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Northwest moonshiners pose next to their still in the 1920s. (Courtesy Brad Holden)

Pacific NW Magazine

Liquor flows and blood spills in ‘Seattle Prohibition: Bootleggers, Rumrunners & Graft in the Queen City’

Fired from the Seattle Police Department, Roy Olmstead found fame and fortune peddling booze during Prohibition. VIEW

Man’s 8th DUI arrest is among Washington’s most extreme cases of chronic drunken driving WATCH
Possible intel failures to be examined in Sri Lanka blasts VIEW Updated 9:25 pm
From homelessness to jail and back: King County tries to halt cycle
Washington Sen. Maria Cantwell defends funding to prevent wildfires Updated 8:20 pm
It’s college-level math, but it’s taught differently — and it’s helping more Washington students graduate
420 campaign: Nearly 3 dozen impaired drivers arrested during emphasis patrol in King County
Mariners hit more homers for late rally but can’t collect sweep vs. Angels

Max Loring rides a LimeBike on the Burke-Gilman Trail through the University District in Seattle Wednesday, May 2, 2018.
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Traffic Lab

All over America, bikes are out and scooters are in. Not in Seattle

By the end of 2018, more than 85,000 electric foot scooters were available in about 100 cities. Not so in Seattle.

Four masses will be celebrated on Easter Sunday. Here people attend the Tre Ore, three hour Good Friday services at St. James Cathedral.

in Seattle on Friday April 27, 2019

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Religion

Worshippers observe Holy Week in Seattle

Holy Week is an especially busy time at St. James Cathedral in Seattle, drawing visitors from around the region. Easter Sunday Mass will be celebrated at 8 a.m., 10 a.m., noon and 5:30 p.m.

Tara O’Brien, right, a seventh-grade math teacher at Fred W Traner Middle School in Reno, chats with Maria Diaz during a home visit in January. Student Freddy Ramirez Diaz, (blue shirt), and sister Camila, a third grader, are at right.

Since 2012, the Washoe County School District in Northern Nevada has asked teachers at high-poverty schools to volunteer for a home visiting program. Participating teachers visit students and families at their homes twice a year to build relationships with parents and their students.
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Education Lab

What if teachers in Seattle visited students where it mattered most — at home?

For the past 10 years, the school district in Reno, Nevada, has trained teachers to visit students and families where it might matter most — in their living rooms. New research links the approach to stronger relationships and academic outcomes.