North Korea and the Northwest threat
The Obama administration raises new concerns about the vulnerability of the West Coast to missile attack.
The Obama administration raises new concerns about the vulnerability of the West Coast to missile attack.
Why is it so hard to talk calmly about improving our children's schools? Despite good intentions and a caring crowd, one recent meeting deteriorated in predictable ways.
'We're not sleeping. We are panicking,' says one resident of Pioneer Square's 619 Western building, which is at risk because of the Alaskan Way Viaduct tunneling project.
Tom Douglas is opening an offshoot of Serious Pie on Westlake Avenue North, joining with Soul Wine, a tasting bar run by the owner of Pike & Western, a longtime fixture in the Market.
U.S. laws limit the burning of coal here, and Washington state has a strong green influence. Passenger rail in Seattle and beyond would suffer consequences from shipments to Bellingham. But the financial firepower lined up in favor of shipping coal from Washington ports to China is gigantic.