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After visiting space herself, former NASA astronaut educates future STEM stars in Seattle
According to NASA, just 280 people have visited the International Space Station. Dottie Metcalf-Lindenberger was one of them.
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With pennies on the dollar and surprise notices, this nonprofit clears Washingtonians' medical debt
This nonprofit raises funding to pay off people’s medical debt — oftentimes without their prior knowledge. Now the group is partnering with a Seattle business owner to help some of the 400,000 Washingtonians who collectively owe roughly $4.2 billion worth of medical debt.
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Boeing's next CEO should relocate to Seattle, analyst says
‘I think this is a case of the hole kept getting deeper for Boeing, and the board decided to stop digging.’ -Bill Saporito
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10 years after Oso landslide, a new memorial is a gathering place for remembrance
It’s been 10 years since a massive landslide near the small village of Oso in Snohomish County killed 43 people, wiped out an entire neighborhood, and buried State Route 530 in mud. It was the deadliest landslide in U.S. history.
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The quest to find and photograph a historic Seattle mansion that may soon face demolition
Writer and amateur historian Jean Sherrard tells us about a Denny family mansion that may be on the chopping block
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The high school drama program that helped launch Oscar hopeful Lily Gladstone sees its funding cut in half
‘There are some kids that all you need to do is expose them to things and they do the rest. And I feel that way about Lily.’ -former teacher Stephen Merlino