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A file photo of a member of Puget Sound's Swinomish tribe participating in a ceremonial salmon blessing. Northwest tribes hold vigils along the Columbia River to pray for the return of salmon.

Inslee Pushes Tighter Water Quality Rules To Match EPA Proposal

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee announced Thursday the state is pursuing clean water rules that match federal recommendations for protecting human…

Private docks line the shore of Hunts Point, Wash.

Campaign Cash Maps Show Cracks In Washington's Cascade Curtain

You may have seen maps of the United States divided into red and blue, based on whether Republicans or Democrats got the most votes in each area. What…

Seattle Opera's Wagner Tubas: 'A New Sound We've Never Heard'

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Former PNB dancer Ariana Lallone at Teatro Zinzanni.

A Ballerina's Second Act: Learning To Say 'Yes'

She may kill me for revealing her age, but what the heck? Ariana Lallone is 47 years old, and she’s as striking and vibrant as the first time I saw her…

Fidencio Racine (in red) and Salvador Cruz came down from Mount Vernon to attend the immigration rally at Judkins Park on Friday, May 1, 2015.

Seattle to Trump: We will not be bullied

Update: Seattle Mayor Ed Murray says Seattle is willing to risk money to stick to its principles.Six days in to his presidency, Donald Trump made good on…

Seattle Web Entrepreneur's Efforts To Re-Brand Marijuana

Marijuana has been historically cast as a dangerous drug for outcasts and societal dropouts. But with the passage of I-502, marijuana is going mainstream.…

A Ballard man snaps a photo Monday night after a public meeting, as he mourns the loss of a tree, cut down recently by the city of Seattle. The tree was on a vacant lot that may one day host a tent city for the homeless.

In Ballard, Protesting A Tent City And Mourning A Tree

The tree was beloved, they said.A pretty Korean mountain ash that stood alone on an empty lot for years. It didn’t deserve to be cut down by the city.When…

Fly to Asia in three hours, but at what cost to the environment?

New high-speed passenger planes being designed by Boeing and other manufacturers could connect continents faster than ever before.But these supersonic and…

The entrance to a homeless shelter on Third Avenue in Seattle.

Seattle could have even fewer shelter beds with head tax plan, Seattle mayor says

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan didn't veto the head tax passed by the Seattle City Council earlier this week, but in a letter to council members last night,…

Donna Smith, center, laughs with Dr. Brad McPhee before getting a filling during the Seattle/King County Clinic on Thursday, October 26, 2017, at Key Arena. Smith drove from Vancouver, Washington, and waited in line starting at 10 p.m. on Wednesday night.

Thousands expected at annual free health clinic at Key Arena

Lines started forming around Seattle’s Key Arena Wednesday night for an annual four-day free health care clinic that began early Thursday morning.Donna…

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