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Past fire at Longview mill suggests owner cut back on maintenance

Burn patterns and video indicate the 2023 blaze started at a conveyor belt with aging parts, investigators found. Employees said maintenance was scaled back before the fire.

Union Workers at Acclaimed Restaurant the Walrus and the Carpenter Are Ready to Strike

On Tuesday afternoon, unionized workers at the Walrus and the Carpenter held a strike authorization vote in the sweltering Ballard sun minutes before the acclaimed oyster-centric spot opened for service. Eighteen of 20 union members voted to authorize a strike (with two not voting), so leadership will be able to call a work stoppage if […] The post Union Workers at Acclaimed Restaurant the Walrus and the Carpenter Are Ready to Strike appeared first on The Stranger.

I, Anonymous

Dear neighbor, I pass by you a couple times a week, me walking my dog, you grooving to what must be awesome tunes in your earbuds and smoking a joint on the sidewalk across from our “smoke-free” apartment campus. You look so happy and in-the-moment, you dance like you feel the music in your bone […] The post I, Anonymous appeared first on The Stranger.

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Read All About It!

This week, the Society for Professional Journalists announced the winners of their Northwest Excellence in Journalism Awards. The Stranger won eight awards, including first place in Personal Profile (“The Making of Katie Wilson”), Graphics and Illustration (“Keep Digging”), Photo Essay (“Skateboards Only”), and Editorial and Commentary (“It’s All About the Dick”).   This is also (probably) […] The post Read All About It! appeared first on The Stranger.

Radio scans find no alien tech from the latest interstellar comet

The group leading the charge in the search for extraterrestrial life has given the all clear.

Workers at damaged Longview mill will be paid at least through Aug. 8

Workers in Longview will continue to be paid by the owner of Nippon Dynawave Packaging plant, which has been idled since a deadly implosion May 26.

Mariners’ Cal Raleigh to begin rehab assignment in Everett

Cal Raleigh, who has been on the IL since May 16, is slated to begin a rehab assignment this weekend. Here's what that means for when he could return to the Mariners.

Former smokejumper wins Democratic House primary in Montana

Sam Forstag injected new energy into national efforts to change how the Democratic Party tries to compete in solidly Republican regions.

King County Transportation District nears finalizing new sales tax

Board members agree cities should receive a portion of the $100 million in expected revenue, but are now debating minimum and maximum amounts.

Latest Luigi Mangione hearing shrouded in secrecy as judge shuts out press and public

A hearing in Luigi Mangione’s state murder case was held in secret after the judge shut out the press and public without explanation.

Speight Jenkins, who built Seattle Opera into a force, dies at 89

The opera champion, famous for his passion, generosity and hands-on attitude, left an indelible mark on Seattle’s classical music scene.