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Tuesday, August 15

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Associated Press
WSU College Republicans leader steps down after being exposed as white-nationalist protester
White nationalists groups plan to be ‘more active than ever’
UW gets federal money to boost early-warning system for West Coast earthquakes

Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Bellingham climber’s body recovered
Can giving babies back sooner to parents in drug treatment be best? A court is trying it

The Daily News
Cruser appointment brings diversity to Superior Court
Local skygazers share ’79 eclipse memories, eager for next one
How does Cowlitz County’s needle exchange compare to others in the state?
Officials: At least 300 dead, 600 missing in Sierra Leone mudslides
Opinion: The death penalty debate

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Boeing scholarship endowment for WSU in Everett honors mayor
Robinson: Trump’s long-held empathy for white racial grievance

Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
State ferry ridership flat
Op-ed: Trump’s Charlottesville disgrace: White supremacists are just another ‘side’

New York Times
Trump, bowing to pressure, rebukes white supremacists
South Korea bluntly warns U.S. against unilateral attack
Business leaders quit U.S. panel over Trump remarks

Olympian (subscription required)
Marijuana states try to curb smuggling, avert US crackdown

Puget Sound Business Journal
Gregoire‘s economic development plan comes during big cuts to state efforts

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Bloomberg News: Bill Gates makes largest donation of Microsoft stock since 2000 with $4.6 billion gift
Seattle rental applicants’ criminal histories virtually off-limits under new law
Cost of Sea-Tac’s two big expansion projects rises 17 percent to $213 million
Not your typical tech school: UW, Chinese university partner on Bellevue program
End-of-life advice: Medicare covers the cost of care-planning sessions
Opinion: We can survive President Trump’s soulless transactional leadership
Editorial: Permanent shelter, not parking amnesty, for Seattle’s homeless

Skagit Valley Herald
Skagit County, Ecology clean Swinomish Channel diesel spill

USA Today
Political divisions escalate between red states, blue cities
Black people are three times likelier to be killed in police chases

Washington Post
Trump tries to quell outrage over Va. Remarks, denounces white supremacists
Merck, Intel, Under Armour CEOs quit council over Trump’s initial response to rally
Within 7 years, refugees are self-sufficient and contributing to the U.S., on average

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KNKX FM
Seattle City Council approves protections for rental applicants with criminal records

KUOW FM
WSU college Republican leader to resign after Charlottesville Rally
‘A whole different relationship’: Mayor Murray and the man who says he abused him
Weekend rain helps, but Northwest wildfire potential still high
Seattle police block anti-fascist marchers from pro-Trump rally

MyNorthwest.com (KIRO Radio)
WSDOT says opinions are changing over I-405 toll lanes
Seattle landlords barred from using criminal records when renting
Northwest maritime industry starving for workers
Dwindling options for second King County safe injection site

NW Public Radio
200 Years Later, Centralia Celebrates Its Very Own George Washington
Wireless Carriers Deploy ‘Cell on Wheels’ To Boost Coverage In Eclipse Path
Right-Wing And Anti-Fascist Protesters Hold Separate Rallies In Seattle
WSU College Republican Leader To Resign After Charlottesville Rally

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Seattle P.I.
Bigots in bunches: A primer on Northwest white power groups
Connelly: UW president reflects on brother murdered by KKK, Nazis