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Work continues on an elevated section of Sound Transit’s Link light rail, seen in May just east of I-5 from the parking garage at the Mountlake Terrace Transit Center in Mountlake Terrace. This section is part of the Lynnwood Link extension, which will open from Northgate to Lynnwood in 2024. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times) — Work continues on an elevated section of Sound Transit’s Link light rail, seen in May just east of I-5 from the parking garage at the Mountlake Terrace Transit Center. (Ellen M. Banner / The Seattle Times)

Local Politics

With Lynnwood on the verge of a metamorphosis, Sound Transit seeks input on development

Sound Transit has launched an online survey asking for public input on the development of more than 2 acres of prime property directly next to the Lynnwood light-rail station.

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Man shot in Seattle’s Chinatown International District
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Seattle family checks off life goal with 4-day, rim-to-rim trek of Grand Canyon

Riders walked on a ledge back to University of Washington Station, leaning out to look for any oncoming train, after their own railcars stalled 1,000 feet north of the station. (Photo courtesy of Daniel Heppner)

Traffic Lab

Apple Cup light-rail stall shows Sound Transit’s communication strategy needs to grow up

Boeing workers protest against Boeing’s vaccine requirement on Friday, Oct. 15, 2021 outside Boeing’s production plant in Everett.

Business

So far, Washington workers pushed out over vaccine mandates aren’t losing jobless benefits

Seven-year-old Jacob Knapp, born with a rare genetic disorder, smiles after putting on a big hat at the Kindering Center on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021. Behind him is his occupational therapist, Aaron Wong-Weinrieb,

The family has relied on Kindering Center for therapy since Kuba was three months old, when Kuba was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder that severely impacts his cognitive development.

Fund for Those in Need

Kindering helps children with special needs — and their parents — live better lives VIEW

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Gonzaga

Why 2021 was the right time for Gonzaga men’s basketball to bring back the Battle in Seattle

Covering your webcam might not be enough to protect your privacy as cameras are added to more devices and more apps used them. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) DCAH127

Technology

You’re not paranoid to cover your webcam. But the cameras you can’t cover are scarier

Seahawks

Seahawks may not realistically be playing for the playoffs vs. 49ers, but there’s still some key questions to answer

Law enforcement is seen at right outside the Seven Stars Pepper Szechuan restaurant at left, Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021 in Seattle’s International District. The owners said unending loitering and street crime outside has devestated business. 218805

Editorial

Seattle and King County have deserted Little Saigon

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Demand for services ‘skyrockets’ as The Seattle Times kicks off Fund for Those in Need campaign VIEW

Carneisha Grace, top right, and her sons Josiah Grace, left, Samari Glover, top, and Shawn Glover II at Childhaven in Auburn on Wenesday, November 10, 2021. Carneisha Grace describes being homeless for a six month period prior to receiving services from Childhaven in 2016. 218753

Fund for Those in Need

How one Seattle-area mother and her boys are overcoming life’s challenges

Fund for Those in Need

Kindering helps children with special needs — and their parents — live better lives VIEW

Akberet Kahsay eats a bowl of soup at Northgate Community Center on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021. In partnership with Sound Generations and other organizations, the East African Elders Program provides meals, exercise and socialization for members of the East African community. 218826

Fund for Those in Need

Around King County, community meals return with a lifeline of nutrition and good company VIEW

Politics

As the year comes to an end, four of Vice President Kamala Harris’s top aides have left her office or announced plans to depart. Rumors have circulated since July claiming that some staffers were frustrated with her leadership style and hinted at dysfunction in her office.

A Kamala Harris staff exodus reignites questions about her leadership style — and her future ambitions

Bare trees and lifting fog frame the view of the Legislative Building at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash., Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, the day Gov. Jay Inslee unveiled his supplemental budget proposal. Inslee proposed tapping the state’s reserves to meet a final timeline required for Washington state to comply with a state Supreme Court mandate on education funding, and he wants a new tax on carbon emissions from fossil fuels to ultimately backfill that withdrawal. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) WATW105

WA Cares tax for long-term care may not hit your paycheck in January after all

$Representative-elect Marjorie Taylor Green, a Republican from Georgia, speaks during a protest outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021. Republican lawmakers in Washington are fracturing over President Trump’s futile effort to persuade Congress to overturn his re-election defeat, as his allies spar with conservatives who say the Constitution doesn’t give them the power to override voters. Photographer: Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg 775608673$

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Washington Supreme Court won’t redraw political maps, will accept redistricting commission’s work