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A city the size of Woodinville is sleeping in our streets

The homeless numbers are in: The population of people living out on the streets of King County continues to grow, a frustrating and sobering confirmation…

Trump threatens Hanford Reach; locals are unenthused

When President Bill Clinton created the Hanford Reach National Monument in Eastern Washington in 2000, some local officials objected. They wanted at least some local…

For women in science, the challenges are personal

When Emily Levesque was 2 years old, her older brother was assigned a school project on Halley's Comet. It was 1986, and the comet was…

Jim Henson was more than a puppetmaster

The moment you enter The Jim Henson Exhibition: Imagination Unlimited at MoPOP, you’re greeted by urUtt the Weaver Mystic, characteristically poised in the familiar crouch…

Pramila Jayapal grapples with the strange realities of D.C.

Impeach Trump? Not so fast, says freshman U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, a Democrat from Seattle. In a Crosscut Facebook Live interview Tuesday afternoon, Jayapal told KCTS/Crosscut…

Seattle’s man in middle of Watergate scandal weighs in on Trump’s

It looks like Watergate, it smells like Watergate, but is it Watergate? For answers, Seattle can turn to an expert, a man who worked for…

Activists gain ground in fight against youth jail

The long fight over the new Children and Family Justice Center — often known simply as the “youth jail” — will continue. In a tense vote…

5 things to do in Seattle this weekend

HONK! Fest West One of my favorite events of the year kicks off this Friday in Georgetown, carrying on in Pioneer Square, downtown’s Waterfront Park…

On climate: We’ll always have Paris Seattle

There’s no climate salvation coming from the moderate wings of the White House. The Trump administration has made clear it will bulldoze international consensus and…

The Race to Alaska is a ‘call to the heart’

This story originally appeared in The Port Townsend Leader. There is something Northwest boaters need to understand about the Race to Alaska, says Daniel Evans:…

Counting the homeless and across town, clearing them out

On the steps of City Hall Thursday, as rain threatened, volunteers banged a gong — one strike for every person sleeping on the streets of…

After Portland stabbings, commuters saddened, undaunted

As commuters rode the Seattle Link light rail on Tuesday, still reeling from the news of the fatal stabbings about Portland’s MAX light rail on…

The Race to Alaska is a ‘call to the heart’

This story originally appeared in The Port Townsend Leader. There is something Northwest boaters need to understand about the Race to Alaska, says Daniel Evans:…

On climate: We’ll always have Paris Seattle

There’s no climate salvation coming from the moderate wings of the White House. The Trump administration has made clear it will bulldoze international consensus and…

Counting the homeless and across town, clearing them out

On the steps of City Hall Thursday, as rain threatened, volunteers banged a gong — one strike for every person sleeping on the streets of…

Seattle’s man in middle of Watergate scandal weighs in on Trump’s

It looks like Watergate, it smells like Watergate, but is it Watergate? For answers, Seattle can turn to an expert, a man who worked for…

5 things to do in Seattle this weekend

HONK! Fest West One of my favorite events of the year kicks off this Friday in Georgetown, carrying on in Pioneer Square, downtown’s Waterfront Park…

For women in science, the challenges are personal

When Emily Levesque was 2 years old, her older brother was assigned a school project on Halley's Comet. It was 1986, and the comet was…

A city the size of Woodinville is sleeping in our streets

The homeless numbers are in: The population of people living out on the streets of King County continues to grow, a frustrating and sobering confirmation…

After Portland stabbings, commuters saddened, undaunted

As commuters rode the Seattle Link light rail on Tuesday, still reeling from the news of the fatal stabbings about Portland’s MAX light rail on…

Pramila Jayapal grapples with the strange realities of D.C.

Impeach Trump? Not so fast, says freshman U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, a Democrat from Seattle. In a Crosscut Facebook Live interview Tuesday afternoon, Jayapal told KCTS/Crosscut…

Activists gain ground in fight against youth jail

The long fight over the new Children and Family Justice Center — often known simply as the “youth jail” — will continue. In a tense vote…

Trump threatens Hanford Reach; locals are unenthused

When President Bill Clinton created the Hanford Reach National Monument in Eastern Washington in 2000, some local officials objected. They wanted at least some local…

Jim Henson was more than a puppetmaster

The moment you enter The Jim Henson Exhibition: Imagination Unlimited at MoPOP, you’re greeted by urUtt the Weaver Mystic, characteristically poised in the familiar crouch…

Don’t rail on the Monorail, it might be our future

The Monorail isn’t supposed to be here. It was built as a demonstration project for mass transit for the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair and was…

Until we can do better, build more tiny homes

In the search for housing for the homeless “we need more landlords to be engaged,” said Lauren McGowan, director of Financial Stability for United Way…