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A Washington Territory lottery was planned for July 4, 1876. Organizer and mill owner Henry Yesler canceled the drawing and kept about 90 percent of the estimated $30,000 collected.

SOUTH SEATTLE: A resident stands next to a bedroom window that was pierced by a bullet early Sunday.

Items of note this weekend and beyond A This is the weekend for the Northwest Folk Life Festival at the Seattle Center, Lots of Center.

Many people who voted for Mike McGinn to be mayor of Seattle thought they were voting for a green candidate.

More than 50 rounds were fired in three overnight drive-by shootings in South Seattle, police said.

Two days after an errant bullet killed a innocent man driving with his family in the Central District, a bystander was shot in the leg at Seattle Center.

The centerpiece of Dale Chihuly's permanent exhibit at the Seattle Center is a glass conservatory where visitors can gaze up at the Space Needle framed by 1,250 colorful Persian glass pieces suspended from the ceiling.

Gov. Chris Gregoire has a message for members of Congress who are so paralyzed they can't even pass a basic highway bill: Take a look at the Columbia River bridge on Interstate 5 that connects Washington and Oregon, with its northbound lanes now 95 years old, built on wood pilings to accommodate horse-and-buggy traffic.

A 2-year-old boy was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after being struck by a vehicle Saturday morning in Arlington, officials said.

St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church in West Seattle is playing host to a special "visitor" this weekend and invites you to come see it tomorrow: St.

Twice in the past two weeks, Seattle police say, a hostile crowd at the scene of a violent crime has prevented officers from securing an area, slowing medical assistance to victims.

Hospitalized and grieving teenagers age 12 to 18 in Seattle and around the world can relieve their feelings in written form and then see their work staged through a collaboration between the Providence Hospice of Seattle's Safe Crossings Program, which provides grief support to youths, and The Northwest School, a private middle and high school on ... (more)

From the outside, the Haller Lake Community Club blends in with the lush landscape of cedar trees near the small and quiet lake in North Seattle.

After being open for almost exactly one year, the former Bouteloua bakery , located at 2019 NW Market St, re-opens today as Wild Prairie Bakery .

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Justin Ferrari, who lived in Madrona and worked at Zillow, was killed when a stranger opened fire on the street corner just after 4:30 p.m. Thursday.

If you were dreaming of living in an old, cute, red-and-white house - the kind that looks great with a giant fire truck in the garage - you're out of luck.

An aide to embattled Snohomish County Executive Aaron Reardon wrote all the way to the governor's office early this year to complain about the Washington State Patrol's investigation of his boss.

The documentaries "Hit So Hard" and "Question One" screen at Northwest Film Forum this week; also, the UCLA Festival of Preservation continues with " News of the Day and Soundies ," a collection of William Randolph Hearst's newsreels dating from 1914-1967 , and a selection of episodes from the 1952-61 reality show " This Is Your Life " . NWFF, 1515 ... (more)

While Egypt was holding its first presidential election on May 23, a small Egyptian delegation was attending a media preview in Seattle of Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs .