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CITY LIGHT What have all those energy bigwigs been doing at City Hall? Two weeks ago, all three…

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Home Turf

CITY COUNCIL Kollin Min, the most credible challenger for Judy Nicastro‘s City Council seat, has been rustling up…

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Seattle goes it alone

What the hell happened on election night? Divining voters’ intent has never been easy. Especially given the variety…

Riding in style: Sounder commuter rail is losing $27,000 a day.

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Sounder Logic?

Sound Transit's other train faces questions over its cost and effectiveness.

Saddened Judy Nicastro.

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Building consensus

AFTER WEEKS of tense debate, the Seattle City Council’s lopsided vote Monday approved an $86 million low- income…

Pike Place Market merchant and customer.

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Economic shock

Will drops in tourism and consumer spending push Seattle into recession?

Beauty in Ruin

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Beauty in Ruin

With its Western grit and enduring Native American heroine, this strong debut novel reads like a modern-day fairy…

End of the line

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End of the line

THE ELEVATED Transportation Company (ETC), the group set up to bring a monorail plan to voters, has known…

Riding roughshod

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Riding roughshod

Seattle politicians side with Qwest against Sound Transit.

Peter Sherwin: Let the people decide.

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It Keeps Going and Going and Going . . .

Monorail supporters and opponents start race for the ballot.

Park it here.

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News Clips— Parking nearby

CAN RELAXING parking requirements help ease Seattle’s housing crunch? Developers and city planners say it can and will;…

Of Cabbages and Cocktails

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Of Cabbages and Cocktails

Getting snockered at a healthy happy hour.

Are the monorail and EMP inseparable?

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Paul Allen and the Monorail

Will elevated trains run through Seattle Center to please a major developer?

A Very Veggie Christmas

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A Very Veggie Christmas

How to satisfy guests at a green holiday feast.

Why, why?: another boomer book.

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The Things He Refuses to Drop

Tim O'Brien on the 1960s. Again.

Gun rush

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Gun rush

IT WAS Y2K all over again. For hundreds in the Seattle area, Tuesday’s terrorist attacks were confirmation of…

Tent City residents at North Seattle Church of the Nazarene this past summer.

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News Clips— Initiative homeless

WHOOPS. That’s what King County election officials were no doubt thinking on Friday, when a judge ruled that…

Is there good salsa in these parts? Sí, amigos.

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¡Muy Auténtico!

A Texan's ruminations on Seattle's salsa.

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CITY COUNCIL Muni Leaguer Lonnie Lusardo, who took on police accountability as part of a police-civilian task force…

Station breaks

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Station breaks

The Seattle City Council bans gas stations and drive-through restaurants in eight urban villages.