Puget Sound | The Seattle Times

Puget Sound

Meet our staff

November 24, 2020 at 6:26 am

LiveCoronavirus daily news updates, Nov. 24: What to know today about COVID-19

Israeli animal rights activists wearing protective gear demonstrate against the spread of coronavirus among mink in Denmark’s fur industry ahead of international Fur Free Friday, in Tel Aviv, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) XOB101 XOB101

We’re updating this page with the latest news about the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on the Seattle area, the Pacific Northwest and the world, including stats about the spread of the coronavirus in Washington state. VIEW

More Headlines

A 2020 Washington State car tab, photo taken Sept. 30, 2019.

November 23, 2020 at 5:43 pm

Seattle City Council approves new car-tab fee. Here’s how much you’ll pay.

The Seattle City Council has approved a $20 car-tab fee, but has not decided yet how to spend the money. The fee would take effect...

Washington state has worked to reduce disparities in school discipline rates among different groups of students. Still, schools were doling out short-term suspensions to Black, homeless and Native students, and students with disabilities, at significantly higher rates than their peers.

November 22, 2020 at 9:56 am

A reminder from new report: Washington’s schools are far from equitable

The pandemic threatens to worsen these systemic problems. “These school closures and the continuing challenge surrounding distance learning serve as a stark reminder of the... Updated 4:55 pm

Education Lab

Pre-holiday travelers use kiosks and counters at a terminal at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago on Friday, Nov. 20, 2020. The recent weeks’ soaring numbers of coronavirus cases in Illinois prompted Gov. J.B. Pritzker to reimpose harsher restrictions on social interaction. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford) ILTC321 ILTC321

November 22, 2020 at 8:00 am

Coronavirus daily news updates, Nov. 22: What to know today about COVID-19

We’re updating this page with the latest news about the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on the Seattle area, the Pacific Northwest and the world,...

Karla Franco Fierro is a first-year nursing student at Seattle Central College and a scholarship recipient through the Seattle Promise program.

Thursday October 29, 2020. 215520

November 22, 2020 at 5:00 am

Seattle’s tuition-free community college program comes to the rescue during the pandemic

The expanded Seattle Promise program that gives Seattle public high-school grads two years of community college tuition-free is exceeding its pandemic-area enrollment projections.

Education Lab

A woman displays a note for a “Senior Box” during a food distribution outside the Catholic Community Services of Utah Friday, Nov. 20, 2020, in Ogden, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) UTRB101 UTRB101

November 21, 2020 at 7:26 am

Coronavirus daily news updates, Nov. 21: What to know today about COVID-19

We’re updating this page with the latest news about the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on the Seattle area, the Pacific Northwest and the world,...

The exterior of the main house.

From the outside, the Whidbey Island survival compound appears normal. But step into the 9,000-square-foot shop to find shipping containers full of survival essentials and toilet paper piled to the ceiling. In the bullet-resistant main house, an escape tunnel leads to the surrounding forest.

November 21, 2020 at 6:01 am

For sale: $6 million Whidbey Island survival compound, stocked to withstand a pandemic VIEW

PetSmart CEO W.R. "Ford" Smith II is selling a 59-acre estate on Whidbey Island with a bullet-resistant house, escape tunnel to the woods and a...

Health workers in personal protective equipment carry the body of a COVID-19 victim for cremation in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. India’s confirmed coronavirus caseload is expected to surpass 9 million on Friday as authorities in New Delhi battle to slow down the surge of infections in the city by increasing testing. The country’s overall tally of confirmed cases is currently the second largest in the world behind the United States. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup) XMS102 XMS102

November 20, 2020 at 6:00 am

Coronavirus daily news updates, Nov. 20: What to know today about COVID-19 VIEW

We’re updating this page with the latest news about the COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on the Seattle area, the Pacific Northwest and the world,...

The West Seattle Bridge is photographed from Beacon Hill Thursday, November 19, 2020. 215707

November 19, 2020 at 7:48 pm

Mayor Durkan aims to repair and reopen the West Seattle Bridge by mid-2022. Can the work move faster?

The city forecasts reopening a repaired West Seattle Bridge in mid-2022, but an outside expert says it's possible to shave some time off that schedule.

November 19, 2020 at 6:20 pm

West Seattle Bridge repair cheaper than replacement, but costs still loom

Repairing the West Seattle Bridge is cheaper in the short run than a partial replacement. But it will still leave the city looking for ways...

November 19, 2020 at 6:02 pm

Judge dismisses ex-Swedish surgeon’s libel lawsuit against The Seattle Times over ‘Quantity of Care’ investigation

Dr. Johnny B. Delashaw had sued The Seattle Times over a series of articles published in 2017 that described aggressive business practices and a toxic...

Local News

1
2
3
…
529
Last