin…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (814+ words) I recently spied a coyote bounding up a short flight of stairs into my yard in Rainier Beach. It was the middle of the afternoon and I was about to walk my little dog. We stood in awe instead of…...