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Olympics at sunrise

Posted Thu, May 8, 8:00 AM by Flickr contributor Dean Forbes

A view from Seattle.

Mostly bubble with sun breaks

Posted Mon, May 5, 3:00 PM by Flickr contributor Dean Forbes

Fun descends on Lake Union Park.

Tulip fields forever

Posted Tue, Apr 29, 12:00 AM by Flickr contributor Dean Forbes

In Skagit County, Wash.

Life finds a way

Posted Thu, Apr 24, 2:00 AM by Flickr contributor Dean Forbes

In Seattle.

Oil painting

Posted Tue, Apr 22, 7:00 AM by Flickr contributor Dean Forbes

A sheen on Seattle's Lake Union.

A hard rain's a gonna fall

Posted Fri, Apr 18, 8:00 AM by Flickr contributor Dean Forbes

Spring weather on the water.

Morning Glory

Posted Wed, Apr 16, 12:00 AM by Flickr contributor Dean Forbes

On Lake Union in Seattle.

Barber shop

Posted Sat, Apr 12, 12:00 AM by Flickr contributor Dean Forbes

In Seattle's University District.

Posed with poise

Posted Thu, Apr 10, 8:00 AM by Flickr contributor Dean Forbes

A great blue heron at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle.

Springtime on the Quad

Posted Thu, Apr 3, 7:00 AM by Flickr contributor Dean Forbes

At the University of Washington.

Condo conversion: the Space Needle

Posted Tue, Apr 1, 12:00 AM by Flickr contributor Dean Forbes

Paul Allen buys and moves a Seattle landmark.

Tilting toward island time

Posted Mon, Mar 24, 12:00 AM by Flickr contributor Dean Forbes

The Whidbey Island ferry.

We row at dawn

Posted Fri, Mar 21, 12:00 AM by Flickr contributor Dean Forbes

On Portage Bay in Seattle.

Sure signs of spring in Seattle

Posted Sun, Mar 16, 12:00 AM by Flickr contributor Dean Forbes

On the University of Washington campus.

Density

Posted Thu, Mar 13, 12:00 AM by Flickr contributor Dean Forbes

In downtown Seattle.

Can you hear me now?!

Posted Wed, Mar 12, 12:00 AM by Flickr contributor Dean Forbes

Probably all of Lake Union can.

A heron rookery

Posted Mon, Mar 10, 12:00 AM by Flickr contributor Dean Forbes

Camouflaged but easily studied in a photograph.

Wood you were there

Posted Wed, Mar 5, 12:00 AM by Flickr contributor Dean Forbes

The Center for Wooden Boats in Seattle.

On golden Sound

Posted Sat, Mar 1, 12:00 PM by Flickr contributor Dean Forbes

Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains.

Vapor where

Posted Tue, Feb 26, 9:00 AM by Flickr contributor Dean Forbes

On Interstate 5 in Seattle.

Fire walker

Posted Thu, Feb 21, 5:00 AM by Flickr contributor Dean Forbes

In downtown Seattle, a stroll across the freeway.

A bridge too tall

Posted Sat, Feb 16, 2:00 PM by Flickr contributor Dean Forbes

The Interstate 5 Ship Canal span in Seattle.

Sky and water

Posted Wed, Feb 13, 7:00 AM by Flickr contributor Dean Forbes

The Center for Wooden Boats in Seattle.

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Mossback »

Your chance to join the Mod Squad

Posted Tue, May 13, 10:00 AM
by Knute Berger

A number of events are coming up for people interested in preserving Northwest modernism, from Googie to Brutalism to starship chic. Here's a quick rundown and reminder of doings connected to stories I've been covering on Crosscut.

Puget Sound on Prozac

57 states — and the Soviet of Washington?

Arts Beat »

Tacoma wants a LIFT — Local Infrastructure Financing Tool — from Wash. state

Posted Tue, May 13, 4:52 PM

The idea is to further develop downtown and the Dome District with the estimated $1 million per year for 25 years available through LIFT, a community development program approved by voters in 2006.

The New York Times cuts five from the arts staff

Without $75,000, The Everett Theatre faces closure

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Business / Technology »

Included in the Farm Bill: $170 million in aid for salmon fisheries

Posted Tue, May 13, 3:52 PM

The aid will help those in Ore., Calif., and Wash. affected by the emergency closure of the Pacific salmon season, the most devastating closure in U.S. history.

McClatchy would like to sell its 49.5 percent stake in the Seattle Times Co.

An Ore. woman is the first female to win the brewmaster award

Politics / Government » Election 2008.

Why Hillary Clinton should stay in the race

Posted Tue, May 13, 5:00 PM
by Ted Van Dyk

There's no real reason for her to step aside until the convention, argues Crosscut's national political writer. Let her finish the last five primaries. But if she fails to get the nomination, she then must embrace Barack Obama and go to work for him during the fall campaign.

Tacoma wants a LIFT — Local Infrastructure Financing Tool — from Wash. state

Included in the Farm Bill: $170 million in aid for salmon fisheries

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Food »

Included in the Farm Bill: $170 million in aid for salmon fisheries

Posted Tue, May 13, 3:52 PM

The aid will help those in Ore., Calif., and Wash. affected by the emergency closure of the Pacific salmon season, the most devastating closure in U.S. history.

An Ore. woman is the first female to win the brewmaster award

Available in Seattle this Friday: Copper River salmon

Sports »

Oklahoma City stakes a claim for the Sonics, no matter who owns the team

Posted Tue, May 13, 12:00 PM

"An assistant municipal counselor sent a letter on behalf of Mayor Mick Cornett and other city officials informing Schultz, the team's former owner, that Oklahoma City's lease with the SuperSonics will be enforced no matter how pending lawsuits in Seattle are resolved."

Larry Stone on bringing back Junior: Nice idea, but potentially a letdown

Comcast's high-definition baseball asterisk

Recreation / Outdoors »

Tacoma wants a LIFT — Local Infrastructure Financing Tool — from Wash. state

Posted Tue, May 13, 4:52 PM

The idea is to further develop downtown and the Dome District with the estimated $1 million per year for 25 years available through LIFT, a community development program approved by voters in 2006.

The Port of Seattle approves an Eastside trail deal

Grandmother, mother, and daughter — on the same soccer team

Travel »

Q&A with the new director of Washington State Ferries

Posted Mon, May 12, 3:20 PM

Says David Moseley: "I’ve been to every ferry-served community with the exception of one, and I’m going there later this month. I’ve ridden every route except two. That kind of personal connection to the people that we serve and the people who ride our ferry boats is a change from what had been occurring."

Mount Rainier's Paradise Inn is ready to reopen after years of renovation

Northwest Airlines plans to compete on the Seattle-to-Beijing route

Flip Side » Hillary Clinton.

Hillary Clinton, will you please go now!

Posted Sun, May 11, 6:00 PM
by Steve Clifford

Flip Side: With apologies to Dr. Seuss and Maureen Dowd.

An alternative reality show

John Moe: Sorry, Seattle, I'm moving away

Lifestyle / Leisure »

Tacoma wants a LIFT — Local Infrastructure Financing Tool — from Wash. state

Posted Tue, May 13, 4:52 PM

The idea is to further develop downtown and the Dome District with the estimated $1 million per year for 25 years available through LIFT, a community development program approved by voters in 2006.

An Ore. woman is the first female to win the brewmaster award

Available in Seattle this Friday: Copper River salmon

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