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.
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.
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.
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.
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.