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caption: Katie Moloney, a doctoral student in civil engineering at the University of British Columbia, examines crumb rubber particles collected for research examining the impact of tire chemicals on coho-rearing streams in Vancouver.

Environment

Every tire produces a chemical that kills coho salmon. Can scientists pump the brakes?

caption: Wildfire smoke hovers above Mount Dickerman and the Perry Creek Research Natural Area in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest on Sept. 28, 2025.

Environment

Forest Service axes research stations as severe fire season threatens Pacific Northwest

caption: Regé-Jean Page (right, photographed carrying a wooden crate, of course) and Halle Bailey star in "You, Me & Tuscany," which hits theaters April 10.

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Top 3 scenes where Regé-Jean Page carries wooden crates in 'You, Me & Tuscany'

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Communities are waiting on billions in disaster funding from the Trump administration
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Women are getting most of the new jobs. What's going on with men?
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New lawsuit challenges constitutionality of Washington’s ‘millionaires tax’
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Masked ICE agents arrest man with no deportation order in Seattle immigration court
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Jim Whittaker, Seattle native and first American to summit Everest, dies at 97
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Despite court ruling, Washington still blocked from inspecting immigrant detention center
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A new program unites West Coast readers for stories of Japanese American incarceration

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Health Care

U.S. health care spending is the highest on Earth. Here's why

Most health care services in the U.S. cost at least twice what they do in other countries, and sometimes up to ten times as much.

Clare McGrane

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Casual Friday with Tan Vinh and Joe Veyera

This week… Washington's summer weather outlook is dangerously dry. A very small local restaurant got a glowing review from the New York Times. And why did the Greenwood Fred Meyer take the handles off of their paper bags? Seattle Times Food Writer Tan Vin and Factal Editor Joe Veyera are here to break down the week.

April 10, 2026

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caption: Gas Works Park was packed with visitors on March 3, 2021, an especially sunny day.

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