Sen. Bernie Sanders took on President Donald Trump and fellow Democratic candidate Mike Bloomberg during his speech Monday at the Tacoma Dome. (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times)
Sen. Bernie Sanders took on President Donald Trump and fellow Democratic candidate Mike Bloomberg during his speech Monday at the Tacoma Dome. (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times)
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Bernie Sanders tells big Tacoma Dome crowd the Democratic establishment ‘should be getting nervous’

The rally, with calls for massive government spending, marks a rekindling of the support that powered Sanders' 2016 Democratic caucus win in Washington. The state has switched to a primary, with ballots — to be mailed to voters this week — due March 10.  VIEW

Aerial view of Tacoma and Commencement Bay in June 2018. Dash Point is seen at center right.
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As Seattleites and their money flow south, Tacoma residents grapple with changing neighborhoods

An influx of homebuyers from King County is heating up Tacoma's housing market and changing neighborhoods, turning some into bedroom communities.

Lt. Aaron Wuitschick of the Yakima County Sheriffís Office pulls over a Yakama Nation member for speeding Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, in White Swan, Wash. Lt. Wuitschick did not issue a ticket due to the Nationís jurisdiction over natives on both tribal and non-tribal land. (Amanda Ray / Yakima Herald-Republic)
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Miles of highway aren’t patrolled by state troopers amid a crime wave on Yakama Reservation

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Pitcher Justus Sheffield throws during his bullpen session Monday. The Seattle Mariners held Spring Training in Peoria, AZ, Monday, February 17, 2020. 213015
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Third floor courtrooms and waiting area has a view outside to the courtyard below. After more than a decade of planning and more than two years of construction, the Patricia Hall Clark Children and Family Justice Center in Seattle will soon be open. The new facility is at 1211 East Alder Street. Photographed on February 5, 2020. 212904 212904
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A rape kit sits in Rep. Gina Mosbrucker’s office. The invasive multi-step kit can take hours to administer, and has been described by rape survivors as a second assault.

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Over a model of the Space Needle and downtown Seattle, where Amazon has helped change the skyline, Amazon recruiters and prospective employees meet a job fair hosted by the company Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019, in Seattle. Amazon is going on a hiring spree. The online shopping giant is holding job fairs across the country, aiming to hire more than 30,000 people by early next year, a 5% bump in its total workforce. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) WAET106

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FILE – In this Dec. 7, 2016, file photo, Donald Stratton, center, a USS Arizona survivor, acknowledges a friend at Kilo Pier next to the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Honolulu. Stratton passed away in his sleep at his Colorado Springs home Saturday, Feb. 16, 2020 with his family in attendance. Stratton was one of the survivors of the Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese aerial attack on the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii that killed 1,100 Arizona crew members. (AP Photo/Eugene Tanner, File) LA702 LA702

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Kathryn Kegel feeds a capelin, a member of the smelt family, to Goose, a 31-pound giant Pacific octopus at the Seattle Aquarium. He was released into Puget Sound on Saturday to his home waters next to the facility. LO Octopus at the Seattle Aquarium Hugo, on display new to the aquarium Goose: fed capelin. Release on Saturday Casper, from the San Juans and then back to the San Juans Will interact with divers in the Windows on Washington on Sunday 213022
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Seattle Dragons defensive end Marcel Frazier celebrates a pick six against Tampa Bay Vipers on Saturday, Feb. 15, 2020 during the first home XFL game at CenturyLink Field. Dragons won 17-9. 212992
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Vasilii and Julia Aramilev, middle, renew their vows aboard a Washington State Ferry from Bainbridge to Seattle as the vessel sails into Elliott Bay on Friday. The couple recently celebrated their 15-year anniversary. (Amanda Snyder / The Seattle Times)
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This is the highest water inflow event at the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks since detailed record keeping began in 1946 according to William Dowell, Public Affairs Officer for the Seattle District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Locks spillway seen here, has had other big water flow events in February 1996 and January 2009, but the 3-day inflow volume from February 7 – 9th appears to be larger than anything else in the database, according to Dowell. The peak 1-day inflow was between 15,000 to 16,000 cubic feet per second (cfs). Peak 1-day outflow was 13,500 cfs. The Chittenden Locks are different than most dams in that there are no downstream concerns. Howard Hanson Dam on the Green River and Mud Mountain Dam on the White River are flood risk reduction dams – they hold back water to reduce flood risk downstream. “At the locks there are no downstream risks, and we were releasing as much water as possible through the spillway,” according to Dowell. 212993
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