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Kamala Harris is sworn in as vice president by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor as her husband Doug Emhoff holds the Bible during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021.(Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP) DCDD330 DCDD330

Photo gallery: Inauguration Day

View a collection of photos from Inauguration Day, including the departure of former President Donald Trump and the swearing in of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.  VIEW Updated

Trump bids farewell to Washington, hints of comeback

Former President Donald Trump refused to participate in any of the symbolic passing-of-the-torch traditions surrounding the peaceful transition of power, including inviting the Bidens over for a get-to-know-you visit.  VIEW Updated

Politics

Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman: ‘Even as we grieved, we grew.’ Updated

Biden inaugural: Abrupt pivot to civility in post-Trump era  VIEW Updated
Surgeon General resigns at Biden’s request
With passion and fashion, Lady Gaga delivers powerful anthem  VIEW Updated
With executive orders, Biden to reverse Trump policies on environment, immigration
Work on Keystone XL pipeline suspended ahead of Biden action
Army secretary departs amid questions about the National Guard’s Capitol riot response Updated
Trump bids farewell to Washington, hints of comeback  VIEW Updated
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Food & Drink

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Nicole Galloy Hays, 95, is photographed in Kirkland, Wash. Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2020. 216093
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75 years later: Kirkland woman who worked as translator at Nuremberg trials remembers every word  VIEW

Philadelphia Eagles coach Doug Pederson looks out over the crowd as confetti falls after the team’s 38-7 win over the Minnesota Vikings during the NFC championship NFL football game Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018, in Philadelphia. (David Maialetti/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP) PAPHQ336 PAPHQ336
Seahawks

Seahawks OC search update: Take Doug Pederson off the list, add Kirby Wilson Updated

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Baylor’s Mark Vital (11) celebrates with teammates after a play against Washington during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher) NVJL116
Husky Basketball

What’s gone so wrong for UW men’s basketball and how can it be fixed? We asked the experts.

A driver with FedEx carries a package away from a van, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, in Seattle. Store are warning online shoppers that if holiday purchases aren’t made soon, they may not be delivered in time for Christmas. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) WATW205
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Seattle tops nation for COVID-19-era increase in online spending

Will Dissly warms up for Thursday’s game. The Arizona Cardinals played the Seattle Seahawks in NFL Football Thursday, November 19, 2020 at Lumen Field in Seattle, WA. 215703
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Seahawks position overview: Seattle may look from within to bolster tight-end spot in 2021

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Commuters crawl along the US 2 Hewitt Avenue Trestle that feeds into Interstate 5 at Everett on February 2, 2018. 205132205132
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Gas taxes and fees could reach $1 per gallon under new Washington state transportation proposal

Northwest Innovation Works’ $2 billion methanol plant would be built at the north end of the Port of Kalama.
Local News

State Ecology Department rejects permit for Kalama methanol plant on Columbia River

The sun sets at Lowman Beach Park Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021 in Seattle. Kayaker Tomas Alva CQ says he spends most of his evenings on the water. Being disconnected from land, surrounded nature, “It’s what gets me through everything,” he says. LO 216153 https://cedar.seattletimes.com/plans/13502621
Weather

Seattle's weather will get colder, but will we get snow?

A vile of te Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is prepared on opening day of the Connecticut’s largest COVID-19 Vaccination Drive-Through Clinic Monday, Jan. 18, 2021, in East Hartford, Conn. The former Pratt & Whitney Runway has been converted into a ten-lane, drive-through COVID-19 Mass Vaccination Clinic, with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine being administered by Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC). Vaccinations are by appointment only to eligible individuals in Phase 1a and 1b through Connecticut’s 211 system or the CDC’s Vaccine Administration Management System. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill) NYOTK NYOTK
Health

Inslee sets goal of 45,000 COVID-19 vaccinations a day in Washington; everyone 65 and older eligible now

Eviation’s nine-seater electric plane.
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Electric aviation startup MagniX opens new headquarters and production facility in Everett

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Commuters crawl along the US 2 Hewitt Avenue Trestle that feeds into Interstate 5 at Everett on February 2, 2018. 205132205132

Gas taxes and fees could reach $1 per gallon under new Washington state transportation proposal

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There’s a civil war all right, only right now it’s inside the Republican Party

Education Lab

‘Disturbing reports’ about Seattle schools spark civil-rights probe by U.S. Department of Education

Delay in vaccinating most Washington K-12 teachers, staff alarms legislators, union

Teachers in Washington state find ways to address the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol

Eden Mack, Seattle School Board member, resigns from post

School nurses key to reopening schools, but study shows gaps in Washington state; see the situation in your district

Business & Tech

Chris Balton lead automated driving engineer at PACCAR technology center northwest of Mount Vernon Washington, drives this truck, equipped with radar technology, around a test track demonstrating how the trucks technology uses lasers to guide itself down the roadway. The monitors show how the truck sees the highway and surroundings. Photographed on February 3, 2020. 212756

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Nation & World

FILE – In this July 11, 2018, file photo, rancher Dwight Hammond Jr., left, is embraced by his wife, Susie Hammond, after arriving by private jet at the Burns Municipal Airport in Burns, Ore. Hammond and his son Steven, convicted of intentionally setting fires on public land in Oregon, were pardoned by President Donald Trump. The federal government has proposed awarding grazing allotments to the Hammonds, whose case sparked the takeover of a federal wildlife refuge by right-wing extremists in 2016. (Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian via AP, File) ORPOR101 ORPOR101

Interior Secretary grants 10-year grazing permit to ranchers whose case sparked Oregon land takeover

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Travelers walk through the nearly empty JetBlue terminal at Logan Airport in Boston in November. Air travel prices are at an all-time low right now. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Airfare hits record low due to weak travel demand

Food & Drink

Billard Hoang is turning out banh mi sandwiches on crackly, crisp bread with plenty of pickled carrot and daikon radish for a steal at just $5 each.

From a hit $5 tofu banh mi to intriguing coffee with cheese foam, many goodies await you in Columbia City

Pacific NW Magazine

Monday, December 21, 2020 Katherine Maslenikov, Collections manager at the UW Fish Collection holding an Anglerfish in the collection. 215930

For each of the Burke Museum’s 18,000,000+ artifacts, there’s a story that helps us understand our world a little better

Editorials & Opinion

Biden faces a tougher task than any president but Lincoln | Jeff Greenfield / Guest columnist

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Lincoln warned of the rise of the ‘mobocratic spirit’

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Sports

Philadelphia Eagles coach Doug Pederson looks out over the crowd as confetti falls after the team’s 38-7 win over the Minnesota Vikings during the NFC championship NFL football game Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018, in Philadelphia. (David Maialetti/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP) PAPHQ336 PAPHQ336

Seahawks OC search update: Take Doug Pederson off the list, add Kirby Wilson

Featured Columnist

Seahawks OC search update: Take Doug Pederson off the list, add Kirby Wilson

Arts & Life

American poet Amanda Gorman reads a poem during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, Pool) XAB107 XAB107

Poet Amanda Gorman captures the inaugural moment in verse on Inauguration Day

Moira’s Book Club meets Thursday, Jan. 21 to discuss ‘Interior Chinatown’ by Charles Yu

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Photography

Mt. Rainier looms in this telephoto view from Lake Forest Park during Thursday morning’s sunrise. The mountain appears to be steaming as clouds form and change as the sun hits the mountain as it rises. The Weather forecast is for partly sunny skies on Thursday and Friday with rain in the forecast for Sunday. Photographed on January 14, 2021. LO LO LO 216127
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Rainier catches the first light

Dirt bikers Tyler Hedberg, left, Kody Clark and Blake Trimble prepare for their final run on the course in Carnation at the winter Tour de Farm. Wanderings_Mud_Run Saturday January 2, 2021 216045
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Tour de Farm: a playground for muddy buddies on wheels in Carnation  VIEW

Russell Wilsonwarms up for Saturday’s NFC playoff game with the Rams. The Los Angeles Rams played the Seattle Seahawks in the Wild Card round of the NFL Playoffs Saturday, January 9, 2021 at Lumen Field in Seattle, WA. 216064
Seahawks

Photos: Seahawks take on Rams in wild-card weekend  VIEW

A little squirrel focuses on a snack at Volunteer Park in Seattle Monday, January 4, 2021. Rain is predicted until a lull on Thursday and then again for the foreseeable future. 216051
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A marvelous morsel at Volunteer Park