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A customer exits the Seattle downtown Nordstrom store, which displays a sign requiring face coverings. Starting Tuesday, Washington businesses must turn away customers not wearing a face covering inside the business. (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times)

Local Business

Few grumbles as Washington state businesses begin enforcing mask-wearing for customers

But outside the Seattle metro area, where wearing masks has been less common, some business owners voiced concerns. Updated 7:00 pm

Coronavirus risks keep Mariners’ Perry Hill home, but infield coach vows to return ‘with vengeance’ in 2021 | Larry Stone
Worst of both worlds for Seattle-area home shoppers: rising prices and not much for sale
Seattle City Council passes ‘JumpStart’ tax on high salaries paid by big businesses
Kshama Sawant: Less rhetoric, more cooperation | Editorial
Few grumbles as Washington state businesses begin enforcing mask-wearing for customers Updated 7:00 pm
Falcon family living under West Seattle Bridge grows with fledging chicks Updated 6:49 pm

A humpback whale struck by Washington State Ferry Tokitae Monday, July 6, 2020 and is unlikely to survive the accident, according to the Pacific Whale Watch Association.

Puget Sound

Whale reportedly hit by Washington state ferry near Mukilteo

Flowers and a photo of Summer Taylor, 24, sits outside the King County Jail in Seattle Monday, July 6, 2020. 214430

Crime

Driver accused of hitting Seattle protesters, killing one, held on $1.2 million bail

FILE – In this Sept. 15, 2019, file photo, New England Patriots wide receiver Antonio Brown (17) on the sidelines, during the first half at an NFL football game against the Miami Dolphins in Miami Gardens, Fla. NFL free agent Antonio Brown turned himself in at a Florida jail on Thursday night, Jan, 24, 2020, following accusations that he and his trainer attacked another man. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File) NY167

Seahawks

Seahawks mailbag: Are the Browns out on Jadeveon Clowney? And what kind of contract could Antonio Brown get?

Don't Miss

Coach Perry Hill talks with catcher Austin Nola Monday during batting practice.

The Seattle Mariners held Spring Training in Peoria, AZ, Monday, February 17, 2020. 213015

Larry Stone

Coronavirus risks keep Mariners’ Perry Hill home, but infield coach vows to return ‘with vengeance’ in 2021

Townhouses for sale stand in the Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, U.S., on Sunday, March 10, 2019. For the first time in years, the U.S. is entering its key spring house-hunting season with buyers holding the upperhand. Nowhere is the shift more pronounced than in once-hot areas such as Seattle, San Francisco and Denver. Photographer: Chona Kasinger/Bloomberg

Real Estate

Worst of both worlds for Seattle-area home shoppers: rising prices and not much for sale

Seattle Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda speaks during the virtual city council meeting Monday, July 6, 2020.

Local Politics

Seattle City Council passes ‘JumpStart’ tax on high salaries paid by big businesses

Editorial

Kshama Sawant: Less rhetoric, more cooperation

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Local News & Politics

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City Council member seeks to create first-responder alternative to police

Education Lab

To understand structural racism, look to our schools

‘50 square feet per person’: What Seattle schools may look like in the fall

To support queer youth identity, one Seattle school will be renamed after a LGBTQ+ leader, among other reforms

How could your school’s ethnic studies offerings be improved?

Washington’s 134,000 English learners depend on support from teachers. That didn’t translate online.

Business & Tech

Tuesday, July 7, 2020 A customer exits a Fred Meyer store with a sign at the entrance requiring a face covering. Starting today Washington businesses must turn you away if your’re not wearing a face covering inside the business. 214437

Few grumbles as Washington state businesses begin enforcing mask-wearing for customers

Consumer bureau scraps restrictions on payday loans Updated 6:23 pm
Amazon, bestselling authors allege e-book piracy in lawsuit against online bookstore Updated 7:03 pm
More than $12 billion in PPP loans went to small Washington state businesses
Companies are hiring their own epidemiologists to help deal with the pandemic Updated 5:48 pm
McClatchy, a family newspaper business, heads toward hedge-fund ownership Updated 6:11 pm

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Nation & World

FILE – In this Thursday, May 28, 2020 file photo, a protester carries a U.S. flag upside down, a sign of distress, next to a burning building in Minneapolis. Protests over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in police custody Monday, broke out in Minneapolis for a third straight night. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) RNS302 RNS302

America disrupted: Troubles cleave a nation, and a city VIEW

Melbourne's 5 million people slammed back into lockdown VIEW
Trump pushes state, local leaders to reopen schools in fall VIEW Updated 6:30 pm
Brazil’s President Bolsonaro tests positive for coronavirus VIEW Updated 5:21 pm
Video shows facility staff restraining Black teen who died Updated 5:45 pm
Trump’s worldview forged by neglect and trauma at home, niece says in book Updated 5:47 pm
CDC’s list of symptoms for COVID-19 grows
US nuclear lab investigates breach at plutonium facility

Times Watchdog

The Yakama Indian Reservation is pictured from above on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020 near Harrah, Wash.

Federal court rules against Yakama tribe in policing dispute

Coronavirus Video

"There are businesses that haven't been able to operate at all," says Laura Clise, founder and CEO of Intentionalist. Night Light Nails is one of them. "We've been struggling," says owner Van Nguyen. (Corinne Chin & Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)

To shape Seattle's coronavirus recovery, 'spend like it matters' (4:16)

When COVID-19 began to crush Guayaba's music goals for 2020, they changed course and found a new outlet for creativity. (Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)

'No safety net for our art': A musician copes with loss of work... (1:51)

When COVID-19 shutdown potato processors, the Washington Potato Commission found it had too many spuds to keep in storage. To avoid food waste, the Emergency Food Network worked to giveaway 200,000 pounds of spuds. (Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)

The pandemic caused a potato surplus, now farmers give them away (1:49)

When the novel coronavirus outbreak canceled the rest of their season, Pacific Northwest Ballet dancers Sarah-Gabrielle Ryan and Kyle Davis built a ballet studio in their living room and started teaching via Zoom. (Corinne Chin / The Seattle Times)

Dancing through the pandemic – in a homemade studio (2:39)

Tricia Jenkins, an emergency room nurse, and her husband – also an essential worker – sent their two kids to live with her mom during the coronavirus pandemic. "I desperately miss my children," Jenkins said. (Corinne Chin / The Seattle Times)

ER nurse: 'I don't want to bring the virus home' (3:12)

Jessica Esparza became an ICU nurse just as the coronavirus pandemic reached Washington. Previously an oncology nurse, Esparza is often overwhelmed by how ill her COVID-19 patients are – "Nothing compares to this." (Corinne Chin / The Seattle Times)

Night shift nurse: 'Nothing compares to this' (2:56)

After the novel coronavirus outbreak shut down most of Pike Place Market, many Hmong flower farmers were left with nowhere to sell. It’s not the first time these families have had to overcome what felt impossible. (Corinne Chin / The Seattle Times)

With Pike Place closed, Hmong flower farmers cultivate resilience (5:55)

Michael Flor battled with coronavirus for 62 days at Swedish Issaquah. His stay makes him the longest coronavirus patient at a Swedish hospital. (Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)

After 62-day battle with COVID-19, 70-year-old patient leaves... (1:08)

Food & Drink

Sadie Davis-Suskind, a former “MasterChef Junior” contestant, shares a recipe for shrimp and grits.

Have a party in your mouth with this recipe for shrimp and grits | Cooking with Sadie

Pacific NW Magazine

Kuzma’s Seafood Market also serves up fresh mussels, clams and oysters. Credit: Providence Cicero

Ken Hewitt of Kuzma’s Fish Market in Edmonds adheres to the old school of fishmongering

Editorials & Opinion

To judge monuments, think context | Doyle McManus / Syndicated columnist

Featured Columnist

Charles M. Blow

Truth telling is long overdue

Horsey Cartoon

Trump’s performance reviews? Below expectations

Sports

FILE – In this Sept. 15, 2019, file photo, New England Patriots wide receiver Antonio Brown (17) on the sidelines, during the first half at an NFL football game against the Miami Dolphins in Miami Gardens, Fla. NFL free agent Antonio Brown turned himself in at a Florida jail on Thursday night, Jan, 24, 2020, following accusations that he and his trainer attacked another man. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File) NY167

Seahawks mailbag: Are the Browns out on Jadeveon Clowney? And what kind of contract could Antonio Brown get?

Featured Columnist

Coronavirus risks keep Mariners’ Perry Hill home, but infield coach vows to return ‘with vengeance’ in 2021

Arts & Life

Nobi “Fulminate”

Here are 15 of the best Seattle albums of 2020 (so far) WATCH

Moira Macdonald

‘I’ve been a lucky man’: Michael Coy, a mainstay in Seattle’s book scene, is retiring after 48 years in the business

Photography

dee Gordon does defensive drills on the infield of T-Mobile Park Monday. The Seattle Mariners Summer Camp continued Monday, July 6, 2020 at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, WA. 214377

Mariners

Photos: Monday at Mariners’ “Summer Camp” VIEW

Second baseman Dee Gordon runs a drill during the third Mariners Summer Camp training, Sunday, July 5, 2020 at T-Mobile Park in Seattle. 214376

Mariners

Photos: Sunday at Mariners’ “Summer Camp” VIEW

Canada geese hang out at the water’s edge of Lake Union at Gas Works Park where the lake on the Fourth of July would usually be crowded with hundreds of boats to watch the fireworks. ref to more photos online

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Local News

Gas Works Park unusually quiet for a Fourth of July VIEW

On Thursday the Seattle Monorail operated the red train with one leaving every 10-minutes.

For operating hours and fares see: seattlemonorail.com

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Local News

Seattle’s Monorail: The future and past of a burgeoning city VIEW