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As climate change reveals the importance of urban trees, residents in a Tacoma neighborhood with sparse canopy coverage are breaking ground themselves.

One of the largest and most expensive projects in the city’s history brings Northwest Indigenous works to the fore.

As we use more batteries in our daily lives, our ability to dispose of them will struggle to keep up.

New first-hand documents show how architect Victor Steinbrueck helped secure the market's future while ushering in a new era of civic governance for Seattle.

Kids in Washington soon won’t have to pay to use public buses and trains across the state in a new $3 billion transit plan.

It's hard to predict the likelihood of running into cougars in a neighborhood, but the chance of any interaction is low.

The city issued an apology and the artwork has been restored. 

Although the Central Washington city's car culture reigns, intentional planning in similar small cities might be the ticket to getting environmental best practices to stick.

Protective structures can help save properties from erosion, but by blocking the natural flow of sand and sediment, they can accelerate erosion elsewhere.

Once cast as an obstacle to a more modern Seattle, the downtown destination has become the kind of multi-layered urban environment we strive for.

As new development proliferates in the historically Black neighborhood, artists proclaim: ‘We were here, and we are still here, and we will be here.’

Economists, struggling to define our era, aren't sure what comes next.