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The Space Needle is seen in the background at the Dick’s in Lower Queen Anne on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2015. Lower Queen Anne is a vibrant, urban neighborhood with highlights that include the Seattle Center complex, housing the EMP, Space Needle and Pacific Science Center; Myrtle Edwards Park on Elliott Bay; Kinnear Park; and a host of restaurants and nightlife along Queen Anne Avenue.

Dick’s Drive-In to open new location — and you can vote on where

Dick’s Drive-In, the Seattle burger-and-fries institution, announced Monday that it will open its seventh location — somewhere either east or south of its current restaurants. Dick’s will hold an online vote to pick the spot.

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History

Seattle rejected first mass transit ballot measure 105 years ago today

Science

NASA photos of Seattle and the Northwest from space  VIEW

Hundreds in the Eastside’s South Asian community were joined by others at a peace vigil in honor of Srinivas Kuchibhotla, Sunday, March 5, 2017, in Bellevue. Kuchibhotla was recently killed in Kansas in what is believed to be a racially motivated shootin. A recent shooting of a Sikh man in Kent was also mentioned by speakers.
Peace vigil

Hundreds gather in Bellevue park to condemn Kent shooting, Kansas attack  VIEW

Robert Osborn, host of Turner Classic Movies and the author of the official history of the Oscars, poses for a portrait on Oct. 30, 2013 in New York, N.Y. Osborn died in New York at age 84. (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/TNS)
Obituary

Robert Osborne, genial face of Turner Classic Movies, Colfax native and UW grad, dead at 84

Times Watchdog

WINDEREMERE CUP – SEATTLE – 050711 UW Varsity Women’s crew team rows back to the shellhouse after their victory in the Windermere Cup beating Oklahama and Cambridge. UW men vs. Cambridge and Stanford. UW women vs. Cambridge and Oklahoma.

UW women’s rowing-team numbers inflated, avoiding Title IX scrutiny | Times Watchdog

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Politics

Seattle police surround ‘The Field’ homeless camp in Sodo, clear out campers  VIEW

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Transportation

Tuesday, December 13, 2016. Seattle Tunnel Partners were showing off progress in 2016 to the SR99 tunnel where Bertha has dug more than a mile of new tunnel. Finally after a mile of walking underground, the back end of Bertha comes into view.

Bertha is back to work after a small course correction

Education

Study: Statewide legal same-sex marriage reduced suicide attempts for gay, bisexual youth

Health

6 foods you should eat more of; 4 to cut back on (or cut out) based on new study

Loaded with Lead

Loaded with Lead

The Times investigates lead poisoning at gun ranges

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Roger Waterhouse, left, and Jeff Hudak install metal panels in Hing Hay Park’s expansion and renovation in the Chinatown-International District. Studio Fifty50 (CQ) artists Amanda Bruot CQ and Jeff Hudak are using steel plates painted in Chinese red over LED’s for seats and steps in the park. Many of the LED-lit patterns are from the Chinese zodiac including Year of the Rooster. ArtSite’s (CQ) Denise Bisio and Roger Waterhouse are doing installation and the expanded part is expected to open later this year. The expansion occupies the former post office site and Parks and Green Spaces levy allocated $3 million for planning, design and construction. The park is at 423 Maynard Ave. South. Steps will have textured non-skid surfaces and seats will have wooden elements installed. Ref: More photos online LO Friday March 3, 2017
Chinatown International District

Chinatown International District’s Hing Hay Park gets bigger and brighter

Kindergartners from Bright Water Waldorf School in Seattle play on an old tree in Volunteer Park Friday, March 3, 2017. One teacher said they use the park as a place for the children to play during recess. The school really emphasizes that students are in touch with the natural world and experience its elements. Children in the early youth childhood program spend much of their time outdoors. On Fridays, they spend all day outside, sometimes regardless of the weather.
Education

Taking education outside

Sam Maybee’s CQ T-Rex outfit is “so hot” he gets help to get a breather as he cruises the floors at the Emerald City Comicon on its first day at the Washington State Convention Center. The event draws tens of thousands over four days, through Sunday. He bought the costume online for $50.00. LO Emerald City Comicon on Thursday f March 2, 2017
Comicon

Emerald City Comicon off to a hot start

Smith Tower is surrounded by trees as the sun goes down over Seattle Wednesday, March 1, 2017. Shot from Harborview Medical Center.
Smith Tower

Smith Tower and the treetops

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The Church Street Marketplace in Burlington, Vt., Nov. 24, 2015. Bernie Sanders, who in the 1980s was the mayor of Burlington, tended to talk globally but act locally, guided more by practicality than ideology. (Jacob Hannah/The New York Times)

Seattle taxes among nation’s kindest to the rich — and harshest to the poor  VIEW

Crime

Spokane County deputy shot, wounded; suspect killed

The wounded deputy is expected to go into surgery Tuesday to have the bullet removed from his shoulder.

Shielded by the Law

Nearly impossible to charge police for wrongful killings in Washington

Recent Special Reports

A couple takes in the sunset and the iconic bridge over Deception Pass from the north side of the strait connecting Skagit Bay with the Strait of Juan de Fuca. A feature story about Deception Pass State Park, photographed April 3, 2013. 128734
Seismic Neglect

Washington’s 30-year earthquake drill for the ‘Big One’: Order studies. Ignore them. Repeat.

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

Times Watchdog

Special-ed student confined 617 times in 6 months despite state laws  VIEW

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

Timeline: The unsolved slaying of Thomas Wales

Eastside

India Gants of Bellevue to compete in finale of ‘America’s Next Top Model’

Environment

NOAA finds 11 of 27 reef fish species in Hawaii are overfished

Weather

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Northwest Wanderings

Greg Highsmith waits for a passenger coming the bank of seven manually-operated Otis elevators in Smith Tower built in 1914. (These are the original Otis cars) Smith Tower in Pioneer Square, completed in 1914. It’s 42-stories tall and the first skyscraper west of the Mississippi River. Thursday Feb 2, 2017

A peek inside Seattle’s Smith Tower, which retains its historic charms  WATCH

Amy Crawford works a piece of molten glass she’s introduced red into slowly forming the heart shape. To do this work she says “is the necessity of being present in the process.” Ref to more Online Avalon Glassworks in West Seattle on Thursday Jan. 26, 2017.

Hearts are on fire for Valentine’s Day at Avalon Glassworks  WATCH

Getting her kicks, Liping Ye (CQ) winds up for another between punches to a 150-pound bag during an strenuous one-hour session. Ref to More photos online Wed Jan. 11, 2017

Punch stuff, sweat, get fit — ‘It’s fun’  WATCH

On-the-wing, a crow cruises over the Union Bay Natural Area, a popular birding area behind the Center for Urban Horticulture. The American crow has an almost iridescent look and should not be confused with the larger raven. Crows are known for their smarts. Annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count for a Northwest Wanderings column. Cormorants, crows, mallards and more Ref to more photos online

Tallying winter’s wings: cormorants, crows, mallards and more  VIEW

Marijuana

Israeli Cabinet moves to decriminalize recreational pot use

At a time when many American states and European countries are loosening marijuana laws, the Israeli Cabinet approved a plan that would impose fines rather than criminal penalties on those caught using the drug in public.

Science

Europe launches latest earth observation satellite

PARIS (AP) — The European Space Agency has launched into orbit a fifth Sentinel satellite as part of its Copernicus earth observation program. The 1.1 ton Sentinel-2B was successfully launched from French Guiana. It's joining twin satellite Sentinel-2A, which has been in orbit since 2015. Both have been designed to provide high-resolution optical images for...

Earthquakes

Get ready to rumble: A guide to quake preparedness