‘Smart’ meters in Washington state: Convenience or potential invasion of...
Utility regulators are pushing utilities to adopt this kind of automated meter technology. But the American Civil Liberties Union and others warn it potentially threatens privacy and could pose health...
View ArticleYellowstone’s giant Steamboat Geyser is active this year
Yellowstone’s Steamboat Geyser, the largest in the world, has erupted five times this year, the most recent Sunday morning. Prior to 2014, it had been dormant for nine years.
View ArticleBody of Nimitz sailor recovered from Olympic National Forest
Missing sailor from USS Nimitz apparently fell while on primitive trail in Olympic National Forest, officials say.
View ArticleBonsai Fest! for Mother’s Day
The first Bonsai Fest! took place at the Pacific Bonsai Museum in Federal Way on Sunday. The event, which will be scheduled on Mother's Day weekends in the future, also featured vendors, special...
View ArticleNew volcanic lava fissure in Hawaii prompts more evacuations
PAHOA, Hawaii (AP) — A new volcanic fissure on Hawaii’s Big Island sent gases and lava exploding into the air, prompting officials to issue calls for more evacuations as residents awaited a possible...
View ArticleUN health agency aims to wipe out trans fats worldwide
NEW YORK (AP) — The World Health Organization has released a plan to help countries wipe out trans fats from the global food supply in the next five years. The United Nations agency has in the past...
View ArticleA reader asks: What’s the rule on angled parking in Seattle?
You can get a ticket if you park with the front of a car facing the curb when a nearby sign says “Back-In Angle Parking Only.” Same for a head-in parking sign.
View ArticleAfrican refugee finds what she calls ‘home’ in Tacoma choir
The Tacoma Refugee Choir, with its mix of immigrants and American-born singers, makes life less lonely for people who have endured terrible violence back home and find it hard to acclimate to the U.S....
View ArticleBehind the Byline: Meet real estate reporter Mike Rosenberg
In the eighth edition of Behind the Byline, our interview series helping you get to know the journalists who bring you the news, we talk to real estate reporter Mike Rosenberg about his path to...
View ArticleHe earned $400,000 in scholarships and won admission to Harvard: A Highline...
As a first-generation college student who's been working since middle school, earning a full-ride to an Ivy League school is a great feeling for 18-year-old Abel Berhan. Here's how he did it.
View ArticlePeople rush to boats in Ballard to dodge Seattle’s crazy housing market — but...
Wannabe boat dwellers are waiting up to three years for a spot in Ballard’s Shilshole Marina. Port of Seattle officials say they can’t remember when the waitlist was longer. But can people actually...
View ArticleSeattle’s Town Hall gets a makeover — and new neighbors
Town Hall Seattle — that historic landmark built about a century ago as a church but that looks like the Roman Pantheon — is undergoing a major seismic retrofit and interior renovations.
View ArticleSuddenly there came a tapping: Ravens cause blips in massive physics...
Scientists at the Nobel-winning LIGO project caught the birds in the act, pecking at a frosty pipe along one of the observatory’s 2.5-mile-long arms
View ArticleWashington Democrats fighting hard for longtime GOP seats; here’s how some...
Washington Democrats this year are fighting hard to win election in state legislative districts where the party hasn’t scored victories — or in some cases, even fielded candidates — in many years.
View ArticleConnelly: Durkan should veto $500 head tax, encourage putting heads together
The path ahead in an angry Seattle: Replace confrontation with cooperation. Reject the $500-per employee head tax, step back, engage business.Less drama is a key to getting things done, and keeping...
View ArticleTwinks Are Here to Save Us from Toxic Masculinity
by Chase BurnsThe straight guy on the left is what the the New York Times calls an "art twink." After years of skinny boys having to allegedly hide in shame, the New York Times declared this morning...
View ArticleWhat Seattleites scurry to do when it gets warm
As we're lying there in our beds without a cool side of the pillow to turn to, lots of thoughts run through our minds: Is it cheating to just take the box fan from the window and point it directly at...
View ArticleSeattle City Council Passes $45 Million Head Tax Compromise
For housing and homelessness services.by Steven HsiehDueling signs at City Hall over the head tax. SH Following months of debate, raucous protests, and a threat from Amazon to erase 7,000 jobs from...
View ArticleSeattle City Council votes 9-0 for scaled-down head tax on large employers
The council approved a tax of $275 per employee, per year on for-profit companies that gross at least $20 million per year in the city — down from a $500-per-head tax Mayor Jenny Durkan had threatened...
View ArticleSeattle returns to Wells Fargo because no other bank wants city’s business
Seattle split with Wells Fargo a year ago over the bank’s investments in the Dakota Access Pipeline and a fraud scandal. But the two are together again after the city could find no other bank to take...
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