Halloween season is a ripe time to explore the dank, dark and spooky passages of deserted batteries that once guarded the entrance to Puget Sound. VIEW
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Reader’s Lens | Rainier, lovely and lenticular
Seattle Times reader Bob Ross’ photo of The Mountain at sunrise, as seen from his Gig Harbor home.
‘The Big Dark’: Satellite image shows future rain clouds stretching from China to Puget Sound
After a relatively benign first half of the month — with only about a half-inch of precipitation in two weeks — we're likely to get...
Snow geese have arrived in the Skagit Valley
You know autumn is here for good when the farm fields of the Skagit Valley turn white -- with snow geese. As I drove through...
Cellphones led investigators to one of the Northwest's biggest poaching cases ever VIEW
A remote wildlife camera in Oregon led officers to the suspects. Then texts, videos and social-media posts on the suspects’ phones led the officers into...
Reader’s Lens | It’s not summer anymore
Seattle Times reader Tim Nicol’s image of a chipmunk balancing on an autumn-browned sunflower.
Hike and a Happy Hour: Huff it up to Lake of the Angels, then savor a tangy IPA
An easy hike, Lake of the Angels is not. With 3,400 feet of gain packed into 3.5 miles, you’ll be walking uphill most of the...
Pacific martens are missing from all over the Olympics. What’s going on? VIEW
Abundant in the Cascades, Pacific martens seem to have virtually disappeared from the Olympics? We hit the trail with scientists trying to learn what’s really...