Tri-City Herald

1 day ago | tri-cityherald.com | Gene Balk

You may not have noticed it happening, but Seattle has become a more masculine city over the past decade. And by that I mean the city's adult population has shifted from mostly women to mostly men, according to census data. What's remarkable in the data is not simply that the population of Seattle has become more male. It also shows Seattle is now the most male-skewed major city in the nation.

1 day ago | tri-cityherald.com | Gene Balk

During the boom years of the 2010s, Seattle was one of the it cities for millennials. In their 20s and early 30s, many moved here for jobs, especially in tech. But that wasn't Seattle's only draw. It was also the lifestyle, progressive politics, natural beauty and outdoor recreation. The influx of young people helped make Seattle the fastest-growing big city of the decade. That may no longer be the case.

2 days ago | tri-cityherald.com | Alex Halverson

With Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez set to marry - spectacularly, controversially - Friday in Venice, comparisons with the original "tech bro" wedding some 30 years ago show just how much Big Tech has grown in both wealth and power. Bill Gates' wedding, on the Hawaiian island of Lanai on New Year's Day 1994, was considered a lavish display of the success and prestige of the co-founder of Microsoft who was then America's second-richest man.

2 days ago | tri-cityherald.com | Patrick Malone

Wealthy Washington backers and some of the state's highest-profile businesses, including Amazon, Boeing and Microsoft, donated more than $5.3 million to President Donald Trump's inaugural committee. In the Evergreen State and the rest of the nation, billionaires and corporations under federal scrutiny led the way, followed by individual donors.

2 days ago | tri-cityherald.com | Elise Takahama

King County public health officials have confirmed two more measles cases in Washington residents, and warned of other possible exposures to the infectious disease over the past two weeks, including at Costco in Issaquah and a couple of local swimming pools. An adult and a child who live in the same household in King County tested positive after hosting an international visitor who reported being ill, according to Public Health - Seattle & King County.