Seattle Mariners general manager Justin Hollander provided several health updates to the local media, prior to the team beginning it’s ten-game homestand on May 22nd, 2023

The OL Reign dropped their second match in a row, this one in blowout fashion as the club was blasted by NY/NJ Gotham FC thanks to a final score of 4-1. The Reign stumbled defensively out of the game, as mistakes riddled their backline and Gotham scored twice within the first 12 minutes. The Reign never recovered, failing to score their first goal of the match until the 73rd minute when things were already far out of reach.

In their 2023 season opener, beginning a new era in Seattle Storm basketball, the four-time WNBA Champion franchise was dealt their worst loss in team history in a 41-point defeat to the defending champion Las Vegas Aces. Things started out well for Seattle, but it all went downhill after the second quarter.

Avery Barnes, founder of Taswira, an African art and design gallery located in Pioneer Square, said her business has benefited from the metropolitan improvement district, which was recently renewed and expanded by the Seattle City Council.

On Wednesday, the seventh annual Google Tech Exchange cohort wrapped up in Seattle with a closing ceremony hosted at Google's South Lake Union campus.

It was nearly 60 years ago that the Renton School District bought John Houston’s parents’ farm and home, an occurrence which Houston claims destroyed his family and left them with almost nothing.

The Seattle Sounders dropped their second match at home in as many attempts, as a struggling Austin FC came into Lumen Field and stunned Seattle with a 2-1 victory. The Sounders inability to finish once again left them frustrated and at a literal loss. While the club remains atop the Western Conference of MLS, how long will it be until losses like tonight bite Seattle?

Join together with students – past and present – to celebrate and commemorate the 55th Anniversary of the Black Student Union (BSU).

The Blake decision was made on Wednesday, May 16th by the Washington State Legislature, which says the state's drug possession law is unconstitutional. We will get to hear about the outcome of this decision tonight on HeartBeat.

“Behind us is the land that we owned,” said John Houston, as he pointed at a neighborhood in the Highlands in Renton.

This is not how he and the Houston family members expected their lives to turn out.

“It was swampy land, but it was home, land owned by my parents,” said Houston, who is almost 70 years old. “It’s kind of heartbreaking to see it now, and realize the dreams that my parents had.”

Friends of Waterfront Seattle (Friends) is excited to announce its 2023 calendar of arts, culture, and movement programming on Pier 62, all open to the public. With over 80,000 attendees at events held last year, Friends has been working with dozens of program partners to bring together a 2023 calendar that highlights Seattle’s diversity of cultures, depth of artistic talent, community-focused organizations, all while honoring and centering the Indigenous roots, cultures, and histories of our waterfront.

Today, Bumbershoot: Seattle’s Arts & Music Festival announces the highly anticipated daily lineups and reveals new musical acts who will join in celebrating Bumbershoot’s 50-year anniversary at the Seattle Center this September 2 & 3. Additionally, producers have shared impressive details about the successful launch of their Workforce Development Program, supporting future generations of music festival producers and industry experts.

Host of The Drive Project Podcast on the Converge Media Network and National PBS Host Jay Martin Jr. was recently featured on the cover of Greet Kirkland Magazine. He also had a feature story about his fashion sense appear in 425 Magazine. Martin says that being able to share his story on an even broader scale is something he’s been striving for his entire career and he’s very grateful for the opportunity.

In game seven of their second round Stanley Cup Playoffs matchup against the Dallas Stars, the Seattle Kraken failed to generate enough offense and couldn’t beat Stars goaltender Jake Oettinger until too late, wasting an all-time performance by Philipp Grubauer in net. Seattle’s second season ends in heartbreaking fashion, just minutes away from a Western Conference Finals berth.

The Sankofa Theater is hosting two fundraising parties - one on May 20th and one on May 28th. The funds will go towards securing a new lease for the Black Woman-owned theater which provides space for the arts within Seattle's Black community.

In a do or die game six back in their home of Climate Pledge Arena, the Seattle Kraken got out to a hot start and were able to sustain that pressure to secure a victory and force a game seven in their second round Stanley Cup Playoffs matchup. Some of the teams veterans ensured that the Kraken season would continue, in addition to a few faces you may not expect.

This week on HeartBeat, Cindi Bright was joined by Washington State Senator Patty Kuderer. Kuderer recently announced her campaign for Washington State Insurance Commissioner, a role which oversees healthcare costs and the ways insurance companies operate within the state.

The Seattle Kraken dropped a second consecutive game in this second round Stanley Cup Playoff series, as the Dallas Stars once again used a hot start to give them just enough cushion to sustain a Kraken comeback attempt. Seattle now has their back against the wall for the first time since game seven of their series against the Avalanche.

In the third homestand of the 2023 season, the Seattle Mariners hosted the two Texas based teams at T-Mobile Park for a somewhat brief stretch. It was an even split of the six games, with the Mariners getting an impressive series win over the Astros while narrowly losing the series to the Rangers.