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Friday, August 22
Aberdeen Daily World
Hoquiam addiction clinic draws more than 100 patients
Associated Press
Spokane testing lab starting to certify marijuana
Feds weigh moving grizzlies into Washington
Mishaps prompt questions about Washington ferries
Study: Wealth gap widened in the last decade
North Central Wash. could see more slides, closures
Washington just says no to marijuana party buses
Columbian
Washington enjoys another record cherry crop
State seeking input on dangerous waste rules
Editorial: In Our View: Northwest takes a stand on coal
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Key industry players to attend defense and space conference
July’s economic indicators good for Snohomish County
Huffington Post
With Congress Gridlocked On Immigration, States Pursue Their Own Solutions
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Following ferry snafu, Seahawk fans playing it safe to get to game
News Tribune (subscription required)
State Supreme Court expands convicts’ access to DNA testing
Column: The Nose: Three hard words state pols must learn to speak: ‘Waiter, check please!’ (Hansen)
Olympian (subscription required)
Op-ed: Rand Paul’s bogus outreach to minorities
Editorial: Let’s face it, the student athlete is gone
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Feds might return grizzly bears to North Cascades
Waterfront park to reflect region’s rich tribal heritage
Healthplanfinder: ‘Moderately effective,’ could improve
Pot businesses pay July taxes, one brings box of cash
Jonathan Martin: End state law that criminalizes mental health patients | Times editorial columnist
Guest Opinion: B.C. is competition for Washington state trade (Moscoso)
Seattle Weekly
Weaned From the Trough: Ethics Board Sets Limits on Free Meals For Lawmakers (Hansen, Pedersen, Hunter)
Yakima Herald Republic
Yakima Valley pot retailers cater to cannabis culture
$17B settlement could mean huge tax bills for some homeowners
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Four day closure of SR 99 in Seattle starts tonight
Flooding cuts off highways in Okanogan County
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Seattle crowd shows solidarity for those protesting police shooting in Missouri
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Mudslides close roads, trap drivers in central Washington
Are you ready for some gridlock? SR-99 set to close for 4 days
Q13 TV (FOX)
Floods, mudslides cut several highways, damage homes in central Washington
Park Service to study idea of putting grizzly bears in Washington state
Major four-day Highway 99 closure starts Friday in downtown Seattle (MAP)
WEB
Crosscut
Where are Washington’s K-12 dollars? Just ask Microsoft shareholders
Mr. Monorail: No there there on new elevated plan
Publicola
Morning Fizz: The Nagging Backstory (transportation funding)
Slog
American Public Schools Projected to Hit a Demographic Milestone This Year
Thursday, August 21
Aberdeen Daily World
Hospital district commissioners sworn in; first meeting Aug. 28
Twin Harbor jobless rates drop; Grays Harbor still among highest
Associated Press
Washington allowing sheep rancher to kill wolves
State congressional delegation urges individual aid for wildfire victims
Feds order reinstatement of Hanford whistle-blower
Panel votes on limiting free meals for lawmakers
Obama weighs broader move on legal immigration
Some Fed officials want to slow economic help soon
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Bellingham’s third pot store has quiet opening Wednesday
Our Voice: State pension ruling probably benefits everyone
Bothell Reporter
Metro will use a federal grant to test battery-powered, zero-emission buses
First retail sales taxes on recreational marijuana due Aug. 25
Columbian
Panel votes on limiting free meals for lawmakers (Hansen, Pedersen)
Editorial: In Our View: Acidification Harms Oceans
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Davis: Court gets it right in pension rulings
Op-ed: Raise will hurt those it’s intended to help (Minimum wage)
Editorial: Legislative Ethics Board: What a free dinner buys you
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Transportation secretary: ‘We are looking to increase reliability’ on ferries
News Tribune (subscription required)
With funds for physician training set to expire, rural doctor shortage persists
Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: State pension ruling probably benefits everyone
Oregonian
Recreational marijuana in Washington: High prices, pot shortages dog new industry
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Mental-health official resigns after scrutiny of patients’ release
Franchise association blasts Seattle minimum wage law in radio ad
State Attorney General outlines argument in case that could make or break pot law
Our dismal primary turnout: 31 percent
Guest Opinion: Students should not have been expelled for marijuana at Bishop Blanchet High School
Sno Valley Star
Failing-school letters mailed to parents
Spokesman Review
Sen. Murray, pushing funds for residencies, sidesteps Spokane medical school flap
Proposal for one-person train crews criticized
Lethal force authorized for wolves preying on Stevens County sheep
Recreation areas reopen to public after wildfires
Editorial: Softer side of police work can help avoid confrontations
Voice of the Valley
Construction of two warehouses to house Marijuana
Yakima Herald Republic
Lawmakers turn up the heat on troubled state ferry system (Hansen, Seaquist, Rolfes)
USDA chief: Soaring firefighting costs call for new funding system
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Feds hit Hanford contractor for whistleblower retaliation
A candid look at police officer body cameras
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Family doctor shortage expected to grow worse
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Neighbors worry Bainbridge Island construction will hurt wildlife (Video)
KPLU FM
Cantwell Takes Aim At Gender Gap In Access To Business Loans
KUOW FM
Why Washington Is Changing How Women Labor To Avoid C-Sections
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Interim Washington State Ferries director fires back at criticism
‘Business is good’ for Seattle’s black market pot dealers
NW Public Radio
Major Parties Oppose Oregon’s Top Two Primary Ballot Measure
Amid Legal Pot, The Search Continues For Illegal Grows
Rising Costs of Wildfires
Q13 TV (FOX)
Parents, students confront Seattle school leaders over sexual assault case
Mining company sues Navy, state in bid to build large pier over Hood Canal
Seattle Police Dept. misses key federal reform deadline
WEB
HDC Advance
Get your free outdoors fix on August 25
Horsesass.org
Microsoft Quits “Stand Your Ground” Lobbying Group ALEC
Seattle P.I.
Oh boy: Parts of SR-99 to close for 4 days
Slog
People Who Live Near Fixed-Rail Transit Are Happier
Uber Hires a Big Shot, Starts Delivering Goods—Are They Trying to Take Over the World?
The Daily E-Clips: August 20, 2014
Associated Press
Panel votes on limiting free meals for lawmakers (Hansen, Pedersen)
Oregon state regulators reject coal terminal on Columbia
Prison company pays $8 million in back wages
Aberdeen Daily World
Certification of primary vote today; recount likely Friday in commissioner race
Ballard News Tribune
Lockhaven tenant fights back against ‘illegal eviction’ and ‘retaliation’
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Blog: Lobbyist limit proposed for WA legislators: 12 free meals a year
Blog: Pro-coal terminal group’s statement appears to sidestep reality
Columbian
Column: Washington View: Too many of state’s youths still seek jobs
Column: Jayne: Mental illness knows no social, economic boundaries
The Daily News
New state standards will double Kelso’s public defender budget in 2015
Everett Herald (subscription required)
State switching to 6-year driver’s licenses from 5-year cycle
Arlington bans smoking in city parks, on trails
Editorial: In Our View/Oregon’s rejection of Morrow Pacific: Coal terminals’ death rattle
Island Guardian
CenturyLink May Face Penalties For Last Years Phone, DSL And 911 Service Outage (Ranker)
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
State says fish got to swim; Bremerton is not so sure
News Tribune (subscription required)
State AG asks judge to uphold Fife’s pot ban, but rejects city’s claim that federal law trumps I-502
SPU shooter: Despite troubling history, law let him have guns
Olympian (subscription required)
Unemployment rates remain low in Pierce, Thurston counties in July
Lacey Planning Commission recommends no further rules for pot stores
State AG asks judge to uphold Fife’s pot ban, but rejects city’s claim that federal law trumps I-502
Op-ed: The net neutrality myth
Editorial: The “McCleary” of state’s transportation system
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Lawmakers turn up the heat on troubled ferry system (Seaquist, Rolfes, Hansen)
Bainbridge protester comes down from tree after sit-in
Our dismal primary turnout: 31 percent
Editorial: Innovation would be stifled under FCC’s plans
Spokesman Review
WDFW chief retiring at end of the year
Tri-City Herald
Columbia Basin College, Kadlec Regional Medical Center seek $16.1M expansion of college’s health care programs
Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
State budget mix-up brings ferry worker instead of cadet to Fauntleroy dock (Nelson, Fitzgibbon)
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Lawmakers have power to cut benefits
Broadcast
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Boeing 777X is now attracting new companies to Washington
Bainbridge Island tree protester comes down
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Sickle-cell anemia sufferers suspect racial profiling in emergency rooms
Auburn Man arrested for hate crime on Capitol Hill
KIRO 7 looks at the history of tree-sitting protest
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Teen ends protest, comes down from Bainbridge Island tree
KOMO NewsRadio
State Lawmakers Voice Outrage Over Latest Ferry System Woes (Appleton, Seaquist)
KPLU FM
Wash. Attorney General: If You Like Legal Marijuana, Support Local Pot Bans
How To Make Sense Of Health Insurance Alphabet Soup
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Endangered animals of Washington
NW Public Radio
Ethics Board Settles On 12 Lobbyist-Paid Meals Per Year
Q13 TV (FOX)
Bremerton police may be wearing body cameras by next year
Protester comes down after spending 36 hours in a tree
Pre-K education plans for Seattle fight it out in court
Web
HDC Advance
UW, WSU named in Top 50 LGBT-friendly list
Horsesass.org
Are You a Dues-Paying Member of HA Local 1?
Dear Seattle Times: Retract Your Misleading “Death Tax” Editorial
Still No Retraction on Seattle Times’ Bogus “Death Tax” Editorial
Slog
Oregon Does Great Thing, Rejects Coal Terminal
Women Are Punished for Asking for Flex Time to Raise Families; Men Are Rewarded
Tuesday, August 19
Associated Press
Government wants to make cars talk to each other
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Environmentalists vow to continue fight in Whatcom after Oregon coal terminal is rejected
Bothell Reporter
WSDOT calls for volunteers to help tally cyclists, walkers this fall in Bothell
Columbian
Retailers must move drug paraphernalia from easy view
Editorial: In Our View: Seeing the Forest (environmental concerns versus economic development)
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Editorial: Attorney General Bob Ferguson: Justice for child immigrants
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Lawmakers call for new ferry leadership following latest blunder in Bremerton (Seaquist, Appleton, Rolfes, Hansen)
News Tribune (subscription required)
Op-ed: The follies of higher ed
Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: Mental health care gaps can’t be ignored
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Editorial: Law enforcement’s Tweet Smart campaign is hard to enforce
Opinion: How to help patients after the end of psychiatric boarding
Skagit Valley Herald
Credit help for small business
Spokesman Review
Spokane’s first new skywalk in decades OK’d
Dry, warm weather taking toll on wheat crops
Wood stove maker opposes stricter pollution limits
Editorial: Railroads need to help ease conflict at crossings
Tri-City Herald
Kennewick planners vote to recommend ban on marijuana businesses
BROADCAST
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Woman sitting in tree to protest development hours from being arrested
New West Nile virus case in Washington State
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Teen camping in tree to protest Bainbridge Island development
Aggressive bears close Fort Simcoe State Park in Central Wash.
KPLU FM
Oregon Agency Rejects Coal Terminal On The Columbia River
Oregon’s Pot Legalization Supporters Kick Off Ad Campaign
Washington Legislative Ethics Panel To Consider Free-Meals Rule
As Life Rebounds, Rangers Offer Tour Of Elwha’s Once-Underwater Landscapes
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Washington State Ferries plagued by problems over past year
NW Public Radio
Five Hospitals In Washington and Oregon Among Victims Of Computer Hack
Firefighters Cautiously Optimistic in Washington
Q13 TV (FOX)
PROTEST IN THE PINES: Woman refuses to leave tree in bid to stop clear-cutting
Think you’ll cross that bridge when you come to it? Maybe not in Index
WEB
Crosscut
Coal export plan suffers setback in Oregon
HDC Advance
Washington state No. 4 for boosting health coverage
Seattle P.I.
University of Washington ranked among world’s top 20 schools
Bad news for Big Coal: Oregon rejects proposed export terminal
Slog
Washington State Court of Appeals Will Take Up Legal Fight Over SPU Surveillance Video
The Most Misleading Seattle Times Editorial Ever?
Guest Editorial: Seniors Need Affordable Housing, Too (Chopp)
Monday, August 18
Aberdeen Daily World
Work to move Enchanted Valley Chalet set for September
DNR to permit campfires on some state lands
Biologists to conduct annual elk census in Olympic National Park
Associated Press
Washington high court to hear charter school case
Seattle VA: Progress made in cutting wait times
Have insurers found new ways to avoid the sick?
Tax refunds for wildfire-damaged homes in Okanogan
Too many aboard Washington ferry; 480 had to leave
Washington ferries executive placed on leave
Bainbridge Island Review
Sen. Murray: Country can do much more to help returning veterans
Ballard News Tribune
The cost of cannabis: Where are Ballardites buying their herb?
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
BNSF: Coal terminal needs wouldn’t block Bellingham waterfront access
Columbian
Editorial: In Our View: Restoring the River(Columbia River restoration projects)
Editorial: In Our View: Global Trade Hits Home
Everett Herald (subscription required)
State switching to 6-year driver’s licenses from 5-year cycle
McCusker: With immigration data missing, common sense will have to do
Muhlstein: ‘Everyone has a role’ in preventing suicide
McArdle: Vicious cycle of bad credit, inequality
Editorial: State needs to join others in creating ‘Amber Alert’ system for elders
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Three-boat service restored on Southworth ferry route
Maple Valley Reporter
Attorney General Bob Ferguson supports legal representation for children in deportation hearings
News Tribune (subscription required)
Editorial: Open government: The battle never ends
Olympian (subscription required)
Olympia’s first legal marijuana retailer will open when supplies arrive
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Promise of a ‘clean coal’ future far from reality
Premera and LifeWise will include Children’s in coverage
Westneat: Feds’ failed school rules inspire revolting response (Reykdal)
Editorial: Allow DSHS to overspend its mental-health budget to fix ‘boarding’ problem
Editorial: What’s troubling mental-health care?
Editorial: One budget-buster down: pension lawsuits; another around the corner: Initiative 1351
Opinion : Auditor Kelley makes a right move in Insurance Commissioner’s case
Blog: Local college-completion effort draws White House’s attention
Spokesman Review
Oil, coal left out of grant request
Spokane City Council preparing laws to aid domestic violence victims
Thousands of parents will get letters explaining why their kids’ school is failing
Hobbyists flying drones threaten firefighting efforts
Spin Control: Court ruling on pensions, longshoremen’s agreement bring relief
Tri-City Herald
Public hearing planned Monday about banning pot-related businesses in Kennewick
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Message of compassion is one worth spreading
Yakima Herald Republic
Cost of school supplies on the rise
New residency payment structure greatly needed, local medical providers say
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
A third of people have nothing saved for retirement
KUOW FM
The Power Of The Peer Group In Preventing Campus Rape
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
How safe is your favorite restaurant? King County cooking up new rating system
Why can’t WSDOT build the new 520 bridge any faster?
NW Public Radio
What Happens When Callers To 911 Speak No English?
Justice Dept. Closes Criminal Inquiry Into Tesoro Refinery Blast Without Charges
Oregon’s Citizens’ Initiative Review Could Expand To Other States
Oregon To Decide On Controversial Coal Export Dock Permit
WEB
Crosscut
Bertha: Wasting money while the Viaduct risks grow?
HDC Advance
Oil throwing WA agriculture off the tracks
Horsesass.org
Quite Possibly the Most Dishonest Seattle Times Editorial Ever
Seattle P.I.
Hundreds kicked off overloaded ferry before Seahawks game