There will always be a Seattle. I was there, helping with the coverage. Hey! Whatever it was the police were spraying, the drift stings! seattletimes.com/seattle-news/a…

Does everybody in Seattle want to be in a band? From 10 to 70, they want to rock. My story: seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-mag…

The latest Nielsen radio ratings. As always, these ratings are for ages 6+, 6-midnight, Mon-Sun. Stations market themselves by age groups, by male/female listeners, by time slots. Still, it does give you a generalized snapshot. Click to enlarge.

It’s summertime, and you’re hosting visitors. They have questions. Their perception of Seattle comes from social media. Riots, rain and gloomy darkness, the "Seattle Freeze," horrible traffic, overrated Dick's. I have attached a form for your replies. seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-mag…

The more we talked, the more I realized I had met a true Seattle character. They’re still here, those individuals who lead unconventional lives and who make Seattle, Seattle. We haven’t yet been blandized into a corporate town. seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-mag…

The latest Nielsen radio ratings. As always, these ratings are for ages 6+, 6-midnight, Mon-Sun. Stations market themselves by age groups, by male/female listeners, by time slots. Still, it does give you a generalized snapshot. Click to enlarge.

THEY’VE HEARD A few things about Seattle on social media, those 40 million-plus visitors coming here this year to the city and King County. Here’s a posting on June 11 on TripAdvisor: “Advice pls: Situation in Seattle right now? Is the riot bad?” My story: seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-mag…

I wrote this story in 2015. Now it's been 70 years. Seventy years ago today. The famous barrel roll with the Boeing 707 prototype by its cowboy test pilot. My story: tinyurl.com/o9m4aok

The latest Nielsen radio ratings. As always, these ratings are for ages 6+, 6-midnight, Mon-Sun. Stations market themselves by age groups, by male/female listeners, and by time slots. Still, it does give you a generalized snapshot. Click to enlarge.

The true recounting behind The Sonics' transcendental 1966 "Boom" album cover. From my Sept. 21, 2021, story in which 6 Northwest rock photographers tell their stories behind their historic images. seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-mag…

My story: You've likely never heard of Rich Beyer. By the Fremont Bridge is his “Waiting for the Interurban,” a sculpture of five adults, a child, and a dog with a human face. Beyer has more public sculptures in Greater Seattle than by any other artist. seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-mag…

The latest Nielsen radio ratings. As always, these ratings are for ages 6+, 6-midnight, Mon-Sun. Stations market themselves by age groups, by male/female listeners, and by time slots. Still, it does give you a generalized snapshot. Click to enlarge.

My story: IT’S REALLY QUITE astounding what Seattle artist Gabriel Campanario has accomplished. The group he founded has gone from 17 people in 2009 to an official Urban Sketchers Instagram account with 299,000 followers in over 70 countries. seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-mag…

The latest Nielsen radio ratings. As always, these ratings are for ages 6+, 6-midnight, Mon-Sun. Stations market themselves by age groups, by male/female listeners, and by time slots. Still, it does give you a generalized snapshot. Click to enlarge.

The latest Nielsen radio ratings. As always, they are for ages 6+, 6-midnight, Mon-Sun. Stations market themselves by age groups, by male/female listeners, and by time slots. Still, it does give you a generalized snapshot. Click to enlarge.

My story: You've seen them. Whatever is going on in the news, whatever havoc is around your life, they’re there to remind you that they’ve been around for a century, if not more. Perhaps in need of some work, but still here, at least for a while longer. seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-mag…

The latest Nielsen radio ratings. As always, they are for ages 6+, 6-midnight, Mon-Sun. Stations market themselves by age groups, by male/female listeners, and by time slots. Still, it does give you a generalized snapshot. Click to enlarge.

The latest Nielsen radio ratings. As always, these ratings are for ages 6+, 6-midnight, Mon-Sun. Stations market themselves by age group, male/female listeners, and time slot. Still, a general snapshot. KRWM-FM shot up because it played 24/7 Christmas music. Click to enlarge.

My story: IN TODAY’S TURBULENT United States — with corrosive politics, anxiety about jobs, costly essentials, unaffordable health care, images of shooting after shooting — we all could use a little “sisu,” Finnish can-do mindset in the face of adversity. seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-mag…

My story: tinyurl.com/59c87zty IN TODAY’S TURBULENT United States — with corrosive politics, anxiety about jobs, costly essentials, unaffordable health care, images of shooting after shooting — we all could use a little “sisu,” Finnish can-do mindset in the face of adversity.