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The Destination blasts through waves in the Bering Sea during the annual winter crab season. (Jack Molan)

NO RETURN: The final voyage of the crab boat Destination

The Seattle-based Destination went down without a mayday call two years ago this week, stunning a Bering Sea crabbing industry that appeared to have left its deadly legacy behind. A former crewman is haunted by what may have gone wrong in the sinking that killed his brother and five others. WATCH Updated 7:05 pm

Amazon puts the smile in federal income taxes — by not paying any | Danny Westneat Updated 7:58 pm
Cod boat sinks in the Bering Sea, crew of 5 rescued Updated 7:10 pm
Lawsuit alleges Arlington police ‘radically escalated’ encounter with distraught 17-year-old girl before shooting her Updated 7:13 pm
Tim Eyman under investigation in theft of $70 chair from Office Depot WATCH Updated 6:57 pm
Podcast: Reporter Hal Bernton on the final, tragic voyage of Seattle-based crab boat, the Destination Updated 7:33 pm
Amid measles outbreak, state House panel moves to ban personal vaccine exemptions
Property taxes dropping in half of King County cities after years of big increases
As EPA announces plan to tackle chemical pollution in drinking water, Washington looks to write its own rules

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Lupine and balsamroot wildflowers bloom along the Patterson Mountain trail in Winthrop in the Methow Valley May 10, 2018. –

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U.S. Senate passes bipartisan public-lands bill pushed by Sen. Cantwell

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Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson is recognized before the the State of the State address in the House chamber at the Washington State Capitol in Olympia Tuesday January 15, 2019. 208952

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Sheriffs who don’t enforce Washington’s new gun law could be liable, AG Bob Ferguson says

Seattle City Councilmember Mike O’Brien speaks during a press conference at Taproot Theatre in the Greenwood neighborhood with business owners affected by last year’s gas explosion on Wednesday, January 25, 2017, in Seattle. 200450

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Mike O’Brien is fourth Seattle City Council incumbent who won’t run for re-election

Terri Bean, center, 64, of Renton, is at the head of the table enjoying her friends during a holiday luncheon at The Central Area Senior Center, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018 in Seattle. Bean says she comes regularly for a nutrition/health/wellness class. 208788

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Pressure mounts as Seattle mulls options for senior centers, food bank on valuable city properties VIEW

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Tuyet Nguyen, 63, teaches a dance class during Club Bamboo, a lunchtime program for Asian and Pacific Islander seniors at the Asian Counseling and Referral Service in Seattle Thursday December 27, 2018. Nguyen also puts a lot of energy into getting seniors more engaged in civic life, translating voting guides, voter registration forms and candidate speeches into Vietnamese. 208842

‘Voting is a duty as a citizen’: Getting new Seattle-area immigrants to cast ballots

Sherree and John Preston at their home in Renton on Thursday, December 13. Married for 25 years, Sharree is now a caregiver for her husband John who has Dementia, and has used Sound Generations services in the past. 208737

Who cares for the caregivers? While tending to her husband, Sherree Preston found the answer

Zach Hokett, right, and Bryce Hammond were matched through the Big Brothers program nearly a decade ago. Their friendship has only grown, and the two remain involved often going to sporting events or, in this case, bowling in West Seattle. Photographed Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at the West Seattle Bowl. 208650

After teen’s dad died, one man became ‘the difference between life and death’ VIEW

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On January 14, 2019, King County Jail guards escort a prisoner to the courtroom of Judge Bill Bowman.
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King County jails corrections officers worked more than 188,000 hours of overtime last year | Times Watchdog

Bounty hunters have the right to force their way into your home — with little training and even less regulation WATCH

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Packages move along a conveyor belt at the fulfillment center in Robbinsville, New Jersey, in June 2018.

Amazon puts the smile in federal income taxes — by not paying any | Danny Westneat

Project Homeless

Qweenâ€™B King-Rios keeps vigil with the Women in Black of WHEEL, the Womenâ€™s Housing, Equality and Enhancement League, outside the Seattle Municipal Court building downtown Wednesday February 13, 2019. They stand vigil for people experiencing homelessness who die outside or by violence. King-Rios holds a paper with the names of 11 women and men who died in January of 2019 and Derek C. Johnson, who was found dead of hypothermia near the Sodo light rail platform last week. 209323

Women in Black honor recent lives lost to homelessness, violence 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.