King County Executive Dow Constantine announces a proposal for a property tax levy, aimed at the April ballot, to fund mental and behavioral health. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times)
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Mental Health

New King County property tax plan would fund mental and behavioral health

The property tax would fund construction of five new, regional crisis care centers and more services to strengthen the county’s ailing mental health system. Updated

Politics

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Opinion

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Local News

This Aug 25, 2020 image captured by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope shows the planet Jupiter and one of its moons, Europa, at left, when the planet was 406 million miles from Earth. The new photo was released by the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020. (NASA, ESA, STScI, A. Simon, M. via AP)

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Business & Tech

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Food & Drink

Mussels with white beans, garlic and rosemary, in New York, Sept. 13, 2022. Garlic, olive oil and rosemary make the best broth for this fast one-pot meal. Food styled by Barrett Washburne. (Bryan Gardner/The New York Times) XNYT47 XNYT47

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Arts & Life

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Photography

People walk in the Luminata parade around Green Lake on Saturday, Sept. 24. Luminata is an annual lantern festival celebrating the autumnal equinox and organized by the Fremont Arts Council, held this year on Saturday, Sept. 24.
Local News

Photos: Luminata festival sets the night alight at Green Lake VIEW

One play after the Seahawks get the ball back via fumble in the fourth quarter, Geno Smith gives up an 8-yard sack to Lorenzo Carter. 221681
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Photos: Seahawks fall to Falcons VIEW

Goats clear vegetation under the Ship Canal Bridge for the Seattle Department of Transportation on Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. The 115 goats were hired through Rent-a-Ruminant and are supervised by their herder Tammy Dunakin.
Local News

SDOT hires the GOAT for clearing vegetation VIEW

Joe Zante, right, gets ready to cast again after catching a coho hatchery salmon netted by his wife Lourdas, at Bush Point where more than a dozen licensed anglers are allowed to catch two hatchery fish off Whidbey Island, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. Hatchery coho have a clipped small adipose fin near the tail. The married couple are from Bothell.
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At Bush Point, anglers spend a sunny day seeking hatchery coho salmon VIEW