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Husky Football

Analysis: Five keys for UW Huskies to win a Pac-12 title in 2021

As Washington prepares to host Montana in its 2021 season opener on Saturday, here are five areas where the Huskies must excel in order to win a Pac-12 title.

A customer looks over one dealer’s showcase at Pacific Galleries Antique Mall, which has announced it will close at the end of the month, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021 in Seattle. 218023
Retail

Epic Antique to open a location in the former Pacific Galleries Antique Mall, saving Seattle market from closing

Mariners outfielder Kyle Lewis, still not doing much baseball activity after minor knee surgery, is seen in the dugout chatting with teammates and watching batting practice before a game against the Astros, Monday, July 26, 2021 in Seattle. 217746
Mariners

Mariners outfielder Kyle Lewis suffers setback in recovery from knee surgery

Several “Now Hiring” signs are hung around the First Student Bus Yard in the South Park neighborhood of Seattle Friday September 3, 2021. 218126
Education

Transportation problems complicate another start of the school year for Seattle Public Schools

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Tony Leung and Fala Chen in “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.”
Movies

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“For Us All” by Jeanne Sakata. Narrated by a full cast.
Books

These 6 audiobooks offer a return to the theater from the comfort of your living room VIEW

Camilla Cabello and Billy Porter star in “Cinderella.”
Movies

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Editorial

Not enroll in school until 8? Change state age requirement to 5

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Jessica Diamond, center, talks to customers at Matia Kitchen and Bar in Eastsound, Orcas Island Thursday, August 26, 2021. 217925
Food & Drink

Orcas Island restaurants struggle with more tourists, fewer workers, high cost of living VIEW

A tent is seen in Woodland Park nearby to mayoral candidate Bruce Harrell’s news conference on homeless issues, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021 in Seattle. 218116
Project Homeless

Compassion Seattle homelessness measure will not appear on November ballot, state Court of Appeals rules

Russell Wilson signs for fans before Saturday’s game. . The Los Angeles Chargers played the Seattle Seahawks in NFL Preseason Football Saturday, August 28, 2021 at Lumen Field in Seattle, WA. 218039
Health

King County to require masks at large outdoor gatherings, regardless of COVID vaccination status

Health

108 COVID-19 cases linked to Northwest Washington Fair

The bright planet Venus appears in conjunction with the Pleiades star cluster, Friday, April 3, 2020, as seen from Olympia, Wash. The extra-close grouping of the planet with the star cluster commonly known as the “seven sisters” occurs approximately every eight years. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Local News

Don’t miss the ‘third brightest celestial object’ and its supporting star

Politics

Taliban fighters take control and secure the Hamid Karzai International Airport, along with all the equipment and weapons left behind, after the full U.S. military withdrawal from the country, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, August 31, 2021. (Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times/TNS) 25747739W 25747739W

Tanks, attack helicopters, drones, bullets: What U.S.-supplied arms mean for the Taliban

Demonstrators protest against the new state law creating an almost complete ban on abortions in Texas, outside the State Capitol in Austin, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021. To protest Texas’s new abortion law, activists said they flooded the website set up by the state’s largest anti-abortion group with fake tips. (Montinique Monroe/The New York Times) XNYT70 XNYT70
TikTok users and coders flood Texas abortion site with fake tips
California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks about his efforts to defeat the gubernatorial recall election, in San Francisco on Sept. 2, 2021. As California’s Sept. 14 election over whether to recall Newsom draws closer, unfounded rumors about the event are growing. (Jim Wilson/The New York Times) XNYT146 XNYT146
Two rumors are going viral before California’s recall election
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Oklahoma congressman says he has no regrets about attempts to enter Afghanistan
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South Dakota Gov. Noem runs $9,000 bill for custom desk
Courageous pupil corrects Putin after he gets his history facts wrong

Local News

Jessica Diamond, center, talks to customers at Matia Kitchen and Bar in Eastsound, Orcas Island Thursday, August 26, 2021. 217925

Orcas Island restaurants struggle with more tourists, fewer workers, high cost of living VIEW

Featured Columnist

After a COVID skeptic falls to the disease, people ask an awkward question: Should we care?

Education Lab

Seattle-area schools enter a new era of pandemic education as students return to in-person learning

Photos: Students go back to school in Seattle area

Slow down, Seattle drivers: School zone cameras are back as students return to class

Another strange year of school begins for Seattle-area kids, this time in person

Will state officials require kids get vaccinated against COVID-19? Here's what you should know for this year's back-to-school season

Business & Tech

In this photo dated November 12, 2018, the actual Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 – Max 8 plane, that crashed Sunday March 10, 2019, shortly after take-off from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, shown as it lands at Seattle Boeing Field King County International airport, USA. U.S. aviation experts on Tuesday March 12, 2019, joined the investigation into the crash of this Ethiopian Airlines jetliner that killed 157 people, as questions grow about the new Boeing plane involved in the crash. (AP Photo/Preston Fiedler)

Ethiopian Airlines settles with Boeing following 737 MAX crash and expects to fly the jet again by January

Featured Columnist

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Nation & World

A man takes a break from clearing out his storm-damaged home to watch as Gov. Phil Murphy visits Crandford, N.J., on Friday, Sept. 3, 2021. Two days after the remnants of Hurricane Ida brought a sudden and ferocious storm to the Mid-Atlantic region, residents on Friday confronted the fallout from a downpour that killed at least 45 people across four states and illustrated with frightening clarity the threat posed by a changing climate. (Stephanie Keith/The New York Times) XNYT49

New Jersey’s stunning storm toll includes many who drowned in cars VIEW

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Coronavirus

Dr. William Dittrich M.D. holds the hand of a COVID-19 patient in the Medical Intensive care unit (MICU) at St. Luke’s Boise Medical Center in Boise, Idaho on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. More then half of the patients in the ICU are COVID-19 positive, none of which are vaccinated. (AP Photo/Kyle Green) IDKG113 IDKG113

‘Loss of hope’: Idaho hospitals crushed by COVID-19 surge VIEW

Food & Drink

Jessica Diamond, center, talks to customers at Matia Kitchen and Bar in Eastsound, Orcas Island Thursday, August 26, 2021. 217925

Orcas Island restaurants struggle with more tourists, fewer workers, high cost of living VIEW

Pacific NW Magazine

With all the viewing options available today, some viewers regard this as the golden age of television. For Ron Judd, it’s more like the decline of American civilization. (Photo illustration by David Miller / The Seattle Times)

The decline of American civilization: There’s more bad TV than ever; it’s available everywhere; and it’s making us fat, lazy, selfish and stupid

Editorials & Opinion

Viets4Afghans: Driven by my parents’ legacy | Op-Ed

Featured Columnist

Renew state support for newspapers

Horsey Cartoon

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Sports

Eastside Catholic High School – Eastside Catholic vs. Kennedy Catholic prep football – 090321 Eastside Catholic wide receiver Dallas Daley, right, catches a touchdown pass in front Kennedy Catholic defensive back Myles Jackson Friday, Sept. 3, 2021, in Sammamish, Wash. 218041

Eastside Catholic overcomes COVID outbreak to beat Kennedy Catholic in opener VIEW

Featured Columnist

Seahawks fill practice squad following signing of Phil Haynes

Arts & Life

Tim Reynolds, from left, Dave Matthews, Carter Anthony Beauford, and Stefan Kahil Lessard of the Dave Matthews Band perform at the Railbird Music Festival on Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, in Lexington, Ky. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP) KYRP130

Dave Matthews Band, citing potential coronavirus exposure, playing Gorge shows in ‘alternate format’

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Photography

Chester Isaacson falls off the log and does a split over it, but it’s a 2-out-of-3 and he’ll comeback to win over Tristan VanBeek at the International Lumberjack Show at the Evergreen State Fair in Monroe. Continues through Labor Day. Ref to more photos online Also, their link: TikTok – @the_lumberjack_show LO Linesonly Thursday Sept. 2, 2021 218114
Local News

Lumberjacks, pigs and goats strut their stuff at the Evergreen State Fair VIEW

Mireya Godina, of Flor Silvestre, competes during Washington’s first state escaramuza championship in Enumclaw, Wash. 218043
Local News

Northwest women take reins to establish Washington state’s first escaramuza championship VIEW

From left: Mazzy Meyer duets with her best friend Mayah Krug, both 13, on a grand piano painted by artist Soo Hong, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021 in Issaquah Highlands. The piano is one of two in a scaled back “Pianos in The Parks” event until Tuesday. 218074
Local News

Pianos in The Parks returns with two instruments at Issaquah Highlands VIEW

Chinook, or king salmon, are coming through the fish ladder at the Ballard Locks moving from saltwater to freshwater. As of Thursday more than 11,200 kings have been counted and more than 38,500 sockeyes. Some sockeye are still trickling by and the run of kings is just beyond its peak but can continue until November. Chinook are the largest of the salmon species. The fish ladder viewing room is open and masks are required. LO LInesonly Friday August 27, 2021 218064
Local News

Keeping an eye on the salmon at the Ballard Locks WATCH