Africatown’s K. Wyking Garrett, center, talks to crowds at the Juneteenth Freedom March & Celebration in Seattle on June 19, 2020. Africatown is one of five Seattle nonprofits that are part of Prosperity Now’s Building High-Impact Nonprofits of Color Seattle project to support nonprofits in addressing racial economic inequality in local communities. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)
Africatown’s K. Wyking Garrett, center, talks to crowds at the Juneteenth Freedom March & Celebration in Seattle on June 19, 2020. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)
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Wed. March 10, 2021 Postmasters Kathy Olson, left and Gretchen Goodson hold the Nahcotta Post sign taken down from the building behind them that has been the Post Office for 132 years. Nahcotta on the Long Beach peninsula population 125 lost its Post Office after USPS didn’t renew it’s lease on the newly purchased property. 216557
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FILE – New York Jets quarterback Sam Darnold rolls out to pass against the New England Patriots in the first half of an NFL football game in Foxborough, Mass., in this Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021, file photo. The 23-year-old quarterback was considered an untouchable player on the roster only a year ago. General manager Joe Douglas has backed off that stance, though, and it could signal a major change at the position as free agency and the NFL draft approach. “I will answer the call if it’s made,” Douglas said Wednesday, March 3, 2021, when asked if he’d listen to offers for Darnold from other teams. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File) NY162 NY162

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Artist Mari Shibuya acknowledges the honk of a passing car as she works on the mural of Seattle Storm stars Jewell Lloyd, left, Sue Bird and Breanna Stewart. Artist Zahyr Lauren L.Haz (CQ) works on depictions of championship trophies out of frame. The mural is on Mercer at Queen Anne. It measures about 50 by 20 feet and Shibuya says “it’s a message of solidarity, a message for social change.” Spray can paint used for most of the work. See more photographs online LO Seattle Storm Stars Mural on Mercer at Queen Anne by artists Mari Shibuya and Zahyr Lauren L.Haz (CQ) Saturday March 13, 2021. 216636
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Chris Ribarich joins three other friends, members of the Alki Volleyball Association, for a pick-up volleyball game after not playing for four months Thursday, March 11, 2021. They are getting back in shape for the upcoming season of beach volleyball. Sunny skies should continue until Sunday when there is a 40% chance of rain. 216631
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Third grader Thorin Schempp CQ gives his former third grade teacher Kimberly Gillingham CQ flowers after school at Echo Lake Elementary School Monday, March 8, 2021. Echo Lake Elementary School decorated the building with banners and balloons welcoming back students for the first day of hybrid, in-person classes. Schempp, who is continuing to attend classes remotely, wanted to send her good wishes and let her know he’s doing well. 216598
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Theresa Taylor, 3, plays around a tree in Carl S. English Jr. Botanical Garden, located next to the Ballard (Hiram M. Chittenden) Locks on Tuesday. The sun peaked out Tuesday, which motivated Theresa and her mother, Elisa Wagner, to get some “much needed outside time.” Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. LO 216484
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