A bird flies Monday in front of the Seattle skyline, which is obscured with haze from the Bolt Creek Fire near Skykomish. The Columbia Center skyscraper can be seen at far left. More than 12,000 acres have been burned in the wildfire, which officials are now saying humans caused. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)
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Weather

Seattle to stay smoky amid record heat, low rainfall

Forecasters are looking to changes in weather this week that could relieve smoke in Seattle and King County during a historically hot and dry stretch.

Politics

Former President Donald Trump gestures as he holds a rally Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, in Wilmington, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Seward) NCCS137 NCCS137

Trump files $475 million defamation lawsuit against CNN

Opinion

Idaho leaves college students in the lurch with reproductive health | Editorial
Make salmon restoration a policy and budget priority in WA | Op-Ed
The public shouldn't have to sue to get public information | Editorial
Leonard Pitts Jr.
No surprises in 'Structural Racism Index' study | Leonard Pitts Jr.

Local News

YouthCare Orion Center on Stewart Street and Denny Way in downtown Seattle provides services to Seattle’s homeless youth. Photographed on May 19, 2020. 213982

Seattle mayor wants to overrule his own 2019 vote on human services wages

Featured Columnist

How King County piles its problems on the Chinatown International District

Mental Health

New King County property tax plan would fund mental and behavioral health
What we know about trauma’s effect on our health, and how people can recover
For Black men like me, the pandemic’s been a reminder of our psychological masks | Mental Health Perspectives
Why women with serious mental illness often get worse care than men

Business & Tech

A signs reads “Now Hiring” at a Safeway grocery store, Thursday, March 18, 2021, in Seattle. A federal judge on Thursday dismissed an industry lawsuit that sought to block a $4-an-hour pay increase for Seattle grocery workers amid the COVID-19 pandemic that was approved by the Seattle City Council in earlier in the year for workers at large grocery companies. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Job openings in WA grew rapidly this summer. That’s not good news

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Nation & World

Mary Gaterud clears remnants of her 2021 crop on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022, in Redcrest, California. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times/TNS) 60127943W

California has legal weed — plus huge illegal grows, violence and deaths VIEW

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Food & Drink

Bethany Jean Clement’s ranch-style chili is comfort food she savors with a side dish of family memories. Credit: Bethany Jean Clement

Love, loss and a simple, perfect chili recipe that's true comfort food

Pacific NW Magazine

Seattle loves the Mariners, but our container ship trade goes mostly unnoticed

Seattle longshore workers keep the containership industry afloat

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Arts & Life

The cast of “The Boy Who Kissed the Sky” in rehearsal ahead of the world premiere production at Seattle Children’s Theatre.

Meet Idris Goodwin, Seattle Children’s Theatre’s new artistic director

Photography

Cindy Tobeck climbs her great pumpkin after squashing competitors in the Carpinito Brothers Farm inaugural “weigh-off,” Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022 in Kent. Tobeck, who teaches third graders in Olympia, “schooled” the competition with a winning weight of 1989.5 pounds. Tobeck also grows awarding-winning squash, tomatoes, long gourds and zucchinis in Olympia.
Local News

See the 1,989-pound pumpkin that squashed competitors at Kent farm VIEW

Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Marco Gonzales celebrates in the locker room after a 2-1 win over the Oakland Athletics and their first post season in 21 years. 221659
Sports

Thrilling win, wild celebration in photos VIEW

Dan Kelleher, from Kirkland laughs after Pamela Girres, from Bellevue spotted a Sharp-Tailed Sandpiper through her telescope from a spot on the 520 bridge overlooking marshes near Foster Island in Union Bay by the University of Washington in Seattle, WA on September 28, 2022. Bird enthusiasts were drawn there after receiving an ebird-alert from ebird.org that the Sharp-Tailed Sandpiper had been spotted. Many sightings have occurred over the past few days. 221715
Local News

Birders flock to 520 bridge to catch glimpse of rare visitor VIEW

Jupiter glows on Monday Sept. 26, 2022, as it is the closest to Earth than it has ever been in nearly six decades.
Local News

A look at Jupiter, from a mere 367 million miles