Seahawks safety Ryan Neal (35) reels in a Dak Prescott pass for an interception on the Cowboys’ final play, sealing the win for the Seahawks. (Dean Rutz / The Seattle Times)
Seahawks safety Ryan Neal (35) reels in a Dak Prescott pass for an interception on the Cowboys' final play, sealing the win for the Seahawks. (Dean Rutz / The Seattle Times)
Seahawks 38, Cowboys 31

Strange game, same ending: Seahawks hang on to beat Cowboys after yet another frantic finish

One of the strangest games in recent Seahawks history ultimately ended in now-familiar fashion, with Seattle holding on to a 38-31 win over Dallas at CenturyLink Field. Updated

Tyffani Murillo, her daughters Rylie Dickinson, 9, and Emmie Dickinson, 12, with their grandmother Kareen Huffman are photographed near some freshly cut trees on Huffman’s property in Lake Stevens. The young granddaughters are holding a photograph of their great grandma Darlene Mach who passed away earlier this year at the age of 83. The girls great-great grandmother, Kathleen Chappell died last year at the age of 103. Photographed on September 22, 2020. 215100
Times Watchdog

Nursing homes in Washington state struggled with adequate staffing for years. Then coronavirus struck.

Even before the pandemic, regulators found patients suffering from staffing problems in over half of the nursing homes in Washington state. But the state still lacks a sweeping response.

King County employees Gail Robertson, left foreground, and Janey Trytek, right foreground, recount votes for governor, Saturday, Nov. 20, 2004, in Seattle, as monitors, all for the GOP, in the background, watch. From left: John Wootress of Kirkland; Craig Keller of West Seattle; Brian Thomas of Seattle; and Eric Brown, an attorney from Washington, DC. (Photo by Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times) 0395094700
Local News

As questions surround mail voting during the election, Washington’s experience took root over years

The Seattle Storm celebrate after the team defeated the Minnesota Lynx during Game 3 of a WNBA basketball semifinal round playoff series Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020, in Bradenton, Fla. The Storm move onto the WNBA finals. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara) FLCO156 FLCO156
Storm

Storm advances to WNBA Finals for fourth time after sweeping Lynx with 92-71 win in Game 3 Updated

Don't Miss

Seattle Mariners’ Kyle Lewis flips his bat after striking out against the Oakland Athletics during the second inning of a baseball game in Oakland, Calif., Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) OAS107 OAS107
Mariners

In the final game of a bizarre, COVID-altered 2020 season, the Mariners fall to the Athletics on the road  VIEW

Pacific NW Magazine

‘24 Ways to Move More’ motivates you to build the habit of movement into everyday life  VIEW

Johnny (Eugene Levy), Moira (Catherine O’Hara), David (Dan Levy), Patrick (Noah Reid), Stevie (Emily Hampshire), Alexis (Annie Murphy) in the series finale of “Schitt’s Creek.” (Pop TV/TNS) 1757500 1757500
Fashion

Sunday Best: ‘Schitt’s Creek’ cleans up well at the prime-time Emmys

Op-Ed

Wildfire smoke brings clarity on climate

Election 2020& POLITICS

Amy Coney Barrett, a disciple of Justice Scalia, is poised to push the Supreme Court further right

Election Resources

Ballots are due on Tuesday, Nov. 3

Register to vote in Washington »

Facts about mail-in voting and fraud »

FiveThirtyEight election forecast »

Latest news on the presidential race »

Local News

Terry Teigen, from left, Dan Morales, Bretlyn Morales and Kara Teigen have dinner at Matt’s in the Market at Pike Place Market’s “Pop-up patio on the cobblestones” in Seattle Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. For more information Pike Place’s patios, rooftop bars and street-side dinig, visit: http://pikeplacemarket.org/blog/outdoor-dining-pike-place-market 215043

Summer is gone, but outdoor dining will stay a while as 150 Seattle street patios and sidewalk cafes weather COVID

Featured Columnist

The coronavirus may affect how you vote — if you’re a woman

Education Lab

Why Washington state’s guidelines to open schools are more cautious than others

Seattle-area families of color are talking about improving remote education. Here are some of their ideas.

Hoping to attract more students, SPU drops tuition price by 25% for next year

How an unprecedented, indefinite crisis forced education leaders to change the ways school districts operate

First week of online school in Seattle area: tears and hiccups

Business & Tech

For the third time this year, an apparent glitch in Amazon’s system has deprived perhaps tens of thousands of workers of the majority of their income from delivering groceries for the commerce giant. (Dreamstime/TNS) 1778680 1778680

Amazon apologizes for missing driver tips and pledges to make payments, but trust is wearing thin

Featured Columnist

Self-inflicted wounds make Seattle’s business losses worse

PRODUCED BY THE SEATTLE TIMES CONTENT STUDIO

Sponsored

Nation & World

Melaku Gebermariam uses an electrostatic sprayer to disinfect the inside of a Delta Airplane between flights on July 22, at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Va. U.S. airlines have scrambled to reassure travelers that planes are safe. They require passengers to wear face masks and are cleaning cabins more thoroughly, even spraying seats with anti-microbial mist. (AP Photo/Nathan Ellgren)

Airlines say flying is safe, but recent studies reveal potential for superspreader coronavirus disaster

Most Read Stories

Coronavirus

LiveCoronavirus daily news updates, September 27: What to know today about COVID-19

We’re updating this page with the latest news about the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on the Seattle area, the Pacific Northwest and the world, including stats about the spread of the coronavirus in Washington state.

Food & Drink

Terry Teigen, from left, Dan Morales, Bretlyn Morales and Kara Teigen have dinner at Matt’s in the Market at Pike Place Market’s “Pop-up patio on the cobblestones” in Seattle Thursday, Sept. 10, 2020. For more information Pike Place’s patios, rooftop bars and street-side dinig, visit: http://pikeplacemarket.org/blog/outdoor-dining-pike-place-market 215043

Summer is gone, but outdoor dining will stay a while as 150 Seattle street patios and sidewalk cafes weather COVID

Pacific NW Magazine

‘24 Ways to Move More’ motivates you to build the habit of movement into everyday life

Editorials & Opinion

Councilmember M. Lorena Gonzalez, with Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best behind her, speaks during a press conference at the West Precinct to address the city’s tentative new contract with the Seattle Police Officers Guild Monday November 5, 2018. 208401

Seattle’s path forward | Editorial

Featured Columnist

Which of your children would you lose for $12 million?

Horsey Cartoon

Mourning a warrior for justice

Sports

Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf hauls in a 29-yard touchdown against Cowboys strong safety Darian Thompson to put the Seahawks up 38-31 after a successful two-point conversion in the fourth quarter as the Seattle Seahawks take on the Dallas Cowboys Sunday September 27, 2020 at CenturyLink Field in Seattle. 215167

Report card: Bob Condotta grades the Seahawks’ win vs. the Cowboys in Week 3

Featured Columnist

Report card: Bob Condotta grades the Seahawks’ win vs. the Cowboys in Week 3

Arts & Life

Sara Morosan, left, and Allyssa Howard’s embrace during their wedding at Peace Arch Historical State Park on the border between the United States and Canada in Blaine, Wash. Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020. It has been 223 days since the couple has seen one another. 215132

Separated by the pandemic, this cross-border couple got married at Peace Arch Park  WATCH

Sunday Best: ‘Schitt’s Creek’ cleans up well at the prime-time Emmys

An anniversary message from our Publisher

124 years of local journalism – and the road ahead

Photography

Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson celebrates a successful two-point conversion to put them up 38-31 in the fourth quarter as the Seattle Seahawks take on the Dallas Cowboys Sunday September 27, 2020 at CenturyLink Field in Seattle. 215167
Seahawks

Photos: Seahawks beat Cowboys, move to 3-0  VIEW

Les Schnick is building a hidden internal structure along with Ric Brenden (CQ) to keep the skull, jaw bones and neck bones together. The skull is 8-feet, 3-inches long and weighs 500-pounds and is in Schnick’s workshop in Port Townsend. REF to more photos online (Schnick and Brenden are friends of Stefanie Worwag and Mario Rivera who own the skeleton. They live near Port Hadlock) REF to more photos online (The coil of safety rope on the skull is where the eye would be) Northwest Wanderings The skeleton of a 42-foot whale with skull at the workshop pf Les Schnick in Port Townsend, and the rest of the skeleton at the home of Mario Rivera and Stefanie Worwag. Also includes Ric Brenden Wednesday September 2, 2020 214930
Local News

A gray whale’s massive, bone-dry remains have a home in a Washington yard. The owners named him ‘Gunther.’  VIEW

A dragonfly flies over a patch of Lily pads at Martha Lake in Lynnwood on August 11, 2020. The dragonfly is an insect belonging to the order Odonata, infraorder Anisoptera. Adult dragonflies, a sure sign of summer, have large, multifaceted eyes and two pairs of wings. Their huge compound eyes allow near-360-degree vision. Their wings with muscles in the thorax that can work each wing independently. LO LO LO 214751
Photography

So long! Look back at Seattle summer fun as season ends  VIEW

Quarterbacks coach Austin Davis, defensive end L.J. Collier and safety Jamal Adams celebrate stopping the Patriots at the goal line, securing their 35-30 home opener win, as the Seattle Seahawks take on the New England Patriots at CenturyLink Field in Seattle Sunday September 20, 2020. 215067 215067
Seahawks

Photos: Seattle Seahawks beat New England Patriots 35-30  VIEW