Jenifer McIntyre (left), an assistant professor at WSU School of the Environment in Puyallup; Edward Kolodziej (center), an associate professor in both the UW Tacoma Division of Sciences & Mathematics and the UW Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering; and Zhenyu Tian (right), a research scientist at the Center for Urban Waters at UW Tacoma; at Longfellow Creek, an urban creek in the Seattle area. (Mark Stone / University of Washington)
Scientists Jenifer McIntyre, left, Edward Kolodziej, center, and Zhenyu Tian at Longfellow Creek, an urban stream in the Seattle area. (Mark Stone / University of Washington)
Environment

Tire dust killing coho salmon returning to Puget Sound, new research shows

For decades now, scientists have known something was killing adult coho salmon as soon as they hit Seattle’s urban waters, ready to spawn. They had traveled thousands of miles, only to be killed as soon as they reached home. Researchers now believe they have the answer.  WATCH Updated

Architect Juliette Dubroca, with Central Collective LLC, is photographed recently at the tiny house village T.C. Spirit Village in Seattle. 215778
Project Homeless

Finding a new path in a pandemic: How one Seattle architect went from mansions to tiny homes

Juliette Dubroca designed multimillion-dollar homes, but she lost her architectural job when the coronavirus hit. She found her next chapter in an unexpected place: building tiny-house villages for homeless people in the Seattle area.

Josh Gordon joins the Seahawks lineup for the first time Monday against the 49ers. The Seattle Seahawks played the San Francisco 49ers in Monday Night Football November 11, 2019 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, CA. 212080
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Seahawks’ Josh Gordon reinstated by NFL, can play in final two games of season Updated

Britt’s Pickles “Peace Pickles” includes fermented fresh horseradish, dill, onion, and garlic. Britt’s Fermented Foods is in Langley Washington on Whidbey Island. The company is producing a variety of fermented foods aged in oak barrels including several varieties of pickles. Photographed on November 20, 2020. 215702
Food & Drink

No vinegar, no heat. This small Whidbey Island pickle company stands by the age-old method of oak barrel fermentation

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In this photo taken Aug. 29, 2013, an exterior fence outlines the Airway Heights Corrections Center in Airway Heights, Wash. About a dozen inmates there are training for jobs in the state’s huge aerospace industry through enrollment in a program that will make them certified aerospace composite technicians. Their goal is a post-prison chance to land jobs at companies like Boeing and its suppliers. (AP Photo/Nicholas K. Geranios) RPNG102
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Lawsuit: DOC fired guard trainee for wearing ‘Black Lives Matter’ shirt after others wore ‘Police Lives Matter’ shirts

Payge Turner performing on “The Voice.”
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Seattle’s Payge Turner harbors no regrets about her memorable run on ‘The Voice’  WATCH

La Medusa serves up a Dungeness crab spaghetti dish in saffron cream sauce as part of its three-course take-out special. Our food critic Tan Vinh called this seafood entrée the best pasta dish he had this season.
Food & Drink

Seattle’s best mapo tofu and our food critic’s other takeout picks that will hold up well for a long drive home

Editorial

Prisons must rectify pandemic mistakes

Fund For The Needy

Sue Brangwin volunteers putting together food pickups at Hopelink, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020 in Shoreline. 215739

This nonprofit works to meet the growing need for housing, food on the Eastside  VIEW

Chelsea Henrickson, an inventory coordinator at Treehouse in Seattle, packs a box of clothes to be mailed to a family in need on Thursday, October 19, 2020. Bags at lower left are filled with clothing and toys waiting to be picked up by local families. Treehouse has converted its store for foster youth into a packaging operation: the nonprofit packs up clothes and supplies and is sending them to youth statewide. 215686

Adapting to the pandemic, this agency helping foster youth built 'something that will be a lasting, new part of our program'  VIEW

Monday, November 16, 2020 FUND FOR THE NEEDY Leilani Chaco and her daughter Emilia are using zoom to talk with occupational therapist Lexie Baasch at Kindering. Today she was showing Emilia how to pull on socks, boots and her jacket. 215657

‘Life-altering for everyone’: Kindering bridges the virtual gap to help kids with special needs

Sadie (who declined to give her last name) holds onto a turkey for Thanksgiving, at top, while heading to her car after picking up food for her family at Hopelink, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020 in Kirkland. Sadie said she is a single mom living in Kirkland with three teenagers who were at home busy with online learning. “I have everything (for Thanksgiving dinner). I am so happy,” she said before driving off. 215659 (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

COVID-19 ‘changed everything.’ Agencies adapt to meet huge demand as The Seattle Times kicks off Fund For The Needy campaign

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Rosemary Day, 3, points out a tree as tall as she is while on top of the shoulders of her father, Kris, at Andy Smith Christmas Trees on Saturday. His wife, Kira, and his two other children, Iona and Seamus, come every year to pick out a tree at this lot, Kris Day said. (Amanda Snyder / The Seattle Times)

Ringing in the holidays with record Christmas tree sales  VIEW

Featured Columnist

It’s past time for the Donald Trump and Loren Culp election sideshows to go dark

Education Lab

Washington state shares little data about public schools and whether coronavirus is spreading, or not

Free remote learning support is out there, but some Seattle students still can’t get access

Washington state officials are considering loosening guidelines to reopen schools

A reminder from new report: Washington’s schools are far from equitable

Washington youth nonprofits, struggling to retain volunteers and funding, get $9.4 million in COVID-19 relief

Election & Politics

Trump said to be livid at Barr, with one official suggesting termination possible

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Wisconsin high court declines to hear Trump election lawsuit Updated
Austin’s mayor told people to stay home. He was vacationing in Cabo after hosting his daughter’s wedding.
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Business & Tech

A 737_MAX, built for Ryanair, sits across the street from the Boeing Delivery Center at Boeing Field in Seattle on December 2, 2020. Ryanair is an Irish airline. 215792

In a boost for Boeing, Ryanair orders 75 additional 737 MAXs

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Nation & World

This image released by Warner Bros. Entertainment shows Timothee Chalamet, left, and Rebecca Ferguson in a scene from the upcoming 2021 film “Dune.” Warner Bos. Pictures on Thursday announced that all of its 2021 film slate will stream on HBO Max at the same time they play in theaters. (Chia Bella James/Warner Bros. Entertainment via AP) NYET412 NYET412

In seismic shift, Warner Bros. to stream all 2021 films  VIEW

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Coronavirus

EMS and firefighters in Washington D.C. prepare for a shift. MUST CREDIT: Washington Post photo by Jahi Chikwendiu

Pandemic pushing America’s 911 system to breaking point, ambulance operators say

Food & Drink

La Medusa serves up a Dungeness crab spaghetti dish in saffron cream sauce as part of its three-course take-out special. Our food critic Tan Vinh called this seafood entrée the best pasta dish he had this season.

Seattle’s best mapo tofu and our food critic’s other takeout picks that will hold up well for a long drive home

Pacific NW Magazine

Tiffani Williams and her daughter Ava Sophia Williams, 5, prepare to skate at Roll Around Seatown. 215259

Creating community connections during a time of unprecedented separation

Editorials & Opinion

Repurpose Seattle’s Terminal 46 for fast passenger ferries and community use | Op-Ed

Featured Columnist

Sorry, Obama, this moment needs radical young activists

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Farewell, al fresco?

Sports

SEAHAWKS FILE — Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson looks to pass as the Seattle Seahawks take on the Arizona Cardinals for Thursday Night Football at Lumen Field in Seattle Thursday November 19, 2020. 215694

Russell Wilson’s NFL MVP campaign appears at a dead end. Does he have time to turn it around?

Featured Columnist

Seahawks’ Josh Gordon reinstated by NFL, can play in final two games of season

Arts & Life

Payge Turner performing on “The Voice.”

Seattle’s Payge Turner harbors no regrets about her memorable run on ‘The Voice’  WATCH

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Fund For The Needy

Help local children, families, and seniors this holiday season.

Photography

Despite the restrictions on crowds at public events, downtown Seattle lit its Christmas Tree and unveiled its updated star atop the former Macy’s building Friday, November 27, 2020. Also, in place of the Holiday Carousel is a light display. 215773
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Downtown Seattle brightens up for the holidays  VIEW

A nearly full moon shines above Seattle on Saturday night. The moon was at it’s fullest early Monday morning. This photo was made with a 600 mm lens, using f4 at 1/2000 of a second, ISO 1000. 215768
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Full moon over Seattle

With dad Ryan Wells close by, 2-year-old Paige Wells shreds at “Sunset Pump Park” for the first time on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020 in Seattle. According to her father, the track was made encircling a vacant Ballard house by a neighbor who wanted to give kids nearby someplace to let off some energy. After several loops Paige appears a complete natural. 215763
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Successful first ride at Ballard’s ‘Sunset Pump Park’  VIEW

Anna McAllister of Seattle walks her rescued retired racing grey hound Trevor along the Seattle Turkey Trot run route on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020 in Seattle. The run was virtual this year and participants went on their own schedules. McAllister said she always runs the race but decided this year she would make a Trot donation, forgo the tee-shirt, sleep in and walk the route ending at Golden Gardens. 215763
Local News

Seattle Turkey Trot participant dresses for the occasion