Dutch genes still bear scars of a famine
Babies born during the Dutch Hunger Winter in 1945 became adults with higher rates of health problems. Now researchers may have found the genetic switches that made it happen.
View ArticleKent School District to eliminate 45 positions, reduce benefits in the next...
The positions are all in the central-administration center and include 12 leadership roles, the district announced Friday afternoon. The people in the eliminated positions were told about the layoffs...
View ArticleEthics panel finds former Oregon Gov. Kitzhaber guilty of 10 violations
The scandal, which triggered investigations at both federal and state levels, ended John Kitzhaber’s long political career.
View ArticleGig Harbor votes for moratorium on residential developments
The ordinance imposes “a six month moratorium upon the receipt and processing of subdivision applications and applications for building permits and other land use development approvals associated with...
View ArticleOctopus Week at Seattle Aquarium
Two octopuses were being released into the Window on Washington Waters exhibit Friday and Saturday at the Seattle Aquarium as part of Octopus Week.
View ArticleNearly 2 decades after Columbine, troubled teens buying assault rifles still...
As the case of the foiled school shooting up in Everett this past week shows, we’re not making even the obvious, easy fixes to the gun violence epidemic.
View Article‘Nothing makes sense’: Gunfire reports at Highline College unfounded, but...
Police are unsure what prompted reports of gunfire Friday at Highline College in Des Moines, but nervous students immediately thought of Wednesday’s deadly rampage at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High...
View ArticleNative American and arts groups revisit and reframe the complex legacy of...
More than 20 arts and culture groups re-examine the long, complicated legacy of photographer Edward Curtis, who shaped what many Americans imagined “Native American” looked like for over a century.
View ArticleWhat does a bear do in the Alaska woods? Disperse seeds
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Does a bear scat in the woods? The answer is obvious but the effects on an ecosystem may not be. A study by Oregon State University researchers concludes that brown and black...
View ArticleWashington state man pleads guilty to raping, killing girl
A Bremerton man has pleaded guilty to the rape and killing of a 6-year-old girl and faces a minimum 40-year sentence. The Kitsap Sun reports that 21-year-old Gabriel Gaeta pleaded guilty Friday in...
View ArticleDeath on Mount Hood renews debate: Should climbers have permits?
Making Tuesday’s search harder: For several hours, officials weren’t sure how many people were on Mount Hood. Unlike at other iconic peaks in the West, permits aren’t required. At one point, officials...
View ArticleWild weekend of weather gets windy start
A long weekend of vigorous weather kicked off across the Seattle metro area Saturday morning with strong winds, to be followed by lowland snow and this winter's coldest temperatures Sunday and Monday.
View ArticlePedestrian killed on Interstate 5 in Seattle
A 35-year-old pedestrian was killed on Interstate 5 in Seattle early Saturday after he was hit by a vehicle near Yesler Way, then by other vehicles. The motorist who first struck the man was driving a...
View ArticleCrashes involving 25 vehicles shut down snow-slicked I-90
Multiple-vehicle collisions, spinouts and crashes were the story Saturday as snow hit the Cascades. On Sunday, the Seattle area may get a little snow.
View ArticleGood manners meet ‘weird physics’ at North Seattle’s Granite Curling Club
This is not shuffleboard on a sheet of ice. The sport is dynamic, precise, tactical and athletic. This Seattle arena is the epicenter of curling in the Northwest.
View ArticleSatellite launch from California is delayed
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — A SpaceX satellite launch from California that could create a spectacular aerial display has been delayed. The Falcon 9 rocket carrying an Earth observation...
View ArticleGuns, taxes on voters’ minds as Washington state lawmakers hold Eastside town...
State Rep. Tana Senn addressed the Florida school shooting, while Sen. Lisa Wellman promised property-tax relief, as lawmakers met the public in a Bellevue school gym.
View ArticleVirus in escaped fish common, not harmful to salmon in Washington waters,...
Atlantic salmon from Cooke Aquaculture’s Cypress Island escape tested positive for fish virus that can spread to wild Pacific salmon, though it isn’t known to cause harm to fish in Washington waters.
View ArticleFrom windy Saturday to wintry Sunday as some places get slammed with snow
The weekend weather pattern has rapidly shifted from warm and windy to cool and wintry, leaving some communities buried under several inches of snow.
View ArticleAmerica long has needed the corrective lens of ‘Black Panther’
The new Marvel Studios movie shows Africans and African Americans as complex, whole people — and that is a contribution to American storytelling that should benefit any viewer.
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