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What your gynecologist wishes you would do

No matter a woman’s age or how comfortable she is with her gynecologist, she may still be unsure about a few things — like which symptoms are worth mentioning, how often to make an appointment and how to prepare for an exam.

Get into the mid-winter blues

Juxtaposed to our dark evergreens, a tower of pale blue can deliver a powerful, icy accent to a Pacific Northwest landscape.

Bob Ferguson's quest to end the death penalty

The state attorney general cites Martin Luther King Jr. in his condemnation of capital punishment

With a bipartisan faction behind him, state Attorney General Bob Ferguson used Martin Luther King Jr. Day to announce his plan to introduce legislation that would end the death penalty in Washington.

King County Metro to purchase all-electric fleet by 2020

The changeover will begin this year with the purchase of 20 battery-electric buses from Proterra, with eight of them set to begin operation in Bellevue in 2017, according to an announcement from King County Executive Dow Constantine’s office.

Caring for an aging family member at home

Providing full time care for a parent or aging loved-one within your home is an option. If you are considering this undertaking or are currently providing elder care in your home, it’s not my intention to discourage you. I want you to be mindful.

Be:Seattle kicks off Tenant Rights Bootcamps across city

On Jan. 11, community organizing nonprofit Be:Seattle and the Legal Action Center held the first of six Tenant Rights Bootcamps to be held across the city through March.

Too Much Fun

Large, stately mansions were leased to several responsible types who threw parties requiring dress attire and propriety.

Guest Editorial: City People's, design review and the three-legged stool

The project that seeks to develop over the site of City People's has been delayed for a number of important reasons.

In first act, Reykdal pulls OSPI out of lawsuit against school districts

As one of his first acts as state schools superintendent, Chris Reykdal has undone one of the final acts of his predecessor, Randy Dorn.  

A Mid-Spring Night's Dream: Citywide Shakespeare festival announced for 2018

Mark your calendars and, while you're at it, tame your shrews, lose the labors of your love, and star-cross your lovers.

McGilvra ushers in 2017 with big-hearted commitments from community

As the McGilvra Elementary PTA bids farewell to 2016 and welcomes 2017, we’d like to share with you successes and learnings from the past year, and provide a preview of more happenings to come in the new year.

Local market cools after election

However you feel about the election of Donald Trump — and the aftermath that’s still playing out — it’s immediately affected the Seattle real estate market.

University Village applies for seven- to eight-story parking garage

Northwest garage would add 915 parking spaces accessible from 25th Avenue corridor; neighbors concerned about road safety, isolation from surrounding neighborhood

The managers of the University Village shopping center are seeking permission from the city to build a 915-stall parking garage and three new interior buildings on their site in Ravenna.

Don't shrug off shoulder pain

Do you have a twinge of shoulder pain when you roll over at night or reach overhead to put on a shirt? If you do, you’re not alone.

REVIEW: Quiet but powerful, 'Claire in Motion' can't be missed

This psychological thriller starring Betsy Brandt of “Breaking Bad” fame is quiet when other movies would be loud, ambiguous when other movies would demand hard resolution, thoughtful when others would demand the sublimation of difficulty to move onto the next plot beat.