Features

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  Cover Story: Pipe Schemes

  If you have some money you’re looking to invest, here’s a suggestion: Don’t give it to Robert Firebaugh.

  By Laura Onstot

  Wednesday, November 04

  For decades, truckers have hauled cargo on the nation's highways with little regulation on how much pollution their rigs puff into the... More >>
• Boeing's Race to the Bottom

  Washington state still has an unfortunate habit of paying workers a decent wage.

  By Mark D. Fefer

  Wednesday, November 04

  Boeing's announcement that it will locate its 787 final-assembly plant in South Carolina has led to predictable condemnation of Democratic Gov.... More >>
• The Runaway’s Essentials

  Bear mace, gay porn, and other items on Colton Harris-Moore’s shopping list.

  By Vernal Coleman

  Wednesday, November 04

  Teenage boys generally aren't what you would call frugal. But then most teenage boys aren't notorious serial burglars hiding out from police in... More >>
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  Filthy Rich Still Fighting Over Gates’ Old Fishing Hole

  A chapter in the squabble over a Laurelhurst patch of dirt is about to end.

  By Rick Anderson

  Wednesday, November 04

  A 20-year-long park-encroachment dispute involving Bill Gates' former bachelor pad in filthy-rich Laurelhurst is about to be resolved by state... More >>
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  Ask Not What the Sewer Can Do for You

  Ask what you should do with this shovel.

  By Brian Miller

  Wednesday, November 04

  Government entities large and small are cutting services, and the City of Seattle is applying that ethos to storm drains and sewers, just as... More >>
• Jury Sides Against Seattle Diamond Seller

  Blue Nile can’t smudge out the little guy in Manhattan.

  By Mark D. Fefer

  Wednesday, November 04

  When a big company goes after smaller fry in court, it's usually the latter that cries for mercy. Not so in the case of Seattle's Blue Nile, the... More >>