Solar panels absorb energy from the sun atop the Bullitt Center in Seattle on Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. (Daniel Kim / The Seattle Times)
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Green buildings get a boost in WA, but policy and demand still lag

A merger between a Bainbridge Island company and the world's second-largest architectural firm offers hope for green building. But its success will depend on demand, public awareness and policy. VIEW Updated

Politics

FILE – President Joe Biden meets with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres during the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, at the U.N. headquarters. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, released its negotiating objectives for the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework, a deal with the 12 nations launched in May. Among them, the U.S. wants the Indo-Pacific countries to improve their labor and environmental standards and ensure their markets remain open to competition, while also taking steps to ease supply-chain backlogs at border crossings.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File) NYDD201 NYDD201

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People walk in the Luminata parade around Green Lake on Saturday, Sept. 24. Luminata is an annual lantern festival celebrating the autumnal equinox and organized by the Fremont Arts Council, held this year on Saturday, Sept. 24.

Photos: Luminata festival sets the night alight at Green Lake VIEW

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Business & Tech

FILE – Alaska Airlines air traffic dispatchers in their operations center at the carrier’s headquarters in Seattle, Dec. 19, 2012. Republic Airways and SkyWest Airlines allow some dispatchers to work remotely as they map out routes, monitor weather forecasts and more, but labor groups say that puts workers at risk and can lead to safety issues. (Damon Winter/The New York Times)

While you’re in the air, pilots’ key partners may be working from home

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Gates Foundation's report shows the difficult path to global progress

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Nation & World

This illustration made available by Johns Hopkins APL and NASA depicts NASA’s DART probe, foreground right, and Italian Space Agency’s (ASI) LICIACube, bottom right, at the Didymos system before impact with the asteroid Dimorphos, left. DART is expected to zero in on the asteroid Monday, Sept. 26, 2022, intent on slamming it head-on at 14,000 mph. The impact should be just enough to nudge the asteroid into a slightly tighter orbit around its companion space rock. (Steve Gribben/Johns Hopkins APL/NASA via AP) NY864 NY864

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Food & Drink

Pappardelle is tossed with a spicy poblano cream sauce for a taste of Mexico-meet-Italy pasta dish. (Gretchen McKay/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/TNS)

Roasted poblanos make a a creamy sauce in this Italian-Mexican fusion dish

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How Northwest tribes are leading the push to restore eel-like lampreys

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Arts & Life

Megan Reinking (Ellen Griswold), Hunter Foster (Clark Griswold), Livvy Marcus (Audrey Griswold), and Nathan Levy (Rusty Griswold).

‘The Griswolds’ Broadway Vacation,’ at Seattle’s 5th Avenue, starts out fast

Photography

People walk in the Luminata parade around Green Lake on Saturday, Sept. 24. Luminata is an annual lantern festival celebrating the autumnal equinox and organized by the Fremont Arts Council, held this year on Saturday, Sept. 24.
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Photos: Luminata festival sets the night alight at Green Lake VIEW

One play after the Seahawks get the ball back via fumble in the fourth quarter, Geno Smith gives up an 8-yard sack to Lorenzo Carter. 221681
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Photos: Seahawks fall to Falcons VIEW

Goats clear vegetation under the Ship Canal Bridge for the Seattle Department of Transportation on Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. The 115 goats were hired through Rent-a-Ruminant and are supervised by their herder Tammy Dunakin.
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SDOT hires the GOAT for clearing vegetation VIEW

Joe Zante, right, gets ready to cast again after catching a coho hatchery salmon netted by his wife Lourdas, at Bush Point where more than a dozen licensed anglers are allowed to catch two hatchery fish off Whidbey Island, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. Hatchery coho have a clipped small adipose fin near the tail. The married couple are from Bothell.
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At Bush Point, anglers spend a sunny day seeking hatchery coho salmon VIEW