🔥Gas or green? Debate over natural gas heads to voters

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Back taxes & backstories: Seattle's 1877 delinquent property owners

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The City of Seattle collected taxes long before Washington became a state, and that process was at times spicier than one might expect. Seattle Municipal Archives explains in this installment of the Favorite Archival Object series.

 

Washingtonians to decide direction of natural gas use in state

City Inside/Out show on natural gas use in Washington

Proponents of Initiative 2066 seek to roll back the state’s new climate-oriented law (HB1589) that would phase out natural gas in homes and businesses, but opponents say the state needs to stay the course and transition away from fossil fuels. Guests on this edition of City Inside/Out weigh Washington's energy future.

 

Take a trip into the history of Sea-Tac Airport

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Fly through a brief history of Sea-Tac airport with this look back at days and ways gone by (did you know they used to hand you your luggage at baggage claim? We didn't either.).

 

"The River View" sweeps readers into murderous plots and small town intrigue

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“I got to have bar fights.” 👀 Author Jamie Harrison told Book Lust host Nancy Pearl she enjoyed inhabiting characters in her latest novel who aren’t quite like her. ⁠“The River View” follows archaeologist and private investigator Jules Clement as the people of his small Montana town pull him in mysterious and murderous directions.

 

"Luminous Being" reveals personal and communal truths

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"Luminous Being" by Zabia Colovos gathers multimedia art installation, sculpture, and photography in ARTS, the King Street Station art gallery. The show holds nothing back, examining both the light and the dark that make up a whole being.