The North Edmonds neighborhood of Picnic Point, seen from the air Tuesday, is where Lis Manning and her husband finally purchased their four-bedroom home (not pictured). It was the eighth offer they’d made. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)
The North Edmonds neighborhood of Picnic Point seen from the air Tuesday. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)
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Prices continue to rise in the Seattle-area housing market as buyers jockey for a limited supply. While more houses were listed last month, they sold almost as quickly as they appeared. The median single-family home in King County is now about $825,000.

Travelers line up at check points at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Wednesday morning, April 7, 2021. There are empty lanes between the lines of passengers so social distancing can occur. People are traveling for spring break trips and the newly vaccinated are beginning to travel again. The CDC’s confirmation that it’s safe to travel if you’re vaccinated has a lot of people excited to travel. 216823
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Duane Dunn, owner of Emerald Leaves in Tacoma, hangs out in his Tacoma store in March. A bill to expand the marijuana social equity program is in the Legislature. The bill aims to get more cannabis business licenses in the hands of people from communities disproportionately impacted by the war on drugs. Dunn says the licensing system favors people already wealthy and connected and the social equity program could level the barriers to getting a license. He got his retail license after marijuana was legalized in the state and opened his store in 2015. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)
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Agnes Chao, 8, and sister Chloe Chao, 5, help return some of the nearly 40 books that have been checked out since March, at the NE Branch which is accepting returns for the first time since the coronavirus shutdown, Tuesday, July 21, 2020 in NE Seattle. Tuesday is the first day nine branches accepted returns: Ballard, Broadview, Douglass-Truth, Green Lake, High Point, Lake City, Northeast, Rainier Beach and Southwest; with returns accepted Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from noon to 6 p.m., or until book returns are full. Due dates are extended until at least Aug. 15 in Seattle’s fine-free library system, according to an email. More information is at spl.org. 214561
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Pierce County Sheriff’s Dept. spokesman Detective Ed Troyer answers questions during a news conference, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020, in Tacoma, Wash. Troyer was talking about the case of Juliette Parker, who pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of assault and attempted kidnapping in Pierce County Superior Court, and is accused of posing as a baby photographer in a plot to steal an infant. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Duane Dunn, owner of Emerald Leaves in Tacoma, hangs out in his Tacoma store in March. A bill to expand the marijuana social equity program is in the Legislature. The bill aims to get more cannabis business licenses in the hands of people from communities disproportionately impacted by the war on drugs. Dunn says the licensing system favors people already wealthy and connected and the social equity program could level the barriers to getting a license. He got his retail license after marijuana was legalized in the state and opened his store in 2015. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)

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The North Edmonds neighborhood of Picnic Point, seen from the air Tuesday, April 6, 2021, is where Lis Manning and her husband finally had an offer accepted on a house (not pictured). It was their 8th offer. They paid over the list price and waived almost all contingencies. 216818

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Lieutenant Matthew Anderson filled a vaccine to be distributed at a vaccine pop-up located at First African Methodist Episcopal Church on Thursday, March 11, 2021.

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A plexiglass shield stands between King County Superior Court Chief Criminal Judge Patrick Oishi, in the background facing camera, and from left in the foreground, all socially distanced: a podium for a criminal defendant; his public defender Carey Huffman; and senior deputy prosecutor TinaMarie Masters, during a motion to remand criminal hearing Wednesday, May 6, 2020 in Seattle. The shield and room reconfiguration is part of modifications made during the coronavirus outbreak in one of the busiest courtrooms in the city.

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Eric Church performs the national anthem with Jazmine Sullivan before the NFL Super Bowl 55 football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021, in Tampa, Fla. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 31-9. (AP Photo/Steve Luciano)

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Photography

A Camellia’s prominent pollen-producing stamens venture out into the air at the Seattle Japanese Garden, one of countless extraordinary scenes often no bigger than a coin, as Spring unfolds around Seattle and viewed using a close-up lens Sunday, April 4, 2021. 216811
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Scenes from Seattle as Mother Nature emerges from her winter slumber VIEW

Nikita Ares CQ, a Seattle-based painter, works Tuesday, March 30, 2021 to install her first exhibition at the newly-opened Museum of Museums CQ on First Hill. 216766
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Painter Nikita Ares shares joyful energy at Museum of Museums

Clockwise from left, Narayan MacGowan, Sahej MacGowan, Halia Correia and Beau Rosen, front, look through the eggs they’ve found at a community Easter egg hunt at Seattle’s Interlaken Park Sunday April 4, 2021. Over 300 eggs were hidden by Kellie Sloan and her son to bring some Easter joy to the neighborhood kids.
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The fast ferry Enetai cruises by Blake Island having to give way to a Washington State ferry at the Southworth terminal. There is only one slip and WSF has priority. Saturday March 27, 2021 216743
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New foot ferry makes the trip to downtown Seattle in 26 minutes VIEW