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Captain Rob Palmer at a news conference Thursday in Everett to announce an arrest has been made in the 1972 Jody Loomis homicide cold case. At right is a graphic showing Loomis. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

Jody Loomis crossed paths with a killer when she was riding her bike in 1972. Now DNA from a coffee cup has led to an arrest in Snohomish County.

DNA evidence taken from the victim's body and clothing was preserved for decades and recently submitted for genetic genealogy identification. VIEW

Man’s 8th DUI arrest is among Washington’s most extreme cases of chronic drunken driving WATCH
All over America, bikes are out and scooters are in. Not in Seattle
It’s college-level math, but it’s taught differently — and it’s helping more Washington students graduate
Cheech and Chong help celebrate the opening of a Tacoma marijuana store on 4/20
Rising costs of KeyArena doesn’t impact Seattle taxpayers — but there’s cause for concern | Matt Calkins
Worshippers observe Holy Week in Seattle
Washington state senator draws anger after saying nurses probably spend time playing cards
3-strikes law, death penalty, vacated convictions: Which crime bills have and haven’t passed the Washington Legislature

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On Thursday, April 11, 2019, shown here along E Marginal Way, S, across from the Museum of Flight, near S 94th Place, is one of the downed power polls, splintered wood, broken off at the base. 209897 209897

Power pole collapse

City Light releases more details on poles that collapsed, but says it still doesn’t know why they toppled

Crime

King County homicides in 2018 show troubling trends in homeless cases, random killings. Explore the data »

Health

How do you persuade people to vaccinate? Clark County measles outbreak highlights the difficulties

Tina Ma’Shell, of Kent, has been searching for her niece, Alyssa McLemore, since she disappeared in Kent at age 21 in April of 2009. “When a person disappears, you don’t expect to be looking for them 10 years from now,” said MaShell, who raised McLemore from a young age. “It’s basically like I’m looking for my own child.” Their family are descendants of the Aleut tribe, of which Ma’Shell is enrolled, and identify McLemore as one case in the larger Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women’s movement. 209830

Crime

A Kent woman called 911, then disappeared. That was 10 years ago. Her family and police want to find her. WATCH

Project Homeless is a new Seattle Times initiative that explores and explains the region’s complex, troubling problem of homelessness. With strong watchdog reporting and vivid storytelling, Project Homeless seeks to spotlight what is working, and what is not working, in responding to homelessness. We will also feature solutions-oriented reporting from elsewhere in the country.

Transportation

Max Loring rides a LimeBike on the Burke-Gilman Trail through the University District in Seattle Wednesday, May 2, 2018.
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All over America, bikes are out and scooters are in. Not in Seattle

Local News Photography

Michaele Razi CQ, left, dressed as a witch from Harry Potter, gets a kick out of Jackie Yeo’s Jawa from Star Wars outfit at Emerald City Comic Con Thursday. Both wear homemade costumes with peaked tops. Yeo flew in from Anchorage, Alaska during spring break just for the event which runs through Sunday at the Washington State Convention Center. (They don’t know each other but met on the floor among vendor booths)
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LO First day at Emerald City Comic Con at the Washington State Convention Center
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Local News

You’ll meet a lot of real characters at Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle VIEW

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Tuesday February 26, 2019

Jeffrey Gibson: Like a Hammer, a major survey of the acclaimed contemporary artist features a series of Everlast punching bags adorned with beadwork, metal jingles, fringe and surprises. They’re prominent sculptures in Gibson’s exhibition opening Thursday.

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Indigenous art, queer aesthetics, and pop culture. The exhibition features over 65 works including abstract geometric paintings on rawhide and canvas, beaded punching bags, sculptures, wall hangings, and video.” 209416

Visual Arts

Seattle Art Museum opens new exhibition, ‘Jeffrey Gibson: Like a Hammer’ VIEW

Nick Tanner photographs Gina Nakamura with animals sculpted in snow on Harbor Avenue Southwest in West Seattle Monday, February 11, 2019. Groups of people photographed the sculptures on a small hill, which sometimes offered views of the Seattle skyline when it was not snowing too hard. 209304

Local News

Photo gallery: Another snowy Monday in Seattle VIEW

These childhood photographs at the entrance to the Holocaust Center for Humanity are of survivors who have lived in the region.

(Some have passed, hence “have lived in the region.”)

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Photo Gallery

Shining a light on a dark time in Jewish history VIEW

Education

It’s college-level math, but it’s taught differently — and it’s helping more Washington students graduate

A new way of teaching math to students who aren't majoring in STEM fields is helping more students graduate.

Education Lab

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

After a key bill died in Olympia, will lawmakers do anything else to help special-education students?

About Education Lab

Education Lab is a Seattle Times project that spotlights promising approaches to some of the most persistent challenges in public education.

Health

Rep. Maureen Walsh, R-Walla Walla, speaks during a committee hearing Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013, in Olympia, Wash. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) OTK

Washington state senator draws anger after saying nurses probably spend time playing cards

Loaded with Lead

The Times investigates lead poisoning at gun ranges

More Special Reports

A photograph of stepfather Sean Rowe and mother Carmen Rowe is taken in downtown Seattle Monday, Dec. 12, 2016. Their son Andrew Westling, 19, died while in the Nisqually Jail earlier this year. They described Westling as friendly and that he loved music, horses and fishing.

Times Watchdog

Fatal confines? A teen’s troubling death in Nisqually tribal jail

Monday, October 31, 2016. Hundreds of untested Rape Kits fill a freezer isle in the Seattle Police Departments evidence room (kits kept at 5 degrees).

Crime

Rape-kit backlog grows at state crime lab — despite new money WATCH

Tom Wales, assistant U.S. Attorney and president of the gun-control group Washington CeaseFire, was the apparent victim of an execution-style slaying Thursday night in his Queen Anne home. The gunman shot Wales through a basement window, hitting the prosecutor in the neck and side.

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Crime

Unsolved slaying of Seattle prosecutor 16 years ago today has ‘hallmarks of a hit’

Special Report

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

Data

Man’s 8th DUI arrest is among Washington’s most extreme cases of chronic drunken driving

Joseph Shaun Goodman's eighth DUI arrest places him among a small cohort of chronic drunk drivers. State lawmakers are considering a bill that would make cases like Goodman's felonies rather than misdemeanors. Goodman is set to appear in court Monday. WATCH