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Monday, Aug. 21
Associated Press
Trump won places drowning in despair. Can he save them?
Blue skies with chance of dark: US West readies for eclipse
Most American Indian tribes opt out of federal death penalty
Hundreds march against racism at Washington State Univ
Olympic Wilderness named for former Gov. Dan Evans
State seeks Supreme Court review of culvert ruling
Most of president’s arts council quits, including Chuck Close
At Grays Harbor, they look to Trump while battling demons
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Bellingham removes signs on bridge named for Confederate general
Columbian
In Our View: Cheers & Jeers (WSU medical school)
The Daily News
Sheriff Mark Nelson’s visit to the Mexico border, in his words
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers report Cowlitz River is less likely to flood
Everett Herald (subscription required)
‘Rally Against Hate’ speakers tout tolerance, peace in Everett
Transgender military left on ledge weeks after Trump tweets
Burke: Those still with Trump an increasingly hateful lot
Milbank: The shameful silence of Jews in Trump’s White House
Editorial: SnoPUD seeking balance for its solar incentive
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Housing Kitsap plans from-scratch self-help housing
Video games revolutionize rehab at Martha & Mary
Electrical engineering program gets new home at Olympic College
News Tribune (subscription required)
Would moving state’s August primary date get more people to vote? (Hudgins, Carlyle)
State officials think they fixed school funding. Tacoma, Olympia area districts say it’s not true (Rolfes)
New York Times
Trump settles on Afghan strategy expected to raise troop levels
Rescuers seek 10 missing sailors after U.S. Navy ship and tanker collide
Talk of ‘preventative war’ rises in White House over North Korea
Trump administration moves to expand deportation dragnet to jails
Olympian (subscription required)
High school football participation is down nationally. Is that happening here?
Puget Sound Business Journal
Pierce County votes against Chris Gregoire’s economic development merger plan
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Do cars blocking bike lanes in Seattle ever get ticketed?
With principals in ‘crisis mode,’ new Washington state law taps into thousands of potential teacher recruits
It is too early to pronounce Sodo-arena project dead
Large: Our world is better because people kept pushing, even when the light seemed to fade
Does divided Olympia remind you of a certain other gridlocked capital? (Nelson, Carlyle)
Rate of suicide among teen girls reaches 40-year high
Editorial: Washington should rethink its approach to college remedial classes
Opinion: Silence in the face of torches and swastikas is unacceptable
Tri-City Herald
Letter: Conduct state business in the open
USA Today
Exclusive: Secret Service unable to pay agents due to huge Trump travel
Washington Post
U.S. destroyer, tanker collide near Singapore; 10 sailors missing
Broadcast
KING5 TV (NBC)
Navy chief orders probe into Pacific fleet after collisions
Paul Allen-backed vessel finds USS Indianapolis
KNKX FM
How To Build Bridges Between The Public And The Police
One Final Hearing On Nation’s Largest Proposed Oil Terminal In Vancouver
Transgender People And Their Families Come Together At Gender Odyssey Seattle
Joint Base Lewis-McChord Marks 100 Years
How Will Animals React To The Solar Eclipse?
Why Does For-Profit Hockey In Washington Not Have To Pay Players Minimum Wage?
KUOW FM
Eclipse in Seattle: Expect big dip in temperature
Duke University Removes Robert E. Lee Statue From Chapel Entrance
Taking the bikini out of ‘bikini barista’ in Everett
He took on Trump. Now he’s taking on tribes over salmon
Why more Native Americans are homeless in Seattle
NW Public Radio
Eclipse’s Heavy Cell Phone Loads Could Parch East Oregon Crops
Hundreds Flock To Eastern Oregon Ranch For Eclipse
Northwest Confederate Monuments Targeted For Removal And Vandalism
Web
Crosscut
Op-Ed: Democrat, Republican, and something in between?
Coming soon to Seattle: Ugly produce
Hey hey, ho ho, has that Lenin statue got to go?
Friday, Aug. 18
Associated Press
Seattle Mayor: Take down Confederate memorial, Lenin statue
Everett outlaws bikini-clad employees at certain businesses
Eclipse traffic already heavy in central Oregon
Washington apple farmers may see higher returns this season
County prosecutor warned about delayed campaign disclosures
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Is there enough protection for foreign farmworkers in the U.S., including in Whatcom?
The Pacific Northwest faces an impossible choice: Salmon or dams?
Bothell Reporter
Teamsters at CalPortland in Kenmore go on labor strike Friday morning
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Seattle mayor: Remove Confederate monument and Lenin statue (Carlyle)
Boeing, Lockheed Martin stuck by Trump as others defected
Editorial: Finding our voice to oppose bigotry, hatred
Letter: County NAACP urges all to stand against bigotry, hate
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Newest ferry coming together
News Tribune (subscription required)
Michael Bennett’s protest disrespects our country, military? These elite JBLM soldiers support him
New York Times
Contradictory U.S. statements muddle North Korea strategy
Opinion: A simple move to save thousands of lives from overdose
The real opioid emergency
Puget Sound Business Journal
The solution to the Seattle area’s worker shortage is right in front of us
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray calls for removal of Confederate monument, Lenin statue
Million-dollar homes on the rise in Seattle and the Eastside: how many in your neighborhood?
Rate of suicide among teen girls reaches 40-year high
The most dangerous intersections in Seattle for bicyclists and pedestrians
Opinion: Gov. Dan Evans: How a real leader squashed hate and extremists
Editorial: Jeff Sessions, pot prohibition is so 2011
Seattle Weekly
Seattle Moves to End Minimum Wage Exemption for Disabled Workers
USA Today
Many confederate memorials aren’t going anywhere
Neo-Nazis can rally because ‘hate speech’ is not illegal
In courts, Trump reversing Obama legacy
Congress’ inaction on debt limit costs taxpayers
Washington Post
Romney calls on Trump to address nation, apologize for Charlottesville comments
One American is confirmed among the fatalities in Spain
Yakima Herald Republic
Editorial: Back-to-school routine must include immunizations
Broadcast
KING5 TV (NBC)
One-third of Seattle drivers ‘cruising’ for parking, rides, study finds
Initiative to ban safe injection sites qualifies for ballot
Seattle police investigating democracy voucher allegation
KOMO4 TV (ABC)
Legislature may try to impose control on high school sports
KNKX FM
Eye In Sky To Spy On Wildfires Awaits Green Light From Feds
Thiel: More Athletes Should Take A Stand By Sitting Down During National Anthem
KUOW FM
Another ‘Sexualized Culture’ Investigation At Fish And Wildlife Leads To Firings
Seattle’s LGBTQ history that isn’t all white, all middle class, all male
That song on your smartphone could be a spy (and not just about your musical tastes)
Spotify Removes Racist Music In Response To Charlottesville
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO Radio)
It’s official: I-27 to ban safe injection sites is on the ballot
Q13 TV (FOX)
‘It’s going to be a disaster’: WSP bracing for weekend eclipse traffic
Trump won Aberdeen and other rural coastal towns. Can he save them?
Web
Seattle P.I.
Cards from white supremacists worry Lakewood
Connelly: West Coast governors tell Trump: No oil, gas leases off our coast
Slog
Mayor Murray calls for removal of Fremont Lenin statue and Capitol Hill confederate monument
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