Maureen O’Hagan | The Seattle Times

May 28, 2022 at 8:48 am

COVID was vanishing last Memorial Day. With cases 5 times higher now, a summer surge may be ahead

The U.S. is recording more than 100,000 infections a day -- at least five times higher than this point last year. Memorial Day gatherings may...

Cameron Whitten, who founded the Black Resilience Fund out of his home in Portland, Ore., helps load meals to feed the city’s homeless. MUST CREDIT: Photo by Leah Nash for The Washington Post.

August 10, 2020 at 1:20 pm

No strings, no bureaucracy, but suddenly $1.4 million to help Portland’s Black community

The Black Resilience Fund that activist Cameron Whitten started with a social-media post has taken off like a rocket. Anyone can donate, but it's Black...

Nation & World

September 21, 2016 at 12:30 pm

‘My God, that’s Kimberly!’: Scientist solves perplexing mystery of identity thief Lori Ruff

The Seattle Times in 2013 published a real-life mystery story about Lori Ruff, who died in 2010, leaving a husband and child in Texas. Years...

Control panels for Generator 1 and 2. Boiler room is beyond red fire door.
The Georgetown Steam Turbine Station, built in 1906 is now a National Historic Landmark. The plant is owned by Seattle City Light and has been working to restore the plant. It is open for tours the second Saturday of each month and is occasionally used as a teaching facility for steam power engineers and hobbyists.

May 14, 2015 at 10:03 am

Tour an electrical time machine: the Georgetown Steam Plant | PNW Magazine VIEW

Here is one secret of its allure: It’s kind of creepy.

Pacific NW Magazine

January 4, 2014 at 8:02 pm

Fidelity or fraud? A tale of a changed and contested will

He was a patient at Providence Hospital rehabbing a broken femur. She was a nurse’s aide with a lovely smile. She wasn’t his aide, per...

Local News

August 13, 2013 at 8:24 pm

Crews scooping up mud, debris from Highway 20

In Mazama, the rumbling of heavy equipment is the sound of progress — it means road-clearing crews are headed out Highway 20 to scoop up...

Local News

July 22, 2013 at 7:15 am

Manhunt continues in shooting of 4-year-old

The Associated Press UPDATE 1:01 p.m. | Police followed tips overnight but were still searching Monday for a Washington state man wanted for questioning in...

Local News

July 20, 2013 at 8:32 pm

Fun and frolicking at Vashon’s Strawberry Festival

At 11:15 Saturday morning, an urgent call went out on a Vashon Island walkie talkie. “You’ve got to get out here,” the boy said breathlessly....

Local News

July 19, 2013 at 7:52 pm

Feds put state’s mental-health system in jeopardy

A surprise notice from the federal government could put Washington’s mental-health system in the hands of private insurers, reversing 20 years of history. The notice,...

Local News

July 13, 2013 at 8:00 pm

Who is Jane Doe? We still don’t know

Nowadays, if you want quick answers, all you need to do is ask the Internet. Crowdsource it. Take it to the Twitterverse. Right? Not so...

Local News

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