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Snow-covered trees are seen near the Trail of the Shadows at Mount Rainier National Park in late December 2021. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)
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Passing motorists try to help a stranded driver up the northbound on-ramp at Northeast 50th Street and Interstate 5 on Dec. 19, 1990.
Weather

An epic Seattle snow, a ‘going-home nightmare’ and your turn to share tales

As another Alaskan airlines jet taxies by, an Alaska Airlines plane is deiced early Tuesday morning, November 29, 2022. Over 100 Alaska flights were cancelled due to the weather. 222318
Local News

More than 180 flights canceled at Sea-Tac amid Seattle-area snow

Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced a Juul settlement. E-cigarette giant Juul Labs will pay $22.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by Washington that alleged it intentionally targeted its products at teenagers, while deceiving consumers about the addictiveness of its vaping products. 220121
Local News

WA attorney general seeks $1.5M to combat organized retail crime

The sun dial near the Legislative Building is shown under cloudy skies, Thursday, March 10, 2022, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Washington lawmakers were wrapping up their work Thursday with final votes on a supplemental state budget and a transportation revenue package before planning to adjourn the legislative session. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) 219783
Local Politics

What’s next for Washington’s drug possession law?

Times Watchdog

At WA special education schools, years of abuse complaints and lack of academics

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Politics

King County Jail – King County Adult Detention Center – 051622 The King County Jail is seen from the street Monday, May 16, 2022, in Seattle, Wash. 220386

In a first, King County moves against WA for mental health failures in jails

Columnists

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Project Homeless

RVs and cars are parked along the Green River on July 8, 2022.

Homelessness along Green River grows, creating a tricky question VIEW

About Project Homeless

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

Pedestrian killed in suspected hit-and-run near Kent

The man's injuries indicated he was hit by a vehicle, but investigators were not able to find any witnesses, the Washington State Patrol said.

Photography

A dog pops his head out of the car window as it snows on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022.
Weather

Photos: Scenes from a snowy Seattle-area Tuesday VIEW

Washington Huskies guard Keyon Menifield steals the ball between Seattle Redhawks guard Riley Grigsby, left, and forward Brandton Chatfield during the first half. 222280
College Basketball

Photos: Huskies beat the Redhawks, 77-66 VIEW

Las Vegas Raiders running back Ameer Abdullah gets called for unsportsmanlike conduct after scoring on a 18-yard touchdown during the first quarter. 222269
Seahawks

Photos: Seahawks return home to face old rival Raiders VIEW

Offensive lineman Jaxson Kirkland and teammates hoist the trophy after the Washington Huskies beat the Washington State Cougars 51-33 in the Apple Cup Saturday, November 26, 2022 at Martin Stadium, in Pullman, WA. 222254
Huskies

Photos: Huskies beat Cougars in high-scoring Apple Cup VIEW

Education

MJ Dizon, 18, is photographed at North Thurston Public Schools’ Family & Youth Resource Center in Olympia, Wash. Dizon, who experienced housing insecurity during high school, says he wouldn’t have achieved his goals of gradating high school and pursuing theater and playwriting at Western Washington University without the help of ‘student navigators’ at North Thurston Public Schools. 221151

Homeless students graduate far behind peers — except in this WA school district VIEW

Education Lab

Homeless students lost in the shadows, including in WA

Washington’s special education age limit is illegal, lawsuit claims

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

SH12A130PLUMBER Jan. 23, 2012 — When it comes to toilet seats, there are a few issues to consider to ensure you make the right choice. (SHNS photo courtesy Kohler)

We all use phones on the toilet. Just don’t sit more than 10 minutes

Times Watchdog

A still from a video shows former Tukwila police officer Nick Hogan used an unsanctioned takedown against Alvin Walker in 2011, breaking Walker’s elbow. Hogan was fired after multiple investigations found he violated department policy, and later pleaded guilty to violating a suspect’s civil rights, but he retained his state certification.

Fired, but still a cop: How Washington state’s decertification process leaves troubled officers with their guns

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. Thomas Wales
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

Election worker Patrick Schmeichel prepares to process ballots that just arrived from a ballot drop-box on Election Day at the King County Elections headquarters, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022 in Renton.

Where voter turnout was highest, lowest in WA midterm elections

Law & Justice

A portrait of Andrea Churna and her child Michael: Churna who was a Redmond mother of a 7-year-old at the time was shot and killed by law enforcement officers after calling dispatchers for help in Sept. 2020. 219048

Redmond City Council approves $7.5M settlement to family of woman killed by police in 2020

Shielded by the Law

Nearly impossible to charge police for wrongful killings in Washington

Seattle Sketcher

Even on a hot summer day, these golfers are up for some clubbing

Check out eye-popping exotics every week at Redmond Town Center car show

Seattle’s Uptown got a new name, but a historic landmark shines on

The return of ‘Alki Fridays’ coed volleyball brings energy back to the beach

Eastside

Kirsten Paulsen McGrath pours out Daily Harvest crumbles at her home in Bellevue on Oct. 5, 2022. (Daniel Kim / The Seattle Times)

Months after Daily Harvest outbreak, some WA customers still feel sick VIEW

Environment

Seattle seafood company fined $345k for Clean Air Act violations

The EPA says the company burned paper, cardboard and wood waste without a permit.

Weather

See the latest weather news and forecasts

Science

In this nighttime satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies, lava flows from the Mauna Loa volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii, Monday, Nov. 28, 2022. Waves of orange, glowing lava and ash blasted and billowed from the world’s largest active volcano in its first eruption in 38 years, and officials told people living on Hawaii’s Big Island to be ready in the event of a worst-case scenario. (Satellite image ©2022 Maxar Technologies via AP) FX202 FX202

Hawaii volcano eruption has some on alert, draws onlookers VIEW

Earthquakes

Get ready to rumble: A guide to quake preparedness

Northwest Wanderings

The astronaut replica suit Ted Huetter of the Museum of Flight gets into is a special-commission for around $10,000 but is not suitable for use in space. It’s lightweight but warm. from the Museum of Flight, Make-A-Wish people, virtual reality headsets at the Infinite experience. Saturday July 23, 2022 221069

A spacesuit, a dream and virtual reality meet at ‘The Infinite’ in Tacoma VIEW

Paul Lundy cleans the surface of each key on Muriel Erickson’s 1968 Hermes in for its annual tuneup. Paul Lundy at his Bremerton Office Machine Co. typewriter repair. Thursday January 13, 2022

The owner of Bremerton Office Machine Company finds focus and fulfillment among timeworn typewriters — and their fans VIEW

Eleventh-grader Naazneen Vemmerath Kulangara (CQ) asks NASA astronaut Megan McArthur a question from the Museum of Flight. McArthur is aboard the International Space Station during a video hookup Saturday. Ref to more photos online Northwest Wanderings Saturday October 16, 2021 218537

Seattle students virtually Zoom into space for a chat with astronaut Megan McArthur

Professional drummer Chris Anderson is into the beat he’s providing at First Avenue and Pike Street across from the Pike Place Market, busking for five hours. Northwest Wanderings Friday July 16, 2021 217681

Busker brings A-list drumming pedigree to Pike Place Market WATCH