Mark Higgins

Mark Higgins

Mark Higgins is the deputy opinion editor.

Seattle Public Schools names interim superintendent

The Seattle School Board this afternoon unanimously appointed longtime local educator Larry Nyland as interim superintendent. Nyland, 66, had previously spent nine years as superintendent of...

Readers share photos of spring

On March 20, the day spring officially arrived, NOAA published its April-to-June forecast. For Western Washington, it's looking pretty good, people. Think warmer and drier...