WA gov tells teachers union that all are hurt

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Spokane parks to detonate squirrels

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NORAD: Shooting down plane not considered

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seattlepi.com: Sound Off

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Electric (Motor) City

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Gregoire announces tunnel plans; car-tab taxes to pay for more transit

Gov. Chris Gregoire announced this morning that a two-mile, bored tunnel is her choice to replace the aging Alaskan Way Viaduct on the Seattle waterfront. Construction would start in 2011 and the tunnel would open in 2015.

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Toyota squeezes more miles — and power — out of Prius

Toyota finally lifted the veil from its completely redesigned Prius on Monday at the North American International Auto Show. The big news about the popular hybrid: 50 miles per gallon.

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"The beaver" just can't leave river

You know how every time it floods around here and you see poor saps wading from their front doors with waterlogged boxes, and you wonder: Why do they live there? Why don't they move to a hill? Well, ask Mike Sipin.

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Church leaders should be careful influencing political campaigns

Catholic church officials involved themselves in 2007 political campaigns: Washington's Initiative 1000, which gives terminally ill patients access to assisted suicide, and California's Proposition 8, which stripped gay citizens of the right to marry.

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Conservative pundit stirs up Olympia holiday controversy

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Aurora Bridge fatal leap will be reviewed by police

Seattle police are investigating the department's handling of a Nov. 3 incident that ended when 48-year-old Derik E. Loso plunged to his death from the Aurora Bridge after hanging from the outside railing for more than two hours.

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Save King County's drug court

As King County deals with a gaping budget deficit, county officials must find a way to preserve the county drug court, which offers intervention that works.

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10 reasons to reject I-985

In a noisy campaign season, the many arguments against Initiative 985 are often overlooked.

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'Joe the Plumber' finds himself in debate spotlight

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US military: No. 2 al-Qaida in Iraq leader killed

American soldiers killed the alleged No. 2 leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, a Moroccan who trained in Afghanistan, recruited foreign fighters and ran operations in northern Iraq where Sunni insurgents remain a potent threat, the U.S. military said Wednesday.

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King County to lay off up to 255 workers

Financially ailing King County will send layoff notices to as many as 255 employees today, on top of 150 jobs already eliminated.

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McCain retools pitch, rejects Bush economics

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Lake City pedestrian says cars won't stop

Q: Irene Grebenschikoff moved recently from Seattle's Northgate area to Lake City. Already she's discovered a neighborhood street, 35th...

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Hawks could use federal bailout, too

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Sims proposes moving office from Columbia Center

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As American empire wanes, the world shrugs its shoulders

The next president faces the reality of a world wholly less inclined to follow America's lead.

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Sims offers to save the county money by moving his own office

If the Metropolitan King County Council approves County Executive Ron Sims' plan to move his office from rented space to a county-owned building, it will reduce a 2009 budget shortfall — but not by much.

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'Sea-smurfs' on street patrol

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Wildlife group expands reach of anti-Palin wolf ad

These are not the typical wolves of political ads - not the menaces depicted by George W. Bush in 2004 or John McCain just a couple of weeks ago. These animals are bloodied, gruesome victims.

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Aerospace Notebook: How about splitting the tanker award?

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