Crosscut articles of the past 10 days with the most clicks.
Crosscut articles of the past 10 days with the most reader comments.
Crosscut blog posts of the past 10 days with the most clicks.
Posted Tue, Nov 15, 2 a.m.
Folk archivist Bob Nelson has been recording Northwest folk songs for almost 60 years. Now, in the spirit of oral tradition, Nelson is giving his collection - the stuff of legends - to the public.
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Posted Thu, Nov 3, 2 a.m.
Seattle races and ballot measures turned into ratifications of the present course, for a variety of structural and political reasons. Want the real drama? Look along the railroad corridor to Bellingham and along the Sound Transit corridor on the Eastside.
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Posted Mon, Oct 24, 2 a.m.
Regional leadership is lining up its ducks in an effort to convince Boeing to build the next generation of 737s here. One contender is the historic site of a Boeing factory at Boeing Field. Here's a survey of the issues and the fault lines in the local team.
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Posted Wed, Oct 12, 2 a.m.
Community Transit, serving north of Seattle, has made the smart move of buying sleek double-decker commuter buses. The ride is thrilling, and the views are stunning.
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Posted Sat, Sep 17, 9:30 p.m.
A world premiere at the Village Theatre tackles a tough subject, providing chuckles but no tears.
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Posted Wed, Sep 7, 12:46 p.m.
With its new 747-8F, Boeing takes the lead in the cargo jet business, with a monopoly in the production of wide-bodied freighters.
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Posted Wed, Jun 8, 2:49 p.m.
A funding bill will come before lawmakers in the next few weeks. Meanwhile, there might be a thawing of the chilly relations between advocates of rails vs. bike trails.
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Posted Fri, Apr 29, 2 a.m.
While larger trends have made the city become whiter, other parts of the central Puget Sound region have become genuinely diverse. Seattle now ranks 40th statewide in diversity.
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Posted Wed, Oct 6, 2 a.m.
Crashes, barrel rolls, high-stakes gambling: A new book details how your daddy's Boeing came to dominate commercial aviation and put globalization on the fast track.
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Posted Tue, Aug 31, 2 a.m.
A new-generation airship is visiting Puget Sound, a reminder of the pleasures and Northwest history of traveling by dirigible.
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Posted Fri, Jul 16, 2 a.m.
A new book by former "Seattle Post-Intelligencer" Editorial Page Editor Mark Trahant tells how Sen. Henry M. Jackson, an advocate of policies that could have killed Native Americans' cultural heritage, changed while working with a Native American congressional staffer.
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Posted Tue, Jun 8, 2 a.m.
Some local high schools have dramatically improved graduation rates, and they've done it without the big structural changes grabbing attention around the country.
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Posted Wed, Mar 17, 2 a.m.
While big farms are slipping in number, Washington is seeing a rise in small farms, the main supplies of farmers markets. Developers are now treating a small farm as an attractive amenity, attracting those hooked on the FarmVille fantasy game.
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Posted Tue, Dec 29, 2 a.m.
Awards for the worst setbacks in Northwest historic preservation for 2009.
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Posted Wed, Oct 14, 6 a.m.
Our writer, talking with the Seattle mayoral candidate, comes away impressed by his small-C catholicity and Northwest values.
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Posted Mon, Aug 24, 6 a.m.
Boeing is playing hardball with its unions and local politicians. Before we end up caving to this new shakedown effort, shouldn't Speaker Chopp and other leaders be crafting a response?
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Posted Wed, Aug 12, 6 a.m.
It's understandable that Joe Mallahan, a son of Everett (the Athens of Puget Sound), will be shy about lording it over his Seattle fellow-candidates. And that Dow Constantine would drip Everett-envy.
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Posted Mon, Aug 10, 6 a.m.
The hostility is out there, but so are the supporters for reform. Larsen appeals to 'Northwestern civility' in one crowded session in Skagit County.
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Posted Fri, Jul 24, 6 a.m.
Everett has a remarkable string of historic buildings and landmarks, as well as a record of losing many of them. The battle with the Port of Everett over the Collins Building has become a dramatic last stand for preservationists.
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Posted Wed, Jun 24, 4 a.m.
Maritime advocates are looking to have Congress declare most of Washington's coastline, including Puget Sound, a National Heritage Area. It could be a boon for tourism, preservation, and the marine industry itself.
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Rumbles on the waterfront; another case of Portland-envy; dubious distinction time for Washington colleges; Rose City roses for Obama's speech; and a study puts tolls on 520 under another cloud.
MOREPosted Fri, Sep 2, 11 a.m. 2011
Passing of eras in Everett and Portland; McKenna gets a lesson from the Supreme Court; Tim Burgess wants to save Seattle's downtown, while Howard Schultz may want to save the country.
MOREPosted Thu, Jul 28, 9:26 p.m. 2011
A proud son of Everett swings back at the latest insult, this one about how well Everett's bottled water lies on the exquisite stomachs of upmarket urban booksellers.
MOREPosted Fri, Apr 8, 3:30 p.m. 2011
Washington inks an agreement to take money rejected in Ohio and Wisconsin. Part of the money is headed toward tracks north of Everett, an area that had been left out of earlier high-speed improvements.
MOREPosted Fri, Feb 25, 1:12 p.m. 2011
A Scandinavian community is not inclined to boastfulness. But the Everett plant will be at the center of work on the new refueling tanker.
MOREPosted Mon, May 24, 2:04 p.m. 2010
The regional chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists awards four Crosscut writers in its online-news category.
MOREPosted Fri, Mar 5, 10 a.m. 2010
Don't wait another decade to see this Neil Simon classic
MOREPosted Mon, Nov 30, 2:26 p.m. 2009
The recent spate of police executions triggers a thought about the third rail of Northwest politics: gun control. What of those plans to ban, or allow, firearms in public parks?
MOREPosted Thu, Oct 29, 11:02 a.m. 2009
As yesterday's big Boeing news was breaking, KING TV and KIRO-FM were all over the story.
MOREPosted Wed, Oct 28, 3:38 p.m. 2009
News at the company isn't good, and that's for those "lucky" enough to still be there
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