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The latest news, stories and more from in and around the Seattle and Tacoma region.
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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators blocked roadways in Illinois, California, New York and the Pacific Northwest on Monday, temporarily shutting down travel into some of the nation's airports.
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Tracy Toulou confronted serious challenges as the director of the Office of Tribal Justice for over 24 years, but after retiring, he says there's still much work to be done.
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Engineers left these drawings as a way to sign their work. Many are puns that made them chuckle to themselves. Now social media has rediscovered them and hobbyists try to keep that history alive.
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The climate benefits of shared e-scooters depend upon how companies deploy and manage them, and what steps are taken to keep riders safe.
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Nathaniel Cheney was arrested April 2, after he was indicted March 12 on two counts of damage to an electrical substation in Clackamas County in 2022.
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Northwest history and aviation enthusiasts contend an almost forgotten aerial feat that started and finished in Seattle also belongs up there in the pantheon of early aviation milestones.
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Washington has created a new apple variety – again. And its creators want you to name it.
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The Badger Mountain development in eastern Washington threatens heritage foodways on sacred lands.
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Prison reform has been a priority for progressive Democrats. However, despite a Democratic majority in the Legislature, some of this year’s reform proposals didn’t become law.
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Court documents show a University of Washington football player has been arrested and charged with raping two women in Seattle.
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When a beloved Ballard establishment closed at the end of March, former employees came together to revive the business as a co-op to give the community a voice in their future.
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New 911 call records, obtained by the University of Washington Center for Human Rights, describe six suicide attempts at the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma so far this year.