Marshallese Women’s Association president Jiji Jally, left, interprets medical information for Bokai Mokin at the COVID-19 Pacific Islander vaccination clinic with Swedish in Federal Way on Feb. 4. The night before, Mokin shared about her fears of needles and coming alone. Jally says it’s important to have culturally tailored care and to help elders with vaccinations because there is mistrust of U.S. government due to nuclear testing in the Marshall Islands. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)
Marshallese Women’s Association president Jiji Jally, left, interprets medical information for Bokai Mokin at the COVID-19 Pacific Islander vaccination clinic with Swedish in Federal Way. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)
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After the earthquake destroyed the outside wall of their architecture office in Pioneer Square, Kevin Eckert and Laura Hafermann finish removing items from the debris yesteday. The building, at 540 First Avenue South, has been red-tagged.
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A boat and trailer sit at the Lone Pine in-lieu fishing site as The Dalles Dam is pictured in the background on Dec. 29, 2020. No running water or electricity puts the community members at higher risk for COVID-19 due to the lack of proper sanitation. Credit: Andy Bao
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As students have returned to high school, they have had to adapt to changes to continue their activities. Wenatchee High School sophomore Alison Chamberlain and the rest of the band practice in small enclosures around the school’s auditorium to amp up COVID-19 precautions Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. Only half of the band practices at a time.
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FILE – In this Jan. 6, 2020, file photo, Tony A. (Naschio) Johnson, center, elected chairman of the Chinook Indian Nation, plays a drum as he leads tribal members and supporters as they march to the federal courthouse in Tacoma, Wash., as they continue their efforts to regain federal recognition. As COVID-19 disproportionately affects Native American communities, many tribal leaders say the pandemic poses particular risks to tribes without federal recognition. The Chinook Nation received some federal funding through a local nonprofit for small tribes to distribute food to elders and help with electricity bills, tribal Johnson said. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File) WATW402 WATW402
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FILE – In this Jan. 6, 2020, file photo, Tony A. (Naschio) Johnson, center, elected chairman of the Chinook Indian Nation, plays a drum as he leads tribal members and supporters as they march to the federal courthouse in Tacoma, Wash., as they continue their efforts to regain federal recognition. As COVID-19 disproportionately affects Native American communities, many tribal leaders say the pandemic poses particular risks to tribes without federal recognition. The Chinook Nation received some federal funding through a local nonprofit for small tribes to distribute food to elders and help with electricity bills, tribal Johnson said. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File) WATW402 WATW402

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FILE – This 2020 electron microscope image made available by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases shows a Novel Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 particle isolated from a patient, in a laboratory in Fort Detrick, Md. Coronaviruses, including the newest one, are named for the spikes that cover their outer surface like a crown, or corona in Latin. Using those club-shaped spikes, the virus latches on to the outer wall of a human cell, invades it and replicates, creating viruses to hijack more cells. (NIAID/NIH via AP)

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Letter carrier Angel Garcia delivers mail to a snow covered neighborhood after a second winter storm brought more snow and continued freezing temperatures to North Texas on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, in Richardson, Texas. “We’re going slow, but we are getting it delivered,” Garcia said of USPS mail deliveries. (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News via AP) TXDAM802 TXDAM802

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People gather in groups in a promenade by the Scheldt riverbank as the sun sets in Antwerp, Belgium, Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021. Belgian health authorities warned Friday that the number of coronavirus infections is rising as the government appeared set to prolong restrictions for several more weeks. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) FS101 FS101

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The new location of the beloved local chain will share the archetypal drive-in aesthetic of the rest, as shown in this rendering of the building topped with lit-up orange “Dick’s.”

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A boat and trailer sit at the Lone Pine in-lieu fishing site as The Dalles Dam is pictured in the background on Dec. 29, 2020. No running water or electricity puts the community members at higher risk for COVID-19 due to the lack of proper sanitation. Credit: Andy Bao

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Jake Fraley waits his turn in the cage for batting practice Saturday. The Seattle Mariners held Spring Training camp Saturday, February 27, 2021 at the Peoria Sports Complex in Peoria, AZ. 216473

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Larger than life, a mural of the slain civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., looks out from the corner of East Madison Street at East Pike Street. It’s by artist Lawrence Genette and is part of the Capitol Hill Arts District. Dr. King was only 39-years-old when assassinated: April 4, 1968 in Memphis, He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. (Maybe a Black History Month ref) LO MLK Friday Feb 26, 2021 216505
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Sgt. Darreld Sheppard (CQ) with the Summit Safety Patrol has to climb a berm of snow to get to his office Thursday morning. It was shoveled out later. Ref to more photos online More than 386-inches of snow have fallen this winter at Snoqualmie Pass according to the WSDOT website. and another 30-plus is expected this weekend. (Note: Ck numbers) LO Snow at Snoqualmie Pass Thursday Feb 25, 2021 216500
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Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021 Gene Moy, Army Veteran from 1941 to 1945 at 103-years-old is thought to be oldest living Chinese American Veteran. Today Moy received his second dose of COVID-19 vaccine at the Seattle VA Puget Sound Health Care Hospital. “I feel like a movie star” said Gene as cameras clicked away. 216465
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Singing for their supper: California sea lions serenade outside the waterway leading to the Hiram Chittenden Locks yesterday. They could be craving succulent winter steelhead returning to Puget Sound at this time. All of these sea lions are males; their mates are staying with their young in the Channel Islands of California. LO LO 216418
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