Latest Community Stories

Latest Community Stories

Nyema Clark, founder and director of Nurturing Roots Farm, holds a white chicken while a youth reaches out to pet the chicken's feet.

South End Groups Provide Food and Farming Opportunities for Youth

Jan 03, 2026

8 min read

A female-presenting figure, with shoulder-length hair and a maroon cowl-neck sweater, stands on a staircase outside of a house. A tree is in the background.

Meet Rainmaker Caitlin Day

Sarah Stuteville

Jan 02, 2026

2 min read

Collage reflecting environment stories in 2025, featuring wildlife research, habitat restoration work, environmental advocates, kayaking on an urban waterway, and text reading “2025 Reflections: Environment.”

2025 Reflections: Looking Back at Environmental Justice Coverage

Dec 29, 2025

3 min read

A female figure with ginger hair, wearing a long-sleeved gray shirt, leans her head against her hand. Her elbow rests on a desk next to an open laptop.

Meet Rainmaker Ann Bergman

Sarah Stuteville

Dec 27, 2025

2 min read

A white, female figure with auburn hair and wearing a grey hoodie smiles while standing in front of trees, with a white house in the background.

Meet Rainmaker Rebecca Weber

Sarah Stuteville

Dec 24, 2025

2 min read

A female figure, with shoulder-length blonde hair and wearing a black sweater and pants, leans against a gray railing.

Meet Rainmaker Alexandra Chrysanthis

Sarah Stuteville

Dec 22, 2025

2 min read

A shot of overlapping sandbags on top of decorative steps in the park

Preparing the Duwamish Valley for Future Flooding

Syris Valentine

Dec 19, 2025

7 min read

James Parrish, 7, learns futsal skills; he is standing on a basketball court in front of a goal and is mid-kick of the ball.

FIFA Video Game Tournament and Futsal Bring Young Players to Rainier Beach

Dec 17, 2025

4 min read

A bonsai tree at the Pacific Bonsai Museum is backlit by string lights. People are walking through the museum, their backs to the camera.

At a Winter Solstice Market, Tiny Bonsai Draped in Lights Hold Off the Big Dark

Dec 08, 2025

4 min read

View through the Gathering Space glass into Recompose’s Greenhouse, showing a wall of illuminated hexagonal vessels and a small potted plant below, where bodies undergo the human composting process to become soil.

COLUMN | How Human Composting in SoDo Challenges Class-Based Death Care

Dec 04, 2025

6 min read

Warm cartoon illustration of grandparents and young children smiling together against a glowing red background, used in Seattle’s bilingual public safety pamphlet “With Love for Our Grandparents & Seniors” for Chinatown-International District elders.

How Can Seattle's CID Keep Elders Safe? New Bilingual Pamphlet Offers Tips

Nov 25, 2025

3 min read

Small bat on a blue knitted blanket with its mouth open as a gloved hand gently holds it under bright light.

Death in the Dark: The PNW's Race to Stop the Bat Plague

Caroline Guzman

Nov 15, 2025

6 min read

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