Shelter move from Olympia's core exposes response flaws
Sixty people crowded into a Red Cross shelter at First Christian Church in downtown Olympia after an ice storm had dropped trees and power lines throughout the community, driving homeless people out of the woods and onto the streets.

PHOTOS: Damage from Seattle area ice storm
A powerful winter storm that included heavy snow and a rare ice storm knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of people in the Seattle area. South and east King County took a severe hit with power out to hundreds of thousands of power company customers. Here is a photo gallery from the Seattle area ice storm and resulting damage. Visit seattlepi.com’s home page for more Seattle news. Contact ...

As crews make progress, another storm threatens
Electrical lines are a tangled mess after a winter storm brought down a large branch onto the lines on Saturday, January 21, 2012 on 10th Avenue East in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. The massive branch pulled down power lines and Metro bus trolley lines.

Interview with Martin Dugard
[image2] Keep pushing… always. That’s Martin Dugard’s motto. And it’s a motto that has served Dugard well. Or should we say, it’s had to serve him well, since he has a nasty habit of getting himself into situations that demand a...

Winds knock out power to more neighborhoods
Electrical lines are a tangled mess after a winter storm brought down a large branch onto the lines on Saturday, January 21, 2012 on 10th Avenue East in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. The massive branch pulled down power lines and Metro bus trolley lines.