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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · Dec 5
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The Mariners play the Blue Jays Monday at Toronto's Rogers Centre. Here's how to catch the game here in Seattle.
Here's how to watch the Mariners' Game 2 of the ALCS
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Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell is seeking reelection partly based on the claim he’s responsible for adding 3,000 emergency housing units. A deeper look reveals that’s an embellishment.
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell says he added 3,000 housing units. Did he?
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Blewett Pass closed Monday morning after heavy snowfall overnight caused semis to slide, blocking the area.
Blewett Pass closed for snowfall as semitrucks get stuck
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The Trump administration's refugee ban, as well as his sweeping travel ban, has left an Afghan woman in Tacoma waiting in horror over the fate of her family.
Trump refugee policy strands WA-bound Afghan family who were cleared to come
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The number of fire lookout cabins atop Cascade mountains is dwindling. So are the people who staff them. We hike to some mountaintops to see what they see.
There aren't many WA fire lookouts left. We climb some mountains to meet them
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COVID vaccines are slowly making their way into Washington state — and more should arrive in the next week.
Want a COVID shot? What new federal guidance means for WA
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Stevens Pass could see as much as 4 inches of snow by Monday, forecasts show. The snow level could fall to 3,500 feet.
Snow expected for the Cascades, first of the season
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 20h
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport won’t broadcast a video of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem saying Democrats caused the federal government shutdown.
Sea-Tac won’t air Noem video blaming shutdown on Democrats
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The Mariners and Blue Jays released their rosters for the American League Championship Series ahead of Sunday night's Game 1.
ALCS: Bryan Woo added to Mariners roster vs. Blue Jays
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For Mayor Harrell, the frustration of residents and shop owners are part of his challenges heading into a general election where he is suddenly the underdog.
Bruce Harrell campaigns for mayor as a changemaker with experience
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Conditions inside Tacoma's Northwest ICE Processing Center have been a mystery for many. In new interviews, people formerly held there reveal what life is like.
Look inside Tacoma’s ICE detention center, where you could be kept for days or years
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Jim Henterly spends most of the summer atop a North Cascades peak, where the view of our wildfire future is uneasy.
On a WA mountain peak, a wildfire lookout spots an uneasy future
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Throughout the game Friday, seismometers installed at T-Mobile Park recorded how fans reacted to the biggest plays — and Humpy the Salmon's triumphant victory.
Mariners fans shake ground amid cheers, celebrations of historic win
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SPD Chief Shon Barnes says Seattle officers will protect citizens' rights, not federal agents, if the National Guard is deployed in Seattle.
Seattle's police chief 'will not be quiet' if National Guard is deployed
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 1d
Several meals per night. Many pairs of pants (in different sizes). Balancing fast days with eating marathons. Here's what it's really like to be a food critic.
What's it really like to be a food critic? Tan Vinh tells all
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Deputies found a 63-year-old man with gunshot wounds in Parkland, according to the Pierce County sheriff's office.
Man shoots, kills father in Pierce County, sheriff’s office says
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 2d
A beautiful spot in Alaska, north of the Arctic Circle, is an essential habitat for many animals. That area, more than 10 times the size of Yellowstone, is at risk.
A push for ‘global energy dominance’ puts Alaskan wildlands at risk
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Inside the sold-out Sodo ballpark, 47,025 fans cheered their lungs out and waved blue-and-teal towels as their hometown Mariners won Game 5.
Headed to the ALCS, Mariners fans know 2025 season has been pure magic
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The mural dates to 2020, weeks after George Floyd was murdered by Minneapolis police officers and begun just 36 hours into what would become known as CHOP.
Black Lives Matter mural on Capitol Hill vandalized
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Microsoft will supply its artificial intelligence technology to every public school district and community college in Washington next year.
Microsoft plans to extend AI to every classroom in WA
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Clergy in Washington will remain mandatory reporters of child abuse and neglect, but prosecutors will not enforce the law when abuse is disclosed solely during religious confession, according to a new agreement filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Tacoma.
WA clergy shielded from reporting confessions of abuse
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The Seattle Times @seattletimes.com · 2d
Has your favorite Starbucks store closed? Check out our updated list.
Starbucks closes 31 stores in WA. Is yours one of them?
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The Mariners fight for their playoff lives in ALDS Game 5 against the Detroit Tigers. Catch the latest sights, sounds and updates from T-Mobile Park here.
Live: Updates: First pitch nears for Mariners' decisive ALDS Game 5 at T-Mobile Park
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The Times team covering two crises Boeing faced last year — a midair blowout aboard a 737 MAX jet and a Machinists strike — won a Gerald Loeb Award Thursday.
Seattle Times coverage of Boeing’s difficult 2024 takes top reporting award
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A Washington security firm is suing the state to block a new sales tax on services like security and IT, arguing businesses weren’t given time to comply.
WA security firm challenges new service sales tax in court
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