A Trader Joe’s worker disinfects carts outside the Ballard store last spring. The Seattle City Council is considering requiring grocery stores pay workers an extra $4 an hour during the pandemic. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)
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Katrina Spade, who lowered her mask a moment for a portrait, is founder and CEO of Recompose, the natural organic reduction (or human composting) funeral home, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021 in Kent. Spade stands infront of part of a large array of the “vessels,” eight of which are currently holding bodies for 30 days during the process. In the foreground is a “cradle,” prepared as a demonstration without a body, which would be under a shroud and plant material. 216020
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FILE – In this Sept. 10, 2009, file photo, attorney Butch Bowers speaks during a news conference at the Statehouse in Columbia, S.C. Bowers is used to defending public officials in ethics cases. But he’s never faced anything quite like this. It’s up to Bowers, a South Carolina elections and ethics lawyer, to rise and defend Donald Trump as the Senate plunges into an impeachment trial unlike any other, centered on accusations that the former president incited the mob that rampaged through the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, File) WX119 WX119
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Brian Finch with Nichol Brothers checks the I-beam placement under the stone cottage in West Seattle being prepped for a move to save it from demolition. Additional funds and permits to move it still need to be obtained. The cottage is small and for this company is considered a relatively easy move and among the smallest building they will have relocated. It will go to a storage site until a permanent site is found. Ref to more photos online and previous, recent story The late Eva Falk’s stone 90-year-old stone cottage near Alki Beach in West Seattle is being prepped for a move to save it from demolition. An additional $50,000 is needed and it will be relocated to a storage site by Nichol Brothers until a permanent location is found. About two dozen I-beams have been placed under the structure build from about 15,000 beach stones. The walls have been reinforced for a move and underpinnings placed. Saturday there is a walk from the Alki lighthouse to the cottage beginning at 10 A.M. called “Walking in Eva’s Shoes.” For more information see savethestonecottage.org Previous coverage by Nicole and me from about 10 days ago: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/saving-west-seattles-depression-era-stone-cottage-one-beach-stone-at-a-time/ LO Linesonly The Stone Cottage in West Seattle is prepped for a move to save it from demolition. It still needs more fundraising and then permits for relocation. Nickel Brothers workers install I-beams under the structure. Friday Jan 22, 2021 216212
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Bob Lohr, wearing tan jacket, waits in a first-come, first serve line for coronavirus vaccines at Sea Mar Community Health Center in Federal Way, Wash. Jan. 19, 2021. Washington state expanded access to vaccines to include phases 1A and 1B – tier one- now including Individuals who are 65 or older and people 50 years and older who live in intergenerational households and people 50 years and older who are not able to live independently, says Sea Mar Community Health Centers deputy director Mary Bartolo CQ. Individuals can walk-in between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. at Sea Mar Community Health Centers in Kent, Des Moines and Federal Way. Before visiting, it’s recommended to check their website for the most current list of clinics in Western Washington that have vaccines available: www.seamar.org. 216163 216163
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Weekend closures in the southbound lanes (at center) of I-5 are scheduled Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 11 p.m. until early morning hours this weekend as supports for the elevated track for Sound Transit’s link light rail will be installed over the freeway as part of the Lynnwood Link Extension. The work is being done just north of the Mountlake Terrace station, which is at top center Traffic will be diverted from 220th St. SW to Hwy. 99, four miles west, south to Hwy. 104 and then back to I-5. Northbound lanes on I-5 will not be affected. Workers at lower right are working on the curved, concrete light-rail bridge form that will eventually be lifted over the freeway, shot Wednesday, November 18, 2020. The Lynnwood Link Extension will open from Northgate to Lynnwood in 2024. 215696
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Azul, a new 5-year old Malayan tiger, just made her public debut at the Woodland Park Zoo after a 30-day quarantine. She came from the Bronx Zoo, which had the first COVID outbreak among animals last spring in its lions and tigers. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times)
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Bob Lohr, wearing tan jacket, waits in a first-come, first serve line for coronavirus vaccines at Sea Mar Community Health Center in Federal Way, Wash. Jan. 19, 2021. Washington state expanded access to vaccines to include phases 1A and 1B – tier one- now including Individuals who are 65 or older and people 50 years and older who live in intergenerational households and people 50 years and older who are not able to live independently, says Sea Mar Community Health Centers deputy director Mary Bartolo CQ. Individuals can walk-in between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. at Sea Mar Community Health Centers in Kent, Des Moines and Federal Way. Before visiting, it’s recommended to check their website for the most current list of clinics in Western Washington that have vaccines available: www.seamar.org. 216163 216163

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This Jan. 1, 2021 photo shows a collection of empty beer cans, consumed during the pandemic, at a home in North Andover, Mass. This year’s Dry January came as many people had seen an uptick in their alcohol intake. Addiction treatment experts note that a month of forced sobriety might not have a lasting impact and could lead to binge drinking in February. But others believe the annual show of sobriety can’t hurt. (Mary Schwalm / The Associated Press)

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People line up at the NE Branch of the Seattle Public Library Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020 to pickup books. The curbside pickup line is usually long due to a 3-day-a-week window, patrons said, which are Wednesday, Friday, Sunday; but people waiting said this line endures after a Wednesday holiday (Veterans Day), as well as a power outage. 215670

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Brian Finch with Nichol Brothers checks the I-beam placement under the stone cottage in West Seattle being prepped for a move to save it from demolition. Additional funds and permits to move it still need to be obtained. The cottage is small and for this company is considered a relatively easy move and among the smallest building they will have relocated. It will go to a storage site until a permanent site is found. Ref to more photos online and previous, recent story The late Eva Falk’s stone 90-year-old stone cottage near Alki Beach in West Seattle is being prepped for a move to save it from demolition. An additional $50,000 is needed and it will be relocated to a storage site by Nichol Brothers until a permanent location is found. About two dozen I-beams have been placed under the structure build from about 15,000 beach stones. The walls have been reinforced for a move and underpinnings placed. Saturday there is a walk from the Alki lighthouse to the cottage beginning at 10 A.M. called “Walking in Eva’s Shoes.” For more information see savethestonecottage.org Previous coverage by Nicole and me from about 10 days ago: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/saving-west-seattles-depression-era-stone-cottage-one-beach-stone-at-a-time/ LO Linesonly The Stone Cottage in West Seattle is prepped for a move to save it from demolition. It still needs more fundraising and then permits for relocation. Nickel Brothers workers install I-beams under the structure. Friday Jan 22, 2021 216212
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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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