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Late afternoon commuters arrive at the Tukwila International Boulevard light-rail station on Sept. 11. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times) — Late afternoon commuters arrive at the Tukwila International Boulevard light-rail station. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

Traffic Lab

Sound Transit will keep collecting its car-tab taxes, despite I-976 vote

Sound Transit board Chairman John Marchione emphasized that 53% of voters within the transit district sided for keeping the car-tab taxes and against I-976.

THEN: More than 100 workers pose for an Oct. 2, 1929, company portrait on the tracks south of King Street Station. Casey McNerthey’s great-grandfather, Matt McAlerney, is just left of center, arms folded, directly above the “S” of “ST.” Emil Martin’s dad, Petar Martincevic, with mustache and suspenders, stands above the “2” in “Oct. 2.” Women posing in the observation cars were cleaners, says Emil; their “most disagreeable” job was emptying the oft-overflowing spittoons. (E. Miller / Courtesy Casey McNerthey and Emil Martin)

Pacific NW Magazine

What are the odds? Descendants of 2 Seattle immigrants find family members in the same 1929 photo.

This rare ‘Then’ photo was taken 22 days before the stock-market crash that launched the Great Depression.

UW quarterback Jacob Eason, left, former UW quarterback Brock Huard, right. (Seattle Times file)

Husky Football

Should Jacob Eason enter the NFL draft or return to UW? A former Husky QB weighs in

Like Jacob Eason, former UW quarterbacks Jake Locker and Brock Huard had to decide whether to leave early for the NFL Draft. But what can Eason learn from his predecessors' decisions?

The Doctor’s Orders, Last night in Negombo and King Coconut cocktails are photographed at Rupee Bar in Ballard. 212132

Food & Drink

Two new bars in Ballard — including one of the year’s most anticipated openings

The team behind Manolin, which was named as one of America's best new restaurants in 2015, is back with an encore — a bar in Ballard. Also, a longtime Ballard diner is now a bar.