‘This is heartbreaking’: Lava burns more homes on Hawaii’s Big Island as new...
Less than a week ago, Leilani Estates was the picture of serenity on Hawaii’s Big Island, a subdivision in the island’s eastern Puna district filled with wooden homes nestled in tropical plant-filled...
View ArticleCommentary: Microsoft’s turnaround could have started sooner
Some government bureaucrats in the antitrust department of the Justice Department might have had a better feel for how Microsoft could improve its business model than Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer did.
View ArticleState WGU leader aims to double student enrollment
Tonya Drake, the chancellor of Western Governors University’s Washington affiliate, wants to see enrollment double at the online nonprofit school.
View ArticleA reader asks: A patch of I-90 near Factoria is deteriorating. Are any...
This section of roadway is actually a bridge. About 150,000 cars and trucks traveling in both directions passed over Interstate 90 near Interstate 405 each day in 2016, the state says.
View ArticleBattling homeless crisis, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan weighs new head-tax...
Mayor Jenny Durkan is caught between a homeless crisis showing no signs of abating, residents and business owners questioning Seattle’s spending, and City Council members pushing a tax on large...
View ArticleSeattle gets swept up by sumo
Standing toe to toe with a three-time U.S. Sumo Open champion and third-place heavyweight in the world, Ashleigh Lansing sounded confident. The emcee asked how she had prepared for the match. Lansing...
View ArticleSlog AM: Head Tax Puts Mayor Durkan In Tough Spot, Facebook Poaches...
Things are hot on the Big Island, in the Bering Sea, and in today's Seattle Weatherby Nathalie GrahamJenny, where do your loyalties lie?Nate Gowdy Caught between a rock and a head tax: The stakes are...
View ArticleAs home prices hit new highs, cost of living overtakes traffic as worst part...
The median cost of a single-family home in King County was a record $725,000 last month, while home prices in Snohomish County have surpassed $500,000 for the first time.
View ArticleAmazon Among Top Washington Companies for Employee Dependence on Medicaid
by Heidi GrooverOh no, not The Jobs. CHARLES MUDEDE When Amazon announced last week it would pause construction in downtown Seattle until the council votes on the tax, local electeds worried about the...
View ArticleIs a Complete Overthrow of Capitalism the Only Way to Secure Rights for Trans...
New play Fallen Star asks audience to engage with the question of slow vs radical change.by Joule ZelmanTobi Hill-Meyer as Celestial, a Native American supervillain (or is she a hero?) possessing the...
View ArticleYou’ll No Longer Need a Stamp for Your King County Ballot
The proposal faces skepticism from Washington's Republican Secretary of State, Kim Wyman.by Heidi GrooverTime to get rid of that "postage required" box. Christopher Frizzelle UPDATE: The King County...
View ArticleThe 54 Best Things To Do in Seattle This Week: May 7-13, 2018
by Stranger Things To Do StaffAida is shaping up to be the production of the year from Seattle's largest opera house, and it's not to be missed. Cory Weaver Our music critics have already chosen the 35...
View ArticleConnelly: King County Council votes for prepaid election ballot mailings
The state's most populous county will have prepaid ballots. The King County Council voted Monday to have the county pick up the tab for mail-in ballots.Secretary of State Kim Wyman has asked Gov. Jay...
View ArticleMetropolitan King County Council passes measure to fund prepaid postage for...
Despite concerns by the state about equal access to polls, King County has funded a measure that will pay for ballot postage.
View ArticleSeattle Councilmember Mike O’Brien shoved out of Nordic Museum after-party
The outdoor event at Pacific Fishermen Shipyard followed an official grand-opening gala Friday night at the museum attended by ambassadors, the president of Iceland and the Crown Princess of Denmark.
View ArticleTrans Mountain Pipeline protesters arrested in downtown Seattle
Demonstrators shut down traffic downtown and a local JPMorgan Chase bank branch to protest harm to climate and indigenous communities from tar-sands pipelines.
View ArticleLawyer: Patient complained nurse forced injectable medications on her last...
The nurse has been accused of intentionally infecting two patients at Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup with hepatitis C. The nurse’s attorney says his client has been scapegoated by the hospital...
View ArticleLawyer: Patient complained of forced injections, but Puyallup hospital let...
The nurse has been accused of intentionally infecting two patients at Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup with hepatitis C. The nurse’s attorney says his client has been scapegoated by the hospital...
View ArticleCourt to weigh fallout of Massachusetts drug lab misconduct
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts’ highest court is set to consider whether to toss more convictions linked to a former chemist who authorities say was high almost every day she worked at a state drug lab...
View ArticleDespite risks, volcano offers affordable piece of paradise
PAHOA, Hawaii (AP) — The slopes of Kilauea offer a lush rural setting and affordable land that contrasts sharply with Hawaii’s more expensive real estate, but living on one of the world’s most active...
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