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Orphans at the Ghenh Rang Orphanage in South Vietnam before Operation Babylift. Julie Davis, who lives in Minneapolis, belies that's her looking at the camera.

Julie Davis, who was airlifted to Seattle from Saigon in 1975, shares her story. This week marks the 40th anniversary of Operation Babylift, the mass…

Kenny Wayne Gunner plays guitar in downtown Bremerton at lunch time

Navy skips permit for Bremerton boat scraping; environmentalists sue

Earlier this year, the Navy scraped the hull of the U.S.S. Independence to prepare it for dismantlement. That likely released heavy metals into the waters…

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women of Washington members start the Women's March on Saturday, January 20, 2018, on Pine St., in Seattle.

PHOTOS: Thousands take over the streets for Seattle Women's March

Tens of thousands of people took to Seattle streets Saturday for the Women's March 2.0. A stream of demonstrators was already heading towards central…

The bridge at Deception Pass, between Whidbey Island and Fidalgo Islands. It got its name from Captain George Vancouver, who felt deceived by the width of the waterway.

Cape Disappointment to Deception Pass: What’s up with the depressing names?

Anyone who has road-tripped around Washington state might have noticed a depressing trend: Cape Disappointment. Point No Point. Deception Pass.…

Sara Jacobsen, left, never gave much thought to the Chilkat robe hanging over her dining room table. Until she took a class in high school, when she saw another robe that looked eerily similar to the one at home.

Seattle teen calls out her dad’s Native American art. He learns she’s right

Sara Jacobsen, 19, grew up eating family dinners beneath a stunning Native American robe.Not that she gave it much thought. Until, that is, her senior…

Teacher Reid Sundbad teaches P.E. at Chinook Middle School. He also meets with a group of Latino boys three times a week for a class called Advisory.

Who’s Your School Dad? Highline Wants Kids To Feel Bonded

It’s the last day in Reid Sundblad’s P.E. class near Sea-Tac Airport, and a few kids are really bummed.“Oh, don’t cry,” Sundblad says. “It’s been a…

What Service Providers Want You To Know About Helping The Homeless

To complement our series Seattle’s Homeless: No End In Sight, we asked organizations who work with homeless people around King County to participate in an…

Quiet Crimes: Elder Abuse On Rise In Washington

You might think the elderly are targeted by strangers, but more often, it’s someone they know. Now prosecutors say that crimes against vulnerable adults…

The Misunderstood Fans Of 'My Little Pony'

In an unforgiving world, who wouldn’t want to retreat to a place where friendship is magic? Bronies are a group of people who live by that. They’re fans…

On Saturday, March 19 light rail stations opened serving Capitol Hill and the University of Washington (pictured).

Seattle’s next mayor is bringing major conflicts of interest with her

Seattle suddenly seems like a very small town — at least when you look at the mayoral candidates and their family ties.It turns out that both Cary Moon…

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