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The Seattle skyline and waterfront (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times) — With redevelopment pending on Seattle's waterfront, nearby property owners may be ordered to pay into a local improvement district. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times)

Local Politics

Those grand plans for Seattle waterfront? Time for property owners to pay up, city says

While a proposed park, promenade and walkway would boost property values, some residents call a local improvement district unfair.

Marysville schools chief, hailed for leadership after 2014 shooting, resigns
Worker dies in fall at Sound Transit light-rail construction site in Bellevue Updated 11:04 am
ACLU asks Amazon to stop selling facial-recognition tools to governments
City of Seattle and family of relatives killed by repeat drunken driver settle lawsuit for $13 million
As Boy Scouts allow girls, Seattle-area Girl Scouts flourish | Nicole Brodeur
Lawsuit seeks more review of projects that ‘armor’ Puget Sound shoreline VIEW
KOMO, aviation contractor to pay $40 million to 2 men injured in 2014 crash of news helicopter Updated 10:44 am

Local News

‘Turn out the lights’: Message from 1971 Seattle billboard echoed in head-tax debate

The 1971 “turn out the lights” billboard message is back as Seattle is embroiled in the head tax battle. Its creators react.

A cyclist is seen between a storm drain and an island with signs along the new and costly Seventh Avenue bike lane, Thursday, May 17, 2018, in Seattle. Pictured is between Olive Way and Pine St. 206343

Traffic Lab

$12 million a mile: Here’s how bike-lane costs shot sky high in Seattle

At present rates, the Seattle Department of Transportation says it might be able to afford only half the 50 miles of bike lanes promised in the Move Seattle levy approved by voters in 2015.

Bill Gates’ summer books list.

Books

Bill Gates reveals his summer 2018 reading list

In what's become an annual tradition, Bill Gates has announced his five favorite books for the season — one novel and four nonfiction works.

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Two three-month old wolverine kits cavort with their mother on the snow outside their den in the William O. Douglas Wilderness. The first-ever glimpse of the kits on a wildlife camera this week documents the first-known successful reproduction by wolverines south of I-90 in modern times.

Environment

Wolverine babies heading south, and researchers love it

Olympic swimmer Ariana Kukors Smith poses for a photo, Monday, May 21, 2018, before an Associated Press interview in Seattle. Kukors Smith sued USA Swimming on Monday, alleging the sport’s national governing body knew her former coach sexually abused her as a minor and covered it up. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Olympics

Federal Way’s Ariana Kukors Smith says in lawsuit that USA Swimming covered up alleged sexual abuse by coach

An artist’s rendition of Zunum Aero’s proposed hybrid electric airplane, in the livery of private jet charter company JetSuite.

Aerospace

Zunum Aero’s hybrid-electric aircraft gets a launch customer

Editorial

Reject back-channel attempt to defund Planned Parenthood

Local News

In DeCharlene Williams” Beauty Salon customers can read either of the competing Black newspapers (the Medium or the Facts). Williams said she prefers the Facts but reads both.
Customers are: Left: Rita Williams and Louise Oliver
(reading Medium) (reading The Facts)

‘She was fearless’: DeCharlene Williams, pillar of Seattle’s Central Area, dies at 75 VIEW

Featured Columnist

Abandoning a generation in the land of the gun

Education Lab

Marysville schools chief, hailed for leadership after 2014 shooting, resigns

Washington state’s new special education chief looks to improve low rates for graduation and attending college

Salmon migration lessons like fantasy football for fish, with 2,000 classrooms playing

Seattle’s Franklin High claims top honor in national mock-trial competition

Business & Tech

Employees at Mastercardâ€™s â€œfusion centerâ€ in Oâ€™Fallon, Mo., Feb. 16, 2018. At the center, company experts in fraud detection, network engineering and forensic analysis work alongside employees from the legal and customer service departments. (Whitney Curtis/The New York Times)

Banks set up war rooms, adopt military-style tactics to fight cybercrime

Featured Columnist

Keep on trucking: The industry’s booming and that’s good for Paccar

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Fashion & Style

Swap your sweaters for these 8 summer styles VIEW

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Advance Course

Universities keeping up with Seattle’s computer science demand

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Ruchika Tulshyan, columnist for The Seattle Times Jobs

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Why we should care that 4 out of 5 software developers in Seattle are male

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Murder City Devils

Entertainment

New music festivals let you curate the perfect experience VIEW

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Home Trends

Fix it up or trade up? What to do when you need more space

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Nation & World

In this May 16, 2018 photo, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt appears before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies on budget on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Environmental Protection Agency reversed course Tuesday and allowed a reporter for The Associated Press to cover a meeting on water contaminants after she was earlier barred and shoved out of the building by a security guard. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) WX105 WX105

Pruitt: Dealing with water contaminant a ‘national priority’

Photography

Jose Ivor Montejano, Jr., 7; and his sister Viviann Montejano, 3, of Seattle check out a 1958 Ford Fairlane Skyliner at the 2018 Spring Opener, in Georgetown, Sunday, May 20, 2018, presented by the Rat Patrol and Piston Packin’ Mamas to benefit Treehouse, a nonprofit organization.
The show is open to classic and custom automobiles, motorcycles and bicycles and money is raised by entry fees. A Seattle police officer at one point joked, “I am having all these cars towed…to my house.”

Photo Gallery

Classic cars and bikes turn eyes at Spring Opener in Georgetown VIEW

It’s a swirl of colorful fabric as a member of the Silkroad Dance Academy gathers it up as she leaves the Armory stage at Seattle Center following a performance at
“A Glimpse of China – Chinese Culture & Arts Festival” Saturday.

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A pop of color and sparkle at ‘Glimpse of China’ festival

Alana Sims, 10, drive it during the First Tee of Greater Seattle Week 9 Championship. She’s been playing three years and her favorite aspect of golf is the tee shot–“hitting it good.” She says she can tell simply by the sound.
Hardest part of the game she says is putting.
Jefferson Park golf course, Saturday.

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The First Tee (www.thefirsttee.org) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit youth development organization whose mission is to impact the lives of young people by providing educational programs that build character, instill life-enhancing values and promote healthy choices through the game of golf.

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Young golfers tee it up at Seattle’s First Tee championship

Taylor Van Zee scores for Washington off the Julia DePonte double in the 5th inning, tying the game with Texas.

The Washington Huskies played the Texas Longhorns in the NCAA Softball Regionals Saturday, May 19, 2018 at Husky Softball Stadium.

Huskies

Photos: UW Huskies edge out Texas for a 2-1 win VIEW

Entertainment

Bill Gates’ summer books list.

Bill Gates reveals his summer 2018 reading list

Editorials & Opinion

Reject back-channel attempt to defund Planned Parenthood | Editorial

Featured Columnist

Does more debt lead to fewer babies?

David Horsey cartoons

Trump's lie about porn star hush money is one more untruth added to a mountain of mendacity

Sports

SEAHAWKS FILE —

Seahawks offensive lineman George Fant does drills during warmups before the Seattle Seahawks take on the New Orleans Saints at the Mercedes Benz Superdome in New Orleans Sunday October 30, 2016.

Seahawks mailbag: UDFAs to watch, George Fant’s recovery, and more

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Seahawks mailbag: UDFAs to watch, George Fant’s recovery, and more

Featured Video Stories

Vishavjit Singh, dressed as Sikh Captain America, uses his superhero alter ego to initiate conversations he would not normally have with others while wearing his civilian clothes. (Ramon Dompor & Corinne Chin / The Seattle Times)

A Sikh man dresses as a superhero to challenge what it means to... (3:41)

Kellie Sevier and Tommi Tate of Spokane visit Seattle's last sanctioned lot for vehicle dwellers. Their daughter Sabrina Tate, 27, died in her RV. "It changed how I view homelessness," Sevier said. (Bettina Hansen & Corinne Chin / The Seattle Times)

A death in the RV safe zone (2:58)

Steven Loch, Pacific Northwest Ballet soloist, has struggled with obsessive-compulsive disorder since age 13. "It's the moment that you finally are open about it that you start getting the healing," he says. (Corinne Chin / The Seattle Times)

‘Dance has saved my life’ (3:14)

For years, Barbara Barnett didn't confront the sexual assault she experienced in the military. Now, she uses painting as an emotional outlet and donates the sales to ArtLifting to support other disabled artists. (Lauren Frohne / The Seattle Times)

Amnesia / Denial (4:47)

Mollie Bryan is an artist, curator and organizer of light art and electronic music events in Seattle. From her gallery to natural spaces she creates a space for art that intersects with technology. (Bettina Hansen / The Seattle Times)

Making Art with Light (3:10)

After working with U.S. forces in their home countries, three people are granted Special Immigrant Visas and begin to rebuild their lives in Washington state. (Ramon Dompor and Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)

Wars' other veterans: Three people move to the U.S. with special... (4:42)

Fawn Batten is a survivor of domestic violence and used to sleep in a tent. Now, she builds relationships with people on the street as an ambassador for the Metropolitan Improvement District. (Lauren Frohne / The Seattle Times)

Another shot at life (5:57)

Artists Kerry James Marshall and Mickalene Thomas discuss history, representation and painting at Seattle Art Museum's "Figuring History," which also features works by Robert Colescott. (Corinne Chin and Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)

'Figuring History' at Seattle Art Museum (2:35)

Life

Gordon tears apart a steaming, fresh-baked loaf of shokupan, ready to eat. You can find it at the University District Farmer’s Market on Saturdays, but it sells out quickly each week.

Alessandra Gordon of Ayako & Family shares her method of making shokupan bread, a traditional Japanese white bread Monday April 2, 2018.

Alessandra Gordon perfects her own recipe for fluffy Japanese milk bread | Taste VIEW

Featured Columnist

As Boy Scouts allow girls, Seattle-area Girl Scouts flourish

Pacific NW Magazine

At Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center’s cell processing lab, patientsâ€™ cells are cultured into wells, incubated to increase the number of cells, collected and then infused into patients.

Doctors, scientists, and researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in South Lake Union in Seattle have been working on curing cancers for decades.
Photographed on April 12, 2018.

The Hutch closes in on a cancer cure

Travel

The eastern part of the 200-mile-long Iron Horse State Park Trail, currently called the John Wayne Pioneer Trail, may be renamed. (Washington State Parks)

Former John Wayne Pioneer Trail renamed Palouse to Cascades State Park Trail