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Milee Ballweg, 20, sits on the steps of a University District church where she sleeps just after 5 a.m. on Wednesday, July 11, 2018, in Seattle.

PHOTOS: Young and homeless on the Ave in Seattle

Nostalgia thrives on the Ave.That’s University Way Northeast to cartographers, a street that pounds with construction and smells of $6.99 Thai lunch…

Mark Huff was a young post-graduate student back in 1978 when the Hoh Fire burned 1,250 acres not too far from the site of the current Paradise Fire. He’s been studying Olympic rainforest fires ever since. Historically, these fires occur every 500-1,000 y

A New Normal? Concern As Fire Burns Through Washington Rainforest

PORT ANGELES, Wash. -- It’s 6 a.m. and a special team of fire response coordinators is gathered at Port Angeles High School.This incident command center…

John Syverson, facilities manager for the Frye Hotel downtown, doesn't sugar coat the problems around his buildings.

Whiffs Of Wealth And Urine In Seattle's District 7 (Downtown, Queen Anne)

The Frye Hotel in downtown Seattle evokes a certain nostalgia. Two towering brick buildings are connected by an awning where one imagines a white-gloved…

Comedians Hari Kondabolu, left, and Dwayne Kennedy, right.

A desk won't protect us from nuclear fallout, so might as well laugh

Comedians Hari Kondabolu and Dwayne Kennedy chat with KUOW's Bill Radke on the threat from North Korea, performing in front of conservative audiences and…

Bricks that fell from an earthquake cover parked cars in Seattle's Pioneer Square district, Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2001 after a magnitude 6.8 earthquake which damaging buildings and roads, and closing Seattle's two airports.

Morning after the Big One in Seattle: How do you get supplies?

Emergency responders across the Pacific Northwest are holding an exercise to test their skills in a magnitude 9.0 earthquake. It's called Cascadia Rising.…

State Funding Cuts Leave Hopeful Citizens In The Lurch

Hundreds of immigrants and refugees plan to head to Olympia Thursday for their annual legislative rally. One message they’ll take to lawmakers is about…

DEA Letters "Tap The Brakes" On Legal Marijuana

Two weeks ago the federal Drug Enforcement Administration sent cease and desist letters to 11 medical marijuana dispensaries in Seattle. It was the first…

Student Vets Worry About Tuition Payments Amid Shutdown

For Tom Jenkins, a senior at the University of Washington and a veteran of the Air Force, the partial government shutdown has caused double stress: He has…

Kerry French at American Lake in Lakewood. She's campaigning for Sen. Ted Cruz in Pierce County.

In Washington GOP, some Cruz and Kasich fans inclined not to vote for president

Overnight, Washington Republicans have had to change gears.Tuesday they were preparing to welcome candidates Ted Cruz and John Kasich at presidential…

Rep. Dave Reichert, R-Wash., speaks with the media after testifying before the Senate Law and Justice Committee about Green River serial killer Gary Ridgway on Friday, Nov. 20, 2015, in Olympia, Wash.

Secret meeting targets Republican Rep. Dave Reichert

Democrats are drooling over a Washington state congressional seat that’s always been in Republican hands. Republican political consultant Chris Vance says…

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