Seattle homes, viewed looking south of the Fremont Cut, are seen from the air in May in Seattle. Seattle-area home prices remain down from a year ago, as high mortgage rates and economic concerns continue to weigh down the market. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)
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Real Estate

Seattle-area home prices have tumbled from last year. See what's happening near you

King County home prices peaked at this time last year. This spring’s housing market is far different.

James Beard Awards

Seattle chefs, restaurants named 2023 James Beard Awards finalists
How a remote WA college-town restaurant became a James Beard Award finalist
Seattle’s best burger? Our writer thinks he’s found it
We tried the James Beard-nominated Pham sisters’ chicken rice at The Boat

Politics

Washington GOP Chairman Caleb Heimlich speaks at the party’s Election Night Watch Party in Issaquah, WA on August 2, 2022.

WA Republican chair Caleb Heimlich stepping down

Opinion

Use WA capital gains tax bonanza on schools most in need of repairs | Editorial
Feds owe local schools help with COVID-19 relief accounting | Op-Ed
Ross Douthat
Kevin McCarthy's superpower | Ross Douthat
Protect the viability of Puget Sound’s working waterfronts | Op-Ed

Local News

Doug Clevenger, former state Patrol trooper, part of a lawsuit against state for vaccine requirements. Photographed in Bonney Lake, Washington on Wednesday May 25, 2023.

WA workers were fired for refusing COVID vaccines. Now they're suing

Featured Columnist

This is exactly how not to fix the fentanyl crisis

Mental Health

Having trouble finding mental health care in WA? A new agency can help
Eastern State Hospital remains accredited, seeks to boost staff
Ricky Klausmeyer-Garcia, WA recovery advocate who inspired 'Ricky's Law,' dies at 37
Mental health apps may put your privacy at risk. Here’s what to look for

Business & Tech

An Xbox One controller sits on display below Microsoft gaming passes in 2019.

Microsoft to pay $20 million settlement for kids’ Xbox accounts

Featured Columnist

It’s time to build Seattle’s First Avenue Streetcar

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Nation & World

FILE – A Russian volunteer fighter for the Ukrainian army, center, wearing a Galizien patch and another featuring a Totenkopf in southern Ukraine on Nov. 5, 2022. Ukrainian troops’ use of patches bearing Nazi emblems risks fueling Russian propaganda and spreading imagery that the West has spent a half-century trying to eliminate. (Ivor Prickett/The New York Times) XNYT0485

Nazi symbols on Ukraine’s front lines highlight thorny issues of history

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Food & Drink

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How Seattle’s finalists fared at the 2023 James Beard Awards

Pacific NW Magazine

Art Deco Seattle skyscrapers inspired by the nature of the Pacific NW

A private garden oasis in the shadow of a Wallingford housing development

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Arts & Life

Seats in the economy class cabin of a Boeing Co. 737 Max 8 aircraft, operated by Singapore Airlines Ltd., during a media event hosted by the airline at the JetQuay CIP Terminal of Changi Airport in Singapore, on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021. Singapore Airlines unveiled its first new cabin offering in more than three years after spending S$230 million ($170 million) on the design and installation of seats on its 154-seat Boeing Co. 737 Max planes. Photographer: Ore Huiying/Bloomberg

How to avoid airline seat selection fees

Photography

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Photos: UW lose to Stanford in Game 3 of the WCWS, 1-0 VIEW

Florida State celebrates getting Megan Vandergrift in the double play ot end the game. 224084
Huskies

Photos: Florida State beat UW in Game 2 of the WCWS, 3-1 VIEW

Portland Thorns FC defender Natalia Kuikka and OL Reign forward Megan Rapinoe go up for a header during the first half. 224068
Reign

Photos: Portland Thorns beat OL Reign, 2-0 VIEW

Seattle Sounders FC midfielder Cristian Roldan crosses the ball past a lunging Portland Timbers midfielder Cristhian Paredes during the second half. 224067
Sounders

Photos: Sounders vs. Timbers VIEW