Life <p>One of Return Home’s cells, filled entirely with organic material, demonstrates what the terramation cells look like. Based in Auburn, Return Home is one of the few terramation companies in the world. They transform people into soil. File photo</p>

What we talk about, or not, when talking about death

Puget Sound area organizations and businesses strive to normalize the topic of dying.

By Perris Larson, Contributor • February 8, 2025 7:30 am


Former Auburn cop sentenced to 16 years, 8 months for...

A jury convicted him in June 2024 for second-degree murder after shooting Jesse Sarey in 2019

By Joshua Solorzano • January 24, 2025 2:40 pm
Washington judge blocks Trump’s birthright citizenship order

A Seattle judge has granted Washington’s request to temporarily block Trump’s executive order

By Jake Goldstein-Street Washington State Standard • January 23, 2025 1:41 pm
Washington AG sues over Trump’s birthright citizenship order

Oregon, Arizona and Illinois joined the lawsuit; attorneys general from 18 other states also sue

January 21, 2025 1:25 pm
Funds are running out to help vacate drug possession charges

King County Department of Public Defense urges people with simple drug possession charges to use its free resources.

By Joshua Solorzano • January 16, 2025 3:11 pm
Eastside Fire & Rescue crew dispatched to help fight Palisades...

The crew is part of a caravan that began heading south on Jan. 9 and includes firefighters and vehicles from Bothell, Kirkland, Shoreline and Fall City.

By Andy Nystrom • January 10, 2025 12:30 pm
Where will all the waste go? King County’s only landfill...

Cedar Hills Regional Landfill receives about 1 million tons of waste a year.

By Bailey Josie • January 10, 2025 7:00 am

LA’s wildfires must spark change in our neck of the...

The hurricane-force winds fueling fast-moving Southern California wildfires have exasperated firefighters in western states for over a century. They quickly…

January 30, 2025 2:15 pm
Another invisible child: Interview with a survivor of familial trafficking

I met Jessica (pseudonym), a survivor of familial sex trafficking, and Audrey Baedke from the nonprofit REST (Real Escape from the Sex Trade) to understand the invisible reality of child abuse.

By Jayendrina Singha Ray Guest column • October 8, 2024 2:06 pm
New Washington state laws taking effect in Jan. 2025

New restrictions on cosmetics tested on animals, tougher penalties for negligent drivers, requirements for hospitals to offer drugs to people…

By Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero and Bill Lucia, Washington State Standard • January 1, 2025 11:30 am
The mountain is out and it tells cold deadly tales

Data shows that since 2007, Mount Rainier has become the second most dangerous National Park in the winter.

By Bailey Josie • December 25, 2024 7:00 am
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