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Coast Guard Lt. Jessica Shafer, right, signals a helicopter pilot from a 47-foot motor lifeboat during a training mission in the mouth of the Columbia River in June. Shafer was installed as the first female commanding officer of Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment near Ilwaco last year. Assisting in the training exercise is a Coast Guard MH-60T “Jayhawk” helicopter from Astoria. (Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times) — Coast Guard Lt. Jessica Shafer, right, signals a helicopter pilot from a 47-foot motor lifeboat during a training mission in the mouth of the Columbia River. (Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times)

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John Murphy, front, with On Sight Access, reaches for one of 16 acrylic pieces to be installed on the 46 by 60-foot mural in the new Burke Museum. The panel is by
RYAN! Feddersen (CQ first name all caps with !) of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation (Okanogan / Arrow Lakes). It has 294 vinyl pieces applied to it in a cascade of symbolic figures transforming into one another representing connections between nature, culture and our experience as a society. The mural is titled “Synecdoche.” In the background working is Billy Silva. The new Burke opens to the public in mid-October.

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LO Burke Museum

Tuesday August 13, 2019

Workers (mainly) with On Site Access install a 3-story-high mural in the new Burke Museum, set to open in October.

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Local News

New Burke Museum will have a striking and symbolic work of art

Workers have been busy installing a large mural in the new natural-history museum on the northwest corner of the University of Washington campus. VIEW

Monty Holmes, president of Athletic Awards, is photographed outside the store in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood Tuesday, August 13, 2019. 211079 211079

Amazon at 25

Retail survivors: How four family-owned Washington shops have made it in the Amazon era

They fill a niche, either in location or product, treat their customers well and convene a community around their business. Four longtime local retailers share how they've managed their business through the age of Amazon.

Baby orca J56 and her mother J31, off Pile Point San Juan Island Saturday. Researchers have been able to confirm the new baby is a girl, very welcome news in the endangered population of southern resident killer whales.
Credit: Ken Balcomb
Center for Whale Research

Environment

Conservation groups sue to restrict whale-watching near southern resident orcas

The proposal calls for a rule to exclude vessels from the orcas’ prime feeding areas — a designated “whale protection zone” — from April-September each year to protect the orcas from noise and disturbance.