Trees had blocked all lanes of Highway 18 on both sides of Interstate 90 but were quickly cleared Sunday near Snoqualmie, as a series of storms moved through the area. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)
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Brandi Carlile makes her musical guest debut on “Saturday Night Live” on the Oct. 23 episode hosted by Jason Sudeikis. (Will Heath / NBC)
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A license plate reader that scans every passing vehicle greets motorists entering the Paradise Hills neighborhood in Golden, Colo., outside Denver. Such devices are being installed by homeowners groups throughout the United States, leading to angry conflict in otherwise peaceful neighborhoods. MUST CREDIT: Photo by Stephen Speranza for The Washington Post.
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Wed. October 20, 2021. Looking south down 12th Ave. NE near NE 94th St. in the Maple Leaf neighborhood voting precinct that split evenly on the Aug. 3rd primary for Bruce Harrell and M. Lorena Gonzalez. 218568
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FILE – In this April 3, 2021, file photo, Ammon Bundy speaks to a crowd of about 50 followers in front of the Ada County Courthouse in downtown Boise. A far-right group launched the anti-government activist Bundy is rapidly expanding nationwide and making inroads into Canada, according to a new report from the Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights. (Darin Oswald/Idaho Statesman via AP, File) IDBOI401 IDBOI401
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FILE- This Jan. 15, 2010, file photo shows a sea otter in Morro Bay, Calif. It’s been more than a century since sea otters were hunted to near extinction along the U.S. West Coast. The cute animals were successfully reintroduced along the Washington, British Columbia and California coasts, but an attempt to bring them back to Oregon in the early 1970s failed. Now a new nonprofit has formed to try again. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)
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In this image provided by the Canadian Coast Guard, the container ship Zim Kingston is assisted after it caught fire in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
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In this photo taken June 4, 2018, the downtown skyline is shown from the South Hill in Spokane, Wash. . The state’s second-largest city is booming these days thanks to a good economy and influx of new residents. (AP Photo/Nicholas K. Geranios) WANG204
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Henry the cat sits in a ventilated box inside a hyperbaric oxygen chamber in the emergency room at the Animal Medical Center of Seattle in Shoreline on Monday, Oct. 18, 2021. The cat has irritable bowel syndrome and the machine increases tissue oxygenation, helps with anti-inflammation and supports tissue regeneration. 218530
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FILE- This Jan. 15, 2010, file photo shows a sea otter in Morro Bay, Calif. It’s been more than a century since sea otters were hunted to near extinction along the U.S. West Coast. The cute animals were successfully reintroduced along the Washington, British Columbia and California coasts, but an attempt to bring them back to Oregon in the early 1970s failed. Now a new nonprofit has formed to try again. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)

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A plane is being refueled on the tarmac at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac by a fueler Thursday, October 14, 2021. Earlier that day, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) joined local aviation and environmental leaders at a press conference to discuss the critical role Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAFs) play in the transition to a greener, carbon neutral economy at the airport. SAFs are environmentally friendly alternatives to petroleum based jet fuel made from feedstocks such as oil seeds, wood waste, used cooking oil, and algae that can be used directly in existing aircraft. 218524

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From medical supplies to half-eaten birthday cakes, Buy Nothing is fostering a quirky sense of community that is mostly fun and occasionally irritating. (Trisha Krauss/The New York Times) — FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY WITH NYT STORY SLUGGED BUY NOTHING GROUPS BY RONDA KAYSEN FOR OCT. 22, 2021. ALL OTHER USE PROHIBITED. —

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FILE – In this March 6, 2021 file photo, boxes containing the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine sit next to vials in the pharmacy of National Jewish Hospital for distribution, in east Denver. A panel of U.S. health advisers endorsed booster doses of Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot COVID-19 vaccine Friday, Oct. 15, saying they should be offered at least two months after immunization. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File) NY107 NY107

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Councilman Sam Smith. left, and Councilwoman Mrs. Phyllis Lamphere were among the pickets at City Hall yesterday. Virtually all were protesting the Pike Plaza urban-renewal plan. Mrs. Lamphere, who supports the urban-renewal plan, was in a sense picketing pickets. At center was Victor Steinbrueck, architect and a leader of Friends of the Market, an organization backing preservation of the Pike Place Market area. Eighty to 100 persons picketed the building yesterday noon. Friends of the Market contends urban renewal would destroy the market’s spirit and result in mistreatment of market-area residents and businessmen. Some city officials contend the market is in disrepair and cannot be saved without the invest-ment of public money. (4/2/1971)

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Michael Holland has uncovered the claw of an Oviraptorosaurian, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021, shown at the University of Washington’s Burke Museum in Seattle. Holland is one of a team of paleontologists working on four excavated dinosaurs in Montana over the summer. 218485

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Dressed as Rachel the Pig, the Pike Place Market symbol, Rebecca Yule barely draws a glance as she walks amid visitors in the landmark on the 50th anniversary of it being saved from the wrecking ball. Ref to more photos online. Saturday Oct 23, 2021 218608
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Climate Pledge Arena – Foo Fighters concert – 101921 Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters performs at Climate Pledge Arena Tuesday Oct. 19, 2021, in Seattle. 218542
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T.J. Watt gets the strip of Geno Smith in overtime, leading to Pittsburgh’s winning field goal. . The Seattle Seahawks played the Pittsburgh Steelers in Sunday Night Football, October 17, 2021 at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, PA. 218532
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