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Monday, October 28

With eyes everywhere, Ring’s Neighbors app and other surveillance technologies deepen racial divides
It happened 2,000 miles away, but the Oct. 12 killing of Atatiana Jefferson hit the Rev. Kelle Brown hard. Jefferson, a 28-year-old Black woman, was in her Fort Worth, Texas, home playing video games with her nephew when she was shot by a white police officer, who was called to the home by a concerned neighbor. Read more in the Seattle Times. 


Washington will still turn clocks back despite Daylight Saving Time law
Washington lawmakers may have approved permanent Daylight Saving Time last spring, but you will still have to turn your clocks back Nov. 3. That’s because Washington can’t actually do away with standard time unless Congress gives approval. Federal law allows states to opt out of Daylight Saving Time, but it doesn’t allow states to do the opposite. Hawaii and Arizona both operate on standard time year-round. Read and watch more on KING5


‘Sitting in class hungry’: Schools wary of Trump plan to end free school lunches for some
Nearly 1 million low-income students would lose automatic access to free school lunches under a proposal from President Donald Trump’s administration that aims to limit the number of people receiving federal food stamps. And advocates say even more could lose free meals as the implications of the cuts ripple across low-income schools. But the Trump administration says those concerns are overblown. Read more in the Kitsap Sun.


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Associated Press
Georgia county’s experience shows perils of ransomware
Facebook launches a news section
2 measles cases from exposure at Portland, Oregon airport
Restaurants getting used to Eugene’s single-use ordinance
Prosecutor rules deputy justified in shooting, killing man
Sound Transit abandons pricey Seattle light rail tunnels
Sumner-Bonney Lake schools closed due to strike
ICE seeks new Washington state airports for operations  

Bend Bulletin
I-5 bridge replacement talks restart while old wounds heal (Wylie)  

Columbian
Interstate 5 Bridge committee holds first official meeting (Cleveland)
Bistate I-5 Bridge committee to meet Friday in Vancouver (Cleveland)
Health exchange offers preview
In Our View: Student discipline challenges school districts
In Our View: Cheers & Jeers: Building bridge; riled over rent (I-5 bridge meeting)
In Our View: State on right side of pipeline expansion issue  

The Daily News
Longview declares severe weather event
Woodland resident gives $100,000 to start LCC scholarship endowment
Sharing the untold story of ‘Washington Territory’s Grand Lady’
Kalama city officials, businesses report progress on flood prevention
A look back at Cowlitz County during ‘bone-dry,’ Prohibition years  

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Halting the cycle from jail to homelessness
State gets $5.3 million to address 8,000 untested rape kits
Will you get what Social Security promises?
McCuskerDecline in religious faith has an impact on the economy
Viewpoints: We can bring salmon back to urban North Creek
Bloomberg: US annual budget deficit nears $1 trillion
WaPo: FAA continues to de-emphasize hands-on scrutiny of safety
WaPo: Pentagon gives $10 billion deal to Microsoft, spurning Amazon 

Inlander
Why a new state law meant to protect vulnerable tenants eliminated the wiggle room for paying rent on time (Kuderer) 

Islands’ Weekly
Entries still accepted for butterfly land preservation 

Kitsap Sun
Signs-up for health benefit exchange open Friday
After nonnative fish farming ban, Cooke Aquaculture plans a shift in Puget Sound
‘Sitting in class hungry’: Schools wary of Trump plan to end free school lunches for some
Getting teens enough sleep: Central Kitsap School District explores options for start time changes
Supreme Court: State employee birthdates are public record  

Kent Reporter 
Boeing continues to test Kent Space Center site for contamination 

News Tribune (subscription required)
Is Tacoma giving away public property in restructure of Click network? City says no. 

Peninsula Daily News
EYE ON CLALLAM: Marbled murrelet plan to be discussed  

Puget Sound Business Journal
Which antitrust investigations should Big Tech worry about?
Before deadly crashes, Boeing pushed for law that undercut oversight
Bonuses for Boeing workers eliminated for 2019
DOD awards early phase of $10B JEDI to Microsoft
Opinion: Empathy is more critical than ever
Pentagon pushes tech industry to help U.S. retain military edge  

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Letter to the Editor: Hybrid fees: Out-of-touch Legislature (Saldaña)
With eyes everywhere, Ring’s Neighbors app and other surveillance technologies deepen racial divides | Naomi Ishisaka
California wildfires erupt in LA, burn in wine country
Wall Street seeks a valuable resource from Washington state’s aging farmers: their water
‘Disturbing’ allegations about Bothell High football players, but no criminal charges | Times Watchdog
Despite promising to stop, Facebook and Google are still selling political ads in Washington state  

Seattle Weekly
Executive Constantine, Bellevue PD respond to ICE accusations  

Skagit Valley Herald
Drug court program still going strong
Whidbey Island study takes a look at area otters
NOAA considers doing more to protect orcas from boat traffic
Mount Vernon City Council extends homeless parking rule
Burlington council commits to state housing funding  

Spokesman Review
$29 million bond could pave way for family medicine residencies at Pullman Regional Hospital
Class sizes shrink for youngest students in Spokane Public Schools
Column: Recent income growth in Spokane outpaces state, nation  

Tri-City Herald
Experts criticize how cleanup is prioritized at sites like Hanford
Guest Opinion: We need a deliberate approach to 21st Century transportation technologies   

USA Today
HBCU, black parents saddled with risky college student debt because of Parent PLUS Loan
Impeachment: DOJ appeals order to release secret evidence gathered by Robert Mueller in Russia investigation 

Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
Bistate I-5 bridge committee to meet Friday In Vancouver (Cleveland) 

The Washington Post
With Baghdadi in their sights, U.S. troops launched a ‘dangerous and daring nighttime raid’
Three big questions after Baghdadi’s death
Power Up: Trump seizes on Baghdadi raid to paint Democrats as dangerous leakers
The Daily 202: Does Trump trust Putin more than Pelosi? Baghdadi death shows politicization of national security.
The Energy 202: Trump’s desire ‘to take’ Syrian oil presents a barrelful of problems
‘It feels like a horror movie’: Republicans feel anxious and adrift defending Trump
Bolton’s former deputy fails to show up for Hill deposition as he seeks court ruling to resolve dispute over testifying
Live updates: Key witness defies subpoena; Trump, Republican allies resume attack on impeachment process
Sen. Johnson, ally of Trump and Ukraine, surfaces in crucial episodes in the saga
‘Our daughter died in vain’: What Boeing learns from plane crashes  

Yakima Herald Republic
Flu season draws nearer – and shots are available throughout Yakima
Harvest festival in Granger raises awareness about new paid family leave program 

 

Broadcast 

KING 5 TV (NBC)
Sea-Tac Airport launching first-ever program in the U.S. to assist those with hidden disabilities
Washington will still turn clocks back despite Daylight Saving Time law (Riccelli)
Tacoma City Council to vote on proposed gun tax
$30 car tabs: Too good to be true? (Hobbs)  

KIRO7 TV (CBS)
Anti-Semitic graffiti scrawled on Holocaust Center in Seattle
Students excluded from school; religious exemptions rise after new MMR vaccine law
Drug maker to pay Washington state nearly $2.2 million as part of fraud investigation  

KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Puget Sound area firefighters heading to California to help battle massive wildfires
Sammamish named among top small cities in America  

KNKX
Quinault leader is elected president of Indian Country
Washington state’s first museum of Latino culture, history opens in Seattle
Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg speaks to thousands in Vancouver, B.C.  

KUOW
Indian Country elects Washington’s Fawn Sharp national president
DoJ Review Of Russia Probe Now Is Criminal Case; Dems Charge WH Interference  

Northwest Public Radio
Washington And Oregon Have Legal Weed But Embrace Vaping Restrictions, Warning Of Black Market
Battle Of Washington State Tech Giants: Pentagon Awards $10B Contract To Microsoft Over Amazon  

Q13 TV (FOX)
Sumner-Bonney Lake schools closed again Monday; tentative deal reached to end strike
The Divide: Sheriffs & ‘Safe’ Injection 

 

Web 

Crosscut
“I belong in this community.” A new museum tells the Pacific Northwest history of Latinx identity
Could Columbia River sturgeon become a source of high-end caviar? The Yakama Nation is counting on it