Space Needle News

Seattle, whichA had a pretty bad weekend for violence, still doesn't hold a candle to the carnage that unfolded in Chicago, and the Jet City must now realize that their war is not against guns, but against gang bangers and other armed miscreants like the fellow who opened fire over the weekend near the Space Needle.

A 33-year-old man has been taken to Harborview Medical Center after being shot in the leg during an incident at Seattle Center, site of this weekend's Folklike Festival, authorities say.

In Jim Lynch 's propulsive new novel, Truth Like the Sun , the crimes are in the past, but the mystery surrounding them seeps through to the present, where glory-day memories conceal grubby secrets.

A museum dedicated to renowned glass artist Dale Chihuly opened on Monday at the foot of Seattle's iconic Space Needle.

Pioneering glass artist Dale Chihuly, whose work has been shown in over 200 museums worldwide, will be honored in his home city Seattle when "Chihuly Garden and Glass" opens on Monday, offering the most comprehensive collection of his work ever.

Fisher Plaza, home of Seattle's KOMO-TV and KOMO Newsradio, is seen here in the shadow of the Space Needle.

Quintessential Seattle! This NW home with sweeping views of Seattle's iconic gems; Pike Place Market, Elliott Bay with all the ferries, stunning Olympic Mountains views, Space Needle with NYE fireworks and city lights of Queen Anne.

Sunspot region 1476 points toward Earth like a loaded gun in this picture from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory.

I recently visited my parents in Kennewick. The Tri-Cities is a beautiful place, with great weather and gorgeous rolling hills covered in desert wild flowers.

The GOP candidate says that back in prep school, he didn't think of homosexuality.

SEATTLE, May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Earlier this week, five finalists traveled to Seattle for the last leg of the Space Needle's Space Race 2012 program.

As we do every weekday at Pacific Northwest News, we've got a handful of stories to share that will make you the smarty-pants at the water cooler.

An artist's depiction of a suborbital spaceflight offered by Space Adventures aboard an Armadillo Aerospace Vehicle.

What might happen at Seattle Center when Memorial Stadium goes away? Are there imaginative and unique uses for a large urban park? What is the Jelly Bean and why is it floating next to the Space Needle? Join us Friday, May 11, for presentations by the finalists of a design competition, Urban Intervention, that explores the future of Seattle Center ... (more)

The final phase of the contest begins Monday morning. The finalists will each face three challenges before the winner is announced on Wednesday.

He's 87, worked selling real estate until he was 81, and these days, when he's on the computer , he needs to enlarge the type on the screen, and ... "I'm what is known as a hustler," he says.

"The 1962 fair was a vision of the future, with the Space Needle, the Monorail, and pavilions devoted to a 'Century 21' theme," said Mr.

Seattle has a lot of problems. It rains there constantly, residents have an overarching, new-millennium sense of inferiority toward Portland and now apparently the city is beset with supervillains.

Last year's Stranger Genius award winners the Intelligence have a new album, Everybody's Got It Easy But Me , coming out June 19 on In the Red Records .

The Chihuly Garden and Glass exhibit doesn't open for three more weeks, but on Wednesday KOMO got a first look at what will be the largest collection of Chihuly's work ever to be displayed.