Agueda Pacheco Flores

Reynaldo Ismael Moreno comes from a family of singers, but he never thought he’d have a song of his own. Thanks to the new Latino Civic and Cultural Center in Burien he now thinks a career in music is possible.

For years, Des Moines, Washington, officials have considered offering a passenger ferry service. Next month, they’ll be one step closer to that vision. In June, the city council approved a two-month long pilot program that will offer roundtrip rides from Des Moines to Seattle.

A new online exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, “Ancestors Know Who We Are,” explores the experience of being both Black and Indigenous through poetry, paintings, drawings, and essays. Seattle artist Storme Webber and Tacoma artist Paige Pettibon are two of the six artists featured.

There’s an elusive fox, unique to Washington state, that lives high in the Cascade Mountains. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is considering putting that fox, known as the Cascade red fox, on the state’s threatened species list.

Y.B.G Healthcare is competing for one of two "Certificate of Need" permits from the Washington State Department of Health. If approved, it would become the first Black-owned and operated hospice provider in Washington state.