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This undated photo provided by Chuck and Judy Cox shows them with their grandsons, Charlie (left) and Braden. Charlie and Braden were killed along with their father, Josh Powell, on Sunday in what police said was an intentional fire set by Powell. The Coxes are the parents of Powell's wife, Susan, who has been missing since 2009. (The Associated Press)

Autopsies: Powell boys suffered 'chop injuries'

Gene Johnson, Mike Baker The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - 11:05am

GRAHAM, Wash. — Josh Powell’s boys were coming for a visit, and he had preparations to make.

He boxed up their books and toys and brought them to a charity. He carried heavy cans of gasoline inside his house.

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The Chief Factor's house at Fort Vancouver, Wash., includes replicas of cannons that the Hudson's Bay Co. placed there to give the fort an air of authority in the wild Northwest of the early 19th century.

Fort Vancouver a start for future settlements

Brian J. Cantwell The Seattle Times

Last updated Sunday, January 29, 2012 - 8:30am

VANCOUVER, Wash. -- It was a December night, around the mid-1800s from the look of it, in a cozy candlelit parlor. I was eavesdropping on a teatime conversation between James Douglas, Fort Vancouver's chief trader, and Narcissa Whitman, another famed pioneer of the era. The topic: "country marriages."

That was the euphemism of the day for pairings between local Native American women and the fort's male employees, brought to the edge of a wild continent on contract with the fur-trading Hudson's Bay Co.

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A pergola stairway leads to The Undertown, one of the hot spots for live music in Port Townsend, Wash.

Live it up in Port Townsend

Carol Pucci The Seattle Times

Last updated Sunday, August 28, 2011 - 9:50am

PORT TOWNSEND, Wash. -- It's 8:30 on a Friday night, and teenage girls wearing short skirts and flip-flops are rocking out to the Rolling Stones in the Undertown, a basement coffeehouse and wine bar likely used a century ago to store ice and coal.

Mention Port Townsend, on Washington's Olympic Peninsula, and wooden boats and old houses come to mind. This historic waterfront town boasts plenty of both, reminders of the late 1800s, when wealthy businessmen banked on its future as a major Northwest shipping port.

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Elandan Gardens was created on an abandoned landfill on the shore of Sinclair Inlet near Bremerton< Wash., on the Kitsap Peninsula.

Classic Kitsap

Carol Pucci, The Seattle Times

Last updated Sunday, May 1, 2011 - 2:02am

KITSAP PENINSULA -- Fuel up on a breakfast of quiche made with local duck eggs.

Walk along a boardwalk through forested wetlands.

Meet the artist whose work appears on Costco's smoked-salmon boxes, and the fireman who transformed a city landfill into a waterside bonsai garden.

Before shipyards and shopping malls, farming and logging dominated the central Kitsap Peninsula, an arm of fertile land and maritime communities west of Seattle across Puget Sound.

The pioneer spirit lives on among enterprising locals, drawing inspiration from the past to put a modern s

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University of Utah president Michael Young may be leaving for the University of Washington

UofU president reported leaving for Washington state

Linda Shaw, Bob Young and Katherine Long The Seattle Times

Last updated Saturday, April 23, 2011 - 7:00pm

SEATTLE -- The University of Washington has chosen University of Utah's Michael Young to be its new president, say sources familiar with the search.

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Landmark Beacon Rock is surrounded by miles of hiking trails on Washington's side of the Colombia River Gorge.

Taking the road less traveled: Washington's side of the Columbia River Gorge may be less sexy, but that doesn't mean the sights are any less spectacular

Tan Vinh, The Seattle Times

Last updated Sunday, November 21, 2010 - 3:41am

ALONG HIGHWAY 14, COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE, Wash. -- This river canyon looks majestic from the side of the road, with the sun outlining the Cascade Range in crimson hue and kayakers drifting lazily along the calm water below. It's quiet on this recent Tuesday morning. It's quiet later in the afternoon. And the day after.

It's often this way in the fall, or at least much less hectic than Oregon's side of the Gorge, locals say.

The magnificent Gorge stretches 80 miles between Oregon and Washington.

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