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In Seattle, there's no business like snow business

Seattle shrouded in snow while the Alaskan Way tunnel makes its debut.

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  • Matt M. McKnight
/ February 4, 2019
Musher kissing dog nose
Environment

Mexican dogsledders trade dirt for Washington snow

A look at dogsledding's international future in Cle Elum.

by
  • Sarah Hoffman
/ February 4, 2019
Culture

What WA's prison past tells us about mass incarceration today

A new edition of a heralded book offers an intimate look at prison life. Scholar Dan Berger talks about its significance today.

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  • Mason Bryan
/ January 27, 2019
An outhouse sitter pumps his fist in the air while approaching the finish line, flanked by pushers during the Outhouse Races in Conconully, Wash. on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019.
Culture

Meet the rural WA town privy to outhouse races

Scenes from Conconully’s 36th annual event, one of Washington’s weirder sports.

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  • Matt M. McKnight
/ January 23, 2019
Rafe Schwimmer rests his head on the shoulder of his wife Paula while in an elevator at Seattle City Hall.
Culture

As memory fades, an artist emerges

The artwork of seven artists living with dementia is on display at Seattle City Hall.

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  • Matt M. McKnight
/ January 15, 2019
Environment

For WA's 'razor clam guy,' digging is a family affair

After his grandfather survived the Great Depression by hunting for razor clams, biologist Dan Ayres is making sure future generations get to hunt for the PNW's favorite shellfish.

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  • Dorothy Edwards
/ January 8, 2019
Culture

Best of 2018: In Yakima Valley, America’s best tamales and a family tale

Union Gap’s Los Hernández Tamales scored a prestigious James Beard Award.

by
  • Lilly Fowler
/ January 2, 2019
View of Seattle skyline from Sky View Observatory
Environment

Best of 2018: Images of Seattle, before and after the smoke rolled in

Looking back at hot summer days and the smoke that accompanied them.

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  • Matt M. McKnight
/ December 28, 2018
Old murals line a staircase that used to lead to a 1920s-era jazz club in a basement of the Louisa Hotel in the Chinatown International District.
Culture

Best of 2018: Renovation unearths Seattle Prohibition-era jazz club art

Murals that date back to Seattle's Prohibition Era jazz scene have been unearthed inside a stairwell at the old Louisa Hotel.

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  • Karen Ducey
/ December 24, 2018
Seattle Conservation Corps crew member Chris Townsell (left) is lowered on a truck lift with a wheel barrow by crew member April Winfrey (right) at Angel Morgan P-Patch Community Gardens in Seattle's Rainier Valley
News

City program moves Seattleites from homelessness to union jobs

The Seattle Conservation Corps has been equipping homeless individuals with paid jobs in construction.

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  • Lilly Fowler
/ December 19, 2018
Soichi Sunami
Culture

In a new Seattle exhibit, dance photography that dazzles

The Seattle years and New York triumphs of photographer Soichi Sunami.

by
  • Michael Upchurch
/ December 17, 2018
The wig shop at Seattle Opera
Culture

At Seattle Opera’s new HQ, the wig shop becomes hair apparent

The $60 million building brings behind-the-scenes craft into the limelight.

by
  • Brangien Davis
/ December 14, 2018
These Cute Calendar Models Spend Their Days Looking for Endangered Animals' Poop
Environment

Shelter dogs get a second life as poop-sniffing scientists

As Conservation Canines, rescue dogs find a home and a purpose in tracking wildlife scat for science.

by
  • Hannah Weinberger
/ November 30, 2018
Politics

Micromanager or mastermind? Mayor Durkan’s first year gets mixed reviews

Conversations with Seattle city employees, community activists and the mayor’s own staff reveal varied views of her leadership style.

by
  • David Kroman
/ November 29, 2018
Culture

In Seattle, a one-of-a-kind hospital for broken vacuums

With faith and good works, Georgetown's Vac Shop helps a community get clean in more ways than one.

by
  • Mike Seely
/ November 26, 2018
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