How, when and why Seattle started to shift into a bike-friendlier city
This excerpt from "Biking Uphill in the Rain" explores Seattle's resurgence in bicycle use in the 1970s, and the influences behind it (including an old railroad line).
Light rail crossing risks persist as man in wheelchair survives crash
Thursday's light rail crash involving a Seattle man in a wheelchair adds to the grim count of 52 pedestrians struck since the line opened in 2009.
Tree branches, power pole fires knock electricity out across Puget Sound region
The latest storm to hit western Washington produced numbers all over the board.Snow totals ranged from none or a trace in the ...