Neighborhood of the week: North Everett (Seattle Times)

Everett once was a booming mill town, with three shifts running seven days a week, 24 hours a day. The 1906 San Francisco earthquake and…

Commercial real-estate market suffered in 2009; more of the same forecast for 2010 (Seattle Times)

Commercial real-estate insiders say 2010 could be as bad, if not worse, than 2009 for their industry.

Tax credit fuels home-sales bounce, but will it be just a blip? (Seattle Times)

The first-time homebuyers’ tax credit helped resuscitate the Seattle real-estate market in 2009. The market remains fragile, most insiders say, and the outlook for late 2010, after the credits are scheduled to expire, is especially murky.

Woman takes job hunt to the streets of downtown Seattle (Seattle Times)

After losing her job of eight years when her marketing employer downsized, Simmjaze Sayles has spent 20 months looking for full time work, finally resorting to wearing a sandwich sign in downtown Seattle that says, “I WANT A JOB And Nothing Else!”

History and a rare peat bog at West Hylebos Wetlands Park (Seattle Times)

West Hylebos Wetlands Park in Federal Way showcases historical cabins and a rare piece of the Puget Sound environment.