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Here and Now
Start your morning with Here and Now -- tidbits to help you survive and thrive in the Northwest. You'll find major roadway updates, local event listings and reminders of Northwest news that made headlines. Compiled by news assistant Allison Espiritu.
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It's mail-route patrons' turn to deliver
On Saturday, mail carriers in more than 10,000 cities and towns across the nation will collect the blue plastic donor bags carriers left...
Thursday, May 8
Two days to honor mom at the zoo | Here and Now
Wednesday, May 7
Saturday festival celebrates West African culture | Here and Now
Tuesday, May 6
Seattle shelter encourages being kind to animals | Here and Now
Monday, May 5
Maritime Festival events this week | Here and Now
Friday, May 2
Salmon cook off Saturday in Seattle | Here and Now
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Thanks to the local company, major cleaning doesn't have to mean sending major chemicals down the drain.
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For the entire month of May, peep-toe shoes will be 25 percent off at Clementine.
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- Slide in existing-home sales in state steepest in Central Puget Sound area
- Forgotten toddler found wandering Vancouver airport after family boards flight
- Mirror, mirror on Mariners' wall: Time for a hard look | Larry Stone
- Injured cyclist waits 2 days off I-90 near Moses Lake
- Museum director in antiquities probe dies in federal custody
- Coinstar thefts were inside job, court documents show
- Seahawks' Tatupu apologizes after arrest
- Starbucks struggles with reducing environmental impacts
- Drew Barrymore struck in hit-and-run accident | Odds and Ends
- Suspects sought in shooting of woman, 10-year-old son in West Seattle
- Forgotten toddler found wandering Vancouver airport after family boards flight
- Slide in existing-home sales in state steepest in Central Puget Sound area
- Starbucks struggles with reducing environmental impacts
- Microsoft's free WorldWide Telescope brings Windows users up close to the universe
- Paying landowners to protect Puget Sound
- How to increase your odds for ripe tomatoes | Plant Talk
- Greening of Juneau | Close-up
- Obama supporters unwise to attack Hillary Clinton | Froma Harrop / Syndicated columnist
- Young, evangelical ... for Obama?
- Beyond the Bush formula | Danny Westneat



