People cue up in a line waiting to receive food in-person at Rainier Valley Food Bank in Seattle on May 20, 2022. As a result of COVID-19 pandemic the Rainier Valley Food Bank pivoted to a home-delivery model. Recently the Rainier Valley Food Bank brought back on-site services on a limited basis.
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Local Politics

In Rainier Beach and across Seattle, food banks respond to inflation woes

Flooded two years ago by people who lost work when COVID-19 hit, food banks in the Seattle area are absorbing another wave of need this year as prices soar. VIEW

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FILE— Clackamas County Elections Clerk Sherry Hall speaks at the office on Thursday, May 19, 2022, Oregon City, Ore. Ballots with blurry barcodes that can’t be read by vote-counting machines are delaying election results by weeks in a key U.S. House race in Oregon’s primary. Hall said the problem first came to light May 3, when elections workers put the first ballots returned in the vote-by-mail state through the vote-counting machine. (AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus, File) RPGF505 RPGF505

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People cue up in a line waiting to receive food in-person at Rainier Valley Food Bank in Seattle on May 20, 2022. As a result of COVID-19 pandemic the Rainier Valley Food Bank pivoted to a home-delivery model. Recently the Rainier Valley Food Bank brought back on-site services on a limited basis.

‘Everything has gone up’: In Rainier Beach and across Seattle, food banks respond to inflation woes VIEW

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YESLER TERRACE- iURBAN TEEN FARMING- 080421 Laela Johnson, 14, waters plants at the YES farm on Thursday, August 5, 2021, in Yesler Terrace. The Black Farmers Collective and iUrban Teen partnered to create an Urban Farming experience for youth at YES Farm on Thursday, August 5, 2021 in Yesler Terrace. YES Farm is a 1.5 acre farm along I-5 at Yesler Terrace that produces food, and hosts community building events and educational programming. Each student received a stipend of $100 for participating and writing an essay on their experience.

How a guerrilla gardener at CHOP paved the way for a gardening revolution in Seattle VIEW

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Earnest Thomas, president of the Onyx Fine Arts Collective, sits in front of art at Gallery Onyx in Pacific Place on May 13, 2022.

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Coach Heather Tarr sends Jadelyn Allchin home after her 3-run blast opened up the game for Washington in the 5th. The 13th-seeded Washington Huskies played the Lehigh University Mountain Hawks in NCAA Regional Softball Friday, May 20, 2022 at Husky Softball Stadium, in Seattle, WA. 220420
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Photos: UW win NCAA softball regional opener against Lehigh VIEW

Climate Pledge Arena – Seattle Storm vs. Los Angeles Sparks – 052022 Seattle Storm guard Jewell Loyd passes between Los Angeles Sparks guard Brittney Sykes and forward Nneka Ogwumike during the second quarter Friday, May 20, 2022, in Seattle, Wash.
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Photos: LA Sparks at Storm VIEW

Under extremely windy conditions on Lake Washington, Alan Allegret bolts onto the water with his windfoil during weekly windsurf races off New Castle Beach Park in Bellevue, Wednesday, May 18, 2022 in Bellevue. According to City League Series race organizer Greg Mejlaender, the winds were anywhere between 20 to 40 miles per hour. “If anyone gets to the buoy and back we’ll crown them champion and the rest of us are in survival mode,” joked Mejlaender.
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Museum of Flight – Boeing Field – B-29 bomber flight – 051722 Meg Godlewski’s bomber jacket with all of its patches accents the nose of Doc, one of only two World War II B-29 bombers still flying, as it soars over the Seattle area Tuesday, May 17, 2022. The visit is part of the “B-29 Doc History Restored Tour.” After the plane’s arrival at the Museum, it will remain on-site for routine maintenance and crew changes until May 19, when public tours and flights begin. Public ground and cockpit tours will be available May 19-20 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and on May 21- 22, from 12 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Rides in the plane will be during the mornings of May 21-22, and are sold out as of this writing, but additional flights might be added–for updates check www.b29doc.com/rides For details and prices about B-29 Doc Flight Experience, visit www.b29doc.com/rides. 220403
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‘Doc,’ the Boeing B-29 bomber, lands at Museum of Flight VIEW