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5 stories matching cook
- Brutal Knife Fight Between Neighbors
A long-standing feud between two women in the coal-mining town of Newcastle leaves one in critical condition.
- A Four-Day Escape into the Snoqualmie Wilderness
Four Seattle men trade the monotony of office life for a rustic expedition into the King County woods.
- The Rising Costs of Second Street
New leases on Seattle property reveal the economic power and strategic displacement tactics used against the Chinese community in 1884.
- The Jailer's Hospitality
Skagit County prisoners find their incarceration is surprisingly comfortable.
- A Near Disaster on the Waterfront
A fire in a Front Street lunch counter nearly consumes the business district after city officials neglected to enforce fire safety ordinances.