MyNorthwest Blog

Despite platitudes from Seattle leaders, what we've seen recently has proved that it's time for massive, wide-scale changes to how we police our city.

Over the weekend, I argued that Seattle's police had failed in its duty to peaceful protesters. On Monday, we witnessed the continuation of that downward spiral.

With the nation watching, we saw Seattle police officers flunk the same test many of their counterparts in other cities failed in kind.

While the debate over how to handle homeless camp sweeps during the COVID-19 crisis rages on, it would serve us well to figure out a better way forward once that crisis is over.

"Hope in Darkness: The Josh Holt Story" is available beginning Wednesday, May 27. Visit KSLPodcasts.com or binge the entire series on Wondery Plus.

We may all be getting antsy, but pretending like we're ready to end our distancing measures entirely isn't going to help. In fact, it may make things worse.

The very least a state can ask for is to not have the feds actively impede their virus response, something that Washington has coped with since the outbreak began.

A look at the relationship between the urge to wear a coronavirus mask and the exhaustion of constantly having to do so.

Washington restaurants will soon be able to resume dine-in service, which will come with a handful of new rules posing a series of unique obstacles.

Restaurants will soon have to take down contact info for all customers, which seems like a small price to pay to help revive a struggling industry.