Tag Archives: Local news

Seattle-area fake landlord gets 3 months in jail 

Coverage of the sentencing hearing for a man who scammed local residents by posing as a landlord and collecting rent money.

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Union readies low-income trainees for Got Green jobs 

News/feature on first batch of graduates from local organization Got Green’s weatherization class, which allows disadvantaged workers to pursue green jobs in construction and maintenance.

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100 years of cultural sharing: UW earns honor for Japan Studies program 

Profile on the University of Washington’s Japan Studies program and the recognition it received from Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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Lake Union Crew to help build community center in Peru

Feature on a local outreach foundation that raised money for 82 volunteers to head down to Peru and build a community center for an impoverished village near the Peruvian coast.

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UW grads set pub crawl record

First piece for The Seattle Times: Feature on a local group of men in their 20s who set out to do the impossible: conquer 101 bars in under 24 hours and break a Guinness World Record.

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