A barge holding wreckage from the floatplane that crashed in September sits on anchor in Mutiny Bay on Thursday off Whidbey Island. (Karen Ducey / The Seattle Times)
(Karen Ducey / The Seattle Times)
Local News

Bodies, majority of wreckage recovered from Whidbey Island plane crash

Island County Emergency Management confirmed the bodies of multiple victims, along with 80% of the plane, have been recovered in Mutiny Bay. Updated

Hurricane Ian

LiveLive updates for Thursday on Hurricane Ian VIEW Updated
Watch a harrowing flight inside Hurricane Ian
Water drains from Tampa Bay from Ian’s winds, then refills
Six big threats Ian poses now that it has come ashore

Politics

Conservative activist Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, walks to a room at the O’Neill House Office Building, part of the Capitol complex, where she is being interviewed by the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection, in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) DCSA110 DCSA110

Ginni Thomas denies discussing election subversion efforts with her husband

Opinion

Reckoning and recovery for loss, trauma of Indian boarding schools | Op-Ed
David Horsey
Putin’s pawns | Horsey cartoon
The Times editorial board recommends: Steve Bergquist for the 11th Legislative District, Position 2 | Endorsement
LZ Granderson
There's giving back to your community, and then there's Brett Favre | LZ Granderson

Local News

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell, center, speaks at a news conference Thursday, May 19, 2022, at Woodland Park in Seattle, where a homeless encampment was cleared. At left is Marc Dones, director of King County Regional Homelessness Authority.

Proposed budget for King County homelessness agency defies expectations

Featured Columnist

Idaho is yanking women back to the stagecoach era

Education Lab

Seattle School Board approves 3-year contract with educators union
Unraveling needs of WA students may take more tests and screenings
New estimate for number of WA residents eligible for student loan forgiveness
Oregon students’ math, reading skills plummet in wake of pandemic

Business & Tech

Boeing Seattle Delivery Center – 737 MAX – 061422 A Boeing 737-7 flight test airplane, the smallest in the MAX family sits on the tarmac outside Boeing’s Seattle Delivery Center at Boeing Field Tuesday, June 14, 2022 in Seattle, Wash. 220676

With 2 MAX models at risk, Congress moves to give Boeing a break

Most Read Stories

Nation & World

Ukrainian soldiers escort a captive, captured on the frontline and believed to be a spy for Russian forces, from a boat onto to the west bank of the Siverskyi Donets River, near Lyman, Ukraine, on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. Ukrainian forces recaptured the resort village of Szczurowe, on the eastern side of the Siverskyi Donets River, 10 days ago, and are attempting to recapture the town of Lyman from the south and western sides. (Nicole Tung/The New York Times) XNYT22 XNYT22

‘Putin is a fool’: Intercepted calls reveal Russian Army in disarray

PRODUCED BY ST CONTENT STUDIO

Sponsored

Food & Drink

Vito’s Restaraunt in Seattle, WA. Sept 22, 2003 Freelance Photo by Annie Marie Musselman Photo Request # 27629

Classic Seattle restaurant closed due to fire — will it return?

Pacific NW Magazine

How Northwest tribes are leading the push to restore eel-like lampreys

How close would YOU get to a Pacific lamprey?

Print Replica

An exact replica of the printed newspaper for use on all phones, tablets and browsers. Free with your subscription.

Arts & Life

At the Great Pumpkin Beer Festival, attendees can find a giant, several-hundred-pound pumpkin that is scooped, scorched, filled with pumpkin beer, sealed, conditioned and then tapped at the fest for all to enjoy.

What to do in Seattle this week: Great Pumpkin Beer Festival, fall cooking

Photography

People walk in the Luminata parade around Green Lake on Saturday, Sept. 24. Luminata is an annual lantern festival celebrating the autumnal equinox and organized by the Fremont Arts Council, held this year on Saturday, Sept. 24.
Local News

Photos: Luminata festival sets the night alight at Green Lake VIEW

One play after the Seahawks get the ball back via fumble in the fourth quarter, Geno Smith gives up an 8-yard sack to Lorenzo Carter. 221681
Seahawks

Photos: Seahawks fall to Falcons VIEW

Goats clear vegetation under the Ship Canal Bridge for the Seattle Department of Transportation on Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. The 115 goats were hired through Rent-a-Ruminant and are supervised by their herder Tammy Dunakin.
Local News

SDOT hires the GOAT for clearing vegetation VIEW

Joe Zante, right, gets ready to cast again after catching a coho hatchery salmon netted by his wife Lourdas, at Bush Point where more than a dozen licensed anglers are allowed to catch two hatchery fish off Whidbey Island, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. Hatchery coho have a clipped small adipose fin near the tail. The married couple are from Bothell.
Local News

At Bush Point, anglers spend a sunny day seeking hatchery coho salmon VIEW