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Photos: Drive-through confessions during a pandemic

"We've been adapting ways," said Father Jose Alvarez. "How can we bring the sacraments close to the people?"
Megan Farmer
Arts & Life

Ep. 3: Are We Going to Be OK? Does wearing pants during Zoom calls count as self-care? Ishea Brown says yes.

Curiosity Club's resident style icon says finding your inner fashionista might be the first step to feeling better in quarantine.
Kristin Leong
Health

PHOTOS: WA National Guard steps in to help with food bank's growing needs

Washington National Guard soldiers are sorting, packaging and distributing food at a new emergency Food Lifeline response center as a result of the growing need for food in Washington amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Megan Farmer
Young Latino voters in Seattle view November election through lens of pandemic

Across the United States, people of color are likeliest to be considered “essential workers” and must still go to work despite stay-at-home orders. Blacks and Latinos are likelier than whites to be diagnosed with COVID-19 — and to die of the disease.
Esmy Jimenez
Race & Identity

Ep. 2: Are We Going to Be OK? Seattle scholar considers a return to Singapore to escape Covid-19

Author Ruchika Tulshyan weighs the risks of staying in the US as the pandemic spreads while also navigating lockdown with her three-year-old.
Kristin Leong
Health

A new perspective of Seattle during the coronavirus outbreak: Photos from above

There were far fewer Seattleites at city parks over the sunny weekend than normal. However the parks were not empty. City officials say they'll consider extending park closures on a week-by-week basis moving forward.
Megan Farmer
Arts & Life

Ep. 1: Are We Going to Be OK? Rethinking art and education during Covid-19

"Art comes out of pain," says Seattle's Youth Corps director James Miles. What we do with that art once the pandemic passes is up to us.
Kristin Leong
Health

Photos: The military field hospital at CenturyLink is ready to receive patients

“We are ready to receive the patients as soon as Washington has the need to send the patients to us, " said Col. Laura Elliott, Commander of the 62nd Medical Brigade, stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. "We are ready now."
Megan Farmer
Health

Photos: CenturyLink transforms into a military field hospital

In less than 48 hours, the CenturyLink Field Event Center has been transformed into a 250-bed military field hospital for non COVID-19 patients.
Megan Farmer
Health

'It's just like a sci-fi film.' Photos of a quiet Seattle

“You can walk across the streets mid-block any which way you go,” said PJ Wilcynski. “Nobody’s there.”
Megan Farmer

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