Seattle Post-Intelligencer

When Roberta Hoctor let the government erect a 60-foot experimental wind turbine on her ranch above the Columbia Gorge almost 30 years ago, her neighbors thought she was nuts. Your...

Seattle-area home values continued to rise in May, bucking a national trend of declining home prices, according to a new report. Prices for existing homes in King, Pierce and Snohomish...

Human extinction isn't a pleasant prospect, but it holds one small consolation: If we go, we're taking the cockroaches with us. Not all roaches, mind you -- just the ones...

An Indonesian flavoring paste is not demure. It will announce its presence in your kitchen as soon as you chop the garlic, shallots, ginger, galangal and turmeric, and blitz them...

Seattle continues to defy a national trend of declining home values, but city house price increases are slowing, according to a new report. Seattle-area prices for existing houses in April...

We mortals cannot get away with self-indulgent behavior in public. It is frowned upon. Pooh-poohed. But when it comes to TV series about famous people, displays of self-indulgence end up...

Swordsman Russell McCartney stands inside a Queen Anne tae kwon do studio, focusing on a rolled-up straw mat that will serve as a vertical target. A mat piece sits on...

From the hybrid Honda Civic in their driveway to the organic rice milk in their pantry, Junko Kikuchi and Don Farrell fit the image of an environmentally conscious couple. But...

"The Story" keeps getting better and better for Brandi Carlile. "I've been so lucky," the singer-songwriter said by phone from a tour stop in Boulder, Colo. "I guess I'm in...

Adrian Beltre found himself the victim of a prank Sunday, one that could have been avoided if he'd kept his eyes open. The Mariners returned from Yankee Stadium to their...