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Shannon Teo, left, longtime partner of the slain Thomas Hernandez, is shown here with his aunt Corlene Woodward. (Hal Bernton / The Seattle Times) — Shannon Teo, left, longtime partner of Thomas Hernandez, sits with Corlene Woodward. Hernandez and four others were killed on the Yakama Reservation. (Hal Bernton / The Seattle Times)

Relatives wonder whether drugs, revenge figured in Yakama Reservation killings

Family members of Thomas Hernandez, of White Swan, one of 5 people fatally shot last weekend, describe a web of relationships scarred by violence that's plaguing the remote region. VIEW

UW finds star athlete’s sexual assault allegation credible, but athletic executive quietly moved on
Second day of record-breaking heat in Seattle area
Highway 99 tunnel users won’t have to pay tolls until sometime this fall
Suits allege Amazon’s Alexa violates laws by recording children’s voices without consent
Seattle to target junk vehicles and ‘car-ranchers’ who rent them to homeless people
‘I didn’t know if I was dead or alive’: Jury awards $4 million to Montana tourist injured in deadly Ride the Ducks crash
Arch Madness: Blues win 1st Stanley Cup, beating Bruins 4-1 VIEW

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A mockup of the Black Lodge, not actually on the tour.

Travel

It’s happening again: Inside Western Washington’s ‘Twin Peaks’ tourism

Cruise ship in front of glacier in Glacier Bay.
Credit: © State of Alaska/Reinhard Pantke

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Travel

The best way to witness Alaska’s stunning seascapes? Take a cruise along the Inside Passage VIEW

The Coast Starlight lounge car features floor-to-ceiling windows and lounge chairs where all passengers can enjoy the views.

Travel

What it's like to take a 35-hour ride on the Coast Starlight train from L.A. to Seattle

(Jennifer Luxton / The Seattle Times)

Outdoors

Thigh burn while hiking? What to do with used tampons? These pros have handy tips for women who love the outdoors

Local News

USS OHIO TRIDENT CLASS SUB – BANGOR – 012906

Sitting in the sound off of Sequim, the 560 foot long Trident nuclear sub has been recently converted from a Ballistic Missile Submarine (SSBN) to a Guided Missile Submarine (SSGN). First launched April 7th, 1979, the USS Ohio was the original nuclear sub in the US Pacific Fleet stationed at Bangor.

Citing possible harm to orcas, Seattle Mayor Durkan protests U.S. Navy training exercises

Traffic Lab

After years of complaints, Metro hires a new contractor for its Access paratransit service

‘Use common sense:’ Here’s the right way to park your Lime or Jump bike

Can light rail be built faster? Join us and transit experts to discuss this and other questions on June 26

Chinatown International District wary of Sound Transit plans for a second light-rail station there

Would you pay to drive in downtown Seattle? Study looks at the pros and cons of ‘congestion pricing’

Business & Tech

Mitsubishi’s SpaceJet illustration. The Japanese industrial giant announced Thursday a smaller, reconfigured and rebranded model designed to hit a sweet spot for U.S. airlines.

Mitsubishi revamps its regional jet as it aims for a U.S. market breakthrough

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Beauty & Wellness

Hot today? How to prep your skin before you expose it

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Interior Design

5 quick, easy and cheap home refreshers

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Seattle Times Jobs columnist Michelle Goodman (Courtesy of Greg Beckelhymer)

Michelle Goodman

Self-employed and spread thin? Hacks that will free up time so you can make more money

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Wellness

Is it safe or not? The evolving question of sunscreen VIEW

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Celebrity Homes

Adam Levine and Ellen DeGeneres make music in the housing market

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Nation & World

FILE – This May 4, 2001, file photo shows Kim Jong Nam, exiled half brother of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un, in Narita, Japan. South Korean agencies said Tuesday, June 11, 2019, they could not confirm a report that Kim Jong Nam was a U.S. intelligence source and had traveled to Malaysia to meet his CIA contact before being assassinated there in 2017. (AP Photos/Shizuo Kambayashi, File) XSEL101 XSEL101

North Korean leader’s slain half brother tied to CIA

Extended Coverage

Just over seven weeks after it rolled out of the paint hangar, Boeing’s first 737 MAX “the Spirit of Renton” lifts off the runway and flew for the first time Friday, from Renton Municipal Airport at 9:48 a.m. January 29th, 2016.

Boeing & Aerospace

Complete coverage of Boeing’s 737 MAX »

A woman performs a traditional Native American dance during the North American Indian Days celebration on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Browning, Mont., Friday, July 13, 2018. North Dakota Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp says Native American women are often subject to high rates of violence. “It becomes a population that you can prey on because no one does anything about it, because there’s no deterrence, because there’s no enforcement and no prosecution,” said Heitkamp, who has introduced a bill aimed at addressing this issue. (AP Photo/David Goldman) MTDG212 MTDG212

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Missing and murdered indigenous women: A national 'epidemic'

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The souther resident orca L87, also known as Onyx) travels a traditional route that follows salmon migration in Haro Strait, a location also bisected by shipping lanes. The route follows the haro strait to boundary pass and then up the strait of Georgia toward the Frazier River near Vancouver right along the shipping lanes. This photo was taken north of San Juan Island near Stuart island. ONE TIME USE!!!

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Hostile Waters: Orcas in Peril | Explore the series »

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Food & Drink

Ingredients from Blue Apron’s sumac-spiced salmon meal kit, at the home of Leslie Grove and Taylor Hale, in Preston, Md., March 30, 2016. In the span of a few short years, more than 100 companies have jumped into the meal kit game. (Lexey Swall/The New York Times)

Meal kits aren’t the environmental disaster you think they are, but they may frustrate experienced home cooks

Editorials & Opinion

3 steps to make Seattle sidewalks safer for people with disabilities | Op-Ed

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Sports

image showing Will Daniel, second from left, with Sounders FC goalie Kasey Kellery at the US Open Cup win in Washington DC last season.

MLS is on a break. So why are the Sounders still hosting the rival Timbers tonight?

Photography

It’s not everyday you get to see, up close, a monstrance or vessel from circa 1863 of gilded copper, enamel, glass and precious and semiprecious stones. It’s part of the the new Seattle Art Museum exhibition “Victorian Radicals: From the Pre-Raphaelites to the Arts & Crafts Movement.” About three dozen took the press preview Tuesday. The exhibit opens Thursday and continues through Sept. 8. The architect J.F. Bentley designed this monstrance for the Roman Catholic Church of St. Francis of Assisi in London’s Notting Hill. The exhibition features 150 works from the Birmingham Museum of Art, many never shown outside the United Kingdom.

LO Seattle Art Museum press preview of SAM exhibition “Victorian Radicals,” opens June 13 and continues through Sept. 8.

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Entertainment

‘Victorian Radicals’ SAM exhibition VIEW

Never too young to dance, Four-year-old Cedar Christopherson contributes to the Alaska Kuteeyaa Dancers performance during the Indigenous People Festival at Seattle Center Saturday. Kuteeyaa means “totem” in Tlingit. Cedar also improvised some steps while the Tlingit group performed on the Armory stage

The festival celebrates indigenous cultures with song, dance, art and food with many Native groups collaborating.

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Local News

Seattle Center event showcases Native American culture VIEW

Shed Long and Domingo Santana (right) score on the Mallex Smith 2-run RBI single in the 5th. The Houston Astros played the Seattle Mariners Wednesday, June 5, 2019 at T-Mobile Park in Seattle. 210452

Mariners

Photos: Mariners vs. Astros VIEW

Seahawks wide receiver DK Metcalf runs a drill past head coach Pete Carroll at a Seahawks OTA, Tuesday, June 4, 2019 at VMAC in Redmond. 210292

Seahawks

Photos: Scenes from Seahawks OTAs on Tuesday VIEW

Entertainment

“Pass Over,” Antoinette Nwandu’s lyrical and haunting new play with shades of “Waiting for Godot,” about two black men literally trapped on a city street corner, is now running at ACT Theatre.

Why you must see the extraordinary, painfully poetic ‘Pass Over’ at ACT

Pacific NW Magazine

Mezcal, a Mexican drink made from the distilled juice of the agave plant, has become a high-end drinking experience. And you won’t find any worms in the bottoms of these drinks.

Mezcal rockets up to top-shelf status — but leaves the worm behind

Life

Jeanene Miller, right, runs Abundant Greens Urban Farm from her Ballard driveway, Sunday, May 12, 2019 in Seattle. In the background are two first-time customers. 210217

This couple run a farm share from their Ballard driveway, with plant sales on an honor system