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Vikram and Upasana Kone at a restaurant in San Francisco, where the couple visited his brother last summer.

Visas Put Careers On Hold For Tech Wives

REDMOND, WASHINGTON -- Two young Indian co-workers face off across the table at a café on Microsoft’s main campus. The challenge? Who can eat the most…

Ginny Winslow photographed at her Seattle home on Friday, March 23, 2018. Winslow was working at the Route 91 Harvest music festival when Stephen Paddock fired on concertgoers from the nearby Mandalay Bay hotel, leaving 58 people dead.

I survived the Las Vegas shooting

I was working in Las Vegas at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. I looked at Caslin, my coworker, both of us confused but wary. She said, "It’s…

David Callahan is founder and editor of Inside Philanthropy, a digital media site and his new book is "The Givers: Money, Power and Philanthropy in a New Gilded Age."

Seattle billionaires have too much influence. Even the nice ones

Seattle's billionaires are changing the world. Sometimes for the better, but sometimes it's a threat to democracy. “Bill Gates has raised a lot of…

An earthquake in 1949 collapsed ancillary structure to commercial building in Seattle.

Pioneer Square Could Look Like Nepal When The Big One Hits

Most of us in Seattle aren't ready for The Big One.Eric Holdeman, former director of the King County Office of Emergency Management, said we shouldn’t…

Seattle Somalis Worry Arrests Could Hinder How They Send Home Money

A Somali immigrant living in Kent was arrested Wednesday on charges of fundraising for the Somali insurgent group Al-Shabaab. Her arrest could cast more…

Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson smiles during a news conference about President Trump's new executive order Monday, March 6, 2017, in Seattle. The new ban, which takes effect March 16, halts travel for 90 days for residents of Iran, Libya,

Washington state to Trump: Nope, travel ban still unconstitutional

The state will continue to press its legal case against President Donald Trump’s temporary travel ban, Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson…

Anglers watch as workers from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife prepare to pour two truckloads of rainbow trout into Green Lake the Friday before Father's Day. These fish came from the state hatchery in Arlington.

Watch Green Lake Get Stocked With Big Fat Fish

Watched by an eager crowd, two trucks backed carefully toward Green Lake, their tanks awash in black water and something more. It’s time to plant trout.It…

The northbound lanes of the SR 99 tunnel are shown on Tuesday, March 27, 2018, in Seattle.

PHOTOS: Sneak peek at Seattle's new mega tunnel

Seattle's SR 99 tunnel will have cellular phone service, sprinklers in case of fire and a pedestrian escape route. It has 107 portable potties right now,…

Tesoro workers killed in a 2010 refinery explosion are commemorated outside city hall in Everett, Washington.

Was Texas oil company responsible for WA deaths? Judge to decide years later

A nearly six-year-long legal battle drew to a close Thursday when attorneys made their final arguments on whether Texas oil company Tesoro is responsible…

Elections 2013 Results

Below are the results of the Nov. 5 elections. Results are as of 11/5/2013 at 9:21 p.m. Please be aware that due to write-ins, percentages might not add…

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