Instead of a ribbon cutting, mountain bike riders pedal under the grand opening banner and ride the trails at the opening of Cheasty Trail System on Oct. 1. (Daniel Kim / The Seattle Times)
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Seattle Parks debuted a short mountain-biking trail in Columbia City, the culmination of years of work as community groups clashed over the Cheasty Greenspace. VIEW Updated

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Ralph Reed, Founder of the Faith and Freedom Coalition, arrives at First Baptist Church Atlanta, where Herschel Walker is attending a luncheon and worship event in Dunwoody, Ga. on Oct. 4, 2022. National Republicans quickly began to close ranks on Tuesday behind Walker, the party’s embattled nominee for Senate in Georgia, a day after a report that Walker, an outspoken supporter of an abortion ban with no exceptions, had paid for a girlfriend’s abortion in 2009. (Nicole Craine/The New York Times) XNYT131

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Instead of a ribbon cutting, mountain bike riders to ride under the grand opening banner and ride the trails at the opening of Cheasty Mountain Bike Park on Oct. 1, 2022.

Mountain bike trail opens after contentious, yearslong saga VIEW

Photography

Cindy Tobeck climbs her great pumpkin after squashing competitors in the Carpinito Brothers Farm inaugural “weigh-off,” Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022 in Kent. Tobeck, who teaches third graders in Olympia, “schooled” the competition with a winning weight of 1989.5 pounds. Tobeck also grows awarding-winning squash, tomatoes, long gourds and zucchinis in Olympia.
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See the 1,989-pound pumpkin that squashed competitors at Kent farm VIEW

Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Marco Gonzales celebrates in the locker room after a 2-1 win over the Oakland Athletics and their first post season in 21 years. 221659
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Dan Kelleher, from Kirkland laughs after Pamela Girres, from Bellevue spotted a Sharp-Tailed Sandpiper through her telescope from a spot on the 520 bridge overlooking marshes near Foster Island in Union Bay by the University of Washington in Seattle, WA on September 28, 2022. Bird enthusiasts were drawn there after receiving an ebird-alert from ebird.org that the Sharp-Tailed Sandpiper had been spotted. Many sightings have occurred over the past few days. 221715
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Birders flock to 520 bridge to catch glimpse of rare visitor VIEW

Jupiter glows on Monday Sept. 26, 2022, as it is the closest to Earth than it has ever been in nearly six decades.
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