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Martha Bellisle, an AP global investigations reporter by day and a top-flight biathlon athlete, trains on roller-skis for a competition on a trail on the east side of Lake Sammamish Monday, November 28, 2022. 222302
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This Issaquah investigative reporter doubles as a decorated biathlete

Martha Bellisle, 64, has racked up 10 gold medals in national and international biathlon competitions since taking up the sport after covering the 2014 Olympics.

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Skiers and snowboarders come back down into the main base area at Crystal Mountain on the first day of general public access Monday, Nov. 21, 2022. 222234
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Executive Director of Diversity Alliance of the Puget Sound Oliver Webb holds a candle that has not been burned since the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting during a vigil at the University Unitarian Church on Trans Day of Remembrance, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022. TDOR Seattle Founder Astro Pittman, the owner of the candle, chose to burn it again during the vigil because of the Club Q shooting that happened the day prior in Colorado Springs.
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Nehemiah Hooks as Scarecrow, Kataka Corn as Dorothy, and the cast of The Wiz.
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The Rainy Day Reuben at Louski’s Deli in Skykomish is available whether or not the power is out in the small town, as Louski’s is the only restaurant in the town with a generator.

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Folk singer Woody Guthrie wrote “Roll On, Columbia, Roll On” about the Columbia River (this is the Grand Coulee Dam on the river in Eastern Washington), and it was approved as the official Washington state folk song in 1987. (Alan Berner / The Seattle Times, 2008)

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Martha Bellisle, an AP global investigations reporter by day and a top-flight biathlon athlete, trains on roller-skis for a competition on a trail on the east side of Lake Sammamish Monday, November 28, 2022. 222302

This Issaquah investigative reporter doubles as a decorated biathlete

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Ryan Norris, a license service representative at the Washington state Dept. of Licensing office in Lacey, Wash., poses for a photo Friday, June 22, 2018 while holding a sample copy of a Washington drivers license. Some Washington licenses and identification cards will soon be marked with the words “federal limits apply” as the state moves to comply with a federal law that increased rules for identification needed at airports and federal facilities. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) WATW207

With Real ID delayed again, here’s what WA travelers need to know

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