The Diamond G in Dubois, Wyo. Ranch properties out West are catching the eye of the rich and famous. (Photo for The Washington Post by Louise Johns)
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Nation & World

The fabulously wealthy are fueling a booming luxury ranch market out West

Americans have long looked west to enrich their holdings. But the pandemic prompted a land grab, with moguls fleeing the cities for homes on the range. VIEW

Politics

FILE — Patrick Philbin, deputy counsel to the president, arrives to President Donald Trump’s first Senate impeachment trial, in Washington, Jan. 29, 2020. Philbin is the most senior person known to have been interviewed in the investigation into Trump’s handling of classified material after he left the presidency. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times) XNYT84 XNYT84

Top White House lawyers interviewed by FBI about Mar-a-Lago documents

Opinion

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Local News

Crews work at a water main break near 24th Avenue Southwest and Southwest Kenyon Street in West Seattle Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. 221258

West Seattle water-main break displaces Delridge apartment residents

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'Black and Missing': How the media privileges white women

Education Lab

As pandemic learning gaps loom, schools rethink summer school to keep kids engaged
Why a Seattle School Board member plans to appeal harassment case that’s cost taxpayers thousands
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WA high school students will soon earn credit for after-school jobs

Business & Tech

Workers sort packages to be delivered on Amazon Prime Day in New York, US, on Tuesday, July 12, 2022. Bargain hunters are expected to find Amazon.com Inc.’s two-day Prime Day sale underwhelming this year, with many sellers minimizing profit-eating discounts in an era of soaring costs. Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg

FTC probe of Amazon Prime is "unworkable and unfair," Amazon says

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Nation & World

FILE – In this March 4, 2018, file photo, then-MacKenzie Bezos arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. Scott, philanthropist, author and former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has married a Seattle science teacher. Dan Jewett wrote in a letter to the website of the nonprofit organization the Giving Pledge, on Saturday, March 6, 2021, that he was grateful to be able to marry such a generous person and was ready to help her give away her wealth to help others. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

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Food & Drink

This smoked salmon toast combines all the flavors of the iconic bagel and lox in new ways, including a honey lemon goat cheese spread.

This smoked salmon toast with pickled summer squash combines the familiar to make something new

Pacific NW Magazine

A backstage pass to the creation of Heart, its evolution and the revival of its classic hits

The signature sounds of Heart beat through the heat of two summers 45 years apart

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Arts & Life

Seattle resident Patrick McMurchie goes from submerged to upright while practicing the kayak roll – a useful skill for sea kayaking — during a lesson on Lake Sammamish in July 2022.

What you need to know to take a sea kayak on Puget Sound (namely, to get out of the frigid water)

Photography

Hai! Japantown – 081322 Kaoru Okumura flows through a Butoh performance during the Hai! Japantown summer festival Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022, in Seattle, Wash. Butoh is a form of Japanese dance theater featuring, among other things, very slow, hyper-controlled movements. Hai! Japantown celebrates businesses in Historic Nihonmachi / Japantown and has events running through Aug. 20. See https://www.wingluke.org/haijapantown for a full list of events. 221271
Local News

Photos: Celebrating at the Hai! Japantown festival

Seattle Sounders FC Defender Yéimar Gomez Andrade moves the ball during a game against Real Salt Lake in Seattle, WA on August 14, 2022.
Sounders

Photos: Sounders host Real Salt Lake VIEW

Longacres Mile at Emerald Downs – 081422 Slew’s Tiz Whiz with jockey Jose Zunino aboard comes home in first place during the Longacres Mile at Emerald Downs, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022, in Auburn, Wash. 221251
Horse Racing

Photos: The 2022 Longacres Mile at Emerald Downs VIEW

T-Mobile Park – Seattle Mariners vs. New York Yankees – 080922 Seattle Mariners shortstop J.P. Crawford celebrates as he runs into the dugout after getting the final out of the top of the second inning, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022, in Seattle, Wash. 221221
Sports

Photos: Mariners beat Yanks in extra inning battle VIEW