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Meet The White House's New Chief Climate Change Skeptic

Portion Of Interstate 5 Bridge Collapses Over Skagit River

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) -- An Interstate 5 bridge over a river north of Seattle collapsed Thursday evening, dumping vehicles and people into the water,…

Councilmember Tim Burgess speaks after accepting a nomination from council member Lorena Gonzalez to become the intern mayor of Seattle, during a city council meeting on Monday, September 18, 2017, at City Hall in Seattle.

Stopgap Mayor Burgess to hand over office to Jenny Durkan

Seattle will get a new mayor Tuesday — its fourth this year. Seattle mayor Tim Burgess will be handing over the office to Jenny Durkan, who was elected…

The Onlies: Seattle High School Students Make Beautiful Music

When it comes to musical talent, there's no shortage in Seattle. The city boasts a thriving indie rock scene, great jazz and classical musicians, and the…

Men attend Sunday services at the Gurudwara Singh Sabha of Washington, a Sikh temple in Renton, Wash., Sunday, March 5, 2017, south of Seattle.

Sikhs call for national hate crime task force after Kent shooting

The shooting of a Sikh man in Kent is prompting calls for the Trump administration to create a special hate crime task force.The FBI said Monday that a…

Businesswoman Mary Keller Wynn came up with the Natte Latte coffee stand in 1999, which launched the Pacific Northwest's propensity for sexy espresso stands.

Are bikini baristas a Pacific Northwest phenomenon?

Are bikini baristas a Pacific Northwest phenomenon?Jake Koukel from Puyallup asked KUOW’s Local Wonder team to investigate.The sexy espresso prototype in…

Kate Martin, main booster of Initiative 123, the bid to build an elevated park over the waterfront, at her home on Tuesday night after learning the results. Her idea was trounced by 81 percent of voters.

'We got shellacked' and other primary election results

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 7 – Pramila Jayapal & undetermined (Brady Walkinshaw & Joe McDermott in dead heat)I-123 (ELEVATED PARK ALONG SEATTLE WATERFRONT) –…

A vivid portrait by Bll Schenck at the Tacoma Art Museum, a gift from the Haub family of Germany. The Haubs fell in love the Tacoma area in the 1950s and have collected an impressive collection of western art for decades.

Cold War And Cowboys: How Germans Brought Stunning Art To Tacoma

The story behind a massive new art collection in Tacoma is one of coincidences.A wealthy German couple honeymooned in the area in the 1950s and then,…

Most donors to this year's ballot measure gave at least this much money ($10,000).

Here are the real winners (and one loser) of this year's ballot initiatives

The winners and losers in Washington's elections become official once counties certify their results Tuesday, November 29. Then there are the unofficial…

Donna Dean-Wright holds a sign at the Seattle women's march on Saturday, January 21, 2017.

The new NW activists: She's doing something unique with data

Have you noticed a surge in people jumping into political activism for the first time after the last election? As part of our in-depth look at the new…

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