Opinion
Did we end the mask mandate too soon in WA? | Roegner
Philadelphia recently became the first U.S. city to reinstate its indoor mask mandate. But it may not be…
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Seattle World’s Fair highlighted electric transportation network | Brunell
Seattle’s 1962 World’s Fair was awe-inspiring. It previewed developments that would improve our daily lives in the next…
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Lawsuit may have chilling effect on effort to reduce homelessness | Roegner
Responding to the regional homeless challenge isn’t easy and comes with its own set of political problems. First,…
Opinion
King County prosecutor race is the one to watch | Roegner
The race to replace retiring Dan Satterberg as King County prosecutor is one to watch closely.
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King County’s new inquest rules become part of new system | Roegner
Since 1854, before Washington was a territory, inquests have been required whenever a person dies from interaction with…
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Could we pull together like the Ukrainians are doing? | Whale’s Tales
The past is like a foreign country — they do things differently there.
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U.S. Senate and Washington Legislature are the races to watch | Roegner
There’s a question hanging in the air: Can a Republican U.S. Senate candidate really win in Washington?
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The benefits of King County’s juvenile diversion program | Roegner
Due to widespread community support at a King County Law Justice, Health and Human Services Committee meeting, and…
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Music at the intersection of past and present | Whale
It is a July day in 1969, and I am with my family at Lake Surprise. I have…
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A closer look at gun violence in King County and beyond | Roegner
Was it only four years ago that 14 students and three staff members were gunned down at Stoneman…
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Watching the social media and cable news train wreck | Whale
To say that anything is possible is to condition the sinister, pitfall corollary that nothing is ridiculous.
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Metaverse: Old wine in a new bottle? | Guest column
The metaverse is a space caught at the cusp of the physical and the nonphysical. Not a radically…