Sound Transit CEO Peter Rogoff speaks at a tour of Sound Transit’s Northgate light rail station during construction in September 2017. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)
Sound Transit CEO Peter Rogoff speaks at a tour of Sound Transit's Northgate light-rail station during construction in September 2017. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)
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M. Lorena Gonzalez, a leading candidate for mayor, reveals a homelessness plan for her mayoral run during a press conference in front of the Station House apartments in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood Thursday, September 23, 2021. She said that her campaign is not going to focus on tents, it is going to focus on people and their needs. 218313
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Mayor Jenny Durkan is asking the City Council to approve a special zoning change that would allow the construction of indoor recreational centers of up to 50,000 square feet on properties in an industrial zone that meet certain conditions. The change that would allow the Seattle Storm to build a practice center in Interbay on property owned by one of the Storm’s owners. The property in question is currently a storage lot, at 1616 W Bertona St. 218315
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LO STONEHENGE 100610 The World War I memorial and replica of Stonehenge in England was built by Sam Hill above the Columbia River. Dedicated in 1918, the memorial wasn’t completed until 1930. It’s built of concrete and honors soldiers from Klickitat County who died in the war. More info to come if needed. NOTE: The original published caption says the Washington side of the Gorge offers, among other things, “wine and waterfalls,” which is only half right. The Oregon side of the Gorge is famous for its waterfalls; the Washington side has none to speak of.
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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee speaks at a news conference, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Inslee announced that Washington state is expanding its vaccine mandate to include all public, charter and private school teachers and staff, as well as those working at the state’s colleges and universities. The governor also expanded the statewide indoor mask mandate in place for non-vaccinated individuals to include those who are vaccinated. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) 217972

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From left, Lorraine Weeks, Linnea Palmer and Ed Doyne co-own a duplex in North Seattle that they are in the process of selling. Doyne says that they use money from rental homes for their retirement income and are frustrated with the Seattle city council’s ongoing pro-renter laws. Thursday September 23, 2021.

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In an undated photo from Dan Odess, fossilized human footprints that a White Sands National Park program manager first discovered. Human footprints found in New Mexico are at least 23,000 years old, a study reported, suggesting that people may have arrived long before the Ice Age’s glaciers melted. (Dan Odess via The New York Times) — NO SALES; FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY WITH NYT STORY ANCIENT FOOTPRINTS BY CARL ZIMMER FOR SEPT. 23, 2021. ALL OTHER USE PROHIBITED. — XNYT65 XNYT65

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Ron Gardner of The Wailers shares a moment backstage with fans. The photo was taken at a teen event in 1965 in Vancouver, B.C., featuring The Wailers, the seminal Northwest 1960s band. Credit: Jini Dellaccio / Courtesy University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections

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Seattle Kraken players Alexander True (11), Connor Carrick (58) and Jacob Melanson (63) fight for the puck as it flies upward in a drill during training camp at Kraken Community Iceplex on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021.

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Nirvana – Chris Novoselic, David Grohl, and Kurt Cobain This is a 1991 publicity shot of the rock music group Nirvana.

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The POWERHOUSE!!! (CQ) dancers kick up their heels on the Fountain Stage at the Washington State Fair in Puyallup. LO Washington State Fair Thursday Sept 23, 2021 218311
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Cordelia Hollingsworth, 32, does a ìprecision jump,î a parkour trick, at Freeway park in Seattle on Monday, Sept. 13, 2021. Hollingsworth, who is an executive director at Parkour Visions, meets up with other parkour instructors from the organization. LO 218196 218303
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