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PSE wants to raise rates. The state might not let them
Puget Sound Energy wants to raise the customer rates for gas and electric in order to keep up with the cost of providing power to people. But the state's utility agency is saying not so fast.
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Seattle Council members sworn in
Alex Pedersen, one of only two business-backed candidates to win a seat on the new council, was sworn into office Tuesday.
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Brace yourself: Winter holiday travel is coming
It's the busiest travel week of the year. And if you're heading out of town, you can expect crowds at the airport, at the train stations and on the roads.
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Looking to volunteer this season? Call ahead
If you're planning to set aside some time to volunteer this week, you may want to call ahead before showing up at a shelter or meal program near you.
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This City Council race is going to a hand recount
King County Elections election results get certified today at 3 p.m. But the margin in one race is so wafer thin it's going to a hand recount.
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This Thanksgiving pie has been in her fridge since 1988
For some, the holidays is a time to celebrate family. For others, they bring up feelings of sorrow and loss. For Sheila Kelly, it's a little of both. And nothing walks the line between joy and loss more than the top shelf of her refrigerator.
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Seattle arts looks to the holidays to hook new generation patrons
On a chilly November afternoon, more than a dozen children are giggling in Pacific Northwest Ballet’s biggest rehearsal room. They’re cast members in the upcoming production of George Balanchine’s classic holiday ballet, “The Nutcracker,” and they are thrilled to be in the studio with PNB’s professional company members.
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Atlantic salmon farms in Puget Sound taken to court
Atlantic salmon farms go on trial today [MONDAY, DEC. 2] in Seattle. Environmentalists have taken the owners of a salmon farm that collapsed two years ago to court for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act. KUOW’s John Ryan reports.
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Facial recognition is coming soon to Sea-Tac airport
Sea-Tac’s new International Arrivals Facility is being wired for facial recognition. International passengers could see it in use at Delta gates by the end of the year. But federal authorities are the ones driving this change.
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Challenge to car tabs initiative goes to court
A King County Judge will decide whether to pause I-976, the measure that would limit car tabs to 30-dollars.l Tuesday’s hearing was part of a multi-party lawsuit which includes King County and the city of Seattle against the initiative
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Nutcracker or Buttcracker? In Seattle, this holiday show comes in naughty and nice
The first production of the Nutcracker ballet was not a success. That may surprise you, because every big city in America boasts at least one holiday Nutcracker production.
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World's largest study of trans youth shows gender identity equally strong for trans and cis youth
The study comes out of the University of Washington.