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Lael Henterly is a versatile journalist and an experienced investigator. She is as comfortable writing long-form narrative features as she is writing short and snappy blog posts. She stays on top of trends in culture and technology and writes with voice and flair. Henterly has covered social justice, crime and cannabis. She has written about rocket scientists, cocaine traffickers, chronic inebriates, venture capitalists, convicts and prison profiteers — to name a few. She is as comfortable interviewing criminals as she is cops and is always on the lookout for people with interesting stories.
In a grisly murder case, the defense wants to know if the DNA evidence is reliable. They'll never find out. It was her first Halloween at the Valley View apartments in Redmond, and Arpana Jinaga was eager to celebrate. It was 2008, and Jinaga, an accomplished software developer, had recently moved to the area to work at a technology company.
Locked up for being poor. Cedric Smith learned that a warrant for his arrest had been issued when he was turned down for an apartment. The warrant connected back to a pending low-level assault charge stemming from a complaint made after a drunk woman tried to barge into his apartment but was blocked by the door, and he was confident the case would be dropped as soon as he explained the circumstances.
Binh Nguyen started using opiate pain medications after his doctor wrote him a prescription to mute the piercing pain of an acute liver condition. The pills did help with the pain, and they also changed the way the world looked a bit-how it felt to be on opiates became how it felt to exist.
Rocket scientist Mark Russell sees a future where humans harness the earth's energy to travel the cosmos. "Human beings will eventually be a space-faring people," says Russell. "The energy required to go out of our planet and elsewhere is substantial. We will not be using oil and gas for that."
The U.S. Labor Department has scored three recent legal victories - including a ruling against DirecTV in Washington State - in its fight against the widespread use of contrived contracting schemes to illegally underpay workers. The court disputes all stem from alleged violations of minimum wage and overtime protections.
Holding Three Simultaneous Death Penalty Trials in King County Is Unprecedented-and Hugely Expensive - So Why Won't Prosecutors Pursue a Cheaper Option: Life in Prison? - The Stranger covers news, politics, arts, and culture in Seattle and the whole damn world, with breaking stories, investigations, neighborhood coverage, reviews, and previews, plus Slog, Seattle's only blog.
Lovett Chambers says he was walking down California Avenue Southwest on January 21, 2012, when he noticed two men walking behind him. Even though Chambers had been living in West Seattle for nearly 20 years, he did not recognize the men.
Amid the clank, whir and jangle of machinery sits a man, feeding rectangular metal plates into a large industrial press. On the other side of the press another man is selecting numeral-shaped dies. Nearby, a third man stacks freshly-embossed license plates.
Cherries ripen all at once, and the window to harvest them before they turn to a mushy mess is mere days. And this year in Washington - the nation's top cherry producer - the succulent, shiny red orbs were dangling in the June sunshine two weeks ahead of schedule.
Angela Friedrich has lost count of all the places she and her children have spent the night in the past year. There have been couches, shelters and the motor home where it was so cold she could see her own breath.
Advice from a Convicted Criminal on How to Keep Your Car Safe in Seattle - Flamingmoon Kime used to steal cars. Now that he's in prison, he wants to help you hang on to yours. - The Stranger covers news, politics, arts, and culture in Seattle and the whole damn world, with breaking stories, investigations, neighborhood coverage, reviews, and previews, plus Slog, Seattle's only blog.
Decorated Navy SEAL Jason Hogan never thought he'd be seriously injured working security at a downtown bar.
When 22-year-old filmmaker and electrical engineering student Vivek Pandher was found unconscious at the Paradiso Festival at the Gorge Amphitheatre on June 27, he was way too far gone to tell anyone what had happened. Pandher was rushed to the Quincy Medical Center by ambulance, his temperature critically high.
It's a chilly February morning in Seattle when the dogs begin to bark. Thirty seconds later the ground is shaking. Two minutes later it's undulating. Vases and computers and furniture are toppling. It's hard to drop, cover and hold when every single thing is sliding and shaking and falling.
What Is "Citizens for Judicial Excellence," and What Does It Want? - The Well-Funded Political Action Committee Succeeds in Local Judicial Elections Because It Cares More About Them Than You Do - The Stranger covers news, politics, arts, and culture in Seattle and the whole damn world, with breaking stories, investigations, neighborhood coverage, reviews, and previews, plus Slog, Seattle's only blog.
Jacy Worline had been experimenting with drugs since she was 12 when an operation on her gall bladder led to a prescription for Dilaudid, a high-strength opioid pain medication. The small white pills looked harmless, but she quickly started dissolving them in water and shooting up.
John Everitt was on suicide watch when he was found hanging in his Spokane County Jail cell, a jail-issue bedsheet pulled taut around his throat.
Does vertical integration make sense for the cannabis industry? By Lael Henterly When you select a perfect peach at your local grocery store, it's a safe bet that the shop owner didn't grow or harvest it.
Cip Paulsen used to hang out with Evel Knievel and distribute massive amounts of cocaine; these days he grows marijuana -- legally.