High yields slow the economy by making it more expensive for everyone to borrow money, while undercutting prices for stocks and other investments.

They all remember the horrifying speed of that July 2022 flood that also isolated so many by knocking out cell service, leaving people unable to learn the fate of loved ones.

Celebration filled the air on Wednesday as the University of Washington held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of construction on a new, $231.1 million home for the Department of Chemistry ...