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Monday, June 17

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Associated Press
Lummi Tribe launches effort to save southern resident orcas
CEO: Boeing made mistake in handling warning-system problem
High court avoids new case over same-sex wedding cake
Governor to test drive first all-electric school bus today in Tacoma
Spokane leaders say state rent control law should be changed (Ormsby)
Yakima City Council to consider solar energy agreement
North Dakota: Feds should stop Washington state’s rail rules

Aberdeen Daily World
Train derails Saturday in Aberdeen
Lincoln Elementary overhaul pushed back a year

Arlington Times
Lakewood goes to Snohomish for new superintendent

Columbian
Consensus on replacing the I-5 Bridge? (Cleveland)
In Our View: Port, proceed with caution in fossil-fuel debate
In Our View: Lawmakers have duty to heed will of the people (public records lawsuit)

Everett Herald (subscription required)
First flight of Boeing 777X delayed at least until fall
Infusion of federal money propels Meadowdale Beach project
Biggest state delegation ever is in Paris for air show (Habib)
Hanford could be resting place for carrier’s nuclear reactors
Commentary: Washington a world leader in aviation, aerospace
Commentary: Congress, take surprise out of high medical bills
Editorial: Use 6-month review to strengthen housing efforts

The Inlander
In accounting for missing and murdered Native Americans, a new report says Washington state has more work to do

The Island Guardian
OPALCO Manager Paid Over $33,000.00 A MONTH

Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Niran Al-Agba: Our new vaccine law doesn’t work
Your turn: Is higher pay helping education?

News Tribune (subscription required)
Salvaging Tacoma’s recycling program to require fees and changes to what goes in the bin
When it comes to school-lunch debt in Tacoma, we’ve got to do better than GoFundMe’s
‘I can’t stay here forever.’ Disabled by a stroke, Tacoma man now lives in his Bronco
Editorial: It’s time to stop the bucket brigade. State needs funding source to prevent and fight wildfires  

New York Times
The Trade War is Taking Money From Your Wallet, and Returning Some, Too
Iran Threatens to Violate Nuclear Deal’s Limits on Uranium Enrichment
Supreme Court Won’t Rule on Clash Between Another Bakery and a Gay Couple
Can Marijuana Help Cure the Opioid Crisis?

Peninsula Daily News
State representative tours food bank gardens (Chapman, Tharinger, Van De Wege)

Puget Sound Business Journal
Groundwork is laid for opioids settlement that would touch every corner of U.S.
Desperation in the food delivery gig economy
Strong economic data eases fears of US slowdown
Opinion: Seattle homelessness crisis requires a stable solution

Seattle Times (subscription required)
‘Boycott that question’: Citizen query unnecessary, says chair of Washington state census committee
Washington lags the country in preschool and child poverty is growing, new study says
Westneat: Remember the travel ban? Nobody protests it anymore, but it’s still ripping families apart

Skagit Valley Herald
New scholarship aims to help students pursue two-year degrees
Researchers test ice probe on Mount Baker
Firefighters train to respond to wildfires

Spokesman Review
Hanford could be resting place for vessel’s nuclear reactors
Christi Armstrong: Refugees are good for our community and our economy

Tri-City Herald
Opinion:  An education road trip around Washington state

Washington Post
Supreme Court dismisses challenge to findings of racial gerrymandering in Virginia districts

Yakima Herald Republic
Editorial: Federal government must hasten Hanford cleanup

Broadcast

KIRO7 TV (CBS)
Opioid response plan approved in Thurston County
Booming anchovy population helps salmon, orcas

KUOW FM
6 THEMES TO PAY ATTENTION TO IN UPCOMING SUPREME COURT DECISIONS

Q13 TV (Fox)
Boeing CEO concedes ‘mistake’ with planes in 2 fatal crashes
Lummi Nation launches new campaign to save dwindling orca population
The Divide: Straight Pride Parade?
Measles cases in United States rise to 1,044

Web

ClarkCountyToday.com
Vancouver Public Schools officials mull supplemental local funding levy (Cleveland)

Crosscut
This three-decade mission to catalog local fish turned into a literary work of art
While airlines rake it in, catering staff at Sea-Tac airport threaten to strike

Schmudget
Low Blow: Trump proposal would increase economic hardship

Seattle P.I.
Lummi Tribe launches effort to save southern resident orcas