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It’s Like 2017 was Trying to Freak the Northwest Out All Year
Our upper-left-corner location didn’t spare us anxiety-provoking bull’s-eye treatment.
Check out the rest of our 2017 Year in Review package. Let’s get ready to rumble! If it’s not “The Big One” quake specials (OK, King 5 News, we’ll kit up!) and tsunami and lahar drills, it’s the hundreds of Ring of Fire reminders we get annually; this spring, Bremerton was beset by a “swarm”…
It Took Nearly a Century, But Seattle Found Its Second Female Mayor
Jenny Durkan emerged from a slew of candidates to take Seattle's top job.
Check out the rest of our 2017 Year in Review package. For all our self-congratulatory posing as a forward-thinking metropolis, Seattle seldom has strayed from (white) males when it comes to who runs this city. The lone female exception was a corruption- and bootleg-busting firebrand, Bertha Landes (1926–28). Landes was ousted by voters on her next…
Seattle Crime 2017: From the Gross to the Grotesque
The crime stories that shook Seattle.
Check out the rest of our 2017 Year in Review package. Two people were arrested at a Sammamish Papa John’s Pizza store (and three others elsewhere) during “Operation Extra Olives” (who says cops don’t have a sense of humor?) in June. The six-month-long King County Sheriff’s Office undercover investigation followed a tip that some employees were…
When Science Won’t Ease Vaccination Fears, This Washington Mom’s Promising Method Just Might
A study reveals a possible community-based solution to the vaccine hesitancy conundrum.
Parent Jessica Booth was a volunteer advocate with Vax Northwest, finding positive ways to share information about vaccines with other parents.
10 Most Prominent Transportation Initiatives in Puget Sound
Seattle’s growth comes with a price for commuters, which will test our patience and potentially change where and how we live.
Sponsored by Realogics, Inc. In 1907, when Seattle annexed Ballard, Ravenna and West Seattle, transportation meant nothing more than sailing routes, roads, bridges and sometimes cow paths. Today, transportation networks are technological systems whose scopes range from international airport instruments to GPS-enabled devices on your dashboard or in your pocket. New applications are transforming every…
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