Best answer to Seattle affordability may win the race for mayor
The rising cost of housing is a dominant issue in Seattle’s mayoral election, but political messaging – on trust, results and leadership – could also move voters in the race between Jenny Durkan and Cary Moon.Don't Miss
Health
Judge confirms $17.5M award for fired Swedish Health neurosurgeon
A judge confirmed the award in favor of Dr. David Newell, who contended he was fired after raising concerns about another Swedish surgeon. Swedish plans to appeal.
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Puget Sound music festival strikes up the bands VIEW
Data
No, Seattle doesn’t have the nation’s highest rate of property crime
Word is out that Seattle has the highest property crime rate in the nation, but not by the reckoning of our FYI Guy. Here's his take.
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Eastside
Washington’s elk-feeding sites stock up on hay for the coming winter
Across seven feeding sites, the Department of Fish and Wildlife department tries to gather about 2,500 tons of hay before winter weather makes it more expensive to acquire and transport.
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Environment
Solar energy company makes $1 billion bet on Oregon
A national solar-energy company, Cypress Creek Renewables, is betting nearly $1 billion on an Oregon development spree, including five new solar farms in Marion and Polk counties.
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Marijuana
Grant County traffic stop leads police to $1.5 million worth of meth, pot
The Grant County sheriff says it was the largest drug seizure in the history of the Interagency Narcotics Enforcement Team.
Science
Born in Sandy-flood hospital, kids ‘stronger than the storm’
NEW YORK (AP) — Their lives began with one of the most dramatic stories of Superstorm Sandy: the evacuation of 32 newborn babies from a major New York City hospital that got flooded and lost power. Hospital staffers tended to laboring women in the dark and carried mothers and tiny infants — 21 of them... VIEW
