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Anti-gay, pro-gay protest

In Snoqualmie, Wash.

Where's mine?

Balloons mark the conversations at the precinct caucuses.

Neighbor to neighbor

Caucusing in Fall City, Wash.

The caucuses in Fall City, Wash.

This is where 5th District Democrats met.

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Mossback » Crosscut Focus: People vs. Puget Sound.

Puget Sound on Prozac

Pretty as it is, our signature waterway is a chemical dump for everything from oil to sewage — and even anti-depressants. You may be surprised (and disgusted) by what turns up there.

57 states — and the Soviet of Washington?

A Seattle software exec makes sure that the buffalo don't roam

Arts Beat »

An Eastside community where craftsmanship defines the homes

It began in 1908, when a local group called the Beaux Arts Society bought 50 acres of land on the shore of Lake Washington, creating a thriving memorial to the arts and crafts movement of the day.

Melinda Bargreen: Goodbye to the Seattle Times music critic post

Columbus Symphony, deadlocked with musicians, shuts down

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Business / Technology »

The Port of Seattle approves an Eastside trail deal

The 42-mile corridor is moving into public ownership, to be used for a hiking and biking trail, a freight line, and possibly for commuter transit.

Port Townsend is exploring ways to resume fast passenger ferry service to Seattle

Top-rated Seattle radio station: public KUOW-FM

Politics / Government »

Q&A with the new director of Washington State Ferries

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."

Bob Barr, former GOP congressman from Georgia, says he's running for president as a Libertarian

Responding to her readers: Carolyn McConnell on paid family leave

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Travel »

Q&A with the new director of Washington State Ferries

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

Sports »

The Mariners are scouting Ken Griffey Jr.

So reports beat writer John Hickey. An assistant to Mariners general manager Bill Bavasi was at Shea Stadium over the weekend to watch the Reds play the Mets.

Perhaps Oklahoma City would also be interested in a baseball team

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

Flip Side » Hillary Clinton.

Hillary Clinton will you please go now!

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

An alternative reality show

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

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