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  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    Ship From Hell: Economic Disaster Predicted if Kalakala Sinks

    What a fine mess this old hulk of a ship has become. If the darn decrepit thing sinks at its moorings in Tacoma's Hylebos Waterway -- and the betting odds are strongly in favor it will -- the Kalakala could trigger an economic disaster. The Coast Guard and Army Corps of Engineers have bleakly conclu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    Did Last Week's Storm Deliver the Kalakala the Mercy-Killing It Deserves?

    The Kalakala's days are numbered. Last week's snow and ice storm may have delivered the iconic art-deco vessel a knockout punch. Then again, it's easier to kill Freddy Krueger than this rusting 276-foot-long, 85-year-old hulk, which, for the past seven years has been on life support, moored in Tacom ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 13, 2011

    Shellfish Industry Hopes New Initative Fast Tracks Farm Permits

    ​Washington shellfish farmers hope a new statewide initiative to develop and promote aquaculture will result in a simpler permitting process for oyster, clam, mussel and geoduck farms. The Washington Shellfish Initiative is the first project announced in conjunction with the National Oceanic ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2009

    How Prepared is Too Prepared?

    If it won't be this bad, how prepared should we be?​How prepared is too prepared? The County Council voted unanimously this week to put $34.6 million toward preparing for the possibility of flooding in the Green River valley. Thanks to damage found after a storm last year, the capacity of the ... More >>

  • News

    September 23, 2009

    Dow, But Not Out

    Having led a charmed political career, can Council Chair Constantine come from behind in the race for King County Exec?

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2008

    Popeye, Chief Seattle Trip Up Bremerton's Waterfront Development

    Having led a charmed political career, can Council Chair Constantine come from behind in the race for King County Exec?

  • Calendar

    June 25, 2008

    Glenn Bell

    Saturday, June 28

  • News

    September 12, 2007

    Fort Lawton Freeze Tag

    The trouble with trying to repurpose a $100 million piece of military property.

  • News

    August 22, 2007

    The Public Is Entitled Access to Part of the Waterfront's Piers

    Despite city code, public access to the waterfront is hard to find.

  • Arts

    November 15, 2006

    Risqué Tips Sure to Embolden—and Empower—the Shy

    Readings This Week

  • News

    January 25, 2006

    The Burke Museum Report

    What the scientists said about the University of Washington fossil collection.

  • News

    December 28, 2005

    Mossbacks Remembered: 2005

    From Bozo to Scotty, an annual farewell to some of the locals who shaped life in our region.

  • Diversions

    October 26, 2005

    Working Stiff Drinks

    Raise a glass with the salt of the earth.

  • News

    September 21, 2005

    Making Sense of Disaster

    Raise a glass with the salt of the earth.

  • News

    September 7, 2005

    Bush Blows Katrina

    Following the media trail of Dubya's disaster: Doesn't anyone at the White House read National Geographic?

  • News

    August 17, 2005

    Sacajawea Wore Hemp

    Aug. 17-23, 2005

  • Diversions

    August 6, 2003

    A Walk Around the Lake

    A solo adventurer treks 76 miles in five days around Lake Washington, looking for a chance to rediscover nature in the city and the nature of the city itself.

  • News

    June 5, 2002

    Slow burns and fast

    A solo adventurer treks 76 miles in five days around Lake Washington, looking for a chance to rediscover nature in the city and the nature of the city itself.

  • News

    May 22, 2002

    Tankers, ho!

    A solo adventurer treks 76 miles in five days around Lake Washington, looking for a chance to rediscover nature in the city and the nature of the city itself.

  • News

    June 27, 2001

    Kennewick Man in court

    A solo adventurer treks 76 miles in five days around Lake Washington, looking for a chance to rediscover nature in the city and the nature of the city itself.

  • News

    September 27, 2000

    Picking bones

    The US government decides Kennewick Man is a Native American—after first violating sacred Native American beliefs.

  • News

    September 27, 2000

    Risky Runway

    The Port's new mega-project at Sea-Tac rests on a shaky foundation. With serious questions raised about its environmental impacts, its costs, and even its structural feasibility, it looks like a near-billion-dollar boondoggle in the making.

  • News

    June 21, 2000

    Curse of the K-Man

    Is the Northwest's oldest resident getting fed up with his tormentors?

  • News

    July 7, 1999

    Ask the smart pig

    Is the Northwest's oldest resident getting fed up with his tormentors?

  • News

    November 4, 1998

    Something Kennewicked this way comes

    Boneheads gather as Kennewick man comes to town.

  • News

    October 21, 1998

    The city sleeps, the bull dozes

    A West Seattle developer drives a bulldozer through a city loophole.

  • News

    August 26, 1998

    Skullduggery

    Scientists slam the Burke as they make their bid for Kennewick man's bones.

  • News

    August 12, 1998

    The sky is falling! Again!

    Scientists slam the Burke as they make their bid for Kennewick man's bones.

  • News

    July 29, 1998

    Gnawing on the bones

    Now the scientists turn intransigent in the battle over Kennewick man.

  • News

    June 10, 1998

    Dredging up excuses

    King County talks about saving salmon—but joins in a Renton dredging project that threatens Cedar River runs.

  • News

    March 26, 1997

    Bones of Contention

    How the discovery of a 9,000-year-old skeleton on the Columbia River may sink the land-bridge theory of North American settlement and has pitted science against Native American rights.

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