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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.

Xander Roberts, 6, plays make-believe in the gun turret of a B-25 bomber Saturday at Aviation Day.

SPD Blotter reports the arrests are in connection with a shooting earlier today in South Seattle.

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.

News about Seattle City Hall, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn, Washington Governor Jay Inslee, Seattle and King County government and more Seattle City Councilman Tim Burgess, a front-rank candidate for Seattle mayor, on Friday took his name out of the race less than four hours before the deadline for filing.

The filing deadline for King County's Aug. 6 election closed Friday, and the biggest surprise was who didn't enter a race.

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

Different marijuana products in the display window of Northwest Patient Resource Center in West Seattle, a vivid sign of how mainstream the drug has become in Washington.

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.

The sun has been getting quite active lately, with one sun spot in particular giving off several explosive flares this week, and it could eventually bring some brilliant displays of the Northern Lights to the Pacific Northwest.

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.

Gogol Bordello will play August 8 at 8:00PM & and Fri. August 9 at 9:00PM at The Neptune .

First things first: A Russian guy by the name of Andrey Toskar is about to open an Eastern-European-style spot called Vostok Dumpling House in the Harvard Market on Capitol Hill.

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.