He was a convicted felon who found a niche in Seattle’s construction boom. As the region’s fortunes rose and fell—and rose again—so did his. Then a fatal boating accident came for Michael Powers’s fairy-tale ending.

The Tacoma Refugee Choir founder didn’t anticipate its impact on her—or her city.

There the man in the shorts—later identified as a Russian agent using the alias Richard Murphy of New Jersey—handed Michael Zottoli from Seattle two items: a flash memory card and a bag that held $150,000 in cash.

Within nine months they’d both be behind bars.

The activist who turned off the Keystone pipeline last fall is facing years in prison - and not backing down.

Among other things, crows can recognize human faces—and train each other to avoid people they don’t like.

The Tunnel Creek avalanche, five years later.

A veteran with PTSD takes on the fighter jets that fly above his sanctuary on the Olympic Peninsula.

When Elysian Brewing sold itself to Big Beer, it set off a revolt among Seattle craft beer enthusiasts.

The life of Antonio Zambrano-Montes, shot dead by the police in Washington state.

He was a fixture in the kitchen of one of Seattle’s most celebrated restaurants, with plans to move to New York City to further his career. Then he robbed a bank.

Witnessing one of deadliest landslides in American history.

A diagnosis in question.

After a beloved teacher is murdered by his schizophrenic son, his colleagues and students pay him the ultimate tribute.

Seattle’s Aurora Bridge has been the most notorious suicide site in the Northwest for 80 years. On one man’s fight to erect a fence and the race to save one last jumper.