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October 17, 2011 4:32 PM
“My sixth-grade son’s report card came home, and he got almost all A’s,” recalls Seattle parent David Price. But what seemed like a cause...
September 16, 2011 4:16 PM
As he travels around Seattle seeking support for his City Council candidacy, Bradley Meacham hears the same two questions over and over...
July 13, 2011 7:19 PM
The ongoing nuclear disaster in Japan—triggered by the March 11 earthquake—has federal officials asking tough questions about nuclear...
May 11, 2011 10:45 PM
It wasn’t a native tree. It wasn’t what most would call pretty. And it was so big it dwarfed the little cottage it had grown beside for the...
May 9, 2011 6:11 PM
Contamination-related shutdowns at two beloved local cheese makers sparked outrage last year—but maybe not for the reasons you’d think. The...
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February 2, 2011 10:04 PM
At the warm, brine-scented Northwest Fisheries Science Laboratory (NFSL) in Montlake, soft-spoken biologist Paul McElhany and a team of...