The Seahawks, led by Russell Wilson (in red), open training camp Wednesday. The Seattle Seahawks held their first practice of the 2020 season Wednesday, August 12, 2020 at the VMAC in Renton, WA. 214765
The Seahawks, led by Russell Wilson (in red), open training camp Wednesday. (Dean Rutz / The Seattle Times)
Seahawks

Seahawks football is back: Here’s how the first practice of an unusual training camp looked

The Seahawks' first official practice of the season looked pretty much like any other early training camp workout. But a closer look revealed this is no usual camp.

The Seahawks, led by Russell Wilson (in red), open training camp Wednesday. The Seattle Seahawks held their first practice of the 2020 season Wednesday, August 12, 2020 at the VMAC in Renton, WA. 214765
The Seahawks, led by Russell Wilson (in red), open training camp Wednesday. (Dean Rutz / The Seattle Times)
Seahawks

Seahawks football is back: Here’s how the first practice of an unusual training camp looked

The Seahawks' first official practice of the season looked pretty much like any other early training camp workout. But a closer look revealed this is no usual camp.

Education

With many details in flux, Seattle School Board approves a fall online learning plan, possibility of outdoor classes

Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Denise Juneau, left, takes questions after announcing school closures for a minimum of 14 calendar days due to factors surrounding the coronavirus, Wednesday, March 11, 2020 in Seattle. At right is Seattle School Board President Zachary DeWolf. 213315
REI is abandoning its brand new headquarters in the Spring District in Bellevue. (Note: no signage. A construction worker told me this is the REI building in the Spring District in Bellevue. Best to doublecheck) Wednesday August 12, 2020 214768

REI to sell its never-used Bellevue headquarters and shift office work to multiple Seattle-area sites

At the Snohomish Health District in Lynnwood. Drive through testing was started today. Dr Mary Jo Kintner, MD, a retired family practice physician from Edmonds, is volunteering to help with testing. She’s holding a test swab ready to be packaged and sent out to the Shoreline State Department of Public Health and Testing. 213809

Washington state to change how it counts negative coronavirus test results

Seattle City Council overrides Durkan’s veto of plan to spend reserves on COVID-19 relief, then trims plan

Families with students receiving special education file lawsuit asking court to overturn emergency pandemic rules

A. METRO bus heads East on East Madison toward Martin Luther King Jr. Way, where it will turn left, leading South. 212790
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Promised Madison bus line will open later than expected

The new RapidRide bus line, once expected to open last year, will now open in 2024.

A worker processes mailed-in ballots the day after the Aug. 4, 2020, at the King County Elections headquarters in Renton, Wash., south of Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) WATW102 WATW102
Danny Westneat

Warning for fall election: The COVID-19 denial crowd did terrific in last week’s voting

Jimmy Lake, defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach, directs his players as the University of Washington Huskies hold their third day of training camp at Husky Stadium Sunday August 4, 2019. 210997
Husky Football

Their fall season has been canceled. So where do Jimmy Lake and the Washington Huskies go from here?

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Julio Rodriguez waits his turn in the batting cage wednesdsay. The Seattle Mariners Spring Training Complex in Peoria Arizona. February 19, 2020. 213039
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PERSEID METEOR SHOWER – ELLENSBURG – 081210 A Perseid Meteor makes it’s entrance to the earths atmosphere–burning up for all to see as long as you are up at 3:00 in the morning looking east at 6,000 ft. ontop of Table Mountain near Ellensburg. Looking at the sky atop Table Mountain with members of the Table Mountain Star Party watching and waiting for the Perseid Meteor’s to fall.
Weather

Clear Seattle-area skies for viewing Perseid meteor shower and 90-degree temps on the way

Seattle Storm forward Alysha Clark (32) moves around Atlanta Dream forward Monique Billings (25) during the first half of a WNBA basketball game Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020, in Bradenton, Fla. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara) FLCO124 FLCO124
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Editorial

End attack on Postal Service and voting by mail

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Local News & Politics

In July 2018, Then-Seattle City Councilmember Rob Johnson, left and City Councilmember M. Lorena González, center, who were both members of the council’s public-safety committee, listen to then-interim police Chief Carmen Best during the first confirmation hearing for Best as permanent chief. (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times, file)

Faded dream: Carmen Best’s career aspirations to be Seattle’s top cop soured over a few short months

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Warning for fall election: The COVID-19 denial crowd did terrific in last week’s voting

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Bellevue uses AI technology to identify problem intersections and make them safer

How the cracked West Seattle Bridge will push city into debt

Seattle sales tax for bus service headed to November ballot

Washington State Ferries grapples with mask requirements for passengers

SDOT seeks cheap ways to protect neighborhoods from traffic detoured by West Seattle Bridge closure

Business & Tech

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President Donald Trump speaks at a news conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) DCAH426 DCAH426

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Radiological Control Technicians are checking the dose rate in the room after separation of the glovebox which is set aside awaiting the separation of additional gloveboxes in the room before being removed. After months of planning and preparation, CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company (CHPRC) workers finished safely separating three gloveboxes for removal from Hanfordís Plutonium Finishing Plant (PFP). As of April, 183 of 238 glove boxes had been removed from the facility at the Hanford Site. These 7,500-pound gloveboxes were challenging to manage due to a combination of their large size and unusual configuration. The highly-contaminated gloveboxes were once used to handle materials from the plutonium recovery process. Photo date: 05.01.2013

Sen. Murray, Rep. Smith seek expanded benefits for Hanford workers provided faulty respirators

Food & Drink

Chef and owner Preeti Agarwa has been popping up as Meesha weekly at her Fremont restaurant, Pomerol. Get there for crispy prawns, fragrant black cardamom rice, and spicy ghee roast chicken.

The Seattle-area pop-up scene is hoppin’! Here are 3 more fun ones to try

Pacific NW Magazine

Ed Sozinho family home. Caption to come from Sandy Dunham.

A Seattle photographer redevelops his architectural skills to codesign a once-in-a-lifetime home

Editorials & Opinion

The Seattle City Council owes Police Chief Best an apology | Op-Ed

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Kamala Harris is the future, so Mike Pence may well be history

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Appreciating nature with fresh eyes

Sports

The Seattle Seahawks held their first practice of the 2020 season Wednesday, August 12, 2020 at the VMAC in Renton, WA. 214765

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Can NFL stay healthy and avoid the Pac-12’s fate? Seahawks coach Pete Carroll thinks it can.

Arts & Life

Seattle rock vet Ayron Jones inks deal with high-powered record label.

A rock veteran and a TikTok-boosted pop singer are the latest Seattle artists to sign big-league record deals

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Photography

Clouds pass in front of Sunday night’s nearly full moon as it rises behind the Cascade Mountains in this view from Lake Forest Park. August’s 100% full moon, happening Monday night (Aug. 3), is named a Sturgeon Moon after North America’s largest fish, the lake sturgeon. The moonrise is visible rising in the southeast. LO LO LO Photographed on August 2, 2020. 214667
Local News

Photo: A nearly full moon rises over the Cascades

Ahjeawnna Sterling (CQ), captain of the Washington Diamonds Drill Team & Drumline, gets help with her ostrich feather headdress before the Ujoma Fest parade leaves 23rd and Union for Jimi Hendrix Park. REF to more photos online 2020 Parade March & Day of Unity for Black Lives – LO Linesonly Saturday Aug 1, 2020 214652
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Photos: Umoja Fest parade dances and trots through Seattle’s Central District  VIEW

Three girls jump off the dock at Green Lake Friday, July 31, 2020. The diving boards are gone but people are still jumping into the lake from the dock. Temperatures are predicted to be in the high 70’s or low 80’s for the next several days. 214656 214656
Local News

Photo: Making a splash at Green Lake

Along the first base side, Mariners employee Emily Wright, puts out some of the thousands of cardboard fan cutouts for what the Mariners are calling “Seat Fleet” at T-Mobile Park, Monday, July 27, 2020 ahead of Friday’s Mariners home opener. Fans can take their own photo and send in any time during the season for $30, and according to the Mariners website: “…the Mariners will donate a portion of every purchase to non-profit organizations supporting COVID-related relief efforts in our communities. What’s more? If your cutout “catches” a foul ball during a game, we’ll mail you the baseball!” According to Rebecca Hale of the Mariners, 5000 fans have already participated in the program. 214588
Mariners

Take my cardboard image out to the ballpark  VIEW