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    Seattle, Wa  – 10/09/09  –  98433  –  gg  –  NATIONAL ARCHIVES  –  Susan Karren (cq) Regional Archives Director for the Seattle Branch of the National Archives and Records Administration, in one of the aisles of the archival stacks.
    April 8, 2021 at 11:30 am

    Biden administration halts sale of National Archives in Seattle WATCH

    The announcement followed a 14-month campaign to stop the move out of state of the histories of 272 federally recognized tribes as well as all... Updated 9:31 pm

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    The Ever Given is seen here digitally altered to fit in the Ballard Locks. An app created by Garrett Dash Nelson, curator of maps at Boston Public Library, enables anyone to place the Ever Given, the 1,312-ft container ship that blocked the Suez Canal, at any location in the world. You can place the ship to scale, or enlarge or shrink it. The app has gone worldwide since Nelson tweeted it out Sunday.
    March 31, 2021 at 6:00 am

    In your driveway or plunked down in Seattle’s Lumen Field. This app lets you put the Suez Canal-blocking ship anywhere VIEW

    With the EverGivenEveryWhere app, which uses Google Maps, you can place the ship anywhere in the world, and see how it fits.

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    National Archives on Sand Point has about a million boxes of generally unique, original source documents and public records.

Thursday Jan 23, 2020
    March 24, 2021 at 3:11 pm

    Northwest senators introduce bill to halt sale of National Archives at Seattle

    A bill introduced by U.S. Sen. Patty Murray targets the sale of the 10-acre facility by stating federal property cannot not be sold without consultation...

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    Remo Borracchini, right, with employee Traci LaCount at Borracchini’s Bakery in 2006. The beloved Seattle business has closed permanently, another casualty of the pandemic. (Mark Harrison / The Seattle Times, file)
    March 20, 2021 at 1:39 pm

    Borracchini’s Bakery, a Seattle destination for almost a century, is closed for good VIEW

    The pandemic has taken down another business — this one, a destination for generations of Seattleites with both a sweet tooth and a sense of...

    • Local News
    Wed. March 10, 2021      Postmasters Kathy Olson, left and Gretchen Goodson hold the Nahcotta Post sign taken down from the building behind them that has been the Post Office for 132 years.  Nahcotta on the Long Beach peninsula population 125 lost its Post Office after USPS didn’t renew it’s lease on the newly purchased property.  216557
    March 15, 2021 at 6:00 am

    She got $662/month to run a tiny Washington town post office. When asked for more, USPS shut it down. VIEW

    The Postal Service, as has been well publicized, has been losing money and shedding post offices. When this post office on Washington's Long Beach Peninsula...

    • Local News
    National Archives on Sand Point has about a million boxes of generally unique, original source documents and public records.

Thursday Jan 23, 2020
    March 11, 2021 at 6:30 am

    Stop sale of Seattle’s National Archives treasure trove, members of Congress tell feds

    A letter sent to the Office of Management and Budget asks that it "take immediate action to reverse OMB’s prior approval of the sale” of...

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    Although temperatures are in the 30’s, the Seattle skyline sits beneath blue skies Tuesday, February 9, 2021.  Temperatures are predicted to drop even lower and snow may arrive by late Wednesday night or Thursday morning. 216351
    February 24, 2021 at 10:54 am

    Sleepless in pandemic Seattle? Tell us your story.

    Amid the pandemic, many people have experienced changed sleeping patterns and more sleepiness, as well as nightmares and impacts on mental health. Seattle Times reporter...

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    Jaime Chambers and her dog Priya enjoy a walk in Pullman on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. Priya is a street dog from India that a friend gave to Chambers. 13526961
    February 24, 2021 at 6:00 am

    Rethinking ‘man’s best friend’: WSU research shows the importance of dogs in women’s lives

    A revision on the old saying about dogs being a man’s best friend: They’re actually a woman’s best friend, according to WSU anthropologists who analyzed...

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    February 21, 2021 at 7:00 am

    How Seattle has claimed fame in the national spotlight through the years VIEW

    Erik Lacitis revisits the ways Seattle has been portrayed in the media, from one man's Klondike Gold Rush public-relations campaign to the emergence of Microsoft,...

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    9755. Loggers pose for a photograph while taking down a fir tree in 1907. They stood on springboards driven into notches to get above the bulge at the base of the tree, saving cutting time. Double-bitted axes, designed especially for Pacific Northwest timber, were used to create a hinge to direct the tree’s direction of fall. The tree then was sawn from behind with the “‘Misery whip,” which was lubricated by oil in the bottles hanging on the tree. credit: Seattle Times file
    February 21, 2021 at 7:00 am

    Seattle touts itself as the country’s most literate, most educated city. Whoa. We used to be pretty rough.

    While researching the ways others have viewed Seattle over the years, Erik Lacitis found an opinion from our own 1863-66 University of Washington president, who...

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