Students from Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL class 281 carry an inflatable boat toward the surf during a first phase navigation training exercise in San Diego on Feb. 25, 2010. The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission is weighing a Navy proposal to use state coastal parks to help train special operations SEALs on how to be undetectable. (Petty Officer 2nd Class Shauntae Hinkle-Lymas / US Navy)
Students in SEAL training carry a boat toward the surf during a training exercise in San Diego in 2010. The Navy has proposed such exercises in Washington parks. (Petty Officer 2nd Class Shauntae Hinkle-Lymas / US Navy)
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Stealth Navy SEAL training in 28 Washington state parks? Vote on expanded access is coming this week

The Navy has proposed training that would include submersibles navigating offshore waters and unarmed SEAL team trainees making their way to shore. Once they land, they will be concealed on shore for up to two days before leaving under the cover of darkness.

Colleen Echohawk is executive director of the Chief Seattle Club, a local nonprofit serving Indigenous people experiencing homelessness. Their Native Works program received $100,000 from the South King County Fund for Sovereignty Farms, a new apprenticeship program that pays people to farm an acre of land. Echohawk is an enrolled member of the Kithehaki Band of the Pawnee Nation and a member of the Upper Athabascan people of Mentasta Lake. Friday January 8, 2021. 216075
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Wed. Sept. 18, 2019. The Georgetown tiny house village located near Boeing Field. 211532
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Stacy Milrany, with mask temporarily removed for a portrait, and her Little Free Art Gallery where people can leave tiny artworks inside, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021 in Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood. Inside at center is one of Milrany’s own small paintings called “Walk this way,” an ink and acrylic work done during the pandemic. 216170
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Clerk of the House Cheryl Johnson along with acting House Sergeant-at-Arms Tim Blodgett, lead the Democratic House impeachment managers as they walk through Statuary Hall in the Capitol, to deliver to the Senate the article of impeachment alleging incitement of insurrection against former President Donald Trump, Monday, Jan. 25, 2021 in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) DCSW203 DCSW203

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FILE — Janet Yellen, then chair of the Federal Reserve Board and currently President-elect Joe Biden’s choice as Secretary of the Treasury, in Washington on Oct. 31, 2017. If confirmed by the Senate, Yellen would be in a position to restore some of the Trump administration’s regulatory rollbacks. (Lexey Swall/The New York Times)
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Using kitchen tongs, Pauline Van Senus, known as the “Transit Fairy,” picks up even the smallest pieces of glass in the planter area of a bus stop near Dexter and Aurora. To do this volunteer work she rides a bus three-hours roundtrip from White Center. Ref to more photos online Thursday January 14, 2021 216104
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Seattle Seahawks cornerback Shaquill Griffin runs with an interception against the Dallas Cowboys during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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A trash can burns as people take part in a protest against police brutality, late Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021, in downtown Tacoma, Wash., south of Seattle. The protest came a day after at least two people were injured when a Tacoma Police officer responding to a report of a street race drove his car through a crowd of pedestrians that had gathered around him. Several people were knocked to the ground and at least one person was run over. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) WATW218 WATW218
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In this photo taken March 23, 2020, cherry trees bloom next to the Capitol building in Olympia, Wash. Even once Washington’s economy fully reopens following the coronavirus outbreak, the effect on state revenues is expected to be felt for months and maybe years to come, leading state officials to start preparing for inevitable budget cuts now. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
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A trash can burns as people take part in a protest against police brutality, late Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021, in downtown Tacoma, Wash., south of Seattle. The protest came a day after at least two people were injured when a Tacoma Police officer responding to a report of a street race drove his car through a crowd of pedestrians that had gathered around him. Several people were knocked to the ground and at least one person was run over. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) WATW218 WATW218

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Monday, January 25, 2021 Sitting in the UW’s greek row, Alpha Omicron Pi (AOII) has been accused of charging fees for student housing even when the students couldn’t live there because of COVID. 216221

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Archeological findings are shown at the museum Antiquarium, in Pompeii, southern Italy, Monday, Jan. 25, 2021. Decades after suffering bombing and earthquake damage, Pompeii’s museum is back in business, showing off exquisite finds from excavations of the ancient Roman city. Officials of the archaeological park of the ruins of the city destroyed in 79 A.D. by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius inaugurated the museum on Monday. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) GB119 GB119

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Ron Tupy receives a vaccination, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021 at the Earle Brown Heritage Center in Brooklyn Center, Minn. Minnesota on Thursday opened up nine locations for coronavirus vaccinations as part of a pilot program reserved for people 65 and over. Demand for the program was exceptionally heavy, with slots for the few available doses quickly filling after registration opened two days earlier. (AP Photo/Jim Mone) MNJM204 MNJM204

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PULITZER WINNER: Prof. Theodore Roethke of the Uni­versity of Washington wore a serious expression yester­day as he read an Associated Press dispatch announcing that he had won the coveted Pulitzer Prize for poetry for his book, “The Waking.” ( / Seattle Times Information Bureau)

Poet and UW professor Theodore Roethke moved among mysteries — and literary legacy

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Sounders head coach Brian Schmetzer wears a mask as the team returns to practice Monday, May 18, 2020 at Starfire Sports in Tukwila.

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Stacy Milrany, with mask temporarily removed for a portrait, and her Little Free Art Gallery where people can leave tiny artworks inside, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021 in Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood. Inside at center is one of Milrany’s own small paintings called “Walk this way,” an ink and acrylic work done during the pandemic. 216170

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A Tsimshian tribal member leading the march for Indigenous peoples rights and respect pauses before a Native People’s mural at the corner of Yesler and Second Avenue. He drummed along the winding route from Occidental Square through nearby streets. Ref to more photos online Saturday Jan 23, 2021 216217
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Calls for Indigenous rights echo through Seattle streets  VIEW

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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Rainier catches the first light

Dirt bikers Tyler Hedberg, left, Kody Clark and Blake Trimble prepare for their final run on the course in Carnation at the winter Tour de Farm. Wanderings_Mud_Run Saturday January 2, 2021 216045
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Tour de Farm: a playground for muddy buddies on wheels in Carnation  VIEW