Ralph Himmelsbach, left, worked for the FBI for 20 years before the D.B. Cooper case. Here, he helps count recovered bank loot in 1962 at the Portland office. (Courtesy Himmelsbach family)
Ralph Himmelsbach, left, worked for the FBI for 20 years before the D.B. Cooper case. Here, he helps count recovered bank loot in 1962 at the Portland office. (Courtesy of the Himmelsbach family)
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Meet the FBI agent who spent 9 years on the D.B. Cooper hijacking

Ralph Himmelsbach was the FBI's lead investigator in the 1971 D.B. Cooper hijacking case, spending nearly a decade on the crime, before retiring. He considered the hijacker a "sleazy, rotten criminal."

Michelle Leahy looks back at an old yearbook from Sky Valley Education Center in Monroe, Wash. where she used to teach, from her home in Spokane, Wash. Dec 23, 2021. This yearbook is from a time before the school was located where it currently is and where more than 200 students, parents, and teachers allege that they wee poisoned by PCBs. (Rajah Bose for The Seattle Times) 219096
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Lightbulbs for sale at a Lowe’s in Columbus, Ohio, on Jan. 20, 2022. Manufacturers sometimes label incandescent bulbs to suggest they are energy efficient, though they use much more power than LED lights. (Maddie McGarvey/The New York Times)
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Angela Petersen combs her husband Chris’s hair in the bathroom of the Tukwila home they share before the two head out to attend a women’s basketball game at Seattle University where their daughter Lexi is an assistant coach Monday, January 10, 2022. Angela is a caregiver for her husband who suffers with dementia. They live off disability and social security. She quit her job to become a full-time caregiver for him because paid caregiving was too expensive. As the legislature debates WA Cares Fund, unpaid caregiving and long-term care is taking a toll on women. 219282

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Fred Schwartz at home in Burlington, N.J., Dec. 15, 2021. Schwartz has income from a number of sources: Social Security Disability Insurance, his former employer’s long-term disability plan, and part-time work helping an accountant prepare tax returns. (Bryan Anselm/The New York Times) XNYT68 XNYT68

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Daniel J. Evans, Seattle, State Representative; Republican nominee for governor Evans Prefers ‘Gov. Dan’ Washington’s governor-elect Thursday solved one of his weightier problems: It will be Gov. Dan Evans, not Gov. Daniel J. Evans said he preferred use of the less formal name in the news media. Credit: Robert Heilman,. 1964

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The Ventures – Rock ‘n’ Roll of Fame – Don Wilson – 03042008 Don Wilson, rhythm guitar player for The Ventures. On Monday, March 10, The Ventures, who have sold 90 million records, will be inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame. Wilson is one of the original founders — two construction guys from Seattle who 50 years ago picked up guitars. Wilson’s home is full of guitars and gold records.

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Washington Huskies forward Lauren Schwartz tries to go for the steal as Oregon Ducks guard Sydney Parrish, left, passes the ball to forward Sedona Prince during the second quarter. Friday, Jan. 21, 2022 in Seattle, Wash. 219370
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Mark Giordano lays into Adam Raska, and draws the 5-minute penalty for fighting in the 2nd period. The San Jose Sharks played the Seattle Kraken Thursday, January 20, 2022 at Climate Pledge Arena, in Seattle, WA. 219271
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First time on skis, Sujal Bhandari gets instructions in bending and learning control from John Thomsen at the Mini Mountain Indoor Ski Center in Bellevue. They’re on an angled moving carpet controlled by Thomsen. Sujal is seven. Ref to more photos online Indoor ski lessons on a moving carpet at Mini Mountain in Bellevue. LO linesonly Saturday January 8, 2020 219275
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Washington’s Nate Roberts puts on the emphatic jam as the Huskies become the aggressors to strt the game against Cal. The bucket gave Washington a quick 4-0 lead on the Golden Bears. The California Golden Bears played the University of Washington in NCAA Men’s basketball Wednesday, January 12, 2022 at Alaska Airlines Arena, in Seattle, WA. 219287
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