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Selat, a 150-pound Komodo dragon, receives laser therapy and massage from Harmony Frazier while zookeeper Alyssa Borek keeps track of his head, which is surrounded by a clear plastic sheet. Frazier, a senior veterinary technician, is retiring after more than four decades at Woodland Park Zoo. Frazier provides laser treatments and massage to aging animals at the zoo. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times)

Pacific NW Magazine

After caring for the critters at Woodland Park Zoo for more than 40 years, animal-rehab pioneer plans her retirement

As zoos and animal care have evolved, the zoo’s senior veterinary technician has set the standard for hands-on healing. VIEW

Gov. Inslee proposes $54.4B state budget with new tax on capital gains
From a hospital bed in Las Vegas, Mariners GM Jerry Dipoto finalizes a trade for Edwin Encarnacion
Apple to expand Seattle office to more than 1,000 workers
At a prominent badminton club in Bellevue, girls describe a coach who crossed lines with massages
Costco posts strong results but faces margin scrutiny
We now know where Seattle’s airborne heart was headed after Southwest flight was turned around
Former Federal Way hoops star Jalen McDaniels sued for allegedly secretly videotaping sex acts with fellow students

San Francisco 49ers cornerback Richard Sherman (25) lines up against Seattle Seahawks offensive tackle George Fant (74) during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 2, 2018, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) OTK OTK

Seahawks

Richard Sherman responds to Frank Clark’s declaration that the Sherman era in Seattle is over

Sherman insisted he wasn't bothered by Clark's comments that the Sherman era was over in Seattle.

A childhood photo of Anne McClain from Spokane at the age of three, the day she decided to be an astronaut. She boarded the International Space Station on Dec. 4, where she will be stationed for more than six months.

Local News

Spokane astronaut Anne McClain in space: ‘I am finally where I was born to be’

The Spokane native decided at age 3 that she wanted to be an astronaut. Today, she's lapping Earth 16 times a day aboard the International Space Station. VIEW

Namu, the first Orca captured and brought to Seattle to be put on display, stares from behind its capture net in 1965.

Hostile Waters

The orca and the orca catcher: How a generation of killer whales was taken from Puget Sound

HOSTILE WATERS | Namu was Ted Griffin’s greatest prize, a live killer whale, put on display at Seattle’s waterfront. The orca’s journey from wild to captive would spark a worldwide sensation and change everything we knew about "blackfish." WATCH

Don't Miss

A Starbucks store on the Embarcadero. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Retail

Starbucks to expand coffee-delivery service to about 2,000 U.S. stores. What sets it apart from other attempts.

Paul Henderson

Obituary

Paul Henderson, Pulitzer Prize-winning Seattle Times reporter who championed the underdog, dies at 79 VIEW

Seahawks strong safety Bradley McDougald amps up the defense as they prepare to face the Minnesota Vikings for Monday Night Football at CenturyLink Field in Seattle Monday December 10, 2018. 208686

Seahawks

How the young Seahawks safeties have survived Earl Thomas’ absence

Editorial

A Grinch-worthy shutdown threat

Fund For The Needy

Luis Rodriguez (center) speaks at a Dia de los Muertos event at Sammamish High School on Friday, November 2. The Latino cultural empowerment and leadership program known as HEAT hosted a Day of the Dead celebration which Rodriguez helped MC. 208282

‘I’m not really ashamed of who I am anymore’: Eastside kids get counseling and support as anxiety is on the rise

Leah Wade is photographed with her children Luca Wade, 3, and on a recent afternoon in their kitchen in Kirkland, Wash.

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A Kirkland mother’s anguished phone call brings help she never imagined

Friday, November 9, 2018. FUND FOR THE NEEDY After dropping off his Meals on Wheels, Fai Matthews talks with Keith Orchard in his doorway before scooting off to deliver her next client’s food. 208411

The power of readers’ generosity: $23M and counting, The Seattle Times kicks off latest Fund For the Needy VIEW

Fund For The Needy: Here’s how to donate

Local News

Cinder the bear, burned in Methow Valley wildfire, shot and killed by hunter

Featured Columnist

Whose stadium is it? They tell us it’s ours, only not when it comes to selling the big money name

Education Lab

Tell us the story behind your schooling at Ignite Education Lab 2019

No, teenagers are not lazy for sleeping in — and a new Seattle school policy is helping them get the shut-eye they need

What can you study at a Seattle community college? Use this tool to find out.

The public has 60 days to weigh in on Betsy Devos' Title IX changes. Here's how to make your voice heard.

Student Voices: We shouldn’t eliminate gifted classrooms. We should make them equitable.

Business & Tech

FILE – In this May 31, 2018, file photo, customers enter the Apple store, in New York. Apple will build a $1 billion campus in Austin, Texas, break ground on smaller locations in Seattle, San Diego and Culver City, California, and over the next three years will expand in Pittsburgh, New York and Colorado. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File) NYAG401 NYAG401

Apple to expand Seattle office to more than 1,000 workers

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Reality sets in for the long bull market, and Wall Street is right to be afraid

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Explore

With the coming of a new year, thoughts often turn to a new job. (Thinkstock)

Careers

Get ready for peak job-hunting season

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Well-Being

Not sleeping? Here’s why

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Tech Life

How in the world do you store a lifetime of digital images?

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Finance

Four ways to shop for the holidays without breaking the bank

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Home & Garden

Traditional fence or borderline hedge? Each has advantages

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Nation & World

FILE – In this Aug. 26, 2016, file photo, a one-month dosage of hormonal birth control pills is displayed in Sacramento, Calif. A U.S. appeals court Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018, blocked rules by the Trump administration allowing more employers to opt out of providing women with no-cost birth control. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File) FX407 FX407

Court: Trump can’t let companies deny birth control coverage

Photography

New Washington State Trooper Travis Cunningham embraces his wife Brooke before the swearing in ceremony for the 110th class.

sworn in, joining the force with graduation ceremonies in the Capitol building in Olympia, WA. The ceremony was in the Capitol Rotunda.

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Local News

Graduation day for new State Patrol troopers VIEW

Ubah Warsame receives a hug before attending a vigil for Amina Ahmed CQ, a newly appointed SeaTac City Councilmember and advocate for immigrants and refugees, at SeaTac City Hall Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018.
Speakers and crowds honored Ahmed, who died Saturday in a car crash at the age of 52.
Ahmed was the first female Somali-American Councilmember in SeaTac says Kyle Moore, City of SeaTac government relations and communications manager.
?She was a symbol of community? said Mohamud Yussuf CQ, a longtime friend. ?She was a person with integrity, with strong personality. She spoke with a sincere voice with heart.?
In her career, Ahmed worked for many organizations including the the Refugee Women?s Alliance CQ and as the executive director for Partner in Employment CQ.
Ali Elmi, a SeaTac Market business owner, says Ahmed helped try to mediate displacement and gentrification in the city.
?She served the underserved community, not just her Somali or East African community, but all walks of life,? says Elmi. ?She put everyone before herself. She was very innovative and committed.?
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Local News

SeaTac council member mourned VIEW

Visitors to the field of hot air balloons bring out their phones for photos Saturday evening at Green Lake. Five were tethered side-by-side in the ball fields.

Seattle Parks and Recreation presents the Pathway of Lights at Green Lake on Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018 along with hot air balloons.

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Local News

A little illumination at Green Lake VIEW

Tuesday, December 4, 2018. Otto Rogers of Puyallup holds two possible names for the NHL expansion coming to Seattle—The Kracken and the Totems. He was at the NHL watch party in Seattle. 208627

Hockey

Photos: Seattle hockey fans gather to hear NHL expansion news VIEW

Entertainment

Emily Blunt stars as the magical nanny in ?Mary Poppins Returns.?

‘Mary Poppins Returns’: Sequel is practically perfect in every way WATCH

Featured Columnist

Celebrity is ephemeral; good biographies are forever

Editorials & Opinion

Shellfish farming, the lifeblood of Pacific County, faces extinction | Op-Ed

Featured Columnist

Anti-Zionism is anti-Semitism

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Unlike prehistoric creatures, we’ve been warned about climate catastrophe

Sports

SEAHAWKS FILE —

Seahawks offensive guard Jordan Simmons lines up in front of quarterback Russell Wilson as the Seattle Seahawks take on the Minnesota Vikings for Monday Night Football at CenturyLink Field in Seattle Monday December 10, 2018. 208686

Jordan Simmons goes from dark days at USC to a bright future with the Seahawks

Featured Columnist

Seahawks injury report: Good news on Doug Baldwin, K.J. Wright; not so good on Frank Clark, Rashaad Penny

Featured Video Stories

Puget Sound’s orcas were shot and reviled, then caught and sold to aquariums around the world. But an orca capture in Budd Inlet was a turning point, leading to the end of an era.
(Lauren Frohne, Steve Ringman & Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)

Hostile Waters: To Catch an Orca (6:41)

Rosenda Strong was last seen on Oct. 2, heading to the Legends Casino in Toppenish. The 31-year-old mother of four is the latest case of a missing indigenous woman on or near the Yakama Nation Reservation. (Lauren Frohne / The Seattle Times)

"We want answers, we want justice": March for a missing mother... (4:06)

Newport High School senior Jenna Martz is a champion power lifter and the first girl at her school to play four years of football. She hopes to inspire and support others in building strength. (Corinne Chin and Ramon Dompor / The Seattle Times)

High School senior wants to 'leave a legacy' with her Newport... (1:58)

Pastor Patrinell “Pat” Wright has spent the past 45 years helping people in Seattle and around the world, of all backgrounds, grasp the meaning of African-American gospel music. (Bettina Hansen and Corinne Chin / The Seattle Times)

Pastor Patrinell “Pat” Wright brings gospel to Seattle (3:42)

Chisato DuBose, 54, and her daughter Sachie DuBose, 18, are world-champion power lifters and competitive bodybuilding athletes. As the women train and compete together, they build each other up. (Erika Schultz and Corinne Chin / The Seattle Times)

Mother-daughter powerlifters 'don't care what people have to say' (5:12)

Experience the sights and sounds of the parade and victory rally for the Seattle Storm, winners of the 2018 WNBA Championship, at Seattle Center on Sunday September 16, 2018. (Corinne Chin, Ramon Dompor and Bettina Hansen / The Seattle Times)

Seattle Storm: WNBA Champions 2018 (2:23)

Sabrina Tate died in her RV at the age of 27. Five months later, her parents, Tommi Tate and Kellie Sevier of Spokane, continue to grieve. (Corinne Chin / The Seattle Times)

A leaf of remembrance for Sabrina Tate (2:15)

After Juan Lopez arrived in the United States, he wasn’t thinking about the future. Now he has a wife and children. “To see them crying… it just hurts me now.” (Corinne Chin, Ramon Dompor & Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)

'It's going to be hard to leave': The Lopez family's tough... (8:41)

Life

Crowds line up to get Snapchat?s Spectacles at the Lower Queen Anne Dick?s burger joint in Seattle Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017.

Hot burgers: The new branch of Seattle favorite Dick’s opens in Kent today

Featured Columnist

How ‘Shout Your Abortion’ grew from a Seattle hashtag into a book

Pacific NW Magazine

Not known for their relaxed disposition, Selat, a 150-pound Komodo dragon, receives laser therapy and massage from Harmony Frazier while zoo keeper Alyssa Borek keeps track of his head which is surrounded by a clear plastic sheet.

Frazier is retiring after four decades at the Woodland Park Zoo. The vet tech does laser treatments and massage to aging animals at the zoo.

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After caring for the critters at Woodland Park Zoo for more than 40 years, animal-rehab pioneer Harmony Frazier plans her retirement, and preps her replacements

Travel

Victoria BC

Need a getaway to celebrate (or escape) the holidays? Travel like a queen to Victoria VIEW

Featured Columnist

Rick Steves' Europe

Exploring Scotland’s majestic Isle of Skye