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Tuesday, October 29

Boeing Company President and Chief Executive Officer Dennis Muilenburg (right) watches as family members hold up photographs of those killed in the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 and Lion Air Flight 610 crashes during a Senate Transportation Committee hearing on Boeing’s 737 Max on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday. — ‘Flying coffins’: Senators grill Boeing CEO over 737 crashes

Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg faced tough questioning from senators on Tuesday about two crashes of 737 Max jets and whether the company concealed information about a critical flight system from regulators. “We have made mistakes, and we got some things wrong,” Muilenburg conceded. Read more in The Everett Herald

Builder working on house. — Secret deal helped housing industry stop tougher rules on climate change

Building codes in the United States are set by state and local officials, but they are usually based on model codes published by the International Code Council. Read more in the Puget Sound Business Journal.

Yakima County jail to convert to homeless shelter

Yakima County officials have announced a proposal to turn a jail into a homeless shelter and use an additional sales tax for funding. Read and watch more at KOMONews.com.

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Associated Press
‘Flying coffins’: Senators grill Boeing CEO over 737 crashes
U.S. travel industry to Chinese tourists: What trade war?
FAA: Jets hit by lasers while approaching Sea-Tac Airport
Army officer says he raised concerns about Trump and Ukraine
House Democrats plan 1st formal vote on impeachment inquiry
CEO will tell Congress that Boeing made mistakes on Max jet
Pending home sales reached a 21-month high in September
US consumer confidence falls for third consecutive month
Yakima County commissioners eye jail for homeless shelter
Amazon drops monthly fee to boost grocery delivery sales
Sumner-Bonney Lake schools reopen after strike resolved
Washington state county to pay $1M lawsuit over inmate death
Engineers discover bridge deterioration, prompt lane closure

Aberdeen Daily World
Walls coming down at Aberdeen Armory building
Summit Pacific’s CEO to host three community forums

Auburn Reporter
King County studies broadband access

Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Federal judge blocks Alabama’s tough abortion law

The Daily News
Amendment would prepare state for natural catastrophes (Takko)

Everett Herald (subscription required)
More Americans keep dying while walking
Fake noise complaints inundate Everett’s Paine Field airport
After 6 months at sea, the USS Momsen comes home to Everett
Elders, UW students learn from each other at Edmonds center
WaPo: When an airplane design is questioned, Boeing gets defensive
Bloomberg: Boeing crisis may turn a pliant Congress from friend to foe

Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Deadline looming to pass budget deal that would fund Navy, shipyard

News Tribune (subscription required)
Hundreds of Pierce County voters received 2 ballots for the upcoming general election
Sumner-Bonney Lake paraeducators vote to end strike, approve new contract with raises

Olympian (subscription required)
Fish and Wildlife says animal captured on home video in Olympia area was a cougar

Puget Sound Business Journal
Google, in rare stumble, posts 23% decline in profit
GM, Fiat Chrysler and Toyota side with Trump on emissions
New TB vaccine could save millions of lives, study suggests
With a new high, the stock market surprises skeptics yet again
Dissent erupts at Facebook over hands-off stance on political ads
Secret deal helped housing industry stop tougher rules on climate change

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Seattle-area home price trends are driven by this hot, hot city. Hint: It’s not Seattle.
This data tool helps homeless people get housing. If you’re white, your chances are even better.
‘We made mistakes’: Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg testifies to Congress about 737 MAX
Pharma sells Washington state and others on ‘Netflix model’ to wipe out Hep C. But the cost is being kept from the public.
Editorial: Divisive issues no excuse for ‘revolution’ talk from elected officials
Editorial: Keep accountability high in handing out diplomas

Skagit Valley Herald
More fishers released into North Cascades
Work planned for Olympic Pipeline
County commissioners get update on homeless housing plan

Spokesman Review
Avista would not use California blackout strategy to prevent wildfires
Many Spokane homeless shelters operating at, above capacity as cold front rolls in

Yakima Herald Republic
One year after meeting on missing women, mother still wonders about her daughter’s death
Projects help fish habitat in upper Yakima Basin
East Valley investigates high school teacher’s use of racial slur on a white board

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KING5 TV (NBC)
WATCH LIVE: Boeing CEO testifies before Congress on 737 Max
Some Spokane vape shops sell flavoring separately. That’s illegal too, state says
WSDOT closes southbound Aurora Bridge lane for ‘advanced deterioration of steel’
Sea-Tac Airport launching first-ever program in the U.S. to assist those with hidden disabilities

KOMO4 TV (ABC)
Tacoma considers new tax on guns and ammo
Aurora Bridge lane closure to continue while crews repair deteriorated steel
Yakima County jail to convert to homeless shelter

KUOW FM
Rising northwest waters bring tough choice: fight or flight
FACT CHECK: President Trump’s plans for Syrian oil
Students and parents protest racial slurs at north Seattle school

Q13 TV (Fox)
Classes resume in Sumner-Bonney Lake after paraeducators end strike
Korean-American community demands answers after deadly stabbing in Lakewood

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Crosscut
As homeless Washingtonians near the end of life, hospice workers offer comfort wherever needed

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?
McCusker: Decline 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

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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

Friday, October 25

Washington State Supreme Court — (Rachel La Corte / The Associated Press, file)

Washington Supreme Court says state employee birth dates are public record
Government transparency and labor legislation haven’t just been recent front-burner issues at the Legislature. They’ve often blown into pure political fire, as interest groups struggle to shift the scales of power. Read more in the Seattle Times

Maintenance man works inside of a clocktower. — A custodian sets the time back an hour in advance of the end of daylight savings time on a historic clock in Clay Center, Kansas, in November 2010. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Dreading the coming gloom? Blame Congress for not making daylight saving time permanent
It’s already too late to fix the clock this year. Congress has failed to pass legislation to allow states to stay on permanent daylight saving time. On Nov. 3, we return to tiresome old Standard Time. Some people like that, but most don’t. Read more in the Seattle Times

Evidence freezer filled with untested rape kits. — The evidence freezer located in the vault at the Washington State Patrol Crime Laboratory Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019, in Vancouver, Wash. (amanda Ray/Yakima Herald-Republic)

State receives additional $2.5 million to help clear rape kit backlog
A new federal grant will fund work to end Washington’s rape kit backlog and support a new effort to add DNA profiles of thousands of offenders to a national database. Attorney General Bob Ferguson’s office will receive $2.5 million in federal grants for the state’s sexual assault kit program. Of that, $1 million will fund the effort to add DNA profiles of thousands of convicted offenders — court-ordered DNA tests that still haven’t been collected — to the federal DNA evidence database known as CODIS, or Combined DNA Index System. Read more in the Yakima Herald-Republic

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Associated Press
Lion Air crash report points to Boeing, pilots, maintenance
Grounded Boeing plane churns up more turbulence at airlines
US may send troops, armored vehicles to Syrian oil fields
DOJ’s review of Russia probe shifts to a criminal inquiry
Tally of children split at border tops 5,400 in new count
Construction worker injured at light-rail station site
State to vote on affirmative action referendum

Auburn Reporter
Cascade Water Alliance announces Ray Hoffman as new CEO
Study on shipping or burning King County trash released
Luxury apartments: Who’s buying King County?
More King County roads to be plowed during major winter storms

Everett Herald (subscription required)
Lake Stevens could fine famous wood stocker $70,000 a month
County jail opens up opioid treatment to all inmates
Electric scooters will remain in Bothell, for now

News Tribune (subscription required)
Feds give millions to help Washington state address backlog of untested rape kits
Shop owners to Tacoma: Firearm and ammo tax will put us ‘out of business’
The governor, anyway, thinks Tacoma is handling homelessness in a constructive way
Pierce County schools spending millions on laptops for all. Is it helping kids learn?
Sumner-Bonney Lake paraeducators to strike Friday. School canceled
Gov. Inslee shares his impressions after touring Dome District Stability Site

New York Times
Justice Dept. Is Said to Open Criminal Inquiry Into Its Own Russia Investigation

Olympian (subscription required)
Tacoma gun shop unenthused with proposed tax on firearms, ammo
Affordable housing complex Merritt Manor nears opening
Feds give millions to help Washington state address backlog of untested rape kits

Puget Sound Business Journal
Opinion: Second-chance hiring fills void
UW ranked among world’s most innovative universities
Donald Trump and Republicans fear revamped Nafta will be stalled

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Pricier light-rail tunnels into Ballard and West Seattle fall by the wayside
Washington Supreme Court says state employee birth dates are public record (Stonier, Kuderer, Hunt)
Indonesia’s devastating final report blames Boeing 737 MAX design, certification in Lion Air crash
Export markets cool for Washington’s giant clam, the geoduck, as tariffs mount and Chinese consumers get picky
Op-Ed: Dreading the coming gloom? Blame Congress for not making daylight saving time permanent

Spokesman Review
Spokane Gorge Loop trail almost complete as Spokane Club holds out on final piece
Medical pot on campus: Colleges say no and face lawsuits

Yakima Herald Republic
ICE would prefer King County to Yakima for flights, especially in winter
Judge permits Yakima School District to withhold drug screening records
State receives additional $2.5 million to help clear rape kit backlog (Orwall)

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KIRO7 TV (CBS)
Classes canceled by paraeducators’ strike in Bonney Lake, Sumner
UW professor demanding info from ICE about children held in Cowlitz County

Thursday, October 24

Rodolfo De Anda, left, and Junior Alejandre polish up an old farm truck before moving it into position in the new Sea Mar Museum of Chicano/a/Latino/a Culture. (Bettina Hansen / The Seattle Times)

First museum of Latinx history in Washington, opening in Seattle, tells overlooked story
When Rogelio Riojas looks at 1950s farmworker cabins, transplanted from Eastern Washington to a new museum of Latinx history in Washington, things quickly get personal. Two small shingled cabins — outfitted with furniture, dishes and other objects from the time — are not just history for Riojas, president and CEO of Sea Mar Community Health Centers. They’re a snapshot of his childhood. Read more in the Seattle Times

The Interstate Bridge spanning the Columbia River. (KATU Photo)

Oregon and Washington legislators set to meet again to discuss replacing Interstate Bridge
Oregon and Washington will reignite the debate over whether to replace the Interstate Bridge. Washington previously killed the idea, but is now coming to the table. Read more on KOMO

Drug Take Back Day Saturday to include vaping devices
For the first time, local police departments will accept vaping devices and cartridges along with unwanted and expired prescription drugs during a National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday. Read more in the The Daily News

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Associated Press
36 Clallam Bay inmates transferred after meal strike
Supreme Court: state employee birthdates are public record
Audit: Vancouver discipline rates higher for minorities
Deal to buy NORPAC cooperative terminated
Official: Solving wild horse problem will take $5B, 15 years

Auburn Reporter
State officials remind public Tobacco and Vapor 21 begins Jan. 1

Aberdeen Daily World
WDFW partners with Weyerhaeuser Company to open 6,638 acres of forest for hunters
Career diplomats reviled by Trump are providing the evidence that could be used to impeach him

Bellingham Herald
Federal judge weighs allegations of Hanford kickbacks, fraud and inflated pricing
Who’s keeping an eye on the vaping industry? Turns out nobody, really (Pollet)
Pompeo: State Dept. will ‘comply’ with law on release of Giuliani communications

The Daily News
Drug Take Back Day Saturday to include vaping devices
Mental health support group closing Longview office
Editorial: Washington lawmakers ignored the warnings. Vaping crisis could have been prevented
Oyster growers agree to abandon quest to use controversial insecticide in Southwest Washington tidelands (Takko, Blake)

Everett Herald (subscription required)
U.S. 2 logjam extends delays into at least Thursday morning
A new pathway to construction, electrical and labor trades
Gray wolves are protected, so why is the state killing them?

News Tribune (subscription required)
School in jeopardy in Sumner-Bonney Lake. Teachers say they’d join strike by paraeducators
Who’s keeping an eye on the vaping industry? Turns out nobody, really (Pollet)
$13M project expands services for thousands of immigrants, refugees in Tacoma
Editorial: Cronyism or clumsy oversight? Either way, Pierce County leaders don’t look good in video contractor fiasco

New York Times
Republicans Fight Trump’s Impeachment by Attacking the Process
Republicans Grind Impeachment Inquiry to Halt as Evidence Mounts Against Trump
House Unanimously Approves Bill to Make Animal Cruelty a Federal Offense

Puget Sound Business Journal
Sound Transit breaks ground on downtown Redmond light rail
Upgraded 777X engine delivered to Boeing Everett factory for fresh tests
Boeing bags two 787 VIP Dreamliner jet sales
Corporate boards make strides on diversity — but it’s a slow process
Everett port buys remainder of Kimberly Clark mill property

Seattle Times (subscription required)
Puget Sound Energy wants 14% increase on natural-gas bills
First museum of Latinx history in Washington, opening in Seattle, tells overlooked story
For readers in Tacoma and Olympia, a Saturday newspaper will soon be a thing of the past
Op-Ed: Probation budget cuts threaten second chances and public safety in Seattle

Skagit Valley Herald
Anacortes looking at plastic bag ban
Are farm robots, driverless tractors coming?
Drones could help farmers inspect crops from above

Spokesman Review
Feds target Lockheed Martin ‘scheme’ to boost profits from Hanford contract
Fulcher says House needs to know what impeachment committees are told

Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Information on foreign election hackers should be shared

Yakima Herald Republic
ACLU letter over Yakima strong mayor proposal draws mixed reactions

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KIRO7 TV (CBS)
Issaquah latest school district to install cameras on school bus stop paddles

KOMO4 TV (ABC)
Oregon and Washington legislators set to meet again to discuss replacing Interstate Bridge

KUOW FM
SHE WAS RAPED 15 YEARS AGO. HER RAPE KIT WAS FINALLY TESTED AND TURNED UP A MATCH
How Rick Perry Became A Key Figure In The Trump Impeachment Probe
Exclusive: Trump Wants To Pick Cuccinelli For DHS, But Worries Senate Would Balk
Republicans Disrupt House Impeachment Inquiry, Delaying Testimony From Pentagon Aide
Trump Calls Syria Cease-Fire ‘Permanent’ After Russia, Turkey Make Deal
WATCH LIVE: Mark Zuckerberg Offers A Choice: The Facebook Way Or The China Way

NW Public Radio
Amazon To Expand Data Centers In Northeastern Oregon, Reaping More Tax Breaks

Q13 TV (Fox)
Scientists warn of salmon extinction if Snake River dams stay
Young people who use flavored tobacco at first are more likely to keep using tobacco later, study says
Russell Wilson, Ciara raise awareness of upcoming National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

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Crosscut
Washington state isn’t transparent about student arrests. Federal law says it’s supposed to be

Slog
Slog AM: AOC Grills Zuckerberg, an Update on the London Corpse Truck, Japanese Hotel Robots Probably Watched You Sleep
log PM: Republicans Pull Stunts, Sawant Writes for Teen Vogue, a Ghost Fire in the Beacon Hill Light Rail Station
The Democrats’ Impeachment “Star Chamber” Is Getting Big Results

Wednesday, October 23

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Learning how endangered orcas hunt could be the key to saving them
In the race to save Puget Sound’s starving southern resident killer whale population — down to 73 members among three pods — researchers and policymakers have pitched a broad assortment of science-backed solutions. Key among them: increasing the abundance of endangered chinook salmon, the southern residents’ food of choice; minimizing pollution; and regulating boat traffic and whale watching so orcas can live and feed in peace. Read more in Crosscut

Ron Muzzall is named Washington’s newest state senator
Officials from three counties and two political parties unanimously picked Whidbey Island farm owner Ron Muzzall on Friday to fill a vacant state senate seat. Read more in the Whidbey News-Times

Trump EPA Revokes Protections for Waterways
Bad news for Americans who drink water: On Tuesday, the Trump Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its final repeal of the Clean Water Rule, an Obama-era protection that expanded federal protections for waterways and wetlands across the country. Read more in the Slog