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The consensus among customers is that Starbucks has lost its sparkle. Here are the top reasons people why say the coffee chain isn't what it used to be.

Jimothy, the viral raccoon from Seattle, has been bestowed a high honor — as he should be. The unique-looking king was announced as “Washingtonian of the Day” by Washington Governor Bob Ferguson on July 23. Jimothy, who wildlife experts say likely has a congenital spine condition, had gone viral after a July 14 video c

Thanks to everyone who’s sent photos and/or reports of that huge cloud visible looking toward the Cascades. Even before researching, we guessed it had to do with the wildfires, and that’s what Kevin Freitas, who sent the photo above, says: “Pyrocumulus cloud from the Little Giant Fire.”

My friend dared me to order the spiciest pickle on the menu, and I really should have said no. I did not say no. Within seconds my eyes were watering, and the waitress just smiled like she had seen it a hundred times before. Turns out, she had. This tiny...

July 24, 2026 By Guest Post Snoqualmie Valley Info. [By Peter Lugli, Director of Snoqualmie Valley for Responsible Energy, a citizen-based 501(c)(4) non-profit corporation based in the Snoqualmie Valley. Views expressed are those of the author, not the Living Snoqualmie website. You may submit letters to [email protect

The Coast Guard cutter Healy, a polar icebreaker and the largest vessel in the service, was towed to its home port in Seattle on July 13 for repairs after what officials on Friday said was a "significant engineering casualty."

Free school lunches are back on the table just one day after the Seattle City Council voted 6-3 to delay them. Three council members are now proposing a new approach that would fund universal meals through the city’s general fund rather than the education property tax levy that Mayor Katie Wilson had originally earmark

BREMERTON, Wash. — A 44-year-old Bremerton woman was arrested Thursday on suspicion of arson after a fire broke out at an apartment complex in unincorporated Kitsap County, according to the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office. Deputies responded just before 5 p.m. to 911 calls reporting a fire at an apartment...

BOTHELL – At 7:14 pm on Thursday, July 23, Bothell Police responded to reports of a shooting in the Canyon Park McDonald’s parking lot. Upon arrival, officers secured the scene and interviewed witnesses who indicated that several teens met up in the parking lot where a fight broke out. One teen appeared to have pulled

KENT, Wash. (July 23, 2026) — The Muckleshoot Casino Resort NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways, the 11th event on the 20-race Mission Foods NHRA Drag Racing Series schedule, marks the second leg of the West Coast swing for Leah Pruett and the American Rebel Light Beer Top Fuel team and Matt Hagan and his John