FILE – In this May 26, 2020, file photo, is a sign at the headquarters for Washington state’s Employment Security Department at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Washington officials say they believe they have recovered about half of the up to $650 million in unemployment benefits paid to criminals who used stolen identities to file claims during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File) FX402 (Ted S. Warren / AP)
The headquarters for Washington state's Employment Security Department at the Capitol in Olympia, photographed in May 2020. (Ted S. Warren / The Associated Press)
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A state investigation into a $576 million fraud at the Employment Security Department has been hindered by slow access to agency staff and documents, according to the Washington state auditor's office.

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Chelsea Henrickson, an inventory coordinator at Treehouse in Seattle, packs a box of clothes to be mailed to a family in need on Thursday, October 19, 2020. Bags at lower left are filled with clothing and toys waiting to be picked up by local families. Treehouse has converted its store for foster youth into a packaging operation: the nonprofit packs up clothes and supplies and is sending them to youth statewide. 215686
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Tiffani Williams and her daughter Ava Sophia Williams, 5, prepare to skate at Roll Around Seatown. 215259
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Washington tight end Cade Otton celebrates scoring the winning touchdown, a 16-yard pass from quarterback Dylan Morris in the fourth quarter as the University of Washington Huskies take on the Utah Utes at Husky Stadium in Seattle Saturday November 28, 2020. 215768
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PHOENIX, AZ – NOVEMBER 6, 2020: A Trump supporter gives a thumbs down as Biden supporter Ron Russ of Peoria walks through a crowd of of about 1,000 pro-Trump supporters who have gathered in the parking lot of the Maricopa county elections building to protest election results on November 6, 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona. Russ said he came here because his father was a WWII vet and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)

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The presidential seal is affixed to a table as President Donald Trump gestures while participating in a video teleconference call with members of the military on Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020, at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) DCPS130 DCPS130
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FILE – This Aug. 28, 2020, file photo shows the federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind. The Justice Department is quietly amending its execution protocols, no longer requiring federal death sentences to be carried out by lethal injection and clearing the way for other methods like firing squads and poison gas. The amended rule, published Friday, Nov. 27, in the Federal Register, allows the U.S. government to conduct executions by lethal injection or use “any other manner prescribed by the law of the state in which the sentence was imposed.” (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File) WX101 WX101
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L – R: Theodore, 4; Jessica Long holding her son Zachary, 1; and dad Loren Kite stand in front of their Seattle home Monday, November 23, 2020. They are the Money Makeover subjects for Nov. 29. Loren teaches carpentry to kids, Jess is a teacher. 215729

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A nearly-deserted Pike Place Market in Seattle early on Black Friday, Nov. 27, 2020. (Kyle Johnson/The New York Times) XNYT38 XNYT38

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Seattle–Chef-Owner Renee Erickson’s Boat Street Cafe for a Ticket lead restaurant review of Boat Street Cafe/Boat Street Kitchen. (photo by Kevin P. Casey)

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Washington tight end Cade Otton celebrates scoring the winning touchdown, a 16-yard pass from quarterback Dylan Morris in the fourth quarter as the University of Washington Huskies take on the Utah Utes at Husky Stadium in Seattle Saturday November 28, 2020. 215768

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Arts & Life

A decorated tree is on display outside of Westlake Center in Seattle Friday, November 20, 2020. Due to Covid, the Westlake Tree Lighting, the lighting of Seattle Star and the Seattle Center WinterFest will be going mainly virtual this year. 215711

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With dad Ryan Wells close by, 2-year-old Paige Wells shreds at “Sunset Pump Park” for the first time on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020 in Seattle. According to her father, the track was made encircling a vacant Ballard house by a neighbor who wanted to give kids nearby someplace to let off some energy. After several loops Paige appears a complete natural. 215763
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Anna McAllister of Seattle walks her rescued retired racing grey hound Trevor along the Seattle Turkey Trot run route on Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020 in Seattle. The run was virtual this year and participants went on their own schedules. McAllister said she always runs the race but decided this year she would make a Trot donation, forgo the tee-shirt, sleep in and walk the route ending at Golden Gardens. 215763
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Joe Mills zips up his daughter’s, Honoka, caught as her brother Hayato plays on the steps at Green Lake on Thanksgiving Day on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020. Their father Joe took them to the park to burn off some energy and watch the sunset. 215764
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From momentous to mellow, Thanksgiving at Green Lake

Waterfront Park’s Pier 62 is now open, and the one-acre area is getting a steady flow of socially-distanced visitors, and not just for the fishing, Monday, Nov. 23, 2020 in Seattle. A series of lanterns changing colors show archival images that serve to symbolically honor and celebrate Seattle communities and families. The sprawling piece was made by the art collective Psych-Pop, two former Garfield High School classmates: Devon Midori Hale and Chi Moscou-Jackson. The duo was invited to create here by Friends of Waterfront Seattle’s Artist-in-Residence Takiyah Ward, who asked local artists “How do we honor our elders, determine our self, and protect our youth?” according to a sign at the pier. The 2020 lantern piece is called “Artifacts From Utopia.” The pier is open 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. For more information about Pier 62 go to waterfrontparkseattle.org . 215738
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Outdoor art on Seattle’s waterfront shines light on local communities, families