University Village News

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.

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.

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.

The world's largest banana provider is giving Seattle-Tacoma residents the chance to do something unique this summer with the beloved yellow fruit: Peel the love.

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.

Catch a robber, get a pizza : Actually 200 pizzas go to the person who helps track down the robber who held up a pizza restaurant in Spokane yesterday.

By Jessica Davis Customers young and old have been lured in by the sweet pie aroma coming from Capitol Hill's new Pie Bar since it opened on May 1. The new business, at 1361 E. Olive Way, combines the award-winning pie-making talents of Alyssa Lewis and the mixology skills of her twin sister, Natalie Delucchi .

Members of a Meetup-group pet Casper the cow at the Precious Life Animal Sanctuary in Sequim, Wash.

Does it feel a bit like January out there today? Your skin does not deceive you.

Officers are on the lookout for a 20-year-old woman who allegedly beat up a man's couch before cutting the man and running off into Beacon Hill Tuesday night.

The Center will hold its grand opening and tour from 5-8 p.m. Thursday with the dedication starting at 6 p.m., at 2310 S. Lane St., Seattle.

For the past five years, I've played "kitchen liaison" at the Fred Hutch Premier Chefs Dinner and fundraising auction.

Nearly four years after the end of the recession, King County unemployment hit 4.4 percent in April.

Sorry, Capitol Hill. You are so last week. All of a sudden, restaurants and bars are competing for real estate in a new neighborhood.

Creatively focused, eco-obsessed, possessing an urban sensibility and locavore leanings, beautiful without being braggy-the new Bainbridge Island Museum of Art might well be considered the embodiment of the island community itself.

High school valedictorian, college football standout and UW-educated lawyer who built a career in his hometown, where a mayor told him at age 12 he should consider public office.

Alison Holcomb, a drug policy advocate and long-time lawyer, has her mayoral priorities in order, but she's not falling too far into the serious trap.