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Thursday, August 17
Associated Press
Trump decries monument removals, ‘history ripped apart’
Starbucks founder questions country’s ‘moral fiber’
Sexualized office culture prompts fish hatchery firings
Governors of 2 pot states push back on Trump administration
Education activist Malala Yousafzai to study at Oxford
Aberdeen Daily World
County pot moratorium updated
Ocean Spray phasing out cranberry sauce production
McCleary mayoral race is a mess
Letter: Hirst decision is about control, not water
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Three times, these immigrant communities were targeted. Now, they will be honored
Opinion: Confederate monuments deserve Soviet treatment
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Milbank: The leader of the alt-right world hits a new low
Editorial: WSU’s new home fulfills a dream, extends a promise (Sells)
Federal Way Mirror
Federal Way Public Schools scholars participate in meaningful summer learning opportunities
Kent Reporter
Kent School District faces estimated $6.9 million budget shortfall
Rep. Orwall to co-chair national Military and Veterans Task Force (Orwall)
Kirkland Reporter
Kirkland residents rally for peace, love after Charlottesville
News Tribune (subscription required)
Why you should be OK with public money defending immigrant
Women in the United States are having fewer babies than ever before, new study finds
New York Times
Trump opens breach with party, military ad industry
Charlottesville violence spurs new resistance to Confederate symbols
Heather Heyer, Charlottesvill victim, cannot be silenced, mother says
Some Democrats see tax reform as a path to taxing carbon
Olympian (subscription required)
A new roundabout is coming to Olympia, and 200 trees will have to go
Not a NW thing? A look at Washington’s Confederate monuments
Puget Sound Business Journal
Meet the lawyers helping Seattle defend its new income tax on high-earners
Trump disbands business panels, relieving Boeing CEO of controversial duty
Stanley Fischer, Fed vice-chair, on the risky business of bank reform
Queen Anne & Magnolia News
Seattle facing three legal challenges to high-earner income tax
Redmond Reporter
Local congregations to co-host interfaith prayer in support of Charlottesville
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Top half of future state ferry travels to Seattle for final assembly
Mayor Murray expresses concern about Confederate monument in Seattle cemetery
Jerry Large: Now that we can say white supremacy, we can end it
Editorial: Help homeless students get ready for school
Opinion: The desecration of Charlottesville
Seattle Weekly
Revisiting the Relics of a Fearful History, Revived
Why the Solar Eclipse Is Causing a Surge in Sales at a Welding Supply Store
Is Fremont’s Lenin Statue Celebrating Communism? Its History Suggests Not
The Kent City Council Bans Safe Drug Sites, but Allows Room for Reversal
Trump Cuts Stymie Locally Led Effort to Update Sex Ed Classes Nationwide
Nonprofit Sees Success Housing Former Prisoners in Vacant Seattle Buildings
Skagit Valley Herald
Report details strategies for addressing housing shortage
USA Today
Trump defends Confederate monuments: ‘You can’t change history’
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Effort to reduce school absenteeism commendable
Editorial: State capital budget needs approval now
Editorial: New laws wisely protect our biometric data (Morris)
Washington Post
Trump calls efforts to remove statues of Civil War generals ‘foolish’
Mayors move quickly to avoid becoming the next Charlottesville
People who get Medicaid are made to feel powerless. That pushes them out of politics and toward fatalism.
Yakima Herald Republic
State Patrol, local police stepping up DUI patrols
Prosser School District adopts social-media policy after uproar over staffers’ anti-illegal-immigration comments
BROADCAST
KING5 TV (NBC)
Washington Republicans on Charlottesville and president’s response (Nelson)
Calls to remove controversial monuments in Seattle area
Starbucks founder decries violence after Charlottesville
Drivers changing tune about I-405 tolling, WSDOT says
Bellevue parents push state to change WIAA authority
KOMO4 TV (ABC)
Starbucks founder questions country’s ‘moral fiber’ after Charlottesville
Seattle cemetery with private Confederate memorial closes its gates over angry messages
Seattle might rewrite law over bus ruling that stopped housing project
KNKX FM
Oregon Governor signs reproductive care bill
Five years into DACA program, Washington ‘Dreamers’ rally to keep legal protections
KUOW FM
The trickle-up theory of white nationalist thought
Program for undocumented youth faces legal threat
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO Radio)
Snohomish County roads can’t handle the growth
NW Public Radio
A Superhero, A Fish And A Northwest Baseball Team’s Planet-Friendly Marketing Scheme
Eye In Sky To Spy On Wildfires Awaits Green Light From Feds
Q13 TV (FOX)
Sound Transit says $30 car tab measure would jeopardize light rail expansion
Partial eclipse could cause complete mess for Washington traffic
WEB
Crosscut
How the 3rd place finisher changed the mayor’s race
Can the Ethiopian community hang on in Seattle?
How feeding the homeless created a community – and divided another
Publicola
Council Bars Landlords from Using Criminal Records
Seattle P.I.
Washington’s best school districts of 2018
‘Leave now!’ Fast-moving wildfire forces dozens to evacuate
Slog
It’s not just bathrooms: New report details discrimination faced by WA State transgender community
Wednesday, August 16
Associated Press
New WSU medical school welcomes first class
Energy Secretary Rick Perry visits Hanford reservation
WWU student dies after fall along Pacific Crest Trail in Oregon
US teen drug overdose deaths inch up after years of decline
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Fired Sumas farmworkers face uncertain future for themselves and their families
It took Ecology a couple of hours to clean up this spill into the Swinomish Channel
Report of sexually explicit ‘locker room talk’ leads to firing at state fish hatchery
The Daily News
Commissioners kill needle exchange program
McCleary deal could hurt teacher recruitment
State trade council votes to support Millennium
Opinion: Permanent shelter, not parking amnesty, for Seattle’s homeless
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Learn about EvCC’s new avionics program
Rampell: Sadly, some millennials keeping racism alive
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Highway 3 widening in Belfair now complete
Trump’s assertion left-wing protesters just as violent as white supremacists in Charlottesville sets of firestorm
News Tribune (subscription required)
Report of sexually explicit ‘locker room talk’ leads to firings at state fish hatchery (Blake)
New York Times
Trump blames ‘both sides’ in Virginia
Trump gives white supremacists an unequivocal boost
Premiums to soar if Trump cuts insurer subsidy, C.B.O says
Trump signs order rolling back environmental rules on infrastructure
After Charlottesville violence, colleges brace for more clashes
Olympian (subscription required)
Olympia vigil condemns Charlottesville violence
Puget Sound Business Journal
UW gets piece of USGS funding for ShakeAlert early earthquake warning system
When male unemployment rates rise, so do sexual harassment claims
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Seattle’s own monument to the Confederacy was erected on Capitol Hill in 1926 — and it’s still there
Taller buildings weighed for Seattle’s Uptown neighborhood
King County Metro transit workers approve inflation raises, guaranteed breaks
School stats: Here are the top 10 languages spoken by students learning English in Washington
Officials warn of solar eclipse Armageddon: Wildfires, unprecedented traffic, GPS miscues
Westneat: The best way to fight neo-Nazis is to … laugh?
Editorial: Keep up the anti-hate protests, peacefully
Opinion: There’s no common ground with white supremacists
Skagit Valley Herald
Sedro Woolley School District mulls bond proposal
USA Today
Fact check: Trump’s press conference, in context
Trump spoke of the ‘alt-left.’ Is that a thing?
Army helicopter goes down off Hawaii; 5 missing
Washington Post
Trump has a troubling tendency to blame ‘both sides’
Hope Hicks takes interim White House communications role amid search for Scaramucci replacement
White identity politics isn’t just about white supremacy. It’s much bigger.
Fentanyl linked to thousands of urban overdose deaths
Yakima Herald
Central Washington programs help at-risk young adults help themselves
School stats: Here are the top 10 languages spoken by students learning English in Washington
Editorial: After violence in Charlottesville, truths from past still hold today
Broadcast
KNKX FM
Contract negotiations underway in many Washington state school districts
Energy secretary: Hanford budget will be enough to ‘get the job done”
Two inmates escape from Washington wildfire crew
KUOW FM
After Charlottesville, Boeing CEO stays put while others quite Trump council
NW Public Radio
After Charlottesville, Boeing CEO stays put while others quit Trump council
Another ‘Sexualized Culture’ Investigation At Fish And Wildlife Leads To Firings
Energy Secretary: Hanford Budget Will Be Enough To ‘Get The Job Done’
WWII Vet Returns Flag Taken From Fallen Japanese Soldier In 1944
Tuesday, August 15
Associated Press
WSU College Republicans leader steps down after being exposed as white-nationalist protester
White nationalists groups plan to be ‘more active than ever’
UW gets federal money to boost early-warning system for West Coast earthquakes
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Bellingham climber’s body recovered
Can giving babies back sooner to parents in drug treatment be best? A court is trying it
The Daily News
Cruser appointment brings diversity to Superior Court
Local skygazers share ’79 eclipse memories, eager for next one
How does Cowlitz County’s needle exchange compare to others in the state?
Officials: At least 300 dead, 600 missing in Sierra Leone mudslides
Opinion: The death penalty debate
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Boeing scholarship endowment for WSU in Everett honors mayor
Robinson: Trump’s long-held empathy for white racial grievance
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
State ferry ridership flat
Op-ed: Trump’s Charlottesville disgrace: White supremacists are just another ‘side’
New York Times
Trump, bowing to pressure, rebukes white supremacists
South Korea bluntly warns U.S. against unilateral attack
Business leaders quit U.S. panel over Trump remarks
Olympian (subscription required)
Marijuana states try to curb smuggling, avert US crackdown
Puget Sound Business Journal
Gregoire‘s economic development plan comes during big cuts to state efforts
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Bloomberg News: Bill Gates makes largest donation of Microsoft stock since 2000 with $4.6 billion gift
Seattle rental applicants’ criminal histories virtually off-limits under new law
Cost of Sea-Tac’s two big expansion projects rises 17 percent to $213 million
Not your typical tech school: UW, Chinese university partner on Bellevue program
End-of-life advice: Medicare covers the cost of care-planning sessions
Opinion: We can survive President Trump’s soulless transactional leadership
Editorial: Permanent shelter, not parking amnesty, for Seattle’s homeless
Skagit Valley Herald
Skagit County, Ecology clean Swinomish Channel diesel spill
USA Today
Political divisions escalate between red states, blue cities
Black people are three times likelier to be killed in police chases
Washington Post
Trump tries to quell outrage over Va. Remarks, denounces white supremacists
Merck, Intel, Under Armour CEOs quit council over Trump’s initial response to rally
Within 7 years, refugees are self-sufficient and contributing to the U.S., on average
Broadcast
KNKX FM
Seattle City Council approves protections for rental applicants with criminal records
KUOW FM
WSU college Republican leader to resign after Charlottesville Rally
‘A whole different relationship’: Mayor Murray and the man who says he abused him
Weekend rain helps, but Northwest wildfire potential still high
Seattle police block anti-fascist marchers from pro-Trump rally
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO Radio)
WSDOT says opinions are changing over I-405 toll lanes
Seattle landlords barred from using criminal records when renting
Northwest maritime industry starving for workers
Dwindling options for second King County safe injection site
NW Public Radio
200 Years Later, Centralia Celebrates Its Very Own George Washington
Wireless Carriers Deploy ‘Cell on Wheels’ To Boost Coverage In Eclipse Path
Right-Wing And Anti-Fascist Protesters Hold Separate Rallies In Seattle
WSU College Republican Leader To Resign After Charlottesville Rally
Web
Seattle P.I.
Bigots in bunches: A primer on Northwest white power groups
Connelly: UW president reflects on brother murdered by KKK, Nazis
Monday, Aug 14
Associated Press
Demonstrators, counter protesters converge in Seattle
Protests, vigils around US decry white supremacist rally
Wildfire burns home, leads to evacuations in Washington
Federal money targets water pollution from vessel sewage
Marijuana states try to curb smuggling, avert US crackdown
Exec resigns from president’s council, and Trump lashes out
Armed militia, clergy, more unite against white nationalists
Police arrest 3 in Seattle protests
New life for Medicaid after GOP’s health care debacle
Aberdeen Daily World
Health officials: Trump’s opioid announcement could mean more resources for Washington
Chehalis Basin Flood Control District to consider applications for advisory team
Letter: Quinault leader got it right
Bainbridge Island Review
Gov. Inslee on Charlottesville attack: ‘We will not tolerate hate in any form’
Where there’s smoke: WSF explores potential water-free sprinkler test
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Op-Ed: Legislators: ‘It’s unacceptable to let the anti-growth agenda trump the protection of basic property rights’
Thurston County to conduct water survey in response to Hirst decision
Columbian
In Our View: Fix Mental Health Gaps
Everett Herald (subscription required)
New WSU Everett cuts the ribbon Tuesday
New building adds permanence to WSU’s presence in Everett (Sells)
Editorial: Facing 37 opioid overdoses in one week
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Trump’s remarks on Charlottesville draw strong reactions across political spectrum
Heather Heyer, victim of Charlottesville car attack, stood up for what she believed in, friends say
Lumber prices soar alongside construction
News Tribune (subscription required)
Should drivers who hit protesters be let off the hook? Old bills face renewed scrutiny
Brush fires burning along SR 512 in Puyallup
Where are Pierce County’s greatest landslide risks? Not where the official maps say.
Republicans desperately want to be united. Trump just won’t let them.
New York Times
North Korea’s missile success is said to be linked to Ukraine
Military options are last resort, top U.S. general says
The sound of fists pounding on flesh
How a conservative TV giant is ridding itself of regulation
Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: Sex, gender troubles at Fish and Wildlife
Puget Sound Business Journal
Drug industry faces ‘tidal wave’ of litigation over opioid crisis
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Worried about a nuke dropping on Seattle? We spent the Cold War preparing
Dozens of Mexican workers left in limbo after Whatcom County farm walkout
Washington state maritime labor headed for a retirement cliff
Washington schools see bilingual students as future bilingual educators
Trump supporters confronted by counter-protesters during Seattle rally; 3 arrested
Seattle arena study lacks context, economists say, but spurs discussion
Jerry Large: No sane person wants to use nukes. So what’s the deal with Trump and Kim Jong Un?
Editorial: Seattle’s gun tax good but poorly executed
Krugman: The axis of climate evil
Editorial: Has Legislature solved McCleary? Not so fast
Skagit Valley Herald
Leaders talk next steps for old hospital campus
Spokesman Review
In wake of Charlottesville violence, Spokane residents rally for peace
Spokane schools swept up in nationwide barrage of ADA website accessibility complaints
Hiker kills aggressive mountain goat; efforts increase to educate public to coexist
Burden of decision: A native son climbs to Avista’s top job, then arranges the sale of the company
Pride Prep, one of Spokane’s two charter schools, is starting a high school
Traffic snarls expected before, after solar eclipse
Josh Mills: Bill would rubber-stamp salmon failure
Marena Guzman: Immigration bills would allow me to fulfill dream
Letter: CMR not transparent
Editorial: Opioid addiction is a clear, present danger
Editorial: Trump must clearly condemn white supremacists
Tri-City Herald
Water fight in Olympia has schools feeling the heat
Candlelight vigil held in Pasco on day after violence in Charlottesville
USA Today
Behind the Bloodshed: U.S. Mass Killings Since 2006
Washington Post
The Daily 202: Evidence of climate change abounds amid extreme weather in the Pacific Northwest
U.S. ready to use ‘full range’ of military force against North Korea if diplomacy fails, Join Chiefs chairman says
Yakima Herald Republic
Outspoken WSU researcher says his university and lawmakers silenced and punished him
Washington schools see bilingual students as future bilingual educators
Washington college grads carry less debt than students in other states, survey finds
Op-ed: Message to Congress: Water is life for Yakima Valley economy
Broadcast
KING5 TV (NBC)
Neighborhood campaign creates 47-acre Kitsap County park (Rolfes)
WSU College Republican President attends ‘Unite The Right’ rally in Charlottesville
Police, protesters clash in dueling rallies in Seattle
KIRO7 TV (CBS)
King Co. executive to white supremacists: ‘We stand united against hateful rhetoric’
Options vanishing for second King County safe injection site
Record dry streak ends: Rainfall returns to Seattle
Planned marches in Seattle take on different tone after Virginia rally
KOMO4 TV (ABC)
Blast balls, pepper spray: Protesters, police clash in downtown Seattle
Washington, other pot states try to curb smuggling, fend off administration
KNKX FM
Seattle Landlords Could Be Prevented From Screening Tenants By Criminal History
Arrests, Some Clashes At Opposing Demonstrations In Downtown Seattle
McMorris Rodgers Fields Health Care Concerns, Supports Trump In First 2017 Town Hall
The Overcast: Seattle Considers How To Help People Living In Cars
KUOW FM
Why Future Earthlings Won’t See Total Solar Eclipses
A Reformed White Nationalist Speaks Out On Charlottesville
Events Surrounding White Nationalist Rally In Virginia Turn Fatal
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO Radio)
Options vanishing for second King County safe injection site
Q13 TV (FOX)
Pro-Trump group and counter protesters rally in Seattle: ‘I’m here to talk about love’
A peaceful gathering in Tacoma to honor the victims of Charlottesville
Web
Crosscut
Family of Charleena Lyles files claim against city, alleging civil rights violation
‘Patriots’ meet massive Seattle backlash after Charlottesville violence
Seattle P.I.
Police pepper spray, keep marchers away from right-wing group
Slog
What Washington state politicians have said about the white nationalist violence in Charlottesville
People standing against hate hit with blast balls and pepper spray from SPD, the world is on fire
Friday, Aug 11
Associated Press
McMorris Rodgers fields health care questions at town hall
Seattle’s unusual $25 gun tax upheld in state court
National Fire Preparedness Level raised to highest point
More than 250 Oregon residents mark ‘X’ as gender on license
Burien to decide repeal of ‘sanctuary city’ status
State investigating blueberry farm after temp worker dies
Charge that Bremerton leader disrupted Congress dismissed
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Washington grads owing less, but student debt still as much as a new car
Columbian
Sen. Rivers, Rep. Harris top per diem list (Cleveland, Stonier, Wylie)
The Daily News
Forest Road 99 to reopen by end of month
Interfaith program could house county’s homeless
Seattle’s unusual $25 gun tax upheld in state court
Two more suits filed to block Seattle’s new income tax
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Trump’s opioid talk could mean more resources for Washington
Milbank: Trump’s overworked cleanup crew’s biggest job yet
Harrop: Why are coal, oil jobs favored over ag, recreation?
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Wildfire smoke finally moving elsewhere
News Tribune (subscription required)
Bomb scare closes Criminal Justice Center in Fife
New York Times
Trump warns North Korea: U.S. is ‘locked and loaded’
Opinion: On health care, who needs Congress?
Opinion: Accident-proof the police
Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: Marijuana policy for U.S. ought to be reality-based
Puget Sound Business Journal
Drug industry faces ‘tidal wave’ of litigation over opioid crisis
Observations: Primaries offer hope for better leadership around the region
Opinion: Seattle fossil fuel ban hurts rural areas
First lawsuit against Seattle’s income tax gets a court date
Seattle Times (subscription required)
What happens when a regular high school decides no student is a lost cause?
Seattle Councilman Mike O’Brien clarifies controversial car-camping ordinance
Trans Mountain pipeline work stopped before it starts in British Columbia
Podcast: How should Seattle deal with people living in vehicles? City Council revisits the question
WSU’s new building: ‘the biggest thing Everett has ever done in terms of its future’
Fewer Washington students who go to college need to take remedial courses
Editorial: Making a difference, one backpack at a time
Opinion: What if President Trump can’t do the job? Here’s the Constitutional answer
Skagit Valley Herald
Conway, Concrete school districts pass annual budgets
Anacortes mulling options for water tank project
USA Today
Guam warns: ‘Don’t look at the flash or fireball’
A bipartisan solution to our wildfire problem
How wildfire sent Oregon’s eclipse plans up in flames
Hot, hotter, hottest: 2016 confirmed as warmest year on record
Black churches battle racial disparities in health care
Washington Post
Trump sends new warning to North Korea: U.S. military is ‘locked and loaded’
China warns North Korea: You’re on your own if you go after the United States
At raucous town halls, Republicans have faced another round of anger over health care
Broadcast
KIRO7 TV (CBS)
Live in Washington state and concerned about North Korea? Read this
KNKX FM
UW Study: Chronic Depression In Teens May Lead To Abuse Of Marijuana
Yakama War History Project Seeks Descendants Of U.S. Army Combatants
Observatory’s Cosmic Upgrade Grinds To A Halt For Earthly Reasons
Washington State Middle Schoolers’ Code Will Control Robots In Space
KUOW FM
Should homeless people living in cars get parking tickets?
State high court: Seattle can continue taxing gun sales
Trump Says He Intends To Declare Opioid Crisis National Emergency
Were you a Nazi? And other questions from the U.S. citizenship application
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO Radio)
Hundreds dying from drug-related deaths in King County each year
Live in Washington state and concerned about North Korea? Read this
Smoke finally expected to blow away on Friday
Microsoft tech used to deter sex slavery in Seattle area
NW Public Radio
Extreme Heat Reverses Benefits Of Oregon’s Above-Average Snowpack
State High Court: Seattle Can Continue Taxing Gun Sales
Washington Lawmaker Defends the State’s Marijuana Regulation
With A DACA Summer Job, A Bumper Crop Of Worry
Web
Crosscut
Who voted for whom? A dive into Seattle’s election data
Seattle P.I.
Heroin, opioids pace record number of King Co. drug deaths