Online shopping driving increased work for carriers
Thanks to online retailers such as Amazon and eBay, holiday shopping has swiftly shifted from fighting the masses on Black Friday to knocking out your Christmas list over a lunch break on Cyber Monday....
View ArticleSeattle-area snow, heavy traffic could slow holiday travel
The three-day weekend that includes Christmas this year is a rarity, but even so, holiday traffic won't be a walk in the park with heavier than normal traffic on the major thoroughfares and a touch of...
View ArticleCan Jakarta save itself from sinking in 10 years?
Countless human-made troubles in the Indonesian capital pose an imminent threat to the city’s survival, a threat intensified by climate change.
View ArticleLane closures overnight Thursday on I-5 at Amtrak train derailment site north...
The first night of work goes from 8 p.m. Thursday to 7 a.m. Friday, tweeted the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT). Another three or four overnight lane closures are expected next week.
View ArticleSound Transit finds $200M savings for Lynnwood rail line — but needs $300M more
No major features such as stations or park-and-ride garages were cut in the latest proposals to fill a $500 million hole in the plan to build light rail from Northgate to Lynnwood.
View ArticleNot 1, but 2 mental-health hospitals coming to Lacey
An agreement announced late Thursday paves the way for US HealthVest and Providence St. Peter Hospital to pursue their respective plans for mental-health hospitals in the city.
View ArticleBeavers emerge as agents of Arctic destruction
Beavers may be taking advantage of warming temperatures to expand their range. But as the beavers head north, their very presence may worsen the effects of climate change
View ArticleChina limits waste and recyclers scramble
China doesn’t want to be the rest of the world’s trash can. Over the summer, regulators in Beijing started an unusually intense crackdown on what they called “foreign garbage,” citing health and...
View ArticleI Am Just Saying: Conan O'Brien Was in Seattle Long Enough to Tweet a...
by Sean NelsonWho can forget this classic Simpsons moment from season four, episode 12? Oh, you think I'm making it up because everyone has one foot out the door for Christmas vacation? Feast your eyes...
View ArticleHere Are the People Helping Mayor Durkan Select a New Police Chief
25 members.by Steven HsiehDurkan announcing O'Toole's retirement earlier this month. SH One of Jenny Durkan's first tests as mayor will be selecting a new police chief. On the campaign trail, Durkan...
View ArticleThe Most Misspelled Band Name Ever Belongs to One of the Greatest Bands...
It's totally [sic] how frequently the great German cosmic-rock band Popol Vuh's name gets misspelled.by Dave Segal"Popul Vuh"? That's almost as bad as Trump writing the wrong birth date on his NYC...
View ArticleCrash briefly shuts down Aurora Bridge
A multi-car accident on state Route 99 has blocked all but one lane of the Aurora Bridge.
View ArticleCrash on Aurora Bridge shuts down all but 1 lane of SR 99
A multi-car accident on state Route 99 has blocked all but one lane of the Aurora Bridge.
View ArticleConnelly: Latino rights -- up front in Olympia, back of the bus in U.S. Capitol
The Washington Voting Rights Act will take top priority when the Legislature convenes in January. It would give voting clout to large, currently shut out Latino populations in Eastern Washington...
View ArticleConnelly: Latino rights—Up front in Olympia, back of the bus in U.S. Capitol
The Washington Voting Rights Act will take top priority when the Legislature convenes in January. It would give voting clout to large, currently shut out Latino populations in Eastern Washington...
View ArticleWhat’s open and closed on Christmas Day
Post offices and banks will be closed, and Metro buses will operate on a Sunday schedule.
View ArticleNot All Pacific Northwest Treehouse Are Created Equal but All of Them Are...
TreeHouse Point and Sun Ray's Stump House are two very different, but equally entrancing, treehouse experiences.by Katie HerzogThe author at Temple of the Blue Moon at TreeHouse Point. She has, for...
View ArticleSleeping man attacked by intruder with pickax in North Seattle
The victim suffered several small puncture woundsin the unprovoked attack and was taken to Harborview Medical Center with what police described as non-life-threatening injuries.
View Article‘Bodies laying everywhere’: 911 calls capture chaos, tragedy after Amtrak...
Calls began pouring into South Sound 911 shortly after 7:30 a.m. Monday, after a 12-car train barreled into a bend in the tracks at 80 mph. Three people were killed and dozens injured in the derailment.
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