Thursday, January 15, 2009 - Page updated at 02:02 a.m.
The Favor Factory
The Seattle Times examined the relationships between those who benefit from congressional earmarks and those who make campaign donations to lawmakers.
[October 2008]
Landslides and logging: What went wrong?
With little scrutiny from state geologists, Weyerhaeuser has been allowed to clear-cut unstable slopes. When December's storms hit, many of these heavily logged mountains gave way to landslides.
[July 2008]
Victory and Ruins
The disturbing story behind the last great UW team -- and how its legacy still casts a shadow on the Huskies
[January 2008]
Failing our Sound
We pledged to protect Puget Sound. We've passed laws and spent millions to preserve it. Yet we keep sabotaging it.
[May 2008]
The fleecing of Frances Taylor
How a 96-year-old Seattle woman's $2 million estate vanished — and how her business manager, contractors, mortgage lenders, credit-card companies and others reaped the benefits.
[December 2007]
Confronting Malaria
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and wife Melinda are not the first to try to eradicate malaria. But will their foundation's billion-dollar initiative be enough?
[September 2007]
Pike Place Market
Seattle's Pike Place Market turns 100 this year. Check out an interactive map, historical photos and archives, and read ongoing coverage about the Market.
[June 2007]
Your Courts, Their Secrets
Sealed records hold secrets of potential dangers in our medicine cabinets; of molesters, negligent doctors; of missteps by local and state agencies. We're going to court to open up those cases.
[November 2006]
The Giving Game
Local reports
150 years: Seattle by and by: The 150th anniversary of Seattle's founding. [2001]
Art of Deception, The: An investigation of an antiquities dealer. [Feb. 2003]
Chief Sealth recruiting: Coaches violated rules to build state's top girls basketball team. [Feb. 2006]
Chihuly Inc.: Inside the glass empire. [August 2006]
Climate Challenge: The Seattle Times asked readers to join a monthlong challenge to reduce their individual greenhouse gas emissions. [May 2007]
Coaches Who Prey: Investigating sexual misconduct. [Dec. 2003]
Dangerous sex felons: Address unknown [Dec. 2005]
Dot-con Job: How Infospace took its investors for a ride. [March 2005]
License to Harm: The unchecked problem of sexual misconduct by health-care professionals. [April 2006]
McCaw Hall: One of the most expensive properties on the regional arts scene. [June 2003]
Natural Wonders: Explore Washington's natural environment. [May 2002-2004]
Our Eyes Have been Opened: Northwesterners in the year since Sept. 11. [Sept. 2002]
Seattle Center: The legacy of the 1962 World's Fair endures. [April 2002]
Seattle's Central Library: 360-degree tour and more. [May 2004]
Selling Drug Secrets: Despite confidentiality contracts, doctors are divulging details of their ongoing drug research -- for a fee -- to elite investors. [August 2005]
Trouble on Channel 9: The problems plaguing Seattle's public-TV station. [April 2003]
Under Two Flags: Mexican workers in Washington fields. [June 2000]
Unearthing Tse-whit-zen: The largest ancient village found in Washington. [May 2005]
Unequal Defense, An: The failed promise of justice for the poor [April 2004]
Uninformed Consent: What patients at 'The Hutch' weren't told. [March 2001]
What's best for Baby M?: A look inside the dependency-court system. [December 2005]
Nation & World reports
After the Tsunami: Stories from Indonesia's Aceh province. [Jan. 2005]
Airport Insecurity: The nation's system is flawed. [July 2004]
America's Immigration Dilemma: Understanding the immigration conflict. [Sept. 2006]
Arctic out of Balance: Climate change, oil exploration transform life in Alaska. [Jan. 2005]
Bering Sea: The Bering Sea is seeing dramatic changes due to global warming. [Oct. 2006]
Crossing America: Gauging a nation's mood. [Aug. - Sept. 2002]
In Her Mother's Shoes: Behind the statistics of Africa's AIDS plague. [Dec. 2002]
Inside Iraq Seattle Times stories, blog and photos [Dec. 2002 - Jan. 2004]
Journey to Pakistan, A: A Seattle Times reporter and photographer travel to the earthquake-ravaged nation. [Dec. 2005]
On the Brink: Understanding the U.S.-Iraq conflict. [Jan. 2003]
Suddenly Sick: The hidden big business behind your doctor's diagnosis. [June 2005]
Suspicion in the Ranks: The spy investigation of Capt. James Yee. [Jan. 2005]
Terrorist Within, The: One man's holy war against America. [June - July 2002]
Truth About Global Warming, The: Earth is getting hotter; man is to blame. [October 2005]
Two Peoples, One Land: Understanding the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. [May 2002]
Understanding the Conflict: America's war on terror. [Sept. 2001]
Pulitzer Prize Winners and Finalists
Pulitzer Prize Winners and Finalists
Seattle Times reporters and photographers have been finalists for journalism's highest honor 18 times since 1950. The winners are...