To achieve true public safety, we can’t go back to business as usual
As the New York University School of Law’s Reimagining Public Safety project put it, “Public safety means ensuring communities — especially historically marginalized communities — have the resources to address critical social problems, such as access to housing, food security, transportation, and healthcare, in an effective and humane way. It means empowering those communities to participate in shaping what public safety looks like.” Continue reading at The Seattle Times. (Steve Ringman)
As Census Count Resumes, Doubts About Accuracy Continue to Grow
Covid-19 and rising mistrust of the government on the part of hard-to-reach groups like immigrants and Latinos already had made this census challenging. But another issue has upended it: an order last month to finish the count a month early, guaranteeing that population figures will be delivered to the White House while President Trump is still in office. Continue reading at The New York Times. (Eleanor Lutz and Scott Reinhard)
Washington’s year of remote school is beginning. But some households still can’t connect.
When a district survey asked if students had internet access at home, Jessica Robinson responded that her elementary-aged daughter did not. Along State Route 410 west of Naches, satellite service is their only option — and they pay for the service. But it cuts out frequently if more than one cellphone is connected or if a neighbor starts streaming a show, she said. Continue reading at The Yakima Herald. (PhotoCredit)
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Whatcom County sees five more COVID-19 cases Friday, state reports
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Washington state reports 816 new COVID-19 cases, seven deaths Saturday
Washington state reports 390 new COVID-19 cases, 13 deaths Friday
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Columbian
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The Daily News
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Everett Herald (subscription required)
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Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
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COVID-19 outbreak reported at St. Michael
Kitsap sees slight dip in COVID-19 cases
New York Times
Researchers document first case of virus reinfection
Zoom Reports Partial Outage as Many Schools Return to Remote Learning
As Census Count Resumes, Doubts About Accuracy Continue to Grow
Olympian (subscription required)
Olympia seeking residents to help with use of deadly force investigations
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Peninsula Daily News
Clallam schools plan distance learning
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Puget Sound Business Journal
Mayor Durkan vetoes Seattle council’s cop-cutting budget plan
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Seattle Times (subscription required)
Water rescue crews scramble amid deadliest August in years in the Seattle area
Washington’s year of remote school is beginning, but some households still can’t connect
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Ishisaka: To achieve true public safety, we can’t go back to business as usual
Seattle police Chief Carmen Best asked for pension estimates two weeks before announcing retirement
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Washington state auditor and lawmakers target ‘unauditable’ local government districts (Pollet)
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Boeing’s 787 choice could gut Washington state’s aircraft industry
Op-Ed: Pandemic underscores the importance, inequities of child-care system
Editorial: Step up and be counted as census deadline looms
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Seattle Weekly
King County dedicates $41 million to COVID-19 related rental assistance, eviction prevention
Skagit Valley Herald
Trapping continues for the Asian giant hornet
Challenges continue for nursing homes as state cuts funding
New courtroom allows jury trials to begin
Health trust planning for COVID-19 recovery
Skagit joins forces with other counties
Spokesman Review
Community-oriented policing has a long history in Spokane with two robust volunteer programs
Getting There: While ridership is down, STA services won’t be cut this fall
Inland Northwest tribes race to avoid undercount after Census Bureau cuts door-to-door outreach by a month
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WSU sends alert of substantial increase in COVID-19 cases in young adults
Investigation finds no evidence of gender discrimination against former WSU provost
Shawn Vestal: Prosecutor’s semantic battle against equity undermines efforts to set a better course for justice
Opinion: Dr. Bob Lutz and Maria Howard: Benchmarks to reopen schools are achievable
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Tri-City Herald
Here is why more than 2,000 Tri-Cities primary ballots were rejected
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Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Crews make progress against several regional fires
Residents rally behind Postal Service with demonstration Saturday
Walla Walla County commissioners to consider legacy of Columbus statue
Walla Walla Catholic Schools reverse course, plan for online learning for grades 3-12
Editorial: Lawsuit to protect mail-in voting helps keep voting honest
Washington Post
Video shows Wisconsin police shooting a Black man multiple times as he enters a car
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Yakima Herald Republic
Washington’s year of remote school is beginning. But some households still can’t connect.
A fast air attack is vital to fight wildfires; those aircraft are even more important this year
Bulk meal distribution for Yakima School District students to resume Wednesday, with tweaks
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Other Views: Congress needs to act now, before Washington state’s unemployed hit bottom
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KING5 TV (NBC)
Quinault Indian Nation closed to visitors due to COVID-19
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KIRO7 TV (CBS)
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Mayor Durkan vetoes City Council’s budget plan to cut police funding
3 King County libraries close due to suspected COVID-19 cases
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KOMO4 TV (ABC)
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Auburn police officer charged with murder under new I-940 rules
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To Manage Wildfire, California Looks To What Tribes Have Known All Along
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Mayor Durkan vetoes Seattle City Council’s police cuts
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NW Public Radio
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Q13 TV (Fox)
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Crosscut
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Slog
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