The Stillaguamish Tribe in Washington state has been buying land in its traditional territory and removing levees. The goal is to turn farmland into wetlands with the hopes of restoring Chinook salmon. n.pr/4tciGx0

NPR wants to hear from people impacted by changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. n.pr/4tl5Blf

The Seattle Pride Hockey Association was launched in 2019 to bring hockey closer to underrepresented communities. It is one of more than a dozen leagues across the country that have long provided places for adults and youths in the LGBTQ+ community to play.

Washington’s governor and attorney general have filed an injunction that would bar the company that owns the Northwest ICE Processing Center from being able to further prevent health inspectors from entering the facility.

Fresh dog walk pics. Lately we've strayed from the usual route and wandered around for hours

And a coffee shop.

Colman Dock is getting a pretzel stand.

Vibes are unmatched downtown today.

Twenty-nine people have died in ICE custody since October, the start of the federal government's fiscal year, already surpassing 2004's toll of 28, the previous record, according to government data.

Seattle’s goal is zero traffic deaths and serious injuries by 2030. Right now, the numbers are far from zero — and going nowhere but up.

Sumo wrestling has a long history in Seattle, dating back to the first generation of Japanese American immigrants to the area. After Japanese incarceration, Seattle's Sumo community didn't recover. Eighty-plus years later, Rain City Sumo has tried to change that.

Sounds of a walk-off in Seattle 🔊

California’s Salton Sea was once the place to be seen. Now, many consider the water toxic. On “The Weekend Intelligence”: how new industry may help save the shrinking sea

That Randy homer went almost as far as Artemis II

I was hoping Mission Control looked like a locker room after a huge win. Scientists wearing goggles, pouring Bud Light on their heads.

The U.S. Forest Service is shutting down research stations around the country, including centers in Portland, Seattle, and Wenatchee, Washington.

21 minutes to get from Bellevue City Hall to Seattle City Hall.

Happy 1st birthday to Bad Bunny's Tiny Desk and the best baseball shirt I've ever seen youtu.be/ouuPSxE1hK4?...

Big sigh of relief: Cal smokes his first homer of the season

In cities where ICE operations have surged, community members are walking kids to school.

Wow what a fun start for Cole Young

From NASA: "We see our home planet as a whole, lit up in spectacular blues and browns. A green aurora even lights up the atmosphere. That's us, together, watching as our astronauts make their journey to the Moon." www.nasa.gov/image-articl...

Businesses that cater to middle-class customers are closing thanks to what economists call the “K-shaped economy,” where high- and low-income groups grow while the middle hollows out.

Beautiful to watch live. Godspeed to those four

Spring sightings from yesterday's dog walk.

Orville Peck, Sudan Archives, De La Soul, Japanese Breakfast, Death Cab, and other great acts coming to Bumbershoot in Seattle September 5 & 6 www.kuow.org/stories/seat...

There he is. Good to see Cal smile.

The new Yesler Way protected bike lane is OPEN. This is a new protected connection for people biking and scooting between the Waterfront and Seattle Ferry Terminal to Seattle's downtown bike network. Our crews sent us some photos. Info: www.seattle.gov/transportati...

Mariners announce 10 games this season will be available to watch on regular TV. Big win for rabbit ears fans. www.mlb.com/mariners/sch...

It's not just the Mariners' Sunday Night Baseball debut, it's also the debut for the new Steelheads Sunday alternates: www.lookoutlanding.com/mariners-new...

I’m walking around talking to people at Judkins Park station in Seattle as they wait to take the new 2 Line Crosslake connection to the Eastside. Lots of furries taking the train today!

Light rail opening across Lake Washington the same week baseball returns is almost too silly. Like, what's next? Free beer on the ferries?

NEW STORY// Everything You Need to Know About the 2 Line Crosslake Connection By Ryan Packer via @theurbanist.org

It’s taken 10 years and almost $4 billion. But light rail across Lake Washington should finally open on Saturday.

A trio of unidentified orcas, never observed in the Pacific Northwest before, showed up in early March, first in Canada’s Vancouver Harbour, then in the busy ports of Seattle, Tacoma, and Olympia.

Holy shit the full 2 Line opens today. It's finally happening.

Don & Dom Show for the Mariners

Happy Opening Day, Seattle youtu.be/BzbgfLKnHq8?...

A bridge with transit brought two Scandinavian cities out of the economic doldrums and helped make them international beacons of urban livability. Economists say Seattle and Bellevue’s Crosslake transit connection could do the same. www.kuow.org/stories/coul...

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Many of the orcas captured and sent to marine theme parks in the 1960s and 1970s came from the Pacific Northwest. An incident 50 years ago this month changed that.

In Seattle, dozens have had their citizenship interviews or ceremonies canceled, according to The Seattle Times. While some were from countries included on the Trump administration’s travel ban list, many were not.

As the Trump administration continues its immigration crackdown, an increasing number of undocumented farmworkers in Washington state live in fear, not only of being detained and deported, but of having their families torn apart in the process.

Washington State Ferries says it is not able to restore the Sidney service until at least 2030. That’s when it expects to receive the first of three new 144-auto hybrid electric ferries on order.

Sound Transit will celebrate opening a light rail connection across Lake Washington later this month, but behind the excitement, the agency faces a brutal financial future. Sound Transit can't deliver on its ST3 promises to voters by 2046 as planned.

VENEZUELA 🇻🇪

GENO!

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Capt. Ariana G. Savino, 31, of Covington, was assigned to the 6th Air Refueling Wing, at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida.

Paktyawal, father of 6, was arrested by ICE while taking his kids to school. He died in detention less than 24 hours later.