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Veteran Wilkinson may start for Falcons' following McGary's injury

Veteran Wilkinson may start for Falcons' following McGary's injury

FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — The Atlanta Falcons are still adjusting to the jarring loss of right tackle Kaleb McGary for the season to a lower left leg injury that could hurt the team's running game while also complicating pass protection for...

Million-Dollar Uncle Mo Colt Makes First Start at Niigata

Million-Dollar Uncle Mo Colt Makes First Start at Niigata

In this continuing series, we take a look ahead at US-bred and/or conceived runners entered for the upcoming weekend at the tracks on the Japan Racing Association circuit, with a focus on pedigree and/or performance in the sales ring. Here are the...

The Great NZ Road Trip: Opito Bay Salt Co owners trade Auckland life for coastal business

The Great NZ Road Trip: Opito Bay Salt Co owners trade Auckland life for coastal business

“At that time, I was just starting to use Himalayan salt and was really excited by the concept of pure and natural sea salt that wasn’t processed in any way and wasn’t a rock salt, like Himalayan.” Cornish said the reason behind having a bach and...

Seattle still in the Wildcard

Seattle still in the Wildcard

SPORTS 8-28-25 MLB: Eugenio Suarez homered and Brian Woo was nails again, although he snapped his club record of 25 straight starts going six innings, after exiting going 5.2 but he did enough to earn his 12th win and the Mariners took two of...

Former Atheist Rock Musician Phil Fischer Now Leads Growing Seattle-Area Church

Former Atheist Rock Musician Phil Fischer Now Leads Growing Seattle-Area Church

For most people, the idea that one could be a pioneering tech entrepreneur, a rock musician, and later a devout church leader sounds almost inconceivable. Yet Phil Fischer’s life embodies all three. He was once one of those non-believers in the...

What fuels Tiger athletes? It starts with lunch at LSU’s Performance Nutrition Center

What fuels Tiger athletes? It starts with lunch at LSU’s Performance Nutrition Center

Step into LSU’s Performance Nutrition Center at lunchtime, and you’re sure to hear chatter from employees manning stations and football players cracking jokes. Soon, the clanking of silverware hitting dishes signals that diners are close to...

UNC men's soccer uses physicality in come-from-behind win over Seattle

UNC men's soccer uses physicality in come-from-behind win over Seattle

It wasn't the prettiest game. After falling behind early, the UNC men's soccer found itself in a difficult position. But the team wrestled back, leveraging a renewed physicality to stifle Seattle. “I don't care what game, every game is really hard...

Industrial Update: West Timber perseveres despite challenging economic pressures

Industrial Update: West Timber perseveres despite challenging economic pressures

West Fraser Timber is continuing to succeed in this ever-changing world, despite a lower second quarter. In late July, the forestry-management company released its second-quarter numbers. Sales were up slightly from the first quarter of 2025 —...

Embraer achieves major milestone with 2,000th business jet delivery

Embraer achieves major milestone with 2,000th business jet delivery

Embraer today announced it has surpassed 2,000 business jet deliveries, marking a defining moment in the company’s history. The milestone aircraft is a Praetor 500, delivered to an undisclosed corporate flight department during a ceremony at its...

New coach Jimmy Rogers leads the Washington State Cougars for their final season in conference limbo

New coach Jimmy Rogers leads the Washington State Cougars for their final season in conference limbo

click to enlarge Photos courtesy of WSU Jimmy Rogers is taking charge in Pullman. While we might not always be inclined to admit it, people crave stability. Uncertainty is the pathway to stress-ridden anxiety. Nobody likes constantly feeling like...

Embraer makes milestone 2,000th business jet delivery

Embraer makes milestone 2,000th business jet delivery

Embraer today announced it has made its milestone 2,000th delivery of a business jet. This 2,000th aircraft is a Praetor 500, delivered to a corporate flight department (undisclosed) during a ceremony at Embraer’s Executive Jets’ Global Customer...

Rantz: Seattle drug dealers claim 'right' to sidewalks—threaten locals who complain

Rantz: Seattle drug dealers claim 'right' to sidewalks—threaten locals who complain

In Seattle, drug dealers don’t just poison addicts in the open. They now scream at police and residents that they’re entitled to occupy street corners like they own them. That’s not exaggeration—it’s exactly what one Belltown resident told me...

Seattle Sounders vs. Inter Miami 2025 Leagues Cup Odds, Time, and Prediction

Seattle Sounders vs. Inter Miami 2025 Leagues Cup Odds, Time, and Prediction

Seattle Sounders vs. Inter Miami is a duel between two teams that have been sensational this whole summer. The Sounders have suffered only one loss since June in all competitions, while Inter Miami have suffered one more. Both teams have also been...

Seattle Seahawks plan to give No. 3 QB Jalen Milroe reps with the first team

Seattle Seahawks plan to give No. 3 QB Jalen Milroe reps with the first team

The Seattle Seahawks have a clear depth chart at quarterback for the 2025 NFL season. Sam Darnold is the starter, Drew Lock in the backup and rookie Jalen Milroe is the No. 3 QB. But unlike other NFL teams, the Seahawks hope to have their...

See Ai Weiwei’s Largest-Ever U.S. Exhibition in Seattle Before It’s Gone

See Ai Weiwei’s Largest-Ever U.S. Exhibition in Seattle Before It’s Gone

Installation view of Ai, Rebel: The Art and Activism of Ai Weiwei at Seattle Art Museum, 2025. (Photo: Chloe Collyer) For four decades, Chinese-born artist-activist Ai Weiwei has created work that questions power, advocates for human rights and...

Guardians’ approach to Carlos Santana situation a stark reminder of baseball’s business side

Guardians’ approach to Carlos Santana situation a stark reminder of baseball’s business side

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Guardians made a difficult but increasingly inevitable roster decision this week, placing veteran first baseman Carlos Santana on outright waivers. The move signals the potential end of Santana’s third stint with the...

Bringing the Wood: Idaho banking on big-play potential of transfer QB from Fresno State

Bringing the Wood: Idaho banking on big-play potential of transfer QB from Fresno State

Talk about not being afraid to break the mold. New University of Idaho football coach Thomas Ford Jr. returned three quarterbacks from 2024 with meaningful game experience who helped the Vandals to a 10-4 record and the quarterfinals of the FCS...

Seattle welcomes Indian Consulate's newly inaugurated chancery

Seattle welcomes Indian Consulate's newly inaugurated chancery

The new chancery of the Consulate General of India in Seattle has been inaugurated by the Ambassador of India to the US, Vinay Kwatra. The chancery is located at 1015 2nd Avenue in the historic Federal Reserve Building, spread across the first and...

'A little cafecito': Midday party creates space for Seattle-area Latinos to sing, dance

'A little cafecito': Midday party creates space for Seattle-area Latinos to sing, dance

On a recent Saturday at The Station, a coffee shop in Seattle's Columbia City neighborhood, Spanish music blared from speakers. A DJ table was centered on a dance floor. Ty Torres was among about 150 people who danced to reggaeton with drinks in...

The Butthole Surfers Were ‘The Hardest-Working Redneck Weirdo Band in Show Business’

The Butthole Surfers Were ‘The Hardest-Working Redneck Weirdo Band in Show Business’

All bets were off in the Texas punk of the early 1980s. In Austin, the Dicks played drunk punk blues, and were led by Gary Floyd, a fiery queer man and vitriolic Communist. Meanwhile, San Antonio‘s own Fearless Iranians From Hell provoked...

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