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Leon Hendrix will play in Columbia City on what would have been Jimi’s 65th birthday.

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The Hendrix House of Trash

Jimi's brother's dump is on the market for $500,000.

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Trish DzikoIt?s official. Former Microsoftie Trish Dziko will start her first high-tech

Trish DzikoIt?s official. Former Microsoftie Trish Dziko will start her first high-tech academy in Federal Way?not Seattle. Dziko,…

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A few months ago, I wrote about a Discovery Institute fellow who

A few months ago, I wrote about a Discovery Institute fellow who was running for a seat on…

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The current school board.Looking at the faces of the all-but-certain new Seattle

The current school board.Looking at the faces of the all-but-certain new Seattle School Board members this morning, one…

Health Officials Want to Track HIV Patients' Partners With Less Red Tape

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Health Officials Want to Track HIV Patients’ Partners With Less Red Tape

AIDSNET Council is drawing up a proposal to send to the state Board of Health.

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Gael Tarleton does good phoneLast night, I came home to an automated

Gael Tarleton does good phoneLast night, I came home to an automated voice-mail message from schools activist Angela…

McIver and his wife in court.

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How the Cops and Courts Turn Abused Spouses Into Voiceless Victims

The “enlightened” approach to domestic abuse has left women passive and powerless.

Murakami stands at the Rainier Avenue site where a nonprofit agency wants to build a facility for the homeless and mentally ill. “People on the district council need to live in the southeast. They need to live with the consequences of their decisions.”

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Warring Southeast Seattle Factions Nearly Come to Blows Over Their Future

Last month, Columbia City resident Ray Akers attended a meeting of the Southeast District Council, an umbrella community…

Shoddy apartment maintenance is a Sisley  family value.

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Mr. Don’t-Fix-It

The Sisley landlords stay committed to low maintenance in Northeast Seattle.

Kicked to the curb: workers under watch.

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Cops Not Taking a Shine to Home Depot’s Day Laborers

Even as Casa Latina's getting the public's attention.

$67 Million for Cleveland High and No Lockers?

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$67 Million for Cleveland High and No Lockers?

Will this mark the return of the duffel bag?

In the Future, Your Recycling Will Be Monitored and Dumpsters Will Be Trashed

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In the Future, Your Recycling Will Be Monitored and Dumpsters Will Be Trashed

That is, if Chris Martin gets his way.

Rainier Beach’s student body is about a third the size of that of other city high schools.

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Two parents, two administrators, a staffer, and the staffer’s husband sit at

Two parents, two administrators, a staffer, and the staffer’s husband sit at a long table in the library…

Sting’s best friend.

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The Inevitable Success of the “Saturday Night Massacre”

When it comes to nightclub stings, cops almost always get their man.

Candidate Campbell: not so sure about the Big Bang.

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Rural School Board Candidate Hasn’t Been Forthcoming About His “Intelligent Design” Agenda

As a candidate for a school board seat in the semirural locale of North Mason County along the…

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Following in the mode of the Bellevue School District, new Seattle Schools

Following in the mode of the Bellevue School District, new Seattle Schools Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson is inclined to…

Because of extended military deployments, prisons like this one have no staff.

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Lack of Employees, Not Space, Is Overcrowding State Prisons

DOC can't fill positions to open the $39 million facility in Monroe.

Barry Massey, in a photo from 20 years ago, was sentenced to life in prison for a crime he committed at age 13. Gov. Gregoire recently rejected a clemency board recommendation that he be set free

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Gov. Gregoire: One Tough Clemency Judge

For inmates who've truly changed their lives, how long a sentence is enough?

By targeting the working poor, Qliance founder Garrison Bliss hopes to “reinvent the way medical care is practiced.”

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Qliance Offers Low-Income Patients a Level of Doctor Access Once Reserved for CEOs and Other Big Spenders

Critics remain highly skeptical.

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Prestigious Lakeside School has enough on its hands with an ongoing federal

Prestigious Lakeside School has enough on its hands with an ongoing federal discrimination lawsuit that raises thorny issues…