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Regional anthem “Viva! Sea-Tac” celebrates 1990s Seattle culture, good and bad

Viva! Seattle-Tacoma, Viva viva Sea-Tac! Viva! Seattle-Tacoma, Viva viva Sea-Tac! That’s the chorus from “Viva! Sea-Tac,” a song written in London and recorded in Seattle...

City pauses Pike Street logging project: Cherry Trees 1, Chainsaws 0

The City of Seattle has hit the pause button on the removal of the linear grove of Pike Street cherry trees. “The removal of the...

Washington state namesake’s challenging history of slavery

Originally published August 30, 2017 Ever since the death of demonstrator Heather Heyer in Charlottesville earlier this month, some Seattle area politicians, notably Mayor Ed...

The worst atmospheric river of all was winter 1861-1862

An atmospheric river moving across Western Washington is causing high avalanche danger in parts of the Cascades. But even with buckets of rain dumping on...

Seattle event 40 years ago was a ‘New Wave boat show’

It was the 40th-anniversary last week of a landmark event at Seattle Center, marking the rise of so-called “New Wave” music in the Northwest. “New...

Deck the Deere for Centralia’s Lighted Tractor Parade

Deck the Deere with boughs of holly and hang a shining star upon the International Harvester, because it’s time once again for the Centralia –...

Cap Hill, Sodo, T-Town and the ‘Frisco Effect’

Certain Northwest cities and neighborhoods have nicknames that evoke strong feelings among some local residents – but none, apparently, as strong as the “Frisco Effect”...

Harrowing Burien airliner crash covered up by time

You wouldn’t know anything about it now by observing a typical day at this old family-owned supermarket in Burien. There’s no monument, and no interpretive...

All Over The Map: World War II Kirkland yearbook mystery

Billy Holmgren is a Kangaroo. He lives in Kennewick in Eastern Washington, but he’s a 1993 graduate of Lake Washington High School on Rose Hill...

History, controversy, and mystery at Seattle Pet Cemetery

On a two-acre parcel along Military Road in unincorporated King County near Kent is a “pet cemetery,” first established more than 70 years ago. It’s...

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