Washington is only one of eight states that doesn't require residents to take a gun training and safety class before they can legally carry. So a former cop started Safe Insight, and he's teaching firearms classes so people actually know how to safely shoot their guns.
Open Books is among four poetry shops in the USA. After more than a 20 years, its owners want to retire. But the store is successful and the Seattle poetry scene is thriving.
Two University of Washington researchers have launched the Dog Aging Project, to explore ways to keep dogs around longer, and have them living healthier lives.
On March 6, Seattle's Holocaust Center for Humanity is revealing it's Anne Frank Exhibit. This 80-year-old survivor was, like Frank, hidden away for many years in Holland.
The actor who played The soup Nazi on Seinfeld, is hawking soup in Seattle and beyond
It's been 21 years since actor Larry Thomas played the iconic character The soup Nazi, and not a day goes by without someone asking him to yell, 'No soup for you!' He is now the spokesman for the real Soup Nazi's brand of soup and he's traveling the country promoting it.
The actor who played The soup Nazi on Seinfeld, is hawking soup in Seattle and beyond
It's been 21 years since actor Larry Thomas played the iconic character The soup Nazi, and not a day goes by without someone asking him to yell, 'No soup for you!' He is now the spokesman for the real Soup Nazi's brand of soup and he's traveling the country promoting it.
Urban planners and developers take note: the style of buildings and the amount of greenery on a city block can make a difference in the emotional and physiological health of people walking by.
What if your doctor taught you how to cook healthy meals, in a hands-on cooking class at the medical center? This is happening, thanks to a culinary medicine program founded at the Goldring Center for Culinary Medicine in New Orleans.
Two days after the cause of death of Chai the elephant was revealed, Rachel Belle spoke with a wildlife protection organization about how big a role zoos play in wildlife conservation.
If you are a breastfeeding mother who has ample milk, and maybe a bunch of extra pumped milk in the freezer, there is now a place in Seattle to donate it. Swedish Hospital's First Hill campus is now a breast milk drop off site for the NW Mother's Milk Bank.
What if you could give to charity simply by drinking beer? That's the idea behind Center Public House, the non-profit pub Scott and Loni Wetzel hope to open in Snohomish. What is a non-profit pub? Scott says all the proceeds go to charity, and none if it goes into his bank account.
The United States and Papua New Guinea are the only two industrialized nations that don't provide paid parental leave. And an article on Eater connects the dots between this and the huge lack of top tier female chefs.
The city of Bremerton has launched a campaign to encourage downtown Seattle workers to live in Bremerton, where rent and mortgages are half the price. A Bremerton-based 30-something writer argues that Bremerton is a great place for growth.
In 2009, Seattle's Jennifer Hopper and Teresa Butz were asleep when Isaiah Kalebu came in through their window, raped them, and killed Teresa. A new book by Pulitzer Prize winner Eli Sanders tells the whole story, and shows us how our broken mental health and criminal justice systems failed Kalebu and contributed to this horrific crime.
Chai, a 37 year old female elephant died at the Oklahoma City Zoo over the weekend, less than a year after she was moved from Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle. Chai spent her entire life in captivity, separated from her mother, and was artificially inseminated 112 times. Advocacy group, Friends of Woodland Park Zoo Elephants, thinks she could have lived longer in a sanctuary.
University of Washington computer scientists are working on making 3-D models of people, using photos and video, that you could have a conversation with. This means, with enough footage of a deceased love one, you could talk to them again.
Seattle Times food writer and a Seattle etiquette expert share some of the worst offenses they have seen in restaurants, and offer a solution to bring manners back to the dinner table.
A single mom, who makes cuff bracelets at night, after work, after her daughter goes to sleep, was thrilled when the GRAMMYs asked to feature her bracelets in the official GRAMMY gift bags.
West Seattle's Georgie Kunkel started doing stand-up comedy in her 80s, and at 95 she gets on stage once a month to tell funny stories taken from her life.
The Pot Shop, in Seattle's Fremont neighborhood, says their sales are better than ever as people pick up marijuana for holiday gifts. In many cases, adult children are buying pot for their parents.
Seattle Meowtropolitan Cafe opens Dec. 19, and cat lovers can get their fix of caffeine and cat love. Ten dollars gets you 50 minutes in the cat lounge, with 10 snugly and adoptable kitties.
At the Maui and Kauai Humane Societies, they have more dogs and cats than they know what to do with, but not a big enough population to adopt them all. So both have teamed up with Alaska Airlines to send them to the mainland for adoption. And they're looking for travelers heading to Seattle to escort the pets.
