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Former state Labor Council President Lawrence Kenney was remembered last week for his advocacy for farmworkers at a time when such a stance took courage.

How much is too much? It's a question a lot of folks might be considering over cocktails this weekend, after the federal government proposed lower the legal blood alcohol level for drinking, from .08 to .05. For people like Lauren Hale and Alicia Bowers of Seattle, it's an easy decision.

At 6:15 a.m., May 17, a Boeing 737-400 Alaska Cargo Combi arrived at Sea-Tac Airport with much fanfare to unload 24,000 pounds of recently-caught Copper River king and sockeye salmon via processors, Ocean Beauty, Trident, and Copper River seafoods.

The author of "NOS4A2" will appear at 4 p.m. Saturday, University Book Store, 4326 University Way N.E., Seattle; free .

There's something freewheeling and fancy-free about the music of Pokey LaFarge-the sort of feel-good Americana you can't help but warm to.

In this April 20, 2013 file photo, employees of The Healing Leaf collective in Lake Stevens show some of their product during 'Studio 4/20,' a legal marijuana celebration put on by DOPE Magazine at 7 Point Studios in Seattle.

A Seattle man who was stabbed in Cal Anderson Park on Mother's Day says he wants to set the record straight as online comments make it sound like he instigated the attack.

For many meat-eaters in West Seattle and White Center, it's a given that Zippy's Giant Burgers in White Center serves up a transcendent bite of freshly ground chuck and fresh cut veggies that is simply hard to beat.

Of Montreal managed to fit their theatrical troupe of psychedelic-pop-makers into the Vera Project on Sunday, where the packed audience gleefully moshed along for the funky dance numbers and laid-back melodic pieces alike.

Slender Austin Hund ignites a bass dirge that ripples pant legs. Burly Daniel Enders coaxes crackles from a light theremin, then grabs his drumsticks and stands on his stool in order to beat on the venue's ceiling pipes.

Donald Jackson uses a screeder machine on the first pass to finish work on a concrete segment Monday at the FPS-Encon Precast expanded Frederickson.

Comedian and cutesy-pants Nick Sahoya cutely serenaded Jinkx Monsoon with a Justin Beiber tune and his uke.

Less than two weeks after 54-year-old Lance David died at East Marginal and Hanford after his bicycle collided with a truck , and one week after participating in a memorial ride to that site , Mayor McGinn says today that he's asking the City Council to approve $900,000 in safety improvements to that area, and about half a million for lower Spokane ... (more)

As the wheels touch down in Cordova, a little fishing town on Prince William Sound in southcentral Alaska, Duke Moscrip already has his coat on and his finger on the latch of his seat belt.

Cascade Bicycle Club's annual Bike to Work Day is just a few days away, and organizers are gearing up for another big turnout.

This summer promises to be a scorcher regardless of the weather and that's because the 2013 Rock Allegiance Tour will be providing an incendiary rock show for fans across the country.

Fri., May 17, 7-10 p.m. Free to the public and ladies only. Many local vendors will showcase their products and services.

The National will play September 19, 2013 at 7:30PM at The Paramount . Price: $39.50, not including applicable fees.

It's been called the PhD of youth. The highest achievement in Boy Scouts is the rank of Eagle, an honor attained by only 4% of scouts nation-wide. The latest Eagle recipient in Magnolia, Ballard High School junior Jackson Smalley, has a familial connection to this reporter.

State Sen. Ed Murray tore up the track in fund raising for the Seattle mayor's race after being forced to cool his heels on the sidelines for nearly four months, taking in $103,693 between the end of the regular session of the Washington Legislature and Monday morning's beginning of a special session.