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A pathway near some of the cottages where residents live at Thunderbird Treatment Center.
(Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times) — A pathway near some of the cottages where residents live at Thunderbird Treatment Center.(Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)

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This South Seattle treatment center has been helping Native people beat substance use disorders for more than 30 years. So why is it closing?

The Seattle Indian Health Board owns and operates Thunderbird, and plans to sell the Rainier Beach property and use the revenue to build what officials say will be a more modern facility, with more amenities and more treatment beds. However, exactly when that new facility will open remains unclear. WATCH

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It’s an emotional reunion for Bruce Laing, left, and Ron Sims, former King County Executive greeting each other in a Mount Baker restaurant having not seen each other in five years. Sims says, “I was going to cry.” Sims and Laing are the two men to have the namesake of King County be changed from slave owner William Rufus de Vane King to The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Laing, a Republican and Sims, a Democrat, won a 5-4 vote on the majority Republican King County Council at that time in the mid-80’s.

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Local News

‘We were before our time’: Remembering the fight to change King County’s namesake from a slave owner to a civil-rights leader

Back in 1986, then-King County Councilmembers Ron Sims and Bruce Laing were at the center of a storm that they themselves stirred up when they sought to change the county's namesake. VIEW

San Francisco 49ers defensive back Richard Sherman (25) runs after intercepting a pass against the Minnesota Vikings in the third quarter of the NFC Divisional Round Playoffs at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020. The 49ers advanced, 27-10. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images/TNS) 1539139 1539139

Matt Calkins

Did the Seahawks make a mistake by letting Richard Sherman go?

As Richard Sherman prepares for his third Super Bowl — this time as a member of the San Francisco 49ers — it’s worth wondering whether his old team misses him. Updated 8:38 am

A workshop at Garfield High School had people role-playing being on a bus when one person starts harassing another. One non-confrontational strategy: moving close to the harasser and holding up your arm to reach a strap.

Local News

In rancorous times, MLK Day workshop gets people thinking about how to intervene when they see harassment

The workshop was one of some two dozen at Garfield during a full day of activities around the Seattle metro area to commemorate the legacy of the civil-rights leader and encourage people to follow suit.