Health Coronavirus Casts A Pall Over Cruise Industry At Height Of Booking Season Tales of life on a ship quarantined in Japan amid a coronavirus outbreak are hurting bookings for the growing cruise line industry. But the industry has shaken off worse crises, an analyst says. Yuki Noguchi
Health Doctors tracking people in contact with coronavirus patient At least 16 people had close contact with the Washington man who's sick with coronavirus. Paige Browning
Law & Courts What's in your wallet? It's time for air travelers to get real about Real ID Effective this October, a standard Oregon or Washington driver's license won't pass muster with the Transportation Security Administration to board a... Tom Banse
WA lawmakers push back against Border Protection's detention of Iranian-Americans Washington Representative Pramila Jayapal and Governor Jay Inslee said they stand in solidarity with an estimated 150 Iranian Americans who were stopped at the US--Canadian Border this weekend. Esmy Jimenez
Environment 700 flights cancelled as winter storm moves East; new system forms over West Coast The post-Thanksgiving travel rush is due to get even more hectic, as heavy snow and ice accumulation is expected to continue battering regions across the United States on Sunday. Paolo Zialcita
Seattle's making it safer for pedestrians to cross busy streets Have you ever felt, as a pedestrian, that you're risking your life trying to cross a busy street? Katherine Banwell
Politics Sea-Tac passengers expected to double by 2050 If you think Sea-Tac is crowded now, it's expected to be even fuller by 2050, with double the number of air travelers says the Puget Sound Regional Council. Carolyn Adolph
National Trump Administration Clamps Down On Travel To Cuba, Bans Cruise Ships The changes, which bar "people-to-people" tours, are intended to further squeeze the Cuban economy while keeping U.S. dollars "out of the hands" of the communist government. Vanessa Romo
Technology The big reasons behind Expedia's move to Seattle waterfront A glass-walled conference space called “The Prow” rises out of the earth like a ship near the water’s edge. It’s a flagship element in the Expedia Group’s opulent new headquarters along Seattle's waterfront. David Hyde
