The state has invested years of effort in the belief that a new apple variety, the Cosmic Crisp, will be a winner.

Construction is everywhere. The economy is booming. And yet Seattle’s homeless problem continues to grow. If we can’t even make progress in good times, the odds would seem to be against real solutions...

Sea-Tac Airport worker Resky Killion stows gear after pumping fuel into an Alaska Airlines jet on Dec. 16, 2015, when Boeing Co., Alaska Airlines and the Port of Seattle announced Wednesday a study...

Christopher Paul Jordan in his Tacoma studio.

Wohnpark Alt-Erlaa was built in stages between 1976 and 1985.

A man gets water at one of the Tacoma encampments where water and portable toilets are being provided as the city gets ready to move residents.

Katherine Tran in a UW lab Credit: Matt M. McKnight/Cascade Public Media

(From left) Deputy Director of Communications Jonah Spangenthal-Lee, Sargent Sean Whitcomb and Detective Patrick Michaud stand for a portrait in their office at Seattle Police Department Headquarters.

Driverless cars could make air pollution worse and cost the city millions in lost revenue, according to a new study.

Preschool teacher Alex Grennan plays with Jillian Landy-Rogan, 2, inside the Women's Business Incubator space in the lower level of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Seattle's Green Lake neighborhood...

High, drunk, gay, trans, sex-worker, drug-dependent, unhoused, all of the above, none of the above, it doesn’t matter; everyone is welcome at the Aurora Commons.

AccessMap marks the blocks with the steepest inclines in red.