A private fireworks show set off from a barge is seen from West Seattle across Puget Sound on Sept. 16 in Seattle. The question of who commissioned the show is a mysterious one, but public documents and news archives lend some clues. (Courtesy of John David Skerratt)
(Courtesy of John David Skerratt)
Times Watchdog

Who was behind that big Puget Sound fireworks show?

Luxury yachts, shell companies and secretive trusts offer clues to the sponsor of a spectacular and surprising fireworks show off Bainbridge Island. WATCH

Politics

Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis waves to the crowd at the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition’s fall banquet, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Bryon Houlgrave) IABH189 IABH189

7 candidates have qualified for the second Republican presidential debate. Here's who missed the cut

Opinion

United Way of King County deserves support as community’s safety net
Suicide prevention starts with each one of us | Op-Ed
The child-care 'cliff' is upon us. Look out below | Opinion
Paul Krugman
Why Kevin McCarthy can’t do his job | Paul Krugman

Local News

A plane heads towards the third runway just past the elevated lights that cross over Hwy. 518 just north of SEA, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Thursday, January 20, 2022. Shot from S. 144th Way near Des Moines Memorial Drive S. 219387

As federal shutdown looms, WA agencies told to start preparing

Featured Columnist

Why you should ditch your car for a week

Mental Health

How insurers prevent lifesaving treatment for eating disorders
What you need to know about getting eating-disorder treatment
Why so many in crisis are rejected by King County mental health facilities
How a Seattle Times artist portrayed the emotional experience of an eating disorder

Business & Tech

Community members walk past boarded up Kress building located at the intersection of 3rd Avenue and Pike Street in Seattle on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023.

Seattle’s bid to replace downtown retail with housing triggers debate

Most Read Stories

Nation & World

Tourists stroll on the shore of Xcalacoco beach in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo state, Mexico, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, amid the new coronavirus pandemic. Quintana Roo, the country’s tourism crown jewel, home to Cancun, the Riviera Maya and Tulum, received more than 900,000 tourists spanning the end of 2020 and the start of 2021. (AP Photo/Emilio Espejel)

Your winter holiday travels may finally cost less this year

PRODUCED BY ST CONTENT STUDIO

Sponsored

Health

A woman holds two boxes of at-home COVID-19 test kits after a distribution event in December 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Free COVID tests are back. Here’s how to order

A letter from our publisher

Community investment and engagement keeps our local free press going