Ally Jackson and her husband are planning to list their Mill Creek house for sale and try to buy a new one in the Bothell area, something she wasn’t planning on being able to do in the past few years. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)
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Real Estate

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Even as home shoppers once again compete for houses in the Seattle area, the market is far from the frenzy of recent years.

Politics

FILE – A perimeter fence around the U.S. Capitol is open for visitors to pass at sunset, Feb. 5, 2023, in Washington, ahead of the Tuesday evening State of the Union address. Biden on Tuesday night will stand before a joint session of Congress for the first time since voters in the midtem elections handed control of the House to Republicans. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) WX109 WX109

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Opinion

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Local News

King County Executive Dow Constantine is photographed during a media tour of the Salmonberry Lofts, a new Health through Housing building in Pioneer Square that King County purchased to create homeless housing, on Wednesday, December 14, 2022 in Seattle. , King County Director of Human Service Leo Flor and executive director of Chief Seattle Club Derrick Belgrade were present.

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Mental Health

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Business & Tech

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Nation & World

This image supplied by the Department of Fire and Emergency Services of Western Australia, shows the wreckage of a Boeing 737-3 with two people on board that went down over the Fitzgerald River National Park in Western Australia, Monday, Feb 6, 2023. The water bomber crashed in the forest between Ravensthorpe and Hopetoun. (DFES via AP) XWA802 XWA802

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Food & Drink

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Arts & Life

Shreya and Heerak Thakar from Seattle who are engaged to be married pose with coffee cups while wearing Central Perk sweaters on an orange couch simulating the coffee shop from the show. The Friends show was one of the first things they bonded on when they first met as students at University of Michigan. They bought the sweaters two years ago but have never worn them until today. They came to the exhibit to celebrate Heerak’s birthday. Fans check out the new interactive exhibit at Pacific Place, The FRIENDS Experience: The One in Seattle at Pacific Place on Wednesday, February 1, 2023. The exhibit features re-creations of the “Friends” set and runs from Feb.1 to April 30.

A ‘Friends’ newbie checks out the hit TV show’s immersive experience in Seattle

Photography

Seattle area priests of the area’s many Ethiopian Orthodox Churches, as well as other church officials are joined with demonstrators at Westlake Park to protest the Ethiopian government, accusing it of constant attacks and trying to split the church by not recognizing only Patriarch Abuna Mathias as its head of leadership, or synod, Sunday, Feb. 5, 2023, in downtown Seattle. Rain didn’t stop large numbers of congregants of the area’s many Ethiopian Orthodox Churches from showing up to listen to speakers, and to pray, chant and sing before marching to the Space Needle.
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Ronan Mooney, right, and other Seattle Sounders FC fans react in the second half of the game while watching their team play Al Ahly of Eygpt in the FIFA World Cup held in Tangier, Morocco from a large screen at the Seattle Center Armory on Saturday, February 4, 2023. The Sounders lost 1 – 0 in their first appearance at the World Cup. “We did well to get here in the first place,” says Mooney.
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Husky Basketball

Photos: UW women’s basketball vs. Cal  VIEW

Washington center Braxton Meah (34) dunks against UCLA guard Jaime Jaquez Jr., left, and guard Amari Bailey during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Los Angeles, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
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