Associated Press
Washington revenues up $319 million
FCC chairman sets out to repeal ‘net neutrality’ rules
Snohomish County declares opioid crisis a natural disaster
Port of Kalama appeals order nixing methanol project permits
Seattle budget includes money for safe-injection site
Justice Dept. sues to stop AT&T’s $85B Time Warner deal
Aberdeen Daily World
Commissioners fume over getting stuck with the check again (Chapman)
Columbian
In Our View: Duty Must Be Fulfilled
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Agencies launch coordinated response to an opioid ‘emergency’
Injection sites still banned — County Council doesn’t budge
Robinson: In Alabama, is party more important than morality?
Editorial: Give Everett residents say on council districts
Journal of the San Juan Islands
Friday Harbor re-establishes collection of commingled recyclables
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Stories show a narrow path out of homelessness
Tiny houses for homeless promising, not a panacea
Los Angeles Times
Is it OK to mention a person’s immigration status in court? Washington state says no
News Tribune (subscription required)
Opinion: Can morality overcome tribalism in Alabama?
Editorial: Whoosh, clang! There goes another state school funding deadline
Olympian (subscription required)
School district releases script read during Confederate flag display
Three dozen women from SNL defended Al Franken. That’s ‘highly inappropriate,’ some say
A year after anti-fracking encampment, protesters return to block tracks in Olympia
Puget Sound Business Journal
U.S. sues to block AT&T-Time Warner merger
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Seattle council approves $5.6B budget that boosts spending on homelessness, opioid crisis
Know your gas tax: stickers arriving at the pump
Proposed National Parks fee hike delivers little help, lots of blowback
Editorial: State Sen. Christine Rolfes a strong choice to lead powerful Senate budget panel (Lytton, Nelson, Rolfes)
Opinion: Congress should not target a proven affordable housing tool
Skagit Valley Herald
Concerns raised over management of sockeye in Skagit, Skokomish rivers
Spokesman Review
Washington revenues up $319 million
Spokane Fire Department selects first woman assistant chief
Composting human bodies is an aim of WSU researchers
Avista shareholders’ expected approval today of a merger with Hydro One of Canada is a long time coming
Getting There: How about some love for roundabouts?
Spokane doctor discusses trends in breast cancer screening and treatments
Shawn Vestal: Ad for GOP’s tax plan leaves out story’s ending
Broadcast
KING5 TV (NBC)
Snohomish County to treat opioid crisis like ‘disaster’
Tacoma Dreamer pursues second degree amid Dream Act uncertainty
KOMO4 TV (ABC)
‘Letting people die isn’t the solution:’ Snohomish County steps up to battle opioid crisis
Q13 TV (FOX)
Who makes the call to cancel, delay ferry routes when seas turn rough?
Web
Crosscut
Chaotic budget talks come to a close — kind of
MyNorthwest.com
Snohomish County upholds interim ban on safe injection sites
King County councilmember surprised by what she finds at injection site
Seattle P.I.
Cantwell: Upping national park admission fee to $70 is ‘unconscionable’
Safe injection site in Seattle’s 2018 budget, Council holds off on head tax
Slog
Sound Transit lots to become affordable housing in three Seattle neighborhoods
The Stand
Budget gambit killing hundreds of jobs