Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A special groundbreaking was held Sunday in Seattle’s Rainier Valley neighborhood for a first-in-Seattle Chess Park. The Chess ...

Strong winds and steady rain toppled trees and knocked out power. by Eric Johnson SEATTLE — On the corner of Rainier Avenue South and 51st Avenue, in the South Rainier Valley, something was being ...

Koby Portes was driving through Rainier Beach recently when he looked out the window and saw something that blew his mind. A new park dedicated to chess, his personal obsession. “I have to go here!” ...

Seattle Police Detective Denise “Cookie” Bouldin believes kids can succeed when they’re given a chance and the right tools. And for her, one of those tools is the game of chess. For about 12 years now ...