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Monday, Aug. 28
Associated Press
Shellfish poison levels force recreational harvest ban
Washington drivers sought for pay-per-mile pilot program
ACLU sues Trump over transgender military ban
Trump expected to decide soon on fate of young immigrants
Gov. Inslee halts salmon farm permits after fish escape
ACLU sues Trump over transgender military ban
Federal judge clears way for Seattle Lyft, Uber drivers to unionize
Aberdeen Daily World
Family forestry event in Oakville shines light on best practices
Aberdeen council approves contract with ARM for Main Street USA bid
Here’s what Jeff Sessions got wrong on marijuana, according to Washington state officials
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
That wet start we had to 2017? It’s now fueling a late-summer rash of brush fires.
Schools see bilingual students as future bilingual educators
The Daily News
Longview’s new special education director returns home
Rainier retail project to be postponed a year
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Edmonds has big plans for its Highway 99 improvements
Neighbors back off opposition to new industrial park
Harvey costs seen at catastrophic levels with many uninsured
Washington’s rate of HPV vaccinations rising
State to kill second wolf pack after more cattle deaths
Simoneaux: What would our WWII vets think of Charlottesville?
Editorial: Filing a flight plan for tax fairness, jobs, growth
Journal of the San Juan Islands
Update on salmon escape in the San Juans (Ranker)
Salary negotiations, superintendent evals at SJISD Board meeting
Hyak scheduled maintenance
New providers for home health care in the San Juans
News Tribune (subscription required)
Washington’s rate of HPV vaccinations rising but still not equal to a state that mandates them (Frockt)
Is Olympia lawyer the Democrats’ champion in complaint-filing war? (Chopp, Hunt, Hudgins)
New York Times
Houston paralyzed; 6.6 million residents face days of rain
Uber said to pick chief of Expedia as its new leader
Fatigue and training gaps spell danger at sea, sailors warn
Trump embraces nuclear overhaul, ignoring concerns
Trump to fully restore military surplus transfers to police
‘Dreamer’ plan that aided 800,000 immigrants is threatened
Puget Sound Business Journal
Interest in cyberinsurance grows as hackers target small businesses
Queen Anne & Magnolia News
Constantine calls for flat rate for Metro riders
Renton Reporter
Plan ahead now for Labor Day travel | Department of Transportation
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Wild-salmon advocates file notice of intent to sue over farmed fish escape
Washington State Patrol moves to evaluate protocol in crashes
Seattle’s push to end lower pay for workers with disabilities: Would it help or hurt?
Life after No Child Left Behind: Washington state to submit plan for new federal K-12 law
Westneat: Paul Ryan picked the most awkward spot in America to argue for corporate tax cuts
Large: Holocaust lessons play a vital role after Charlottesville — just ask Seattle survivors, educators
Opinion: Making America polluted again
Seattle Weekly
Why the Robert E. Lee Memorial Building in Kent Won’t Be Changing Its Name
King County Could Lose DOJ Funding Over Its Immigration Enforcement Policies
Judge Tosses Final Lawsuit Against Ordinance Allowing Rideshare Drivers to Unionize
Effort to Ban ‘Net-Pen’ Fish Farms Ramps Up In Wake of Spill
Spokesman Review
City works to educate on upcoming housing voucher law
State study says it will cost $125,000 a year to educate WSU medical students
Spin Control: Eyman’s suit falls flat
Editorial: America degraded by immigration politics
USA Today
Trump resumes sales of military hardware to local police
Harvey will drive 30,000 to shelters in Texas, FEMA says
Mexico offers hurricane aid to Texas, not for Trump wall
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial:Testing miles-driven charge to funds roads makes sense
Washington Post
Harvey may force 30,000 people into shelters, officials warn
Black-clad antifa members attack peaceful right-wing demonstrators in Berkeley
RNC condemns white supremacy but makes no mention of Trump’s remarks
Most Americans don’t want the wall, don’t think Mexico will pay for it and don’t believe it will happen
U.S. Chamber of Commerce vows to hold Congress accountable on tax reform
Yakima Herald Republic
Washington state’s national monuments not targeted, but others on chopping block
Washington firefighters hope that as fires rage, forest gets healthier
Broadcast
KING5 TV (NBC)
Pierce County volunteers headed to Harvey zone
Local nonprofit heads to Texas for hurricane Harvey assistance
Washington state halts salmon farm permits after fish escape
KOMO4 TV (ABC)
Lawsuits filed in Seattle, Baltimore over Trump’s transgender military ban
Seattle-area rescue and aid teams gear up to help Harvey storm victims
KNKX FM
Black Lives Matter Activists To March In Seattle Saturday
Return To The Salish Sea: Pacific Pilotage Authority’s Brian Young
Reintroduced Fishers Are Reproducing In The Cascades
KUOW FM
Should Seattle tax foreign real estate investors?
Lynnwood light rail line way over estimate — and feds might not pay their share
Seattle man erases Seattle’s school lunch debt, aims for rest of state
France’s Gender Equality Minister Wants On-The-Spot Fines For Sexual Harassers
Investigation underway for UW Medicine in recent Legionnaires’ cases
NW Public Radio
Bitcoin Blows Up And Wenatchee Benefits
Rising Opioid Use A Factor In Child Maltreatment Deaths
WSU Students Demand University Act On Campus Racial Climate
Web
Crosscut
Trump could turn back clock on tribal land ownership
Friday, August 25
AP
Colorado to Sessions: Pot industry working and can be better
Collapse at salmon farm renews debate about fish farming
Oregon wildlife officials authorize killing of 2 wolves
The Daily News
Nonfarm jobs reach all-time high
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Light rail to Lynnwood: $500M over budget, behind schedule
Boeing wows Ryan: ‘I have never seen anything like this’
Troopers find fewer distracted drivers after law takes effect
Lummi tribe declares state of emergency over salmon spill
Harrop: Democrats have window to push for immigration reforms
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Drivers sought for pay-per-mile pilot program
Bainbridge Council moves ahead with controversial pedestrian bridge
New York Times
Parts of Texas face 35 inches of rain from hurricane
Cohn said to have weighed resigning after Charlottesville
Regulations made economy more resilient, Yellen says
Olympian (subscription required)
For years, potential rape evidence went untested. What the state did to fix that
Peninsula Daily News
Collapse at Skagit County salmon farm renews concerns about fish farming in Strait
Puget Sound Business Journal
Former UW Law dean: ‘Without a diverse faculty and student body, the intellectual environment is short-changed’
Observations: Seattle’s income tax is a win for lawyers, not residents
Opinion: Sound Transit can provide car tab relief and walk away unscathed
Seattle’s new secure scheduling law is full of nuances, labor attorney explains
Speaker Paul Ryan offers little hope for Ex-Im Bank revival during tour of Boeing factory
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Farmed salmon ‘heading to every river in Puget Sound’
Looking to catch escaped Atlantic salmon? Here are some fishing tips
Seattle parent who started campaign to wipe out school-meal debt takes effort statewide
Sound Transit’s Lynnwood extension running $500M over budget
Seattle-area union members who dole out benefits to other union workers go on strike
Have you noticed? Seattle police are writing fewer traffic tickets
Kent School District projects $6.9 million budget shortfall
Paul Ryan at Boeing in Everett talks taxes, influencing Trump as ‘day-by-day deal’
Opinion: Why can’t school funding be fair?
USA Today
Brietbart is among darlings of Russian propaganda
Hurricane Harvey strengthens as it roars toward Texas
Vancouver Business Journal
Bending healthcare cost curve through direct primary care
Engineering firm plans to double local workforce
Port of Longview on track for record tonnage year
Washington Post
Interior secretary recommends Trump alter at least 3 national monuments, including Bears Ears
Trump’s economic adviser says president ‘must do better’ to denounce white nationalism
DHS reviewing status of Obama’s deferred-action program for illegal immigrants
Yakima Herald Republic
State says “OK, but” to plan to buy out two local hospitals
BROADCAST
KING5 TV (NBC)
Lummi Nation declares state of emergency after salmon spill
Lynnwood light rail extension overdue, $500M over budget
City leaders redesigning Tacoma for the future
KNKX FM
Black Lives Matter Activists To March In Seattle Saturday
East Wenatchee’s Robert E. Lee Elementary Considers Name Change
Opponents To Try To Overturn New Oregon Gun Bill At The Ballot
KUOW FM
‘Pollution’ of farmed salmon into Puget Sound could lead to penalties
Flat rate fares could be coming to King County Metro
America’s Credit Rating On The Line As Debt Ceiling Deadline Approaches
NW Public Radio
Corvallis Airport Now Run By Solar Power
East Wenatchee School Faces Name-Change Debate (Again)
Q13 TV (FOX)
Seattle to ban plastic straws, utensils at restaurants next year
‘Increase the Peace’: Combating the toll of gang violence
Tribe declares emergency as escaped farmed Atlantic salmon spread into local waters
WEB
Crosscut
City takes a ‘therapeutic’ approach to housing discrimination
Slog
Light Rail to Lynnwood Is Behind Schedule and Over Budget
A Canadian Mining Company Just Got Approved to Drill Near Mount St. Helens
Thursday, Aug. 24
Associated Press
Federal judge again tosses out Texas voter ID law
US officials allow Canadian company’s exploratory mining
Disassembly of Seattle tunnel machine Bertha completed
US court rejects appeal from praying football coach
Prosecutor vows 3rd trial for 2 in Bundy ranch standoff case
Interior Secretary won’t eliminate any national monuments
Violence in Charlottesville leads to soul-searching at ACLU
Aberdeen Daily World
Olympic Wilderness Area renamed to honor longtime legislator, three-term governor
City Council hones in on public safety issues
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Some students in Bellingham will have to get up earlier, while others get to sleep in a bit
It’s another big jump in home values for Whatcom County
Are they safe to eat? Debate continues over escaped Atlantic salmon
Everett Herald (subscription required)
WaPo: Trump, Congress conflict escalates; difficult agenda looms
No state capital budget, no Arlington splash pad
Paul Ryan tours Boeing in Everett and pitches tax reform
Cornfield: Trump’s plans, not his tweets, should be an issue this fall
Rampell: Attitudes toward ‘immigrant hordes’ actually improving
Editorial: Keep working to fix culverts, restore fish habitat
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Appeals court panel rules against coach Kennedy in postgame prayer case
News Tribune (subscription required)
Here’s what Jeff Sessions got wrong on marijuana, according to Washington state officials (Sawyer, Keiser)
New York Times
Trump warns of shutdown if border wall isn’t funded
Top colleges don’t represent America’s diversity. How bad is it?
Spanish thrives in the U.S. despite an English-only drive
Exxon misled the public on climate change, study says
Military transgender ban to begin within 6 months, memo says
Olympian (subscription required)
Op-Ed: Hidden messages revealed in false equivalency
Puget Sound Business Journal
Best and worst states for women
Why CEOs can’t stay silent in the wake of events like Charlottesville
Exxon misled the public on climate change, study says
Fearing Trump effect, US governors seek to reassure foreign investors
It’s official: Bertha’s no more (Video)
Here’s how much Seattle agreed to pay lawyers to defend the income tax on high earners
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Seattle to pay up to $250,000 for legal help in defending new city income tax
Seattle to close Spokane Street corridor homeless camps
House Speaker Paul Ryan to tour Boeing in Everett; will hold town hall with workers
Spill of farmed Atlantic salmon near San Juan Islands much bigger than first estimates
Editorial: Keep a sharper eye on farmed-fish industry
Opinion: In symbolic attempts to rewrite history, we fail to learn from it
Seattle Weekly
Herbold Asks Bezos to Lead a ‘National Conversation’ On Labor Rights
Spokesman Review
Spokane schools’ budget to grow 7.2 percent, majority of money earmarked for teachers
Seeking to meet demand, city expands tax exemption for multifamily housing
Spokane City Council to consider jumping into Washington state construction budget fight (Riccelli)Vestal: In the silo of the true believers, where a fact is whatever you say it is
Tri-City Herald
Our Voice: Stop hate speech by debate, not force
USA Today
ICE detains young Kentucky mother who has legal status
Black lawmakers push to get Confederate statues out of the U.S. Capitol
Amazon has cleared a hurdle in its acquisition of Whole Foods
Stalled on health care, President Trump quietly scores wins on energy agenda
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: State sales tax equity remains unsolved issue
Washington Post
Escalating feud, Trump blames McConnell, Ryan for upcoming ‘mess’ on debt ceiling
Fewer antibiotic prescriptions are being filled, a new analysis finds
Why our schools can’t get kids to eat healthy
Yakima Herald Republic
Editorial: Mount Rainier cellphones? Sensible if used sensibly
Broadcast
KING5 TV (NBC)
More fish than first thought escaped from island farm: Report
WATCH: Seattle tunnel machine Bertha disassembly completed
Bus driver shortage impacts school start times
KOMO4 TV (ABC)
House Speaker Ryan speaks with Boeing employees in Everett
KNKX FM
Tacoma Finds It’s Easy To Move People Into A Sanctioned Camp, Hard To Find Them Housing
Your Future Commute? Airbus Flying Robo-Taxi Readied For Testing In Oregon
Federal Court Rejects Appeal From Praying Football Coach
Midnight Evacuation At WSU Comes After Possible Bomb Threat, Racist Graffiti
U.N. Panel Urges U.S. Government To Reject Racial Hatred And Violence
KUOW FM
Amazon Takeover Of Whole Foods Gets Key Federal Approval
Trump’s Transgender Ban In Military Will Focus On New Enlistments
Skagit’s small ferry system ready to lead U.S. on fuel efficiency
NW Public Radio
911 Operators In Southwest Washington First To Get Improved Locator Software
Domestic Violence Survivors Say Courts Should Do More To Keep Guns Away From Abusers
Fish Contamination Levels In Columbia River’s Hanford Reach Prompts Advisory
Midnight Evacuation At WSU Comes After Possible Bomb Threat, Racist Graffiti
New Report on Maternal Deaths In Washington Finds About Half Were Preventable
Q13 TV (FOX)
Vets helping vets by training service dogs behind bars
Web
Seattle P.I.
Seattle Police release new plan to help solve Donnie Chin murder (Santos)
Connelly: Trump likes Confederate memorials but not national monuments
State encourages fishing for escaped Atlantic salmon
Wednesday, Aug 23
Associated Press
Jury refuses to convict 4 in Nevada ranch standoff retrial
Swastikas and bomb threat prompt WSU dorm evacuation
Sons of Confederate Veterans clean up defaced monuments
Fire that burned 6 structures in Grand Mound contained
Oregon’s governor, state police chief stand up for marijuana
Updated: Richland nuclear plant shut down over valve problem
2 Seattle officers sue councilwoman over shooting comments
Trump talks unity but detours into angry words for media
AP-NORC poll: Hispanics see barriers to nursing care
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Fish farm fiasco: Why officials want you to catch as many salmon as you can
Columbian
Group starts cleanup on Confederate markers, says it’s not going away
Fort Vancouver proposes fee increase
In Our View: Primary’s date not problem
The Daily News
Millennium gets permit after appeals deadline passes unchallenged
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Maritime industry is growing, but the workforce is aging
Did the eclipse really cause that big release of fish?
Burbank: Ryan’s tax-break offer will get a warm Boeing welcome
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Kitsap Transit exploring fast ferry backup
News Tribune (subscription required)
Beside Breitbart content isn’t place for our recruiting ads, Washington State Patrol says
Is the claim the eclipse caused Puget Sound’s Atlantic salmon jailbreak just a fish story?
New York Times
Unbridled and defensive, Trump takes aim at press
Phoenix protests end in gas and smoke as police step in
Trump threatens shutdown if border wall isn’t funded
Chief of naval fleet is relieved of duty after collisions
Alaska’s permafrost is thawing
Trump a ‘moral dilemma’ for black republicans after Charlottesville
Olympian (subscription required)
Friday is a free admission day at Washington’s state parks
Peninsula Daily News
Elwha River mouth work funding in state capital budget (Tharinger)
Puget Sound Business Journal
Identity thieves hijack cellphone accounts to go after virtual currency
Small business owners struggling to find qualified employees, report says
Renton Reporter
Advocates call for PSE to close Montana coal plant |
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Westneat: ‘Greatest generation’ is fading, but it’s still got choice words for our own
Thanks to Amazon, Seattle is now America’s biggest company town
What back-to-school news could you use?
Colorectal cancers are killing more young people; experts want to know why
Editorial: Speaker Ryan, don’t hurt Boeing workers
Opinion: North Korea is nuclear: Live with it, and help it feel less cornered
Seattle Weekly
Why the New Bike Shares Could Actually Make Seattle Streets Safer
Don’t Abandon Visions for a Denser City
Spokesman Review
Central Valley School District closes in on ambitious building blitz
Swastikas, bomb threat etched into WSU dorm walls trigger evacuation
Spokane will plow neighborhood streets sooner under new snow removal plan in the works
Spokane County to hire three new corrections officers, house more federal prisoners
Editorial: Eclipse briefly overshadows divisions
USA Today
Trump unloads on enemies at Phoenix rally
Judge may let first deported DREAMer make case in U.S.
Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
Opinion: Work to fix Triangle Route will take time, do what you can to expedite ticketing (Nelson)
Washington Post
Trump threatens shutdown, hints at pardon for embattled former sheriff
Trump’s demand on border wall could upend sensitive negotiations on Capitol Hill
Military leaders consolidate power in Trump administration
Yakima Herald Republic
Jobless rate in Yakima matches all-time low
Rep. Newhouse says no room for bigotry, hatred but freedom of speech must be upheld
Broadcast
KING5 TV (NBC)
City plans ‘gradual closure’ of Spokane Street homeless camp
Environmentalists question eclipse explanation for huge salmon dump
Former state GOP chair aims to grow ‘Centrist Project’ in WA
Businesses, nonprofits work to keep Tacoma affordable
KOMO4 TV (ABC)
Tacoma’s homeless response helping many, concerning others
Sons of Confederate Veterans clean up defaced monuments in Wash. state
KNKX FM
Domestic Violence Survivors Say Courts Should Do More To Keep Guns Away From Abusers
Eclipse’s High Tides Blamed For Spill Of Farmed Atlantic Salmon Into Salish Sea
Fast Ferry Could Add Pressure To Kitsap County’s Housing Market
Los Angeles Sues Justice Department, Joining Other ‘Sanctuary Cities’
Trump Administration Unveils Sanctions To Curb North Korea’s Weapons Program
In Reckoning With Confederate Monuments, Other Countries Could Provide Examples
KUOW FM
Garfield High School is still segregated
Officials try to blame eclipse, tides for Atlantic salmon spill in Puget Sound
Your Future Commute? Airbus Flying Robo-Taxi Readied For Testing In Oregon
Seattle candidates say gun tax isn’t enough. For gun dealers, it’s enough to move
Superintendent: ‘Rich Getting Richer’ Under Washington School Funding Plan
Does ‘Sustainability’ Help The Environment Or Just Agriculture’s Public Image?
NW Public Radio
Biennial Count Shows 6 Percent Increase In Oregon’s Homeless Population
Eclipse Gives Oregon Firefighters A Helpful Break
Longview Voices Concern Over Education Funding
Thousands of Atlantic Salmon Escape Puget Sound Fish Farm
Tulalip Tribe’s Huckleberry Harvest Brings Fire (Or Something Like It) Back To The Forest
Q13 TV (FOX)
Swastikas and bomb threat prompt WSU dorm evacuation
‘Gradual closure’ coming to Seattle homeless encampment following murder
State urges anglers to go catch thousands of escaped Atlantic salmon near San Juans
Wife of fallen police officer says health insurance stripped away due to mix-up
Study: new safety systems are preventing crashes
Web
Crosscut
A fishy excuse? Tribes say eclipse didn’t cause Atlantic salmon escape
Tuesday, Aug 22
Associated Press
Trump vows continued fight in Afghanistan, reversing stance
Jury ends day deliberating in Bundy standoff case in Vegas
Solar eclipse thrills viewers, darkens sun in South Sound
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Ferndale became 2017 eclipse viewing central in Whatcom County. And what a show it was
Bothell Reporter
Teamsters Local 174 reach deal with sand, gravel companies
The Daily News
At Johnston Ridge, the view of Mount St. Helens was eclipsed for a morning
Sheriff Mark Nelson’s plans to address drug trafficking, addiction
OPINION: Speed up EFSEC
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Speaker Ryan to visit Boeing in Everett to talk tax reform
Boeing, Northrop get contracts for nuclear missile work
Robinson: Too dangerous to avoid Trump’s mental stability
Harrop: Looking past surface for cause of maternity deaths
Editorial: Honor the best of past without denying the worst
New York Times
How generals talked Trump into a buildup in Afghanistan
Trump outlines new Afghan strategy with few details
Peninsula Daily News
Ceremony marks designation of Daniel J. Evans Wilderness
Puget Sound Business Journal
Seattle business owners scramble to comply with secure scheduling law
Companies scramble to combat ‘fake news’
Government agencies should treat taxpayers the way leading companies treat their customers
Sally Jewell blasts Trump administration, says their actions don’t match their words
House Speaker Paul Ryan plans stop at Boeing’s Everett complex to talk tax reform
Ethics talk: Lessons from Google’s diversity fracas
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Some want Seattle to tax foreign homebuyers, vacant properties; others say that’s illegal, discriminatory
Northwest, like the rest of the nation, thrilled by coast-to-coast celestial show
Researchers: Ask ‘what’s right?’ — not ‘what’s wrong?’ — with kids from poor, stressful backgrounds
Backers of safe drug-injection sites sue to block a public vote in King County
Editorial: Help students who can’t afford $100 calculators and other back-to-school essentials
Opinion: Removing Confederate memorial will not erase Seattle’s history of white supremacy
Spokesman Review
Spokane seeks long-term solution at Manito’s murky Mirror Pond
Hanford becomes comical punching bag for HBO’s John Oliver
Shawn Vestal: Eclipse anticipation was intense in Weiser, Idaho. Then reality hit.
Critters, fish seemed to respond to peak of solar eclipse
Lawmakers’ expenses for Washington’s special sessions topped $445,000
August brings more news than usual in Washington capital
USA Today
USS John S. McCain: remains of missing sailors found
Washington Post
U.S. sanctions Chinese and Russian firms, individuals for ties to North Korea
Remains of ‘some’ sailors found on U.S. Navy destroyer damaged in collision
The Daily 202: A dozen key lines from Trump’s Afghanistan speech
Yakima Herald Republic
When did you first experience racism?
With principals in ‘crisis mode,’ new Washington state law taps into thousands of potential teacher recruits
Broadcast
KOMO4 TV (ABC)
KOMO News town hall will focus on the minimum wage
KNKX FM
Trump Address on Afghanistan, Annotated
Locals And Tourists Viewed Eclipse Under The Space Needle
Northwest Confederate Monuments Targeted For Removal And Vandalism
KUOW FM
How One Man Convinced 200 Ku Klux Klan Members To Give Up Their Robes
How To Tell If Watching The Eclipse Damaged Your Eyes
At A Breaking Point: Stretched Secret Service Says It Needs Help To Protect Trumps
NW Public Radio
Eclipse Revelers In Oregon Whoop And Holler As Sun Fades Away
High Altitude Balloons Have Mixed Success Giving View Of Eclipse From Near Space
Northwest Confederate Monuments Targeted For Removal And Vandalism
Whether In Its Path Or Not, Eclipse Brings A Memorable Experience
Web
Crosscut
Sailing soon: an Orca-friendly, all-electric car ferry
Democrat, Republican and something in between?
Seattle P.I.
Connelly: Lawsuit seeks to block King County vote on safe injection sites
Slog
A Quarter of Seattle Drivers Are Searching for Parking
Lawsuit Challenges Initiative That Would Ban Safe Consumption Sites
Bellingham Removes Name of Confederate General from a Bridge