Environment
Skagit dams in crosshairs of renewed push to save salmon, orcas
With Seattle’s power supply in the balance, tribes and activists are demanding changes to how Seattle City Light’s dams are run.
Lester Black
Lester Black is a writer based in Seattle. He has written for daily newspapers in Massachusetts, Tennessee and New Mexico and his work has appeared in Popular Mechanics and BeerAdvocate. Find him on
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The 8 districts that will decide who controls the Legislature
Open your social media feeds this month, and it will look like there is only two people running for election
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What an Obamacare repeal would mean for Washington
Republicans are taking aim at Obamacare – could Washington save it? With Thanksgiving come and gone, Americans are shopping — not just
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Will campaign cash corrupt the state Supreme Court?
A late-October bombardment of spending from some of Washington’s richest people, aimed at depriving State Supreme Court Justice Charlie