Suspense in Seattle grows as tunneling moves under Viaduct

Elevated roadway to shut for two weeks just in case something happens

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Seattle predictions for 2016 (sort of)

Tongue is somewhat in the vicinity of cheek

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A century ago, the Great Seattle Boom was much bigger–and sketchier

Its origins were gold and vice

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One Seattle ballot question will test intelligence of new voters

Will newly arrived renters realize a property tax increase will be passed onto them?

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Is the Seattle boom about to implode?

Infrastructure isn’t keeping up with population growth

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The Miser–‘worst statue in Seattle’–is quietly replaced

Another Tom Otterness work is installed outside the Seattle Grand Hyatt on Pine Street

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Will upzoning Seattle resemble no-zoning Houston?

Proposal to allow multi-unit housing on all single-family lots might do the trick

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When–not if–the Big One hits Seattle

Article in The New Yorker lays out the case for a catastrophic earthquake–relatively soon

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Comcast finally pays for years of bad service, in Seattle and elsewhere

Voices of upset consumers are heeded as merger with Time Warner Cable goes down

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Seattle pedestrians remain an impetuous lot

Reducing speed limits may not be enough for protection

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The tunnel sinking Seattle, and other holiday tales

Taxes, trash also roil the local landscape

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New Seattle pot store misspells cannabis

Sign is eventually fixed on opening day.

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In Seattle, Comcast track record hurts merger bid

Poor service, high prices are poor reasons for $45 billion takeover of Time Warner Cable

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Will Seattle voters raise the nation’s highest big-city sales tax?

Officials ask for increase to 9.6%

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Seattle toll system should have received an F

Fancy computers misread letter on license plate

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Good To Go system in Seattle takes its toll

Bridge charges me for trip taken by someone else

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Seattle embraces high tech–except for the Internet

Online outtages belie city’s image.

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Are Seattle pedestrians really that safe?

New study says metro area is third least dangerous for those on foot

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Bad public signage continues to plague Seattle

Problems include unmarked forks, missing markers and cryptic symbols

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Seattle is no stranger to landslides, either

Since 1890, more than 1,500 have occurred within the city limits

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