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The Metropolitan King County Council approved a small sales tax increase Tuesday, boosting the rate to increase emergency shelter options for homeless children and families.
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King County Council approves new sales tax
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 1h
A massive retailer plans to bring aerial drone delivery to the Seattle area next year and no, it’s not Amazon.
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Drone deliveries are coming to Seattle
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 3h
Should the Seahawks have paid Kenneth Walker III? Given Walker's hot start, and the Seahawks' backfield hole, that's an easy take to make. Too easy, actually.
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Seahawks have need at running back, and their ex-starter leads NFL in rushing
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 4h
Prime Video's winning adaptation of Stephen King's novel, premiering Wednesday, brings the story to the modern day in darkly familiar ways, writes our reviewer.
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‘Carrie’ is the best adaptation of ‘Carrie’ since, well, ‘Carrie’ | Review
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 5h
The pilot who died when a small plane crashed while taking off Thursday from Paine Field Airport was identified.
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Pilot who died in Paine Field crash identified
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 5h
A Bellingham resident was arrested and charged in connection with the Tumbler Ridge school shooting.
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WA resident arrested in connection with B.C. school shooting
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 8h
Edge of the Circle Books carries titles relating to just about every major belief system, from Wicca to Nordic mythology to Afrodiasporic faiths and more.
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'Every nice person' is welcome at occult bookstore in the U District
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 9h
Ferry commuters will have an easier time Tuesday getting to work and taking trips across the Puget Sound, following mass cancellations earlier this week.
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Most ferry routes resuming regular service, but some are still cancelled
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 10h
RANT to the humongous cookie-cutter monstrosities popping up where a humble home was. Who is "designing" these? Must they be so huge? Must they be so dull? RAVE to the people at the hazardous waste mobile pop-up in Renton the...
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Rant and Rave: Reader dislikes ‘cookie-cutter’ homes
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 10h
The federal flood maps in Skagit County haven’t been updated since 1985. Then a December deluge brought record flooding to the region, with 75,000 Skagit Valley residents ordered to evacuate.
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New Skagit Valley flood maps show worsening conditions
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 11h
Our recipe writer adapts another recipe from The Seattle Times archive, this time a warm and cozy soup.
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Caldo verde is the ideal comfort soup for fall
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 12h
Census data reveals a handful of Seattle-area cities act as extreme bedroom communities, with some exporting over 95% of their workforce daily, writes FYI Guy.
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The Seattle area’s most extreme bedroom communities
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 12h
Seattle's Tasveer Film Center is finding success after purchasing the building housing the former Ark Lodge Cinemas, and is about to launch the 21st year of its prestigious film festival.
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A Seattle nonprofit holds the only Oscar-qualifying film festival of its kind
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 22h
Washington’s legislative maps might be redrawn once again, after the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday granted a petition related to a long-running dispute over the state’s 2020 redistricting process.
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SCOTUS order could send WA political maps back to the drawing board
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 06/10/2026
The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has stayed an order issued last week that reinstated the U.S. attorney in Western Washington who was fired by President Donald Trump.
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U.S. attorney in WA fired by Trump, then reinstated by judge, is out again
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 05/10/2026
Foggy mornings to give way to sunshine, but 'sizable' change ahead
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Foggy mornings to give way to sunshine, but 'sizable' change ahead
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 05/10/2026
Bainbridge Gardens’ annual free, family-friendly pumpkin walk fills a historic trail with painted pumpkins all October.
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On this WA island, take a pumpkin walk through a historic natural trail
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 05/10/2026
Columnist Carrie Dennett breaks down the nutritional aspects of fruit, including whether it's true that it has too much sugar.
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Why is fruit being demonized if most people don’t eat enough of it?
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 05/10/2026
Team Dresch are finally putting out their third album, “Furthermore,” the long-awaited follow-up to 1996’s “Captain My Captain.”
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A pioneering WA punk rock band returns with first new album in 30 years
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 05/10/2026
Most people who board the ferry at Edmonds get there by crossing railroad tracks, which will undergo repairs Tuesday night that block the dock entrance.
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Railway repairs to cancel 22 ferry trips at Edmonds dock this week
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 05/10/2026
Here are the top local bestsellers from the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association.
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‘Hollywood, Ending’ is the top local fiction bestseller
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 05/10/2026
RANT to the bus-only lanes on Aurora! I can understand the restriction during rush hours, but enforcing it 24/7/365 is counterproductive to addressing traffic congestion. RAVE to the six individuals riding their bicycles on Leary Way in Ballard, celebrating the...
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Rant and Rave: Reader frustrated by bus lanes
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 05/10/2026
'Serious disruptions' to Washington State Ferries routes across Puget Sound
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'Serious disruptions' to Washington State Ferries routes across Puget Sound
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 05/10/2026
In Washington, the average cost for a gallon of diesel was around $7.37 Friday, according to the American Automobile Association, almost $2.50 more than a year ago.
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Seattle-area businesses feel sting of ‘obscene diesel prices’
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 05/10/2026
The hatchery offers free daily tours during the fall, though the public is welcome to behold the machinery and peruse the native plant gardens every day of the year.
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Come see the salmon jumping and the fish ladder full at Issaquah hatchery
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 05/10/2026
A public records officer hired by the King County Regional Homelessness Authority said that the agency's leadership made it impossible for her to do her job.
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Homelessness agency’s public records officer quit, says she couldn’t do job
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 05/10/2026
Amid a flood of lawsuits over abuse and neglect in the child-welfare system, the state is hiring a bevy of private defense lawyers who can charge $300 an hour.
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WA pays record sums to pricey private lawyers amid lawsuit explosion
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 05/10/2026
RAVE to an airline check-in employee who made calls to locate the iPad my husband left on the plane. Then he volunteered to go to N17 and pick it up. This was not his job, but he graciously helped us...
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Rant & Rave: Airline employee helped reader find lost item
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 05/10/2026
Two men were shot to death in downtown Tacoma early Sunday. Another person took herself to a hospital with injuries that didn't appear to be life-threatening.
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2 dead, 1 hurt in Tacoma shooting
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 05/10/2026
One person died in a fall Sunday near the Middle Fork Snoqualmie trailhead, according to emergency officials.
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Climber dies in fall near North Bend
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 05/10/2026
A judge Friday threw out tough new job standards for county sheriffs approved by Washington lawmakers this year that critics argued would force some out of office.
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Judge permanently blocks WA sheriff standards law
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 04/10/2026
At least 19 protests across the state called for a moratorium on big data centers amid a slew of concerns around AI, privacy and resource consumption.
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Protests in Seattle, across WA call for pause on AI data center boom
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 04/10/2026
As a powerful developer pushes through to mine 990 acres in a small Washington town, residents say "it'll devastate us."
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If King County needs mines to build, who gets them ‘in their backyard’?
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 04/10/2026
For more than 50 years, every Washington state lawmaker chosen to represent Chelan County has been a Republican. That might change in this November's election.
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Blue surge could breach Cascades in this Washington race
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 04/10/2026
The Washington Supreme Court’s rejection of I-2066 puts the financial burden of converting to natural gas on suburban single-family homeowners, writes FYI Guy.
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The geographic divide in WA natural gas usage
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 04/10/2026
Joel David Ridley, 39 years old and a member of the Lummi Nation, was arrested in February after being found with a dead bald eagle in his vehicle.
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WA man pleads guilty to shooting two bald eagles
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 04/10/2026
Apprentices are paid while they learn — with wages ranging from $30 to $60 an hour — and guaranteed a job with Metro after they complete the program.
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King County Metro apprenticeships offer a chance to shift gears
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 04/10/2026
Seattle is one of the few U.S. markets with teams from each of the three big women’s professional leagues. Kate Shefte is our lead reporter on the new beat.
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Women's sports are a big deal in Seattle, so we're launching a beat
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 04/10/2026
The family-owned firm behind plans for a controversial aggregate mine in South King County has become one of the region's most prominent landowners and developers.
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What is in common between Super Mario and top WA developer?
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 04/10/2026
The nonprofit laid off more than half its staff amid a unionization effort. Leadership blamed poor fundraising and a depleted budget.
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WA Immigrant Solidarity Network gutted by mass layoffs as ICE surges
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 04/10/2026
Vinod Khosla responded to speculation that he and his family could move the Seahawks. "We have no plans to moved the team, have never discussed it," he wrote on X.
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Seahawks' new owner puts end to speculation of team being moved
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 04/10/2026
Seattle banned large data centers earlier this year. But some projects still have life.
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Why Seattle’s data center moratorium isn’t stopping new projects
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 04/10/2026
Notable deaths also include Angela Stribling and "Mighty Sparrow" Slinger Francisco.
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Trailblazing Seattle leader with 'fierce integrity' is among this week's notable obituaries
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 03/10/2026
As tech giants navigate the backlash over massive data center expansions, Amazon is responding with $1 billion for communities where the facilities are located.
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Amazon’s $1B data center pledge underscores rising tension over AI build-out
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 03/10/2026
The locked-in country star was in a wildman's groove Friday when he played Seattle proper for the first time in years.
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Outsider country star makes wild, unforgettable return to Seattle
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 03/10/2026
In this excerpt from "Jackson Street After Hours," author Paul de Barros explores how the Seattle jazz scene helped shape music legend Quincy Jones' career.
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How Seattle jazz shaped music titan Quincy Jones
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 03/10/2026
A triceratops and stegosaurus, which have waded in PacSci’s now-empty reflecting pool for 35 years, were removed this month.
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What happened to the dinosaurs at the Pacific Science Center?
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 03/10/2026
October is here and peak fall foliage is around the corner. This year, Western Washington could see more vibrant colors for a longer time. Here's why.
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Western Washington is in for a more vibrant fall than years past. Here’s why
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 03/10/2026
Author and Cowlitz Indian Tribe member Joey Clift spoke with The Seattle Times about inspiration, representation and why he loves his tribe’s casino.
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WSU grad highlights native culture in comedic new book
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 03/10/2026
Gov. Bob Ferguson unveiled more details about his proposed cellphone ban in Washington schools.
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Ferguson proposes banning cellphones in all K-12 schools
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