Environment
What the pandemic has done to WA’s flagship shellfish industry
The pandemic tanked the shellfish industry, but growers are “tentatively optimistic” that things are looking up.
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Changing Region
Sponsorship
Growth
Make way for duplexes: Washington bill would mostly ban single-family-only zoning
Proponents of increased density say it's better for the climate and housing affordability. Opponents worry about property values and the loss of traditional neighborhoods.
Growth
Meditating on memory, with the Viaduct and a toy camera
A Crosscut photojournalist finds inspiration in his young daughter's approach to the art form.
Culture
Will the last person to leave Northgate Mall turn out the lights?
Over piroshky and pink socks, a Seattle writer ponders the death of America's first mall.
Politics
Judge presses pause on I-976; car-tab cuts won’t go into effect for now
Seattle, King County and the other plaintiffs suing to overturn the initiative “have sufficiently shown they are likely to prevail,” said the King County Superior Court judge.