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Let’s be honest: Perennial winner of this category Cliff Mass is kind of a weather showboat. Sure, dude…

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KOMO’s Dan Lewis retired earlier this year, stepping down from the nightly news desk he’d manned since 1987.…

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Microsoft used to be an undeniable giant. But with fierce competition from Apple, the company has struggled, and…

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The bearded, diminutive Pike Place Market social worker Joe Martin has been

The bearded, diminutive Pike Place Market social worker Joe Martin has been described as a leprechaun who looks…

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Before there was a socialist in City Hall, there was Nick Licata.

Before there was a socialist in City Hall, there was Nick Licata. After 16 years on the City…

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Seattle Police are nationally known both for handing out Doritos at Hempfest and for brutally kicking suspects in…

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As we were putting together this year’s edition of Best of SeattleR, Microsoft went and laid off 18,000…

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The Cheasty Greenbelt in Beacon Hill (currently under consideration as the site of a future mountain bike trail)…

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Video from NBC News Oh, so you thought otters were just cute little furry animals who hold hands…