114,000 more people: Seattle now decade’s fastest-growing big city in all of...
New census data show Seattle notched another year of impressive population gains in 2017. We've now outpaced Austin in rate of growth since the start of this decade, ballooning 18.7 percent, or 114,000...
View ArticleFirst look: Space Needle unveils nearly complete glass observation deck
All-glass walls, a rotating floor and benches are part of the most expensive upgrade of the tower's history.
View ArticleSlog AM: Seattle Is The Fastest Growing City Of The Decade, Phoenix Poaches...
Stormy gets the key to West Hollywood, Donald pulls out of the North Korea summit, Alex gets hit with lawsuitsby Nathalie GrahamRaise your hand if you're a transplant ALFSnaiper / Getty Images Seattle...
View ArticleWe Can Have Nicer Things: How Seattle Can Still Get Transit Right
by David ColeNorthgate Link under construction. More of this, please. DAVID COLE In my previous column I explained how American expectations for public transit have been on a decades-long downward...
View ArticleGay Portland State University Student Brutally Beaten
by Dan SavageAaron Salazar GOFUNDME Absolutely horrifying: a gay PSU student was taking the train from his home in Colorado back to school in Portland. He texted his great-grandmother from Truckee,...
View ArticleThe Star of Solo: A Star Wars Story Is Not Donald Glover, but Bradford Young
by Charles Mudede We all knew that the actor playing Han in Solo: A Star Wars Story, Alden Ehrenreich, was not going to make this movie. We were certain of this for two reasons: one, surpassing...
View ArticleEx-Rose Windows Songwriter Chris Cheveyo Presents His New Band Research,...
Hear the premiere of the first single by Research, ex-Rose Windows mastermind Chris Cheveyo's new radiant and heavy rock band.by Dave SegalSeattle's newest potential hitmakers (clockwise from top...
View ArticleMan accused of digging up brother’s grave in Bremerton
Police told the man he couldn't dig up the grave, but weren't sure yet what law he had broken so they told him in the meantime to leave the cemetery.
View ArticleUniversities study Alaskan-Aleutian subduction zone quakes
KODIAK, Alaska (AP) — Researchers from Cornell University plan to explore why some areas along the Alaskan-Aleutian subduction zone are hotbeds for earthquakes, while others are relatively quiet. The...
View ArticleYakima County Jail’s basement remains closed due to flooding
YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — The basement of the Yakima County jail remains shut down due to flooding. But the Yakima Herald-Republic reports that it’s expected to be operational by Tuesday. Jeremy Welch,...
View ArticleAlberto it is: First named tropical system chugs toward Gulf
MIAMI (AP) — A storm kicking up in the Caribbean Sea is threatening to bring heavy rainfall and flash floods to parts of Mexico, Cuba, Florida and the eastern U.S. Gulf Coast this weekend and possibly...
View ArticleTropical weather system strengthens as it moves toward Gulf
MIAMI (AP) — Forecasters say a tropical weather system moving toward the Gulf of Mexico is strengthening. The National Hurricane Center said Friday that a low pressure system in the northwestern...
View Article1 dead, 8 injured in S. Idaho hazardous material situation
DIETRICH, Idaho (AP) — Authorities in south-central Idaho say one person is dead and eight others, including emergency responders, had to be sent to hospitals after apparently encountering excess...
View ArticleIdaho town warns against drinking water after man found dead
DIETRICH, Idaho (AP) — Residents of an Idaho town have been told not to drink the water after a fired municipal worker was found dead in his home by emergency workers who were hospitalized after...
View ArticleWoot! It’s going to be a gorgeous, sunny 3-day weekend around Seattle
The sun doesn't always shine on Western Washington during Memorial Day weekend. This year will be different, with dry conditions and highs around 70 — after a bit of gray on Saturday morning.
View ArticleSinkhole closes lane on Highway 2; WSDOT reveals best, worst travel times for...
To sum up: There's going to be a lot of traffic everywhere, and Highway 2, a major cross-state route, would be a particularly good spot to avoid.
View ArticleSlog AM: Amazon Relocates 130 Jobs To Phoenix, Puget Sound Mussel Doping,...
Give Facebook your nudes, North Korean summit whiplash, Rachel Dolezal accused of welfare fraudby Nathalie GrahamWashington bivalves are on a slippery slope.ian600f/ Getty Images Amazon moves first...
View ArticleOfficers kill bear near suburban Portland apartment complex
GRESHAM, Ore. (AP) — Police killed a small bear that was roaming near an apartment complex in Gresham, Oregon. Gresham police told KOIN-TV there were reports of a bear Thursday. Another report around...
View ArticleContemplating Plastic Waste In the Check-Out Aisle At Walgreens
by Dan Savage What percentage of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is made up of discarded red noses do you think?[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleOregon governor declares drought emergency in Harney County
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has declared a drought emergency in Harney County. The Capital Press reports it’s the third drought declaration the governor has made so far this year,...
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