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Monday, August 20
Associated Press
Washington reaches settlement in suit involving mentally ill awaiting competency services in jails
Judge tosses signatures on Washington gun initiative
State will kill members of wolf pack to protect cattle
More smoky skies from fire that closed Seattle area highway
Science Says: Hotter weather turbocharges US West wildfires
Aberdeen Daily World
Kilmer invites Vietnam veterans, community to pinning ceremony in Elma
Columbian
Salary standoff sizzles in Clark County schools
Everett Herald (subscription required)
No promises: New money, rules complicate teacher bargaining
Hazardous smoky air from wildfires returns to Puget Sound
Strapped Everett Transit wants to double fares, cut routes
DOL shutdown could trip up last-minute tab renewals
Arlington schools budget looks healthy, for now
WaPo: Trump plan could release hundreds of millions of tons of CO2
Editorial: Northwest smoky summers shouldn’t be the new normal
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
State, North Mason School District discuss transfer of Theler wetlands ownership
Maple Fire could serve to rejuvenate forest
Puget Sound boatbuilders feel the pressure of tariffs
News Tribune (subscription required)
Driscoll: Gentrification is complicated, but residents of shabby Tacoma hotel simply want a place to live
Opinion: State reduces Tacoma schools to financial losers
Editorial: Quit stalling, Pierce County, and put panhandlers to work
New York Times
Justice Dept. Backs Suit Accusing Facebook of Violating Fair Housing Act
Olympian (subscription required)
‘Parents were going to all lengths of heroism’ balancing childcare and work obligations
Port Townsend Leader
Schooner Adventuress receives funds to finish deck restoration (Van De Wege)
Puget Sound Business Journal
Microsoft just gave big, surprise bonuses to keep engineers from going to Amazon, sources say
Trump accuses social media firms of discrimination against conservatives
Renton Reporter
Opinion: Standing up to fake news charges | Guest op
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Closed-door negotiations but no deal in battle over Seattle plan to upzone neighborhoods
Dosed salmon, clipped fins, a ‘dinner bell’: How far is too far in helping starving orca?
Opinion: Liberty and justice mean nothing without literacy
Editorial: Unsustainable teacher raises risk new school-funding crisis (Rolfes)
Opinion: Two small nudges help cut back on opioid prescriptions
Seattle Weekly
Seattle Officials Urge Trump Administration to Address the Naturalization Backlog
Spokesman Review
Spokane air quality reaches ‘hazardous’ range
Opinion: Outside View: Clear-cutting forests won’t solve California’s wildfire problem
Tri-City Herald
The Benton County jail is helping inmates never come back. Here’s how
Small, unexplained hole stops work at Hanford tank farm
Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
COMMENTARY: As world watches, plight of southern resident orcas grows more severe
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Opioid crisis can’t be ignored nationally or locally
Washington Post
‘Please come help’
Businesses beg for tariff relief as trade war with China rolls on
Brennan says he’s willing to take Trump to court over security clearances
The Cybersecurity 202: Google’s location tracking could bring scrutiny from Congress, regulators
Whidbey News-Times
Coping with the smoke enveloping Whidbey
Yakima Herald Republic
Eager, Educated & Earnest: Yakima Valley’s first-year teachers take to the classroom
Between early summer cherries and autumn’s apples, Central Washington produces great-tasting peaches
Editorial: Blame for teacher salary disputes falls at the feet of legislators
Broadcast
KING5 TV (NBC)
This DIY air filter for wildfire smoke is less than $20
Doctors warn Western Washington residents not to vacuum while wildfire smoke is in the air
Lab results prompt updated treatment plan for ailing orca J50
E-bikes to face speed limits on popular Seattle trails
KOMO4 TV (ABC)
Smoke degrades air quality to ‘very unhealthy’ for parts of Puget Sound region
Interactive map shows obesity, alcohol rates in every county in America
KNKX FM
Court Decision Throws Gun Safety Initiative Off Washington Ballot
Back To Normal Puget Sound Temps, But Air Quality To Fluctuate As Marine Air Surges In
UW Researchers Study Whether Robots Can Be Used To Measure Teens’ Stress Levels
KUOW FM
Washington public schools set higher bar for expelling students
Welcome to SeaCouver! Brenda Cooper envisions the Northwest of the future
Rep. Matt Manweller sues Central Washington University after firing
Inslee let cabinet official stay on the job two months after resignation
Deal over lawsuit could keep Washington’s mentally ill out of jail
Some immigrants withdraw from public benefits for fear of losing green cards
Q13 TV (Fox)
Smoky skies, poor air from wildfires return to Northwest
Right-wing, left-wing protesters face off in Seattle
Web
Crosscut
How one friendship changed the way Washington treats addiction
MyNorthwest.com
‘Red flags’ show who is most at risk of being shot in Seattle
Wildfire smoke causing flight delays at Sea-Tac
How to protect yourself during smoke days this week
Ailing orca whale to get dewormer, antibiotic
Seattle P.I.
Smoke makes an appearance sooner than expected, with moderate air quality in Western Wash.
Slog
Big Beer Is Getting Into Legal Weed. Are Local Farmers Freaking Out?
Rep. Matt Manweller Sues Central Washington University for $2 Million, Says He’ll Release the Report Next Week
Friday, August 17
Associated Press
White House touts a boom; most economists see a blip
Trump nixes $92M military parade, blames DC for high cost
State board upholds Millennium water quality permit denial
Washington school district shortens school week to 4 days
US vows to work more closely with states to fight wildfires
Group sues to expand protected orca habitat along West Coast
Rights group, state reach settlement in competency lawsuit
Aberdeen Daily World
Stolen railroad bond wires believed taken for scrap
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Environmentalists sue federal government in Seattle to protect endangered orcas
Editorial: No more banishment for chronically absent students in Washington
Columbian
State auditor dings Port of C-W on federal work
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Will seismometers be in place before our volcano erupts?
Ignatius: Trump’s action against Brennan another step toward abyss
Will: We’re overdue for an another economic collapse
Editorial: Keep protection of agency’s payday loan rule
The Inlander
After decades behind bars, Randy Mora wanted to start over. Turns out, the first days of freedom can be perilous
Industry experts say Washington grew too much cannabis, and it could be a serious problem
Federal appeals court pushes back against an EPA order
Issaquah-Sammamish Reporter
Wildfire smoke causes poor air quality across region
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
People experiencing behavioral crisis can use triage center as calming space
News Tribune (subscription required)
Legal pot is leading to increased litter in environmentally conscious Washington
Editorial: What the health, Washingtonians? Answer your phones
New York Times
Trump Asks S.E.C. to Study Quarterly Earnings Requirements for Public Firms
Some States Sitting on Piles of Cash, and Cities Want a Cut
Trump Cancels Military Parade, Blaming Washington Officials for Inflating Costs
Embracing Conspiracy Theory, Trump Escalates Attack on Bruce Ohr
Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: Northwest fight for clean air getting serious
Thurston County bans smoking, vaping in its parks
Puget Sound Business Journal
The Horizon Air crash revealed a shocking gap in airport security. Could it happen again?
Why alcohol companies are betting on cannabis
Google employees protest secret work on censored search engine for China
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Seattle mayor’s office privately orchestrated talks with council members before head tax repeal, city records show
As smoke hangs over Northwest, study shows air pollution was already high
A $550-per-hour coach is helping Sound Transit’s chief get along with his employees
Environmentalists sue federal government in Seattle to protect endangered orcas
WaPo: New York law curbing Uber may spread — and return focus to congestion pricing
Uber and Lyft are increasing car traffic in Seattle. How much? 94 million miles
Ed Lab impact: Washington adopts rules to limit student suspensions, expulsions
Ruling could keep gun-regulation measure off Washington state ballot
Opinion: Razing affordable rentals only contributes to homelessness
Editorial: Don’t let public records task force become a joke
Spokesman Review
WDFW commission approves 5 percent hunter, angler fee increase request but brunt of budget request placed on state general fund
Ferry County ballots left in drop boxes a week after election
Possible overnight dry lightning causes red flag warning in Spokane; smoke may lessen from nighttime winds
Tri-City Herald
4,000 laptops soon will reach Richland students’ hands. ‘No one is left out’
Can hackers tamper with your vote? Researchers show it’s possible in nearly 30 states
Vancouver Business Journal
Construction landscape laced with uncertainty
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Verdict still out on success of postage-paid voting
Washington Post
Trump gears up to strip more clearances from officials tied to Russia investigation
Trump blames D.C. officials for postponing his military parade; Bowser responds his plan was ‘sad’
Trump administration is considering pulling back $3 billion in foreign aid
Trump calls on regulators to consider changing how often companies report earnings
Opinion: Former intelligence chiefs rally around Brennan and slap down Trump
Opinion: Revoke my security clearance, too, Mr. President
Yakima Herald Republic
Air quality remains poor, worse in Lower Valley
Senior ranks rise at local food banks
New state tourism program seeks to get Yakima Valley, Washington state top of mind with U.S., international tourists
Editorial: Release the Manweller report and let the people judge
Broadcast
KING5 TV (NBC)
Washington school district moving to 4-day week
Something’s fishy: UW research shows pollution negatively impacts a fish’s sense of smell
KIRO7 TV (CBS)
Leaked city documents give protesters heads-up on homeless camp cleanups
Gov. Inslee points to smoky skies as a reason to pass carbon fee initiative
KOMO4 TV (ABC)
‘Our killer whales aren’t doing well:’ Lawsuit aims to protect struggling orcas
KNKX FM
New USDA Strategy To Manage Extended Wildfire Seasons: Collaborate With States
Fires in Canada, California Add to Smoky Haze over the Northwest
KUOW FM
This Yakima newspaper isn’t backing down from Trump’s attacks on the press
How we realized we needed to question other people’s biases
Babies Born Dependent On Opioids Need Touch, Not Tech
FDA Approves New Generic Version Of The EpiPen For Allergic Reactions
NW Public Radio
Four Years After Carlton Complex Devastated Okanogan County, What Have We Learned?
Listening For The Sound Of Silence In Washington’s Hoh Rain Forest
Q13 TV (Fox)
Naval Base Kitsap: Sewage spill in Puget Sound due to ‘material failure of very antiquated system’
Safer Schools: Bellevue district training teachers for shooter situations, natural disasters
Web
Crosscut
Save the orcas? We’ll have to do this one, radical thing
Young climate activists will take suit to higher court
MyNorthwest.com
Get ready for the new smoky norm of the Pacific Northwest summer
How to protect yourself during smoke days
Seattle P.I.
Gov. Inslee: Interior Sec. Zinke would sell his grandchildren for big oil
Slog
I Worked With Richard Russell at Horizon Air, and I Understand Why He Did What He Did
Thursday, August 16
Associated Press
Brennan: Trump worked with Russians and now he’s desperate
State agency has made no decision on killing wolves
Officials remove special rules for gene therapy experiments
A rising concern? After straws, balloons get more scrutiny
Fed rate policy unintentionally pressures emerging economies
Not just land heat waves: Oceans are in hot water, too
The smog is clearing, but the reprieve might be temporary
Group sues to expand protected orca habitat in Northwest
Colorado baker who refused to make cake for gay couple sues again
Mount Vernon homeless meals cut due to neighbor complaints
Unhealthy smoky air blankets Northwest
80,000 gallons of sewage flows into Sinclair Inlet
State mulls killing predatory wolf pack in Eastern Wash.
Aberdeen Daily World
Funding sought for modern student union building at GHC
Editorial: Our Opinion: Trump’s press attacks have real consequences
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
How important is tourism to Idaho? $1.4 billion
Editorial: President Trump, we’re not ‘enemies of the people.’ End your war on our free press
Columbian
Editorial: In Our View: Trump’s Words Un-American
The Daily News
Longview school district faces budget deficits
Ecology seeking comments on revised Reynolds Metals cleanup plan
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Pickets, protests pay off as Mukilteo teachers get hefty hikes
Teens in Fred Hutch program aspire to be scientists, doctors
Bloomberg: Boeing, SpaceX prepare for America’s return to space travel
WaPo: Trump revokes security clearance of former CIA chief Brennan
WaPo: Fentanyl use drove drug overdose deaths to record high in 2017
Commentary: Solar probe extends quest to answer, ‘Why?’
Federal Way Mirror
Federal Way school district moves forward on construction projects
The Inlander
Federal appeals court pushes back against an EPA order
Industry experts say Washington grew too much cannabis, and it could be a serious problem
Journal of the San Juan Islands
San Juan Island National Historical Park makeover includes new visitors center, campsite, programs
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Kitsap teachers hoping for big raises in contract negotiations
Kitsap air quality levels now ‘unhealthy’ for everyone. Here’s what you need to know
High-speed internet comes to rural Mason County neighborhoods (Carlyle)
News Tribune (subscription required)
Editorial: No more banishment for chronically absent students in Washington
Editorial: President Trump, end your war on our free press
New York Times
Trump Revokes Ex-C.I.A. Director John Brennan’s Security Clearance
Trump Says Newspapers Are ‘in Collusion’ on Championing a Free Press
Editorial: A FREE PRESS NEEDS YOU
Olympian (subscription required)
Olympia City Council meeting interrupted as pair tries to deliver lawsuit to mayor
Peninsula Daily News
Port Angeles council considering vacant building law
Voters approve Chimacum schools $7.95M levy for facility upgrades
Puget Sound Business Journal
Bleak new estimates in drug epidemic: A record 72,000 overdose deaths in 2017
Officials encouraged insider threat training for airlines and airports before stolen Horizon aircraft crash
Seattle residents continue shift from home ownership to renting
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Logging in Upper Skagit River watershed put on hold as Seattle has ‘grave concern’
How Washington state made its abortion laws Trump-proof
Activists push to re-legalize affirmative action in Washington state
Kent students return to school in two weeks — but not if teachers go on strike first
To address homelessness, City Council creates another committee
Editorial: Shake up the system to boost voter turnout
Spokesman Review
Wolf kills in northeast Washington not prompting a kill order, for now
Editorial: The Spokesman-Review isn’t ‘the enemy of the people’
Tri-City Herald
Editorial: President Trump, we’re not ‘enemies of the people.’ End your war on our free press
USA Today
Opinion: Congress isn’t helping DREAMers, but states, colleges and businesses can. Here’s how.
Editorial: Betsy DeVos wants to fail students at for-profit colleges
Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
Study shows triangle route passengers’ dissatisfaction with ferry service
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Police video should be a public record
Washington Post
Trump’s lawyers prepare to fight subpoena all the way to the Supreme Court
Wenatchee World
Poor air quality to continue ‘for some time’
Fire team’s inner workings can be as complex as the fires they fight
Yakima Herald Republic
Yakima city, county looking at ways to prevent future Cowiche Creek flooding
Cepeda column: In Trump’s America, there’s no ‘right way’ to be an immigrant
Editorial: Free press is a watchdog for, not enemy of, the people
Broadcast
KING5 TV (NBC)
UW study shows ocean may be ‘breathing out’ more carbon dioxide than thought
Trade war, tariffs threatening Seattle’s construction boom?
Seattle teachers rally for better pay, ‘fair’ contracts
KIRO7 TV (CBS)
Conservation group filing lawsuit to protect orca whales
Washington wildfire season now worst in history; smoke, haze impacting firefight
KOMO4 TV (ABC)
New trend shows Seattle home price increases are gradually slowing
KNKX FM
Hundreds Of Seattle Teachers Rally For A Raise As Contract Bargaining Continues
Theatre Battery In Kent Offers Free Tickets To Show About An Immigrant’s Struggles
KUOW FM
Judge dismisses kids’ lawsuit seeking to protect the climate they’ll inherit
Is your joint helping to ruin the environment?
What to do when the smoke starts to get to you
Are Job Ads Targeting Young Workers Breaking The Law?
Bills And Bulletproof Backpacks: Safety Measures For A New School Year
Hundreds Of Newspapers Denounce Trump’s Attacks On Media In Coordinated Editorials
PHOTOS: ‘Mad Max’ smokescape envelops Washington state
We’re Putting More Homes On Wild Lands And In The Path Of Wildfires
NW Public Radio
How Conservationists Are Using AI And Big Data To Aid Wildlife
Q13 TV (Fox)
Naval Base Kitsap spills 80,000 gallons of sewage into Puget Sound; ‘no contact’ advisory issued
Washington’s wildfire fighting costs this year expected to meet or exceed the $364M set in 2015
Web
Crosscut
Opinion: Background checks give false sense of security at airports
MyNorthwest.com
Weekend closures and milestones looming for major freeway project
Air quality improving across Puget Sound region
Conservationists filing lawsuit to protect orcas
Wednesday, August 15
Associated Press
Lawsuit: Ex-Bellevue College dean raped assistant for years
Lawmaker fired from CWU after misconduct investigation
Seattle judge dismisses young activists’ climate lawsuit
Wildfire smoke causing poor air quality across Northwest
Judge: Final lawsuit from Oso landslide can go to trial
14-year-old boy dies after accidental shooting in Seattle
Appeals court rules cigarette company must pay federal taxes
Pilot fighting Washington wildfire OK after crash
Aberdeen Daily World
Aberdeen, Hoquiam fire, EMS consolidation talks heat up
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Here’s why our cherished Northwest summers are likely to be more smoky in the future
Bothell Reporter
No excuse for fake news rhetoric | Editorial
Columbian
Woodland schools, teachers reach salary agreement
Evergreen teachers, supporters knock school district’s offer of 1.9% raise
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Shortage of engines: Boeing delivers fewest 737s since 2012
Death watch for killer whales?
Bremerton sewage spill prompts a no-contact advisory
Parker: Trump and the dehumanizing language of ‘othering’
WaPo: Hundreds of accused priests listed in Pennsylvania report
Journal of the San Juan Islands
Orca Salmon Alliance delivers comments to governor, Orca task force
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Health officials warn public to avoid contact with Sinclair Inlet after shipyard sewage spill
Kitsap teachers hoping for big raises in contract negotiations
Task force looks for solutions as Southern Resident population declines
News Tribune (subscription required)
Editorial: Here’s where Pierce County speed limits are going up, down, and why you should care
New York Times
Trump Administration Sanctions Companies Helping North Korea
Peninsula Daily News
North Olympic Peninsula homeless mostly home-grown, according to official
Puget Sound Business Journal
Economists warn on dominance of US corporate giants
PSBJ’s Sound Business Quarterly examines possible economic slowdown for Puget Sound region
Seattle primary care clinics wary of Amazon’s foray into health clinics
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Central Washington University fires Rep. Matt Manweller over alleged inappropriate conduct
Google expanding again in Seattle, with new tower next to Amazon
Smoke to slowly clear from Seattle skies, but threatens return next week
Sen. Ranker: Orca extinction is not an option
Westneat: With the Showbox, we’re all NIMBYs now
Opinion: We are completely unprepared for the next financial crisis
Editorial: Fairness requires credit standards for AP and IB tests (Mullet)
Seattle Weekly
Sparks Continue to Fly Over Safeco Field Maintenance Funding
Death Watch For Killer Whales? (Blake, Ranker)
Spokesman Review
Pilot survives as Fire Boss plane goes down in Ferry County
For third day in a row, Spokane’s smoky air measures in ‘unhealthy’ category
Opinion: Leaving more than 200 Washington State University students without beds is unacceptable
Tri-City Herald
Kennewick teachers and district reach tentative pay agreement
They closed the swimming pools. Tri-Cities’ air is that bad
435 tons of toxic Hanford waste kept out of Columbia River
Washington Post
Huckabee Sanders apologizes for false statement about black employment
The president’s objective economic advisory team dumps deeply misleading numbers on the public
Garbage from Washington state’s booming pot industry clogs gutters, sewers and landfills
Whidbey News-Times
Solid Waste no longer taking some plastics
Yakima Herald Republic
A new plan is coming together for the old Boise Cascade mill site
Budget request to keep Naches Fish Hatchery open goes to Legislature
Editorial: Fire-damaged PCT will bounce back — in time
Broadcast
KING5 TV (NBC)
‘Not in my town’s backyard’: Olympians push back on low-income housing plan
80,000 gallons of sewage spills into Puget Sound’s Sinclair Inlet
KIRO7 TV (CBS)
More than a dozen fires set overnight in Bellevue, Redmond
Hundreds of teachers to rally for higher pay
KOMO4 TV (ABC)
Wildfire smoke reaches ‘unhealthy’ levels in Seattle: How’d it get so bad?
Wash. state has 1 of lowest DUI death rates in nation, new study finds
Final lawsuit from deadly Oso landslide can go to trial, judge rules
KNKX FM
Seattle’s Showbox: ‘Emblematic Of Seattle As A Music City’
UW Says Trump Administration Policy Change Could Affect International Students
Changes In Federal Law Increase Options For Drug Treatment Program In King County Jails
KUOW FM
Thousands of old rape kits await testing across Washington state (Orwall)
Back to school in the age of school shootings
To prevent huge wildfires, stop putting out smaller ones
Are smoky skies in Seattle the new summer norm?
NW Public Radio
Firefighting Airplane Crashes In Washington’s Colville National Forest, ‘But The Pilot’s OK’
Fires In Canada And California Add To Northwest’s Smoky Haze
Breathing Wildfire Smoke Every Summer Could Have Long-Term Health Consequences
Washington Rep. Matt Manweller Fired From Central Washington University, Plans To Sue
Q13 TV (Fox)
Everett police look to creative solutions in fight against opioid crisis, crime
Tukwila School District teachers rally for pay raises higher than 3.1%
Web
Crosscut
Using Twitter to map a wildfire
Seattle sued (again) over hotel worker protections
Seattle P.I.
Plane crashes while fighting NE Wash. wildfire
Slog
Washington State Is on Track to Have the Most Wildfires Ever This Year
Central Washington University Fires Rep. Matt Manweller
After Legalization, Californians Are Still Buying Black-Market Weed
Tuesday, August 14
Associated Press
Live salmon released for ailing orca, but she doesn’t eat it
Multi-gene test may find risk for heart disease and more
Wildfire north of Spokane burns 3 homes, forces evacuations
Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldier killed in Afghanistan
Gates testimony dredges up Trump inaugural spending mystery
Aberdeen Daily World
Pourhouse, old Selmer’s building in danger of demolition for Gateway Center
Bainbridge Island Review
Rolfes honored by fire chiefs (Rolfes)
Bothell Reporter
New study confirms historical presence of grizzlies in Washington
Columbian
Editorial: In Our View: Traffic’s Toll has Big Reach
The Daily News
Kelso teachers get 8.5 percent pay raise
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Political spending at Trump properties soars
Editorial: If Trump can tweet, players can kneel
Letter: School districts must use state funds to increase teacher pay
Letter: Ignoring pollution, climate change has dire consequences
Issaquah-Sammamish Reporter
New study confirms historical presence of grizzlies in Washington
Kirkland Reporter
DOH provides steps to keep safe from wildfire smoke
News Tribune (subscription required)
“It’s not ‘climate change equals fires.’” Trump officials call for forest thinning to reduce wildfire risk
‘Just cause’ debate slows work on new rental regulations in Tacoma
New York Times
Trump’s Trade War Is Rattling China’s Leaders
Puget Sound Business Journal
Sen. Cantwell calls for congressional hearing after Horizon plane was stolen from Sea-Tac Airport
California recreational marijuana sales expected to overtake Washington by 2025
Jobs are growing faster in Seattle’s suburbs as reverse commuting grows
Redmond Reporter
New study confirms historical presence of grizzlies in Washington
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Sea-Tac Airport’s security challenge: 12,600 people have access to aircraft
‘Video games’? Pilots wonder how plane thief learned to do aerial acrobatics
Puget Sound air-quality warning: Beware of smoke from British Columbia fires
Washington state no longer has the nation’s fastest-climbing home prices
STEM majors way up, humanities down, among Washington college students, new data show
Sound Transit light-rail riders frustrated Monday morning by failed UW Station escalators
WaPo: Typical kid behavior or a mental-health problem? It can be hard to decide.
Editorial: Help level the playing field for homeless students
Opinion: A lesson for today in Tacoma’s fall and Seattle’s rise in the 1890s
Opinion: The truth about Russia is out there, but where is the GOP?
Spokesman Review
Spokane starts Tuesday morning with unhealthy air again
Togo wolf pack members kill another cow in northeast Washington
School nurses train to treat victims of mass shootings before school year starts
Tri-City Herald
State tells Hanford ‘no.’ Stabilizing the radioactive waste tunnel must wait
What sparked the destructive Tri-City wildfire remains a mystery
USA Today
Omarosa says she’ll hand over secretly recorded White House tapes to special counsel Robert Mueller
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Strong voter turnout indicates postage-free ballots are winner
Washington Post
At least 20 dead after highway bridge collapses over Italian city
Erdogan calls for Turkish boycott of U.S.-made electronics, singling out Apple’s iPhone
The next five years will be ‘anomalously warm,’ scientists predict
Do children have a right to literacy? Attorneys are testing that question.
Opinion: America’s debt has exploded. Why does no one care?
Wenatchee World
Wildfire smoke pushes air quality into ‘very unhealthy’ range
Upper Entiat River Valley mostly empty as crews work to slow Cougar Creek Fire
City Council to decide which districts members represent
Whidbey News-Times
Flowers for Tokitae and her family
Yakima Herald Republic
Research shows smoke from wildfires could be surprisingly deadly
Toppenish School District employees OK contract; average raises of 18.5 percent
Sea-Tac adds security personnel to cargo areas, terminals after theft of Horizon Air plane
Editorial: School district shortages extend to bus drivers, too
Broadcast
KING5 TV (NBC)
Washington lawmakers call for hearing into Seattle plane theft
KIRO7 TV (CBS)
A bridge connecting Sammamish and Bellevue? Mayor discusses that and possible boat option
Sen. Cantwell calls for Congressional hearing after plane stolen from Sea-Tac
KOMO4 TV (ABC)
New rules aim to reduce number of students expelled, suspended from school
3D-printed gun inventor welcomes Seattle legal battle
Sen. Cantwell calls for congressional hearing on stolen plane, airport security protocols
KNKX FM
Washington Tribes Call on FCC to Prioritize Native Needs In Consideration of Licenses Change
Why Are Top School Officials From Washington Getting Paid To Meet With Tech Companies?
A Sunken Ship From The PNW’s Past And The Search To Find It
KUOW FM
Scientists deliver live salmon to sick, endangered orca
From an old church parking lot springs affordable housing
NW Public Radio
Tribes Call On FCC To Prioritize Native Needs In Broadcast Licences
Q13 TV (Fox)
State schools chief says new student discipline rules should reduce suspensions, expulsions
Web
Crosscut
Carmen Best confirmed as police chief in historic first
MyNorthwest.com
Current haze, bad air is unusual for Washington
Sen. Cantwell calls for Congressional hearing after stolen plane
Seattle P.I.
Washington air quality dips with smoke from all sides
Connelly: Climate change cost could rise to $1 trillion during next decade
Slog
Where Did All This Smoke Come From and When Is It Leaving?