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Seattle's mayoral race is shaping up as a four-person contest between Mayor Mike McGinn and three challengers jostling to see who will make it past the Aug.

This is the last weekend of the regular season and Oregon State is in prime position to win the title outright.

It's Macklemore's world right now. You know that, right? The Capitol Hill rapper is super famous at the moment, with his songs "Thrift Shop" and "Can't Hold Us" having blown up nationally, crossing over from kids to their parents, making him a household name.

Investigators say a truck with an oversized load caused an interstate bridge to collapse outside Seattle on Thursday.

Here's a secret. It doesn't always rain in Seattle . Between July and October there's nothing but sun.

In the midst of all the Memorial Day fun, please take a moment and remember what Memorial Day is really about: honoring the men and women who gave their lives protecting this country.

Logan Adolf of Tacoma played rock 'n' roll on his banjo with no accompaniment, working for donations at Seattle Center Friday.

By Craig Thompson Columnist We barely knew ye. You were suddenly there - new, young, all over the place - and soon, too soon, ended up on the street like an empty storefront, like a stolen car.

President Barack Obama left plenty of ambiguity in new policy guidelines that he says will restrict how and when the U.S. can launch targeted drone strikes, leaving himself significant power over how and when the... President Barack Obama left plenty of ambiguity in new policy guidelines that he says will restrict how and when the U.S. can launch ... (more)

The Washington Transportation Department says 67,000 vehicles a day used the stretch of Interstate 5 through Mount Vernon that is now blocked by the collapse of the Skagit River bridge.

Craft breweries from around the country are teaming up to raise money for military families by selling a beer aged on baseball bats.

A dognapping in downtown Seattle took a strange turn thanks to an observant dog daycare worker...and a little luck.

An Interstate 5 bridge over a river north of Seattle collapsed Thursday evening, dumping vehicles and people into the water, the Washington State Patrol said.

Rafael Abreau, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Center, says the temblor struck at 8:47 p.m. and was centred 10 kilometres west northwest of Greenville, and about 40 kilometres southwest of Susanville.

A leading music school in Washington State, The Academy of Music Northwest provides different levels of rigorous college-prep music classes and extensive performance opportunities for talented young musicians between the ages of 4 -18. Day and night our luxury service connects all of Bellevue, Seattle, and Tacoma.

At a luncheon this week for the Urban Land Institute's local sponsors, guest speaker - and Seattle restaurateur - Tom Douglas toyed with the idea of abandoning the Seattle monorail.

The Northwest Folklife Festival can be overwhelming - though part of the fun is stumbling on a great act you've never heard of - but if you're looking for some suggestions, here's a day-by-day list.

That's not the question you usually hear, but you'll get some fascinating answers to it at this year's Northwest Folklife Festival, which starts Friday and runs through Memorial Day.

A Seattle butcher said he's found a way to marry marijuana and meat - by feeding pot plants to pigs.

Home-made mechanical gadgetry will race, run mazes and clash with metallic might in the eighth annual Northwest Robotics Festival this weekend at the Spark Museum of Electrical Invention.