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Neighbors and protesters greet Hillary Clinton's motorcade as the candidate arrives at a private fundraiser in Medina, Washington.

Seattle Money Loves Hillary, But Bernie Raises More In WA Overall

If campaign contributions are any indicator, Washington state is "feeling the Bern."People here have given Democratic presidential candidate Bernie…

Nicole Grant of the Martin Luther King Labor Council has a blackboard decorated with the initiatives and issues supported by the local labor movement.

Initiative 1433 would close the gap between the state's and Seattle's minimum wage — partially

Washington state has long had one of the highest minimum wages in the country. At $9.47, it is also one of the few minimum wages that can rise with the…

Artist's rendering of Oakpointe's 'Ten Trails' development

The dream of Black Diamond's big development is an alternative to suburban sprawl

So how did King County's largest development in recent history end up way out in Black Diamond?It happened in part because of Black Diamond's history as a…

Tracking discarded electronics from the U.S. to China. Total Reclaim, one of the largest electronics recyclers in the Northwest, sent waste overseas despite earlier claims otherwise.

On the trail of America's dangerous, dead electronics

High above the Pacific Ocean in a plane headed for Hong Kong, most of the passengers are fast asleep.But not Jim Puckett. His eyes are fixed on the…

A wild Pacific salmon, left, next to an escaped farm-raised Atlantic salmon, right, on Aug. 22 at Home Port Seafoods in Bellingham.

That Atlantic salmon farm was on its last legs — and Washington state knew it

Cooke Aquaculture and state officials knew at least six months ago that the floating salmon farm that collapsed in August was "nearing the end of…

Holy Names students Audrey Long and Theresa Edwards at a December rally outside the Archdiocese of Seattle in support of former Eastside Catholic Vice Principal Mark Zmuda.

Seattle Catholic Students Form Underground Clubs For LGBTQ Youth

Four years ago, as a freshman at Holy Names Academy, an all-girls Seattle Catholic school, Audrey Long came out to her family. It wasn’t a positive…

Bama Chester and Patsy Tyler have long been fans of the Red Apple grocery store in the Central District, which has held up against the last decade of extreme gentrification.

Red Apple, at heart of black Seattle, likely to close, making way for Vulcan

The Red Apple in the Central District doesn’t look like much when you drive by – maybe just another grocery store in an old strip mall.But it’s at the…

Taylor Johnson's tattoo of a Monstera leaf, a trademark of the Ke'ala 'O Kamailelauli'ili'i halau, is visible on Thursday, March 22, 2018, while practicing their 'Auana dance at the halau in Federal Way.

Hula is way more than grass skirts, as these dancers will show you

When Kamaile Hamada found out last June that his group had been accepted into the world’s most prestigious hula competition, the first person he wanted to…

Tiny rooms where seminarians once lived at Saint Edward State Park in Kenmore, Washington. The state bought the land in 1977 but loses money every year on the old building. A developer wants to revamp it into a hotel and spa.

Should The State Give This Rotting Kenmore Seminary To A Developer?

Saint Edward State Park is a swath of forest north of Seattle almost four times the size of Disneyland.It was once a seminary, and now the state wants to…

Why itty bitty houses line Bremerton alleys

Tiny, affordable houses line some of Bremerton’s alleys. They’re called “war boxes,” remnants of the massive building boom that transformed Bremerton…

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