Author: doigedits

Every fall since 1923, hordes of people enter the Kittitas County Fairgrounds in the town of Ellensburg to watch bulls toss riders off their backs and cowboys wrestle steers to the ground. Just a block away is a 3.5-acre plot of land that could someday add value to the annual rodeo and county fair, the… Continue reading The demise of Shady Brook Mobile Home Park

State Farm collected $350 million in premiums from Washingtonians over a decade by betting against earthquakes in the state. It concluded that wasn’t enough. In 2014, the company filed documents with Washington state’s insurance regulator seeking approval to raise earthquake rates around the state, including by 39 percent for commercial property in King County and… Continue reading Quake insurance companies hold all the power

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — The nine people on Red Bus No. 702 were going separate ways on a Tuesday afternoon: to lunch, the doctor, work, home. The youngest was 14, the oldest 78. At 12:51 p.m. on Feb. 22, 2011, most of them had seconds to live. The bus passed a cluster of old, brick buildings… Continue reading A quake worse than ‘The Big One’?

One morning this spring, under Interstate 5 along Jackson Street, residents of a homeless camp emerged from tents and shelters built from broken branches to find state crews and a dump truck arriving on scene. The day before, workers had handed out green trash bags, telling the dwellers that cleaning the Seattle site could save… Continue reading Chaos, trash and tears: Inside Seattle’s flawed homeless sweeps

Larry Weis, Seattle City Light’s new general manager and CEO, did not inform city officials interviewing him for the job that he was the subject of an active workplace investigation in Texas concerning an allegation that he presided over a culture of harassment, retaliation and discrimination against women, The Seattle Times found. Seattle officials also… Continue reading Seattle’s top-paid employee under investigation when nominated