The world’s most widely consumed alcoholic beverage, and the third most popular drink overall.
The invention of beer is argued to be responsible for humanity's ability to develop technology and build civilization. Think about that for a moment the next time you crack open a cold one. Those early Neolithic humans were tipsy.
FBI evidence photo of backpack found on a downtown Spokane street corner bench.
The Colville man accused of planting a bomb along Spokane’s Martin Luther King Day parade route pleaded not guilty today.
It was Kevin Harpham’s second appearance in federal court. The 36 year old wore a tan Spokane County Jail uniform and ankle shackles. His plea means the case is now headed to trial.
Starbucks baristas who the company calls "partners" dole out coffee and memoires at the 2011 Annual Meeting, outside Benaroya Hall in Seattle.
Credit Photo by Bellamy Pailthorp / KPLU
Takeaways from the Starbucks 2011 Annual Meeting included an excerpt of Howard Schultz's latest memoire and canned iced latte beverages from the Seattle's Best Coffee line.
Credit Photo by Bellamy Pailthorp / KPLU
Even the off-duty police guarding the event allow themselves to take home some goodies.
Starbucks stocks have surged. That's thanks in part to the German financial company Deutsche Bank, which has resumed its coverage of the Seattle coffee giant and is saying investors should buy the stock.
It's just one sign of confidence in the rebound of the company, as its executives outlined its latest growth strategies.
An annual love affair with coffeeand other addictive treats
Odd as it may seem, that’s a big question right now within the aid and development community.
By a simple measure of the number of news stories and organizational appeals out there, clearly the answer is: Yes, people should donate to disaster relief in Japan.
Perhaps the most blunt argument answering the question in the negative has come from Felix Salmon, economics columnist for Reuters, who said simply: Don’t Donate Money to Japan.
Jackson Hathorn recently graduated from the University of Washington after finishing his history thesis. He says it's easy for students writing research papers to get bogged down with how many sources there are out there.
Writing a research paper should be easy for students today. They’ve got libraries, online databases and all of Google at their fingertips.
But an ongoing study out of the University of Washington’s Information School is finding that college students find it tougher to do research today than in the past—even with access to more sources than students have ever had before.
L’Ecole winery is debuting its new lables. They’re a bit sleeker and more gown up than the popular child’s painting of the school house used for more than 20 years.
Credit L’Ecole
Marty Clubb is the owner and managing wine maker of L’Ecole.
One of Washington's oldest and most recognizable wine brands, L’Ecole, is growing up a bit with a new, sleeker label.
L'Ecole is French for "the school" and that's because the winery operates out of a nearly 100-year-old school house. The old label was a child's colorful drawing of the facility. The new label sports a sepia-toned oil painting of the historical school house soon after it was constructed in 1912.
Boeing workers wait on lifts and platforms for a look at Boeing's new 747-8 passenger airplane prior to the plane's first flight, Sunday, March 20, 2011, at Paine Field in Everett, Wash.
Here's some good news in a down economy. Michelle Dunlop writes in The Herald of Everett that Boeing is hiring 100 people a week and has been doing it for the past several months.
The Seattle PI globe, a 63 year-old landmark on Seattle's skyline.
Making headlines around the Northwest this morning:
Push to Preserve Iconic Seattle PI Globe
Warnings of Phone Scams
Plea Deal for JBLM Soldier Likely for Afghan War Crimes
It's About the PI
Some Seattle City Council members are concerned the iconic globe atop the seattlepi.com offices on the city's central waterfront may go away if it's not protected. They're considering landmark status for neon-lighted orb that has been spinning for 63 years. It has survived the company's shift from daily newspaper to a smaller, online-only venture.
Ada Healey, Vice President of Real Estate for Vulcan Inc., thanking Amazon.com for bringing jobs to the new neighborhood her company is building on the south shore of Lake Union, west of I-5 in Seattle.
One of Seattle's most famous employers is moving. City leaders are celebrating…because online-retailing giant Amazon.com is only moving a few miles across town.
The new headquarters complex is large enough to house several thousand employees.
Riders on the nation’s biggest ferry system, Washington State Ferries, should brace themselves for another round of fare increases. The only remaining question is how much.
The state House and Senate have come out with competing spending blueprints for roads and ferries. One thing the budgets have in common is higher ferry fares. The increase this fall ranges between 2.5% and 5% and another 2.5% coming next fall.
“Think Outside The Bottle” campaign organizer Sriram Madhusoodanan (right) offers a water taste test outside the Washington State Capitol.
At events in Olympia and Salem Tuesday, an activist group called on Washington and Oregon's governors to stop spending taxpayer dollars on bottled water.
Organizer Sriram Madhusoodanan, with the group Corporate Accountability International, says those little plastic bottles, sometimes available at public meetings and events, create unnecessary waste and undermine confidence in the quality of public water supplies.
Drug courts have long been viewed as a success. The courts give drug offenders charged with non-violent crimes the option of treatment rather than prison.
The courts, including those in Washington State, have proven effective in reducing repeat offenses. But some critics say too much money is being poured into drug courts.
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