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SEAtoday’s 2025 holiday gift guide: 90+ finds for everyone you love
Including gifts for significant others, retirees, holiday parties, young people, and gifts that ship fast.
October 21, 2025 11:17 AM
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Business
Visit Seattle’s 2024 small biz partnerships
Here are the highlights on the 12 BIPOC-, Woman-, and LGBTQIA-owned small businesses selected for Visit Seattle’s partnership program.
May 2, 2024
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Here’s how you can support free, unbiased local journalism in Seattle
We fill your inbox with positive, impactful local news and events. Support our mission.
May 1, 2024
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Gift giving made easy for mom
April 29, 2024
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Here Crown Prince Haakon Magnus of Norway and Mette-Marit of Norway are shown dressed up as they head to the wedding between Princess Madeleine and Christopher O'Neill on June 8, 2013.
City
The Crown Prince of Norway visits Seattle to discuss sustainability
During his visit, Norwegian Crown Prince Haakon will meet with local business leaders and representatives from the University of Washington to discuss decarbonization and green transition.
April 17, 2024
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Alina Hunter-Grah
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We’re already writing about Seattle — why not you, too?
April 12, 2024
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Food
Guide to Seattle Restaurant Week, Spring 2024
Give Seattle’s vast culinary options a taste test with specially crafted menus at 200+ local restaurants.
April 11, 2024
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Airports and Transportation
Sound Transit announces opening dates for four northern Link Light Rail stations
The Shoreline South, Shoreline North, Mountlake Terrace, and Lynnwood light rail stations will open on August 30, 2024.
April 4, 2024
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Alina Hunter-Grah
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Pike Place Public Market approves new Master Plan
The master plan includes suggestions for managing traffic along its interior street, supporting its farmers, and attracting locals.
April 1, 2024
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Construction is underway for the RapidRide J Line in Seattle
The J Line project upgrades the current Route 70 to a RapidRide level of service via enhanced transit connections to surrounding Seattle neighborhoods.
October 9, 2024
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Seattle restaurants that you miss the most
Our readers shared which local restaurants + meals they miss the most — and we think you’ll agree.
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Seattle Parks and Rec is planning two new off-leash areas for dogs
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Seattle Art Museum to deinstall iconic lobby tree sculpture
Titled “Middle Fork,” the tree sculpture has been suspended above visitors’ heads in the Seattle Art Museum’s main entrance lobby for almost a decade.
October 4, 2024
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Seattle decades: the 1980s
This decade brought Seattle the nickname “The Emerald City,” the first-ever Costco, and Nirvana.
October 3, 2024
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Come on, dish: Which Seattle restaurant do you miss the most?
We want to know — which Emerald City restaurant or meal sparks nostalgia in your belly, and why?
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Independent theater Grand Illusion Cinema looking for community help to move
The Grand Illusion Cinema, Seattle’s “longest continuously running movie theater”, just launched a campaign to help fund its move to a new location.
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FEMA designates Lumen Field as a “mission ready” venue in Seattle
In a partnered effort between FEMA and the NFL, designated stadiums or venues are identified for their ability to be used for response and recovery activities during declared emergencies or disasters.
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Places Seattleites can travel to by train
Catch the Amtrak train at Seattle’s King Street Station to get to places like Glacier National Park, San Diego, and even Miami.
September 30, 2024
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