This is a wonderful paper that was originally founded to support the Asian population in the…read moreSeattle area and broader Pacific Northwest, as there were very few if any newspapers providing relevant local information and national news to that population. Only recently the paper went completely online, with a Chinese version also continuing under different ownership. The paper offers local, regional, and national news, as well as book reviews, sports news, and more. Commentaries can be very pertinent and moving. Advertising is very helpful to learn of valuable businesses and services in the area. Highly recommend browsing their website at www.nwasianweekly.com.

Coming from Wyoming and Colorado getting a good dose of Asian culture is pretty much nonexistent…read more Sure, Denver has a sizeable Asian population but nothing like the coastal cities on either coast. The Northwest Asian Weekly newspaper is free and was a refreshing newspaper to read. It explores the diversity, complexities within Asian culture itself in the Northwest. It covered upcoming social events also. A cool newspaper to pick up!

One of the better free Seattle magazines that I came across. The magazine covers music, art, food,…read moreconcert listings, movies, theater and events! I especially liked their Bubble Tea article in the March issue. One of my favorite tea drinks ever! I will definitely keep this magazine in mind for future reference!

Gotta love free magazines. Especially ones that provide articles you don't find anywhere else. It…read morekind of reminds me of a mixture of Utne, Yoga Journal, and Vegetarian Times with a side of The Nation. Plus, no escort ads in the back! You would expect to find articles on spirtuality, yoga, organic food and sometimes art and politics. And best of all, most of its articles deal with local issues. This month there is an article on Washington's Green Vineyard Tour and Matt's in the Market, which I am now going to check out. Among some of the things you find in the classifieds: free yoga classes every saturday at 2:30 pm, a monthly movie series that presents problems and offers solutions, a free Transcendental Mediation session (I myself am not a follower of TM but am interested in checking it out), and much more. Check it out, and I guarantee you will get your moneys worth. Zipzap Zubidy Bop!

They have their money where their mouth is. Gotta respect…read morethem for that! The staff is very active in personally and with no pay volunteering and promoting their values. I volunteered for them at a booth at the Fremont Festival. I got to describe to people the merits an duse of an electric car. It was really fun and I learned a lot. I also got a cute green shirt, a little earth-friendly bag and a gift certificate from cafe Flora. i respect and appreciate that greatly. Like any media,, at times, they may feature a business or organization which has soem customer difficulties.. like all, they don't respond to calls to editor. I hope they read or listen to the comments. It always feel bad when a group whom I admire allows a business with poor customer service free coverage. Many deserve coverage. I am not the editor and as I ponder this dilemna.. I may not wish to be.

Seattle's only gay newspaper--unless you count The Stranger--has been publishing its weekly for…read moremore than two decades. Two sections, one devoted to national and local news, the other to arts and entertainment, with classifieds, at the very back, and the happenings, events, and meetings for the upcoming week, included. Despite numerous typos, whole sections of a story left occasionally left dangling, inadvertently, the SGN, as it is usually referred, keeps the GBLT community abreast of events as they occur. As is typical of Seattle newspapers, there is a lot of opinion thrown in and mixed with, for good measure, with the ostensibly "objective" news reporting, with not always a clear way of knowing which is which. Serves as a cheering section for the GLBT community, an approach common to newspapers with a readership in need of reassurance that the Second Coming is coming or about to. Be careful if you open up and read this newspaper on the bus or any other public venue. You may wind up with either a barely disguised look of shock or a bump on the head, depending on who happens to have looked over your shoulder: there are plenty of pretty steamy male advertisements that even I find pretty outre.

Recently there has been some traveling done and Steven and I got a hold of some rags. No, not the…read morerags you use to clean up after your child or dog. Rags meaning free newspapers that the general public can pick up around town at merchants. Seattle Gay News was a rag we came across. Since Seattle is going to be our planned future pad then we wanted to get more familiar with the area and getting newspaper rags sometimes helps as to where to find resources. This news paper covers national LGBT developments around the world including nationally and locally. Not the best newspaper concerning this topic that I have come across but it occasionally lists gay bars in the area so you can get an idea where to go if you want to go bar hopping or see the goings on of various social groups around town. I am glad this newspaper is free though because I am not entirely sure I would pay a subscription for it.

This community newspapers does a fine job of covering local news (Queen Anne-Magnolia), including a…read morepolice blotter which includes reports of crime that do not appear in The Seattle Times or other media. As Queen Anne struggles to cope with increasing crime and changing demographics, this local newspaper does a fine job of helping residents become more aware. For instance, the police blotter the January 27, 2016 contains the following (excerpted): * At 12:04 a.m. on Jan. 10, police responded to Kerry Park in the 400 block of West Highland Drive for a report of a robbery. * "One victim told police she and her friends had been at the park taking pictures with her camera. When they returned to their vehicle, she realized she left her camera on a park bench. She returned to the park and saw a group of three young women and a man holding a camera that was identical to hers. She asked them if they found the camera in the park, and they said that it was their camera. She went back to the bus and told her friends about this. Her friends accompanied her back to the group and asked them again if they'd found the camera. The group became defensive and started attacking the victim. They pushed her down on the ground and kicked and punched her. As her friends stepped in to help her, they were pulled down and punched and kicked, as well." This crime occurred one day after a police shoot out, again at Kerry Park, with a man wielding a knife suspected in a robbery and had dozens of people running away in all directions. http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/crime/seattle-police-report-officer-involved-shooting-near-queen-annes-kerry-park/ Seattleites are so great at denial. Residents of the neighborhood would not know there was any crime, other than by word-of-mouth in their immediate vicinity, without the police blotter. Thank you, QA/Magnolia News, for being relevant and bringing the community news that the other media will not cover. If you want a largely irrelevant, irreverent local rag, read The Stranger. Their reporters seem to think that the police are not often put in dangerous situations where they could lose their lives, which is frankly ridiculous. Talk about being in denial. http://spdblotter.seattle.gov/2016/02/01/two-killed-three-injured-in-beacon-hill-greenbelt-shooting/ http://www.seattlepi.com/local/crime/article/Reports-2-men-shot-on-Beacon-Hill-6847216.php I'm no cop lover. But, yeah, Stranger, find us out there police that aren't putting their lives on the line every day and who can afford to give the benefit of the doubt to someone belligerent who they have reason to believe has a lethal weapon and will use it in a split second.

Flying House Productions also produces the free Flying House Magazine. If you are into theater this…read moreis a good magazine for you! On the cover just below the title it says it is news from Seattle's Men's and Women's Choruses of the city. It has lots of listings as to what is coming to town as well as a few articles in each issue.

Phuong Dong Times is the Northwest largest Vietnamese news paper distributing to both Washington…read moreand Orgegon residents. Published once a week, Phuong Dong Times provide the latest world, local, and event news to the Vietnamese community in both states. They are easy to work with and a great place for businesses to place advertisement aiming at the Vietnamese community. The paper is free of charge which can be found in most Asian grocery stores, restaurants, or other busiensses.

Marginal, at best. We need a service like this. But boy, are these folks old school. I realize…read morethey're clipping newspapers, which are also old school. But sometimes I wonder who is working here, what their skill level is, and whether they really understand technology. I'll keep using them for local news. But it's not because I'm completely happy.