In an early-morning departure marked by the detention of 24 kayaking protesters, the Polar Pioneer drill rig on Monday ended a monthlong stay in Seattle and began its three-week journey north to ...

SEATTLE -- Police are searching for a man suspected of burglarizing a boathouse on the Lower Duwamish last month. Police identified the man as Paul Story, 44, and released a photo of him. Police ask ...

DON TINKER has a saying about kayaking, which he relayed to me as we paddled along Lake Union’s quiet waters on a sunny Sunday morning in May. “If you catch the kayak virus, there is no cure — only ...

Question: My husband and I are considering taking up kayaking. We would like to take a kayaking vacation. He is in very good shape, and I am in average shape. Can you recommend a trip that will be ...

Seattle police and firefighters fished a suspected burglar out of the Duwamish River Wednesday morning. Officers say a man who was checking on his friend's boat saw a suspicious person in a kayak ...

We all have a place where we can go to get away — even if it's only in our mind's eye. Writer Jess Walter loves days spent paddling on Lake Union. Wish You Were Here: City Kayaking In Seattle Novelist ...

Novelist Jess Walter's most recent novel is Beautiful Ruins. At dawn, the sun curls across the lake's placid surface like a twist of lemon on a gin martini. Easing into my kayak on this glacier-cut, ...