Aerial view of the Ice Harbor Dam near Pasco, looking east up the Snake River. Temperatures always have spiked in the Snake and Columbia at times in summer, even before the dams. But today, the effects of the dams combined with the cumulative effects of climate change push temperatures in the rivers over the state maximum temperature of 68 degrees for weeks on end, the EPA found. (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times)
Aerial view of the Ice Harbor Dam near Pasco, looking east up the Snake River. (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times)
Environment

Washington state aims to regulate water temperature at federal dams, wading into controversy

Hot water kills salmon, which orcas need to survive. Even small temperature increases in rivers threaten both species.  VIEW

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Life

With high school proms canceled due to coronavirus, Seattle-area seniors find new ways to celebrate

Lake Sammamish State Park, now open to the public, is enjoyed by very few people on Tuesday, May 5, 2020. These kayakers make their way across the lake as the sun came out in the early afternoon. 213888
Weather

Weather could hit 80 degrees in some parts of Western Washington this week

Coronavirus

Venus Mills, Executive Director of Drug Free Business in Bothell has had her workers hit by false unemployment claims and faces possible costs increases herself, due to the fraudulent payments. Photographed on May 22, 2020. 214039

How a Nigerian fraud ring dubbed 'Scattered Canary' targeted Washington state's unemployment system | Times Watchdog

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Crowds line up to pay $5 at United Artists Cinema 150 Theater, while across the street the King Cinema has a $1.50 matinee. June 8, 1980.
Movies

‘I was blown away!’: Readers share their memories of seeing ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ at Seattle’s UA 150

From left, Devon Abejo and Ellen Herring dress up and interact with Seattle-area children as part of the King County Library System’s virtual book club for the Harry Potter series.
Stepping Up

From Harry Potter to civil law, Seattle-area libraries’ online programs provide connection during coronavirus

Washington’s cheerleaders lead the team out on to the field Saturday against USC. The University of Southern California played the University of Washington in NCAA Football Saturday September 28, 2019 at Husky Stadium in Seattle, WA. 211622
Husky Football

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Editorial

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Seattle police released this image of a man believed to have made racist remarks toward employees at a Ballard restaurant on Saturday.

Seattle police search for suspect after 3 bias incidents targeting Asians reported in Ballard

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Traffic Lab

King County officials urge bus riders to wear face coverings amid coronavirus spread, but no enforcement planned

What cracked the West Seattle Bridge? Hidden design problem may have doomed it all along

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Red Jump bikes will temporarily disappear from Seattle streets as Lime takes over

Face mask rules grow among airlines, ride shares and others but enforcement proves a challenge

Business & Tech

At PicoBrew in Renton, boxes of supplies are being thrown out into a dumpster outside their manufacturing center on SW 7th Street, Wednesday, May 20, 2020.

New owner of Seattle home beer-brewing startup PicoBrew plans to cut jobs, auction equipment, sell off other assets

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Nation & World

People gather around a makeshift memorial Tuesday, May 26, 2020, in Minneapolis, near where an black man was taken into police custody the day before who later died. The FBI and Minnesota agents are investigating the death of a black man in Minneapolis police custody after video from a bystander showed a white officer kneeling on his neck during his arrest as he pleaded that he couldn’t breathe. (AP Photo/Jeff Baenen) RPJB101 RPJB101

Four Minneapolis officers fired after death of black man  VIEW

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Venus Mills, Executive Director of Drug Free Business in Bothell has had her workers hit by false unemployment claims and faces possible costs increases herself, due to the fraudulent payments. Photographed on May 22, 2020. 214039

How a Nigerian fraud ring dubbed 'Scattered Canary' targeted Washington state's unemployment system | Times Watchdog

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Food & Drink

Sadie Davis-Suskind offers her recipe for churros and chocolate sauce for dipping.

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Pacific NW Magazine

Photo goes with Touchstone story for Pacific Magazine by Ron Judd. Sol Duc Falls in the Olympic National Park on the Olympic Peninsula. 213589

Ron Judd’s soul-restoring suggestions for where we go from here — once it’s safe to go outdoors

Editorials & Opinion

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Sports

Washington’s cheerleaders lead the team out on to the field Saturday against USC. The University of Southern California played the University of Washington in NCAA Football Saturday September 28, 2019 at Husky Stadium in Seattle, WA. 211622

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Analysis: With the roster just about complete, have the Seahawks made themselves better?

Arts & Life

Crowds line up to pay $5 at United Artists Cinema 150 Theater, while across the street the King Cinema has a $1.50 matinee. June 8, 1980.

‘I was blown away!’: Readers share their memories of seeing ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ at Seattle’s UA 150

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Framed by small flags on veterans’ graves, bagpiper Neil Hubbard plays appropriate songs on Memorial Day at Floral Hills Cemetery in Lynnwood. Songs included “Amazing Grace,” “Going Home,” the anthems of the military branches, “America the Beautiful,” and more. Ref to gallery online. Hubbard walked the grounds and played for two hours. LO Linesonly Monday May 25, 2020 214050
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Bagpipes mark Memorial Day  VIEW

Plenty of roam to roam on the Fisher Green lawn at Seattle Center with no Northwest Folklife Festival this weekend, except online. Saturday May 23, 2020 LO Linesonly 214049
Local News

Sorry folks, no Folklife this weekend  VIEW

Mount St. Helens in Washington State erupts May 18, 1980, with a fury more powerful than the atomic bomb that leveled Hiroshima. Hot volcanic ash spewed 60,000 feet into the air and turned day into night as the ash fell to the ground. Never before had a volcano erupted in an industrialized country in the middle of a major population center. This photo is one of a series of photos that won a Pulitzer Prize in 1981 in the General News category. (AP Photo/The Daily News, Roger Werth) MANDATORY CREDIT 12/26/99 — Glimpses of a Northwest Century Mount St. Helens had been Washington’s most recently active volcano when it rumbled alive again with internal forces in March 1980. By May its northwest side was bulging ominously. On May 18, at 8:32 a.m., it erupted. The top 2,400 feet of the mountain were destroyed in an explosion that rattled windows as far away as Vancouver, B.C. Wind-borne ash fell thickly in Eastern Washington, disrupting transportation, agricultures and lives for weeks. Fifty-seven people died in the eruption.
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Photos: Mount St. Helens after 40 years  VIEW

Academic intervention specialist Jenn Kekuna passes a graduation cap and gown to Charm Sok, center, and her daughter Tetiana Mountha, 18, left, at Cleveland High School in Seattle Monday, May 18, 2020. Waving pom poms and shouting messages of congratulations, Cleveland staffers distributed commencement attire through socially-distanced, drive-through stops in the parking lot. “Tetiana graduating high school means a lot to us,” says Sok. “Tetiana has worked super hard all through high school, a straight-A student. I think think she missed one day out of the whole school year.” 213969
Education

Caps and gowns are distributed at Cleveland High School in Seattle  VIEW