14+ hour, 10+ min ago   (470+ words) Years after Starbucks closed a coffee shop in Seattle’s Central District, a new coffee shop is taking over the space thanks to a non-profit. Its goal is to bring stability to the block and change the lives of at-risk young…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (223+ words) SEATTLE — Tariff tension between the U.S. and Canada reached a new level this week with President Donald Trump signing an executive order banning some imports of Canadian alcohol. “We’re pretty much always stocked on it,” said Matt Baker, owner of…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (600+ words) California has long been farm country, and its oceans soon could be, too. State coastal officials voted Wednesday to allow a plan to build the United States' largest kelp farm 6 miles (10 kilometers) off the Southern California coast to move forward…...

5+ day, 28+ min ago   (164+ words) LEAVENWORTH, Wash. — Get your lederhosen ready – Leavenworth’s Oktoberfest is less than a month away. This year’s event will take place on three weekends: Oct. 2-3, 9-10, and 16-17. The Bavarian-style celebration takes over the Leavenworth Festhalle and Front Street Park with beer gardens…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (463+ words) WASHINGTON — The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has reopened recreational harvesting for clams, mussels and oysters on select public beaches in Hood Canal and Admiralty Inlet following an unprecedented summer-long biotoxin closure. The reopening follows updated guidance from the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (320+ words) A new study on a popular artificial sweetener may show a link between it and health risks. The sweetener is xylitol, which is found in foods, drinks, chewing gum and even oral care products, USA Today reported. You may have…...