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komonews — WSDOT has hired Atkinson Construction to begin removal of the fallen bridge section from the Skagit River.

westseattleblog — Big game on the big screen = big success! Today’s West Seattle Soccer Club event featuring a food drive and Champions League final match screening at the Admiral Theater was “very successful,” reports WSSC’s Tim McMonigle: Over 300 people showed up, the vast majority to watch the game, with a few...

seattletimes — Seattle’s mayoral race is shaping up as a four-person contest between Mayor Mike McGinn and three challengers jostling to see who will make it past the Aug. 6 primary.

seattletimes — Detour routes revised in Skagit County

seattletimes — The collapsed Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River provides fresh ammunition for groups urging state lawmakers to approve an $8.5 billion transportation tax package. But it may be not enough to force action this year.

blogs.seattletimes — Wedge said his lineup changes were designed to “shake it up a little bit, give it a little different look.” Speaking specifically about the move of struggling Michal Saunders out of the leadoff spot, he said, “He’s been pressing a little bit, expanding the zone a little bit.

seattletimes — Pitching, the Mariners' dominant strength, is gone, lost in a handful of trades in pursuit of offense over the past two years. Problem is, they're still inadequate at the plate, but now their greatest weakness is their starting pitching. After Felix Hernandez and Hisashi Iwakuma, they're a disaster in spots...

westseattleblog — 5:57 PM: The West Seattle High School baseball team finishes an incredible season as #2 in the state. Championship game final score: Auburn Mountainview 7, WSHS 1. Earlier: 4 PM: The game is on! West Seattle High School vs. Auburn-Mountainview for the state 3A high-school-baseball championship, happening right now in Pasco. You...

seattletimes — Roman Polanski says the birth control pill has had a "masculinizing" effect on women and that the leveling of the sexes is "idiotic"

seattletimes — The Washington Transportation Department says it has change the detour routes around the collapsed Skagit River bridge in Mount Vernon.

westseattleblog — The game is on! West Seattle High School vs. Auburn-Mountainview for the state 3A high-school-baseball championship, happening right now in Pasco. You can see a live video feed here; below, it’s play by play via Twitter, thanks to WSHS team-parent volunteers (refresh this WSB page to see the newest tweets,...

blogs.seattletimes — The sun banished the clouds Saturday afternoon at Folklife 2013 as the quintet Song Sparrow Research spread its slow, mellow vocals — cello, bass, guitar, tinker bell keyboards and drums — over the comfy crowd on the Fountain Lawn. Walking across the grounds was like spinning the radio d

komonews — A team from the National Transportation Safety Board will spend a week to 10 days looking at the bridge, talking to the truck driver whose vehicle hit it, and examining maintenance documents and previous accident reports.

komonews — Kootenai County Sheriff Ben Wolfinger tells the Coeur d'Alene Press in a story on Saturday that the organization is promoting a lifestyle that's against Idaho law.

westseattleblog — If the City Council agrees with the recommendations of the Parks and Green Spaces Levy Oversight Committee, that lot at 48th and Charlestown will become city-owned park space. It’s one of the proposed Opportunity Fund recommendation changes that committee chair Pete Spalding mentioned last Wednesday night while telling the Highland...

blogs.seattletimes — Washington state is moving rapidly to reopen the collapsed Skagit River I-5 bridge by hiring Atkinson Construction on an emergency $15 million contract, outside the normal bidding and review processes. A pair of Atkinson superintendents Saturday examined the north end of the bridge, where one of fou

seattletimes — After months of endless traveling around the country evaluating amateur talent, haunted by weather issues and occasionally frustrated by a coach who decides at the last minute to change his rotation, Mariners scouts get their payoff in the MLB draft that begins on June 6..

komonews — State and local officials recommend four detours for traffic headed north and south around the I-5 bridge that collapsed Thursday in Skagit County.

blog.seattlepi — As the Mariners trudge towards what appears to be a 12th-consecutive October of swinging golf clubs in place of bats, fans have heard every excuse in the book. From marine layers to travel schedules to just plain voodoo — you’ve heard it all. But perhaps the most plausible, albeit repetitive,...

blogs.seattletimes — Two envelopes leaking liquids and giving off a smell of sulfur have caused an evacuation of the building at the corner of Denny and Westlake Avenue. The Seattle Police reports that the Seattle Fire Department hazardous materials team is investigating the situation and that the FBI is also at the...

seattletimes — Iwakuma has compiled a 5-1 record and 2.37 earned run average and is quietly building a case for a spot on the American League All-Star team. Iwakuma has been one of the game's top starters since last year's Midsummer Classic, posting the league's second-best earned run average since that time.

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westseattleblog — With the help of West Seattle Chamber of Commerce board chair Dave Montoure (left), the ribbon is cut and the party’s on till 1 pm at Westwood Village’s newest business, Massage Envy (WSB sponsor, featured here earlier this week).

westseattleblog — Thanks to Leslie Dierauf of Beach Drive for sharing low-tide sights – today’s tide bottomed out at -3.3 less than an hour ago, so beach-walking conditions will still be great for a few hours, and Leslie points out that Seattle Aquarium beach naturalists are out. They’re at Constellation Park and...

blog.seattlepi — The 2013 Sasquatch! Music Festival kicked off in central Washington State at the Gorge Amphitheatre. The four day festival brings some of the biggest names in music to the Columbia River valley where they perform in front of tens of thousands of fans. Check out our collection of photos by...