Maria C. Herrera, center, gets her first vaccine shot from a Seattle Fire Department medic at the pop-up clinic in the Filipino Community Center in Hillman City on Feb. 25. (Amanda Snyder / The Seattle Times)
A Seattle Fire Department medic gives Maria C. Herrera her first coronavirus vaccine at the Filipino Community Center pop-up clinic in Hillman City on Feb. 25. (Amanda Snyder / The Seattle Times)
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Mountain rescue teams and medics from the Naval Air Station on Whidbey Island prepare to hoist Michael Knapinski into a helicopter, which will transport him to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, during his November rescue in Mount Rainier National Park.
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Taylor Trammel takes a walk in the 4th. The Colorado Rockies and Seattle Mariners played to a 9-9 tie Thursday, March 2, 2021 in Spring Training baseball in Peoria, AZ. (Dean Rutz / The Seattle Times)
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In this photo taken May 17, 2020, Kris Browning, right, stands in Canada and holds hands with her husband, Tim Browning, in the U.S., at the border near Lynden, Wash. With the border closed to nonessential travel amid the global pandemic, families and couples across the continent have found themselves cut off from loved ones on the other side. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) WAET213
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In this photo taken May 17, 2020, Kris Browning, right, stands in Canada and holds hands with her husband, Tim Browning, in the U.S., at the border near Lynden, Wash. With the border closed to nonessential travel amid the global pandemic, families and couples across the continent have found themselves cut off from loved ones on the other side. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) WAET213

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**EMBARGO: No electronic distribution, Web posting or street sales before Monday at 3 a.m. ET Feb. 22, 2021. No exceptions for any reasons. EMBARGO set by source.** A fast-growing market for digital art, ephemera and media is marrying the world’s taste for collectibles with cutting-edge technology. (QuickHoney/The New York Times)

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Maria C. Herrera, center, her first vaccine shot a Seattle Fire Department medic at the pop-up clinic in the Filipino Community Center in Hillman City on Thursday. Fire department medics have given out more than 7,800 shots, since the city first started receiving vaccine doses in January. Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. 216493

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Vanessa Skantze, a Butoh dancer/choreographer, stands in front of her work/live space in SoDo Thursday, April 30, 2020. She is one of many, many artists/event producers waiting on money from Brown Paper Tickets. These folks did their shows, BPT sold the tickets, and now BPT says it can’t pay them because COVID lockdowns fouled their automated payment systems. It’s been weeks (in some cases months) since the relevant events and the artists are not happy. Neither is the attorney general. 213823

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Third grader Thorin Schempp CQ gives his former third grade teacher Kimberly Gillingham CQ flowers after school at Echo Lake Elementary School Monday, March 8, 2021. Echo Lake Elementary School decorated the building with banners and balloons welcoming back students for the first day of hybrid, in-person classes. Schempp, who is continuing to attend classes remotely, wanted to send her good wishes and let her know he’s doing well. 216598
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The Seattle Art Museum reopens featuring Jacob Lawrence in a major traveling exhibition. In the first room of Lawrence works is Rich Black Specimen #460 by Hank Willis Thomas in aluminum with powder coat and automotive paint representing a runaway slave. SAM will be open Fridays through Sundays and next First Thursday in April with free admission all day. Capacity will be limited. This is the fourth stop on a five-city tour, and the only WestCoast stop. For more information see seattleartmuseum.org Ref to more photos online LO Linesonly Friday March 5, 2021 216560
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Rabbi Rafi Mollot, dressed as Haman, and Ari Hoffman, on the horse, dressed as Mordechai, pretend to ride through the streets of Shushan as Haman shouts, “This is what you do for somebody the king wants to honor!” In the story of Purim, the evil leader Haman is tricked into dressing Mordechai in the king’s robes. “One of the themes of the holiday is opposites,” said Hoffman, who said he finally gets to play the good guy in the story for a change. Congregants of Bikur Cholim Machzikay Hadath synagogue in the Seward Park neighborhood of Seattle celebrate Shushan Purim with candy and pony rides for children Sunday February 28, 2021. Purim is a Jewish holiday that celebrates the saving of their people from a threatened genocide at the hands of an ancient Persian leader, Haman. 216509
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Larger than life, a mural of the slain civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., looks out from the corner of East Madison Street at East Pike Street. It’s by artist Lawrence Genette and is part of the Capitol Hill Arts District. Dr. King was only 39-years-old when assassinated: April 4, 1968 in Memphis, He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. (Maybe a Black History Month ref) LO MLK Friday Feb 26, 2021 216505
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