At the Vashon Island post office, Vashon Country Store and Farm manager Jan Staehli, left, picks up mail for her customers. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)
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‘I've never seen it this bad’: Post office woes hit Seattle area

Staffing challenges are slamming Puget Sound post offices as packages pile up, mail carriers work exhausting hours and customers wait for critical deliveries. VIEW

Politics

FILE — Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., leaves a House GOP conference meeting on Capitol Hill, in Washington, Jan. 25, 2023. Federal authorities are investigating a military veteran’s claim that Santos raised $3,000 for life-saving surgery for his pet dog several years ago, then never turned over the money for the animal’s care, according to a published report. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) NYRD405 NYRD405

George Santos Is Accused of Sexual Harassment in His Capitol Office

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Tara Kankesh, right, serves a freshly baked ginger molasses cookie onto a plate her mentor, Lindsey Greenlee, holds out on Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022. The two have been matched through Big Sister, Little Sister since December 2019.

Inspired to help, Seattle Times readers donate millions to Fund for Those in Need

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Portland, ‘repelling its current citizens,’ is Seattle’s cautionary tale

Project Homeless

Social service workers rally at Seattle City Hall over proposed budget cuts
Kent tightens homeless camping ban with new ordinance
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Business & Tech

A new crab-fishing boat, the Billikin, named for an Eskimo good-luck charm, has been launched by the Marine Iron Works in Tacoma. The 135-foot, all-steel boat is owned by Trident Seafoods of Seattle and will be used for catching and processing crab in the Bering Sea. The Billikin is a new design able to operate a month or more at sea, to stay in competition with the Japanese, Russians and Koreans. The Billikin will carry a crew of 16 for six to eight weeks crabbing at a time. She will cruise at 12 1/2 knots. Trident’s president is Charles Bundrant. Mrs. Mary Bundrant sponsored the Billikin at her launching.

Seattle-based seafood giant Trident reaches half-century mark VIEW

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Questions the next Seattle City Council needs to answer

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Nation & World

– EMBARGO: NO ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION, WEB POSTING OR STREET SALES BEFORE 3:01 A.M. ET ON TUESDAY, JAN. 31, 2023. NO EXCEPTIONS FOR ANY REASONS – One of the dolphins in the U.S. Navy’s Marine Mammal Program at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego on Nov. 8, 2022. Navy scientists, in collaboration with researchers, are now delving into geriatric marine mammal medicine, a pursuit that could pay dividends not only for the Navy’s animals but also for wild ones – and, perhaps, even for people. (Gabriella Angotti-Jones/The New York Times) XNYT125 XNYT125

The Navy’s dolphins have a few things to tell us about aging VIEW

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Food & Drink

The Shaquille O’Neal-owned chicken sandwich franchise the Big Chicken comes to Renton.

An NBA legend opens a chicken joint, and 25 other new Seattle-area restaurants

Pacific NW Magazine

Tacoma author creates an illustrated travelers atlas for PNW islands

Tacoma author’s love letter to Pacific NW islands took years to compose

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Arts & Life

Lizzo made her Seattle debut as an arena headliner Wednesday in front of a sold-out Climate Pledge Arena crowd.

Reviews: The Grammy stars who did (or didn’t) win over Washington

Photography

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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Sounders fans bring their Club World Cup hopes to Seattle Center

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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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Photos: UW men’s basketball vs. UCLA VIEW

DO NOT USE – UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL SUNDAY, JAN. 29, 2023 747 Functional Test Engine & Landing Gear SME (Subject Matter Expert) Technician Jeff Miller readies the mount before engine number three is moved into place on the final 747. 221238
Boeing & Aerospace

In photos: The assembly and flight of the final Boeing 747 WATCH