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Friday, August 10
Associated Press
Consumer prices up 2.9 pct, leaving Americans worse off
Court orders ban on harmful pesticide, says EPA violated law
Team gives medication to sick killer whale at sea
WSU short of dorm rooms as it welcomes largest frosh class
DUI arrests with children passengers rising in Washington
$3.9B buyout of Tribune by Sinclair ends in acrimony
Rescue team rushes to help ailing orca spotted off Canada
Aberdeen Daily World
Tsunami survival tips and funding options discussed at Aberdeen forum
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
They’re big, they’re fat and thankfully there are finally a whole lot of ‘em
Leave the Discover Pass at home. Another free day at Washington state parks is coming up
Idaho health insurers raised rates 27 percent this year. For 2019? 8 percent.
The Daily News
Senators sponsor bill to speed up Millennium permitting
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Interns learn the nuts and bolts and rivets of manufacturing
Tulalip Tribes opening marijuana store on reservation
UW Bothell works hard to nurture first-generation students
News Tribune Commentary: Gun policy must try to keep up with technology
WaPo: Thousands call for LeBron James to replace Betsy DeVos
The Inlander
Two Spokane women have been named to newly formed Washington Women’s Commission
Journal of the San Juan Islands
San Juan County, Town of Friday Harbor officials plan to reduce drug use, crimes
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Before new ferry Suquamish sets sail this fall, take an early look inside
Olympic National Forest wildfire doubles in size, more resources brought in to combat the blaze
News Tribune (subscription required)
Editorial: Governor Inslee, Legislature must stop sex offender dumping in Lakewood
Puget Sound Business Journal
Identity crisis: The insurers moving away from insurance
Trump’s tariffs on Canadian newsprint hasten local newspapers’ demise
Companies respond to an urgent health care need: transportation
Opinion: Washington state politicians are showing leadership in addressing homelessness crisis (Nelson, Chopp)
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Sick orca gets shot of antibiotics as rescuers prepare feeding attempt
Why teachers in Edmonds, but not Tacoma, are about to get double-digit raises
Seattle parks volunteers go to repair habitat, and find tent camps
Fireworks planted on equipment used in controversial Seattle road project
Amazon offers a peek at its softer side as it lifts the cover on literary donation program
Boeing finds surprise asset for defense comeback: old warplanes
Amazon considering opening Seattle health clinics for employees, report says
Editorial: Amid dismal voter turnout, Garfield County shines
Opinion: Hurricane Maria death-toll numbers show Puerto Rico is ‘a real catastrophe’
Tri-City Herald
Inslee says Trump trade war will ‘rattle’ the Mid-Columbia and Washington
Washington Post
Trump takes aim at Turkey, announcing doubling of steel and aluminum tariffs in effort to punish country
As fires rage statewide, a burned out California mining town looks to rebuild
Trump says NFL players should ‘Be happy, be cool’ and stop protesting during the anthem
Yakima Herald Republic
As Washington growers struggle with labor shortage, vote in Congress on farmworker bill remains elusive
Congressmen visit Valley to talk about farm bill, hold roundtable with ag interests
Editorial: Encourage breastfeeding, and the Yakima Valley will reap the health benefits
Broadcast
KING5 TV (NBC)
Following the money from Washington’s marijuana tax
Salmon cannon creators hope to save Southern Resident orcas
KIRO7 TV (CBS)
Local leaders fight plan to put sex offenders in adult family homes
KOMO4 TV (ABC)
Plan to replace Washington State Ferries’ aging vessels remains unclear
State launches project to improve seismic safety at high-risk schools
KNKX FM
Can Art Bridge The Divide Between People Who Have Homes And Those Who Don’t?
KUOW FM
What if we treated homelessness like an earthquake?
Crews near Bellingham load up live salmon to feed sick, young orca
LISTEN: Bigger, hotter wildfires are worsening air quality in the Northwest
Is Seattle’s hot housing market starting to cool down?
NW Public Radio
The Entire Northwest Is Abnormally Dry, With Severe Drought In Parts Of Washington And Oregon
Q13 TV (Fox)
Where will donations from Pearl Jam concerts, businesses to combat homelessness go?
Tiny village community poised to change homeless response on Kitsap Peninsula
Web
Crosscut
As kinship caregivers struggle, Washington’s foster care system benefits
Seattle P.I.
Q13’s parent company Tribune suing KOMO’s parent company Sinclair
Stop using agricultural pesticide on food, court orders EPA
Thursday, August 9
Associated Press
Seattle collects over $10M in first 6 months of soda tax
Tribune calls off $3.9 billion TV station deal with Sinclair
NRA, others sue Edmonds over gun storage law
Very hot temperatures feed fire danger
WSU short of dorm rooms as it welcomes largest frosh class
Contaminated equipment from Hanford site entered Richland
EPA reconsiders Washington state’s contentious water rules
Aberdeen Daily World
Salary increase discussions heat up between Aberdeen School District and teachers
Port purchases 520 pontoon casting property
Bainbridge Island Review
City announces deadline for tourism grants
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
King County fined $118K for wastewater discharge violations
Lummi Nation conducts practice run to save ailing orca
Columbian
Vancouver council resolution supports bridge replacement
Editorial: In Our View: We Need Help, Washington
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Bids for new Mukilteo ferry terminal are millions too high
Rampell: Trump’s Obamacare replacement not bargain it seems
Harrop: Trump’s wildfire tweets ignite firestorm of ignorance
Milbank: Manafort’s on trial, but so is Trump’s judgment
The Inlander
Two Spokane women have been named to newly formed Washington women’s commission
Issaquah-Sammamish Reporter
Eastside permanent men’s shelter moves forward
Journal of the San Juan Islands
Why public mooring buoys aren’t always a ‘shore’ bet in the San Juans
Feds organize J50 recovery efforts
OPALCO completes first solar power project
Kirkland Reporter
King County Executive proposes discount for low-income solid waste customers
Rose Hill development in zoning review process
News Tribune (subscription required)
As orcas starve, grieve, state task force of 44 meets about policy recommendations
New York Times
Her Husband’s Killers Told Her She Was Next. These Days, That’s Not Enough for Asylum.
Olympian (subscription required)
Wash. health officials warn of worsening air quality due to wildfires
Peninsula Daily News
Installation of new Department of Licensing system will briefly close offices
Puget Sound Business Journal
Boeing denies rumors it may pause 737 production in Renton as planes pile up
Who gets a new 20% tax break? The Treasury Department speaks, and Trump may save
Albertsons and Rite Aid call off multibillion-dollar merger
Redmond Reporter
Indian festival draws thousands to Redmond
San Juan Islander
State grants boost ranks of boatbuilding students, restore schooner (Van De Wege)
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Housing construction in local suburbs is at historic lows, while Seattle is setting records
Local Seattle preservation groups nominate Showbox theater for landmark status
Local driving instructor ‘making history’ by helping get Saudi women behind the wheel
Seattle-area parents who struggled with addiction change their lives for their children
Seattle soda tax brings in more than $10M in first six months
NYT: For sale: Survey data on millions of high-school students
Editorial: Sex ed focused only on abstinence is a mistake
WaPo Opinion: Alex Jones, lies and social media
Opinion: Rollback of vehicle-emission standards threatens the health of vulnerable Washington residents
Snoqualmie-Valley Record
The deferred dreams of working women on H-4 visas
Spokesman Review
School officials say bond measure was inspired by state funding mandate – and a big pile of dirt
Landmarks: Monument dedicated to Rebecca Hurn, Spokane’s first female lawyer, state’s first female senator (Billig)
Unhealthy, smoky air prompts health warnings, forces closure of Spokane pools
Washington AG sues New York man, says he set up bogus charities here
Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
Amid immigration crisis, islanders work for change
Traffic code unclear about parking near island mailboxes
County awards $84,000 to Vashon Senior Center
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Plan to end TSA screening at small airports wisely scrubbed
Washington Post
‘I want to die’: Was a 5-year-old drugged after being separated from his dad at the border?
Pence details plan for creation of Space Force in what would be the sixth branch of the military
Whidbey News-Times
‘This is the best job I could’ve asked for’
Yakima Herald Republic
WaPo opinion: Calling Trump’s treatment of immigrants ‘cruel’ is not hyperbole
Opinion: Latinos in Washington need better high-speed internet access
Broadcast
KING5 TV (NBC)
DUI arrests with kids in the car on the rise on Olympic Peninsula
Pearl Jam raising $11 million to fight homelessness. So where does the money go?
KIRO7 TV (CBS)
WA Dept of Health: Wildfires degrade air quality
KUOW FM
That pain you feel about orcas? The Lummi know it well
Q13 TV (Fox)
Haze from wildfires surrounding Western Washington brings declining air quality
Pearl Jam raises millions to help Seattle’s homeless; local businesses join forces with iconic band
Web
Crosscut
Opinion: Our jails are no place for refugee children
MyNorthwest.com
Washington air quality suffering during wildfire season, more haze on the way
State troopers notice spike in DUI stops with children in the car
Seattle P.I.
Washington’s best public high schools 2019, ranked
Pearl Jam puts spotlight on Seattle homelessness with historic ‘Home Shows’
State’s largest wildfire swells 50% in size; more significant growth feared
Slog
The Fact Is Nothing Is Going to Be Done About Climate Change Until It Kills Lots of White People
Finally, People Are Talking About Climate Change. But Is It Too Late?
Wednesday, August 8
Associated Press
NRA, others sue Edmonds over gun storage law
Washington expects an estimated 131 million boxes of apples
Vets ready for rare efforts to save ailing endangered orca
Study: 1 in 7 children of Zika-infected moms have problems
Olympic National Park, forests, impose fire restrictions
Yakima Humane Society ends city contract over pit bull ban
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
As orcas starve, grieve, state task force of 44 meets about policy recommendations
The best park in Washington? It’s in Tacoma.
Bothell Reporter
Single-payer advocates push for health care reform
Public invited to review draft transportation plan for 2040 and beyond
State Fish and Wildlife seeks $60 million in funding
Columbian
I-5 Bridge ‘tough topic’ in transportation plan
Everett Herald (subscription required)
New EdCC president is exploring the college’s future role
NRA and others sue Edmonds over new gun storage safety law
Mukilteo teachers rally in Everett for salary increase
Milbank: Deportation without exception, compassion or reason
Muhlstein: It’s hot out there, but high-schoolers keep hitting the books
Commentary: No, you can’t replace libraries with Amazon stores
Commentary: Labor trafficking is under more scrutiny in Washington
Letter: We need Congress to pass Medicare for All
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Hazy skies cover Kitsap County due to Washington, Oregon, and California fires
WSP: Increasing number of DUIs have children in car
Battling wildfires year-round is now the norm. How did we get here?
New York Times
New York Congressman Chris Collins Is Charged With Insider Trading
Trump’s Tariffs Are Changing Trade With China. Here Are 2 Emerging Endgames.
Peninsula Daily News
Column: PAT NEAL: There are no do-overs with the orcas
Puget Sound Business Journal
Inside Jeff Bezos’ incentive negotiation process: ‘Constantly hammering’ officials is the norm
US to add tariffs on $16bn of Chinese imports
An airline scans your face. You take off. But few rules govern where your data goes.
Seattle Times (subscription required)
NRA, Second Amendment Foundation sue city of Edmonds over gun-storage law
Washington AG sues New York man, says he set up bogus charities here
To lobby for public money, Mariners called on former Constantine adviser
Watch with us: Tomorrow, state officials may approve a second for-profit private school in King County
Opinion: More gridlock ahead: Seattle’s 100-year-old alleys were not built for mega-towers
Editorial: Don’t delay bump-stock buyback program (Ormsby, Rolfes)
Seattle Weekly
One Table Has No Clear Game Plan for Regional Homelessness
Spokesman Review
Air quality could remain unhealthy until Friday
Farmers voice concerns about trade war during visit by Senator Murray
Tri-City Herald
Editorial: Next time you have a snarky comment about someone’s death, shut up
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: When it comes to DNA testing, don’t expect privacy
Local foundations join call to remove citizenship question from 2020 census
Washington Post
Paul Manafort trial Day 7: Gates didn’t mention hidden income in 2014 FBI interview about Viktor Yanukovych
China retaliates with tariffs on $16 billion worth of U.S. imports after Trump’s latest trade hit
Whidbey News-Times
Commissioners show impatience with Planning board
Yakima Herald Republic
Saving the orcas: meetings, meetings and more meetings
While smaller than 2017, large apple crop expected in Washington state, with Galas topping the list
Editorial: City Council needs to finally repeal pit-bull ban
Broadcast
KING5 TV (NBC)
Orca task force to tackle dwindling prey, water toxins (Ranker)
Washington farmers worry about Chinese tariffs
DUI arrests with kids in the car on the rise in Washington
KOMO4 TV (ABC)
Mukilteo teachers threaten strike over teacher wages
KNKX FM
Wash. Made Big Changes To School Funding – What Does That Mean For Teacher Pay?
A Game of Watch, Wait And Hope As Preparations Are Made To Tend To Ailing Orca
Pierce County’s Proposed Homeless Labor Program Runs Into Opposition
KUOW FM
Light rail could make or break this immigrant’s American dream
Web
Tuesday, August 7
Associated Press
Jails, prisons slowly loosen resistance to addiction meds
Fire crews battle blazes across Washington ahead of heatwave
EPA delists federal Superfund site in Washington state
King County Metro named top public transportation agency
Aberdeen Daily World
New courtroom opens
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
California neo-Nazi spams Idahoans with robocalls, plans ‘regional capital’ in Gem State
Columbian
Editorial: In Our View: Put Protest in Perspective
Editorial: In Our View: Orca’s Grief A Moving Image
Editorial: In Our View: Printing Guns a Dire Danger
Editorial: In Our View: Cheers & Jeers (tolling on I-5, I-205)
The Daily News
Editorial via Tacoma News Tribune: Gun policy can’t keep up with technology, but we must try
Everett Herald (subscription required)
FAA could release new passenger service report in September
Snohomish County’s bridges are safe, but some still need work
Now there’s a swing shift for aviation tech training at EvCC
WSU’s new Everett home is a tangible touchstone for students
Could electric planes be the next big thing in air travel?
Medicaid expansion making diabetes meds more accessible to poor, study shows
Commentary: How to avoid a repeat of 2016 election hacks
Letter: Uninsured drivers leaving law-abiding drivers with expenses
Issaquah-Sammamish Reporter
Single-payer advocates push for health care reform
News Tribune (subscription required)
Lummi Nation, biologists prepare to feed starving orca. But where is she?
New York Times
Rick Gates Testifies He Committed Crimes With Paul Manafort
No, Tariffs Aren’t Going to Pay Down the National Debt
Puget Sound Business Journal
Apple, Facebook and YouTube remove content from Jones and Infowars
If you think this year’s summer highway construction is bad, just wait. The next 10 years will be worse.
Seattle Times (subscription required)
After 5 weeks in a Seattle church, undocumented immigrant says he still has hope
Six questions about the GET rollover, answered
Seattle City Council looks to fast-track Sawant’s measure to help save the Showbox
King County Metro named nation’s top public transportation agency
Editorial: From calculators to tablets, help teachers fulfill their supply wish lists
Opinion: Migrant children caught in cross hairs of misplaced hostility
Opinion: Atomic shadows
Seattle Weekly
Seattle Public Schools and Teachers’ Unions Spar of Alleged Deficits
Snoqualmie-Valley Record
Washington joins Undetectable = Untransmittable HIV prevention campaign
Spokesman Review
Hanford contractor agrees to pay fine for accepting illegal kickbacks
EPA delists federal Superfund site in Washington state
Tri-City Herald
What will stop people dying at Palouse Falls? The state is trying these
USA Today
Marijuana breathalyzer aims to detect high drivers ‘without unjustly accusing’
Mendocino fire, the biggest ever in California, is still growing
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
State uses signs, fences to warn of Palouse Falls danger
Washington Post
Paul Manafort trial Day 6: Gates explains how millions were funneled to Manafort
Saudi Arabia ruptures ties with Canada, serving notice to would-be critics
‘We lost our naivete’: A year later, Charlottesville remains a wounded city
Yakima Herald Republic
Some call for changes to H-2A guest worker program
Blaming state lawmakers, Seattle school officials forecast years of financial doom and gloom
Broadcast
KOMO4 TV (ABC)
King County Metro named North America’s best large transit system
KNKX FM
Washington sent brain injury patients to Oklahoma — then all but forgot about them
Veterinarians grapple with how to save young orca: salmon laced with meds or syringe
Substitute Teachers In Seattle Push For Better Health Insurance Coverage
Starving 4-year-old orca may get delivery of live salmon
KUOW FM
Genetic Tests Can Hurt Your Chances Of Getting Some Types Of Insurance
NW Public Radio
Veterinarians Grapple With How To Save Puget Sound Orca: Salmon Laced With Meds Or Syringe?
Group Hatches Plan To Save Emaciated And Endangered Puget Sound Orca
When It Comes To Wildfire, Politics Lag Behind Science
Q13 TV (Fox)
Law enforcement says a fingerprinting levy on the ballot is an essential crime fighting tool for King County
Web
Crosscut
As orcas starve, a task force convenes
Publicola
Top 10 Stories: Safeco, 3D-Printable Guns, and Saving the Orcas
Seattle P.I.
Connelly: $23.5 million pricetag for 1.4-mile stretch of Burke-Gilman Trail
‘This is not about affordable housing’: Sawant introduces motion to ‘Save the Showbox’
West Seattle Blog
Housing challenges and other updates @ Camp Second Chance Community Advisory Committee
FOLLOWUP: Unanimous Council approval for Orchard Street Ravine expansion acquisition
Monday, August 6
Associated Press
Businesses cast wider net as jobless rate hits 3.9%
Feds weigh plan that includes feeding thin, endangered orca
Crews battle fires in Washington state, Idaho
Aberdeen Daily World
Tsunami survival event scheduled for Wednesday
Arlington Times
Opinion: Many teachers getting double-digit, up to 20 percent, raises
Bainbridge Island Review
Opinion: WEA insists ‘the money is there’
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Orcas’ hunger ‘is the result of hard decisions we haven’t made. We did this.’
Bothell Reporter
Sowing the seeds of mental health
Opinion: The deferred dreams of working women on H-4 visas
Columbian
I-5 Bridge ‘tough topic’ in transportation plan
The Daily News
Longview farm share part of larger effort towards food equality
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Drug shortages felt at hospitals and clinics near and far
Elaborate shoplifting schemes often feed thieves’ drug habit
Local lawmakers put aside politics for needle cleanup (Lovick)
McCusker: Lowered expectations can mean a more corrupt society
Milbank: Media must stop playing into Trump’s hand
Commentary: Viewpoints: A better idea of where ‘The Big One’ could strike
Federal Way Mirror
Labor trafficking is under more scrutiny in Washington
Journal of the San Juan Islands
Discussion on virus that affects farmed and native salmon
Orca Salmon Alliance to deliver signatures of support for orca recovery
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Viral outbreak highlights health risks at swimming lakes
News Tribune (subscription required)
Hemp advocates angry at federal felon ban — but states already impose barriers
Editorial: Gun policy can’t keep up with technology, but we must try
New York Times
U.S. to Restore Sanctions on Iran Following Withdrawal From Nuclear Deal
Steel Giants With Ties to Trump Officials Block Tariff Relief for Hundreds of Firms
‘Too Little Too Late’: Bankruptcy Booms Among Older Americans
Olympian (subscription required)
School funding changes are put to the test in salary negotiations: ‘It’s a brand new system’
Neighbors of proposed homeless camps say city is moving too fast
Editorial: How our county may save at-risk species
Peninsula Daily News
Orca task force to meet Tuesday
Puget Sound Business Journal
How tech billionaires hack their taxes with a philanthropic loophole
‘Too little too late’: Bankruptcy booms among older Americans
China threatens new tariffs on $60 billion of U.S. goods
Seattle Times (subscription required)
A serial cat killer is responsible for 7 feline deaths in Washington state, police suspect
Rescue effort for sick orca is ready — if pod can be located
Blaming state lawmakers, Seattle school officials forecast years of financial doom and gloom
In one Washington state immigration court, bonds are among the highest in the country and asylum is granted less often
GOP lawmaker attacks Central Washington University ahead of investigation into his conduct
As Washington growers struggle with labor shortage, vote in Congress on farmworker bill remains elusive
Editorial: Bellevue’s steps toward homeless responsibility are too small, too slow
Opinion: The natural legacy we leave to future generations shouldn’t be part of the D.C. political scrum
Editorial: Fighting wildfires requires greater focus, planning — and yes, money
Spokesman Review
Farmers bear burden of making Washington king of the cherry
Initiatives on carbon fees, soda taxes qualify for ballot
Inmates are training dogs at Airway Heights prison and helping themselves along the way
Opinion: Prepare yourself for poor air quality
USA Today
Amid war talk, Donald Trump reimposes economic sanctions on Iran
Vancouver Business Journal
New paid family leave program will launch in 2020
Entry-level housing remains scarce in Clark County
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Concerns about 3D-printed guns are real
Editorial: Agreement to clean Hanford groundwater sounds encouraging
Washington Post
U.S. moves to restore some Iran sanctions lifted under nuclear deal
In expensive cities, rents fall for the rich — but rise for the poor
Dying babies and no doctors: A look inside a Yemeni hospital
Editorial: Migrant kids were stripped, drugged, locked away. So much for compassion.
Whidbey News-Times
Sheriff’s investigation results in arrest of alleged heroin supplier
Yakima Herald Republic
Bittersweet: Hops drive growth in agricultural exports to EU as fruit demand wanes
Washington state business leaders work to cultivate allies in EU
Valley manufacturers want to see barriers fall
Nice doing business with EU: Prospect of a new trade deal looms large for Yakima Valley
Will: The future’s only constituency is the conscience of the present
Editorial: Focus on Yakima County health must continue even without Blue Zones
Broadcast
KING5 TV (NBC)
Parents go to great lengths for daycare slots
Only 1 Washington county is not under a high wildfire risk
KNKX FM
Counties get federal boost in fight against opioid abuse
Scientists Working On Orca Recovery Not Surprised By Recent Tragedies
KUOW FM
How One Boy’s Fight With Epilepsy Led To The First Marijuana-Derived Pharmaceutical
When It Comes To Wildfire, Politics Lag Behind Science
The Pot Breathalyzer Is Here. Maybe
Starving 4-year-old orca may get delivery of live salmon
Q13 TV (Fox)
Urban wildfires popping up as dry, hot weather continues
Web
Crosscut
Do local police need to protect ICE workers?
Is Bellevue’s slow roll into bike share the beginning of something big?