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Gordon Clinton, elected mayor a half century ago, helped create modern Seattle
Posted Wed, Nov 23, 1 p.m.
Former Mayor Greg Nickels remembers a predecessor about whom he knew little initially.
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Redistricting away Seattle's minority representation
Posted Mon, Nov 7, 8:48 a.m.
Activists cheered the prospect of Washington's first majority-minority congressional district. Then they noticed what redistricting would do to South Seattle's legislative delegation.
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Curse or pleasure: The enduring mystery of D.B. Cooper
Posted Fri, Oct 14, 2 a.m.
A new book immerses itself in the case. Enough so that the author begins to look over his shoulder for conspirators, and manages to do that without losing the reader.
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Seattle summer jobs of yore: Berry hard work
Posted Fri, Sep 9, 2 a.m.
Seattle's current Japanese-American civic leaders remember their roots as teenage farm workers, living in a city bordered by berries, not burbs. If only today's jobless teenagers were so lucky.
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Summertime, and the whining is easy. Right, newcomers?
Posted Sat, Jul 2, 4:41 p.m.
Seattle's weather doesn't follow the patterns of other U.S. cities. Even in the early summer. Is this a surprise to some of you?
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An ambitious new effort to improve south end schools
Posted Thu, Jun 30, 11:51 a.m.
A new organization, led by an experienced city leader, hopes to bring about comprehensive change in education of struggling students. The keys are aligned agendas and funding, as well as a data-driven focus on going to college.
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Vancouver's riot and the perils of naivete
Posted Wed, Jun 29, 2 a.m.
Gather 150,000 into a public place. Let many of them get drunk. Have maybe 300 cops on hand. The result was predictable mayhem, followed by an orgy of blame-shifting.
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More victims of the heritage hatchet
Posted Tue, Dec 21, 2 a.m.
Gov. Gregoire cancels $10 million in heritage capital grants, impacting restoration projects statewide. Seattle is especially hard hit.
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Bicycling Seattle: Comparison with Amsterdam can be favorable
Posted Fri, Oct 22, 7:25 a.m.
A local writer who hails from The Netherlands finds that, in some ways, bicycling in Seattle has advantages over her native land. And the rainy weather is similar.
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Cascadia, where moral hand-wringing is an Olympic sport
Posted Mon, Mar 1, 9:09 p.m.
The Vancouver Olympics captured nicely the two opposing impulses of the Pacific Northwest: the desire to extol our green virtues, and to exploit our future.
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Acclaimed Vancouver museum has a new face
Posted Thu, Jan 21, 2 a.m.
Snow or no, one of Vancouver's iconic visitor attractions will re-open in time for the Olympic games. The Museum of Anthropology has knockout displays of Northwest Coast native cultures.
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The Fat Lady often sings for historic stadiums
Posted Thu, Jan 7, 2 a.m.
While Portland preservationists fight to save their historic Coliseum, another sports venue is destined for a cheesy end.
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Seattle's high-water mark?
Posted Wed, Aug 19, 6 a.m.
When did our city start to back away from its 50-year mood of lofty civic aspiration? The writer puts it in the autumn of 1998, when we decided to settle for the bronze medal.
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Local tourism: hanging on til the Olympics
Posted Tue, Jun 23, 6 a.m.
In British Columbia and Washington, 2009 is going to be a tough year for the tourist business. Here's what some experts are doing to get through the recession.
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And for Seattle's next 'world's fair,'...
Posted Fri, Jun 5, 6 a.m.
Puget Sound boosters are proposing to launch an annual Global Health Celebration in 2012 to re-brand Seattle for the new century.
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Are the Vancouver Olympics turning into a stimulus plan?
Posted Fri, Dec 26, 6 a.m.
Smart thinking, Canadians. The Winter Games are shovel-ready for the recession.
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A Christmas essay: a better way to help the homeless
Posted Thu, Dec 25, 9 a.m.
Vancouver faces a potential public relations embarrassment during the 2010 Olympics, owing to the city's tremendous homeless population. An architect proposes a bold solution: temporary, modular housing.
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Cross-border commerce and the 2010 Olympics
Posted Tue, Nov 25, 6 a.m.
Money isn't flowing as freely as once thought, and the challenges of the border and exchange rates determine whether and how Northwest contractors and service providers will benefit from the Vancouver Games.
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2007 in review: Mossback hunts down the wildest animal stories of the year
Posted Tue, Dec 25, 1 a.m.
Giant swimming rats, seducing Sasquatch, and bear-hunting at the Vancouver Olympics.
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Newt and the newts: Meet the amphibian behind the man
Posted Sun, Dec 11, 12:30 p.m. 2011
Amazing resilience may not be the only thing Gingrich and the eponymous amphibians have in common. Just ask Bob Dole and Phil Gramm.
MOREMidday Scan: Monday's top stories around the region
Posted Mon, Oct 3, 11 a.m. 2011
Killing higher education and the economic future of Washington state; heavy regulation; money flow is unequal in Snohomish County race; there goes another dam; and President Obama's forgetfulness in Seattle.
MOREMidday Scan: Monday's top stories around the region
Posted Mon, Sep 26, 11 a.m. 2011
Political shootout in north Sound county executive's race; Alaska looks at survival in post-oil era; Boeing and Microsoft's tax breaks; and is rationed care coming to the ER?
MORECommunity college part-timers worry about losing more ground
Posted Wed, Mar 16, 2 a.m. 2011
A bill in the legislature could signal that lawmakers are backing away from dealing with the part-timers' longstanding concerns about low pay.
MOREVancouver is aglow, one year after Olympics
Posted Mon, Jan 31, 2 a.m. 2011
This is a great month to take in the city's many tourist attractions, from the well-known SkyTrain and BC Place to a re-lit Olympic Cauldron and a native sculpture that inspired the official emblem of the 2010 Games.
MOREVancouver takes the gold on the road
Posted Thu, Apr 8, noon 2010
Marketing showcase in San Francisco will feature a zipline and aboriginal dancers.
MOREGiving up social networking for Lent
Posted Fri, Feb 19, 4:53 p.m. 2010
Blame it on the Olympics
MORESalish Sea name adopted in BC
Posted Fri, Feb 19, 6 a.m. 2010
It's official. For those who speak French, it's Mer des Salish.
MOREVancouver itself is a spectator sport, no tickets required
Posted Mon, Feb 15, 3:37 p.m. 2010
There's so much to see for free, this writer is already planning a second Amtrak trip north during the Olympics.
MORESpokane skates on some thick ice
Posted Fri, Feb 5, 1:28 p.m. 2010
The Lilac City hosts the U.S. Figure Skating Championships for the second time in four years.
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Phrase "One Nation Under God" has ties to corporations Despite Romney's heralding of the phrase, the history might be more indicting of his character than he suspects.
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How the Boeing case became a litmus test for national Democrats Scott Wong writes, "A federal lawsuit against Boeing for alleged union-busting has become more than a conservative crusade; it’s an uncomfortable question for 2012 Democrats in right-to-work states."
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Was that a whisper or a 787 that we just heard? The new Boeing Dreamliner is "pretty darn quiet," Michele Dunlop writes. (She links to a Boeing video to prove it).
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Rep. Reuven Carlyle: Don't extend a super-majority requirement to county and local governments Rep. Reuven Carlyle is trying to amend a transit-assistance bill that requires a two-thirds' majority vote by the King County Council to authorize a $20-per-license-plate surcharge. It's a touchy issue, coming on the heels of Initiative 1053. "In my view, it is unacceptable for the legislature to institute supermajority rules for local and county governments," Carlyle said.
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