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SDOT unveils early research on congestion tolling in Seattle
Mike Carr writes: "Making Seattle unaffordable - Is that really the goal the City should be working towards? Why do they want to keep people out of the city?" 
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Seattle nonprofit offers to buy Showbox in effort to save venue
Red guy in a Blue state writes: "Don't these same people believe that lack of housing causes homelessness? So along comes a 44 story apartment building and these people are against it?" 
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Diverging Diamond interchange is making progress in Lacey
UbuntuUsertoo  writes: "One of the negative I can see is that if you get off the exit by mistake, it's not that easy to get back onto the freeway." 
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Urine, assaults have jurors avoiding King County Courthouse
zk7yc5d4  writes: "Ahh the new scent of Seattle. Urine and marijuana. I wonder if they could bottle it and sell it in Nordstrom as the new “emerald essence.”" 
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Department of Health: Prepare for wildfire smoke now
Paddy writes: "Looks like this is starting to become the norm. It really puts a damper on things when the skies are filled with smoke during the few months the weather is actually nice." 
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Challenge: What would you put in a Space Needle time capsule?
Sunny Thai  writes: "A singing frog.
"Hello my baby, hello my honey, Hello my ragtime gal""
 
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Landscape changed by Sound Transit tree cutting
Tom C writes: "I bet the trees will regrow first (if Sound Transit actually delivers on that) before the first train runs along I-5." 
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3.4 magnitude earthquake strikes Washington coast amid string of tremors
Lisa Lewis writes: "I'm scared of earthquakes. Has not to do with politics, god, satan, Seattle, peanuts. Just scared. I know I shouldn't live my life in fear. I'm scared to do that too, heh heh heh." 
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City begins clearing large Seattle homeless camp after drug-ring bust
Chuck_Gould writes: "The fencing under the Ballard Bridge has been there quite some time. It's working exactly as predicted. No homeless people camp under the bridge anymore. They're displaced to homes and businesses throughout the adjacent neighborhoods." 
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Stanwood writes: "Lower health care costs and cheaper prescription drugs are also a plus." 
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