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August 26, 2020

• Here’s what we know about Tacoma’s USPS sorting machines and mail-in voting
• Cranes transferred from Seattle to Tacoma as part of company’s shipping consolidation
• Washington state reports 456 new COVID-19 cases and 4 deaths on Wednesday
• Coronavirus updates: Pierce County Council allocates CARES Act funds to schools
• Pierce County’s new COVID-19 cases slightly increase after two days of lower numbers
• Coping with Covid and a heat wave, too
• Don Snowden’s cartoon for August 27
• More layoffs, furloughs coming for Puyallup School District staff who can’t work remotely
• What a 1924 KKK gathering in Tacoma tells us about white nationalism in the U.S. today
• You can get a free car wash at Brown Bear Car Wash on Thursday. Here’s how
• Passenger tramples gate attendant at Seattle airport after mask run-in, police say
• Homicide victim: Black man’s life gets short shrift
• Police: Support, accountability can co-exist
• Democrats: Convention offers nothing but Trump bashing
• Your dog is an unsung COVID-19 hero. Washingtonians, take a day to celebrate
• High school football recruiting: 2021 class could go down as Washington’s best ever
• Mariners vote unanimously to postpone game against Padres in protest of Jacob Blake shooting
• A ‘self-made big leaguer,’ catcher Austin Nola is one of Mariners’ most productive players
• Destiny Harbor Tours coping with decreased business during pandemic
• A water rescue leads Gig Harbor firefighters’ calls
• Public Meetings for Aug. 27-Sept. 3
• Police blotter: A break-in at school HQ, and a stolen license plate on a sketchy car
• Young ‘phone pals’ help break isolation for seniors during pandemic
• Rate of new Covid-19 cases begins to slow; Gig Harbor has 170, Key Peninsula 44
• Third GH employee union joins calls for investigation into tension at City Hall
• Comments to Gig Harbor City Council on proposal for an employee survey
• Gig Harbor girl drew on her imagination. Now there’s a Sasquatch on our library cards
• Honduran refugee became ‘el campion’ to friends at Gig Harbor High
• Key Pen Parks has new director from Bothell
• DUI suspect strikes two kids riding in Barbie Jeep before fleeing, Washington cops say
• Strawberry fields for never: Seahawks’ Jamal Adams going to be OK after kitchen accident
• Bucks’ boycott shines light back on Seahawks’ push to effectively join Black Lives Matter
• Two interceptions in mock game cement Marquise Blair as Seahawks’ new nickel DB
• Chris Carson rejoins Seahawks at mock game after multiple family deaths; no wrap for Adams
• Greg Olsen’s comical first impression of the Seahawks’ unusual camp becomes appreciation