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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
The Daily E-Clips: August 15, 2014
Associated Press
Legislature could ditch public pension increases, court rules (Hunter)
Washington officials plan to add psychiatric beds
Washington health exchange needs 171 more fixes
State receives $170,000 education grant
Deal to protect salmon calls for pesticide-free zones (EPA)
Demolition blast planned at Hanford reactor site
Inmate escapes from Washington prison near Forks
Aberdeen Daily World
Aberdeen’s cost of public defense to double in 2015
Bellingham Herald (subscription required)
Skagit County adds conditions for Shell rail project permits
Columbian
Editorial: In Our View: STEM Must Welcome All
The Daily News
Sen. Murray helps celebrate new low-income housing complex in Woodland
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Woman’s death raises questions about state’s tracking system
Editorial: Preserving shellfish — and us
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
State adds mental health beds
News Tribune (subscription required)
State plans 50 mental-health beds to start addressing court mandate
Here are the ‘failing school’ letters that are now going to parents
Olympian (subscription required)
Eugene Robinson: Paying today for the 2003 invasion of Iraq
Op-ed: Start early with STEM education
Editorial: Time to take ocean acidification seriously
Guest Editorial: A sales tax holiday not worth celebrating
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Ban on boarding mentally ill in ERs could force the release of many
Editorial: Death tax imposes cost on family business stability
Lessons from Ferguson: Citizens have right to capture photos, videos of militarized police
Spokesman Review
Canna Con caters to Washington state’s blossoming marijuana business
Editorial: I-1351’s goals don’t justify its high cost
Tri-City Herald
Hanford explosion planned early Saturday
Vancouver Business Journal
Clark County taxable retail sales up 7.8 percent
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
High court to decide whether to hear trial access issue
Washington needs another medical school
Broadcast
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Dozens protest plans to kick out elderly from low-income units
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
King County plan will lower bus fares for low-income riders
KPLU FM
Wash. State Radio Station For The Visually-Impaired Fades To Quiet This Week
Washington Races The Clock To Find New Beds For 200 Psychiatric Patients
Police Ask Public To ‘Tweet Smart’ During Ongoing Crises
Legislature’s Pension Cuts Were Legal, Wash. High Court Rules
KUOW FM
U.S. Highway 12 Through Washington’s Cascades Reopened After Mudslide
Addressing Sexual Assault At The University of Washingto
Web
Crosscut
The puzzling state of Washington’s economy
Want to change international climate change policy? Use your body.
Court says state can ax pension perks (Carlyle)
New city transportation head: Can he match the city’s goals with its resources?
HDC Advance
Looking at our state from all different angles
Horsesass.org
Actions Speak Louder than Words: State Senator Andy Hill’s Dismal Record on Reproductive Rights
Don’t Tax, but Spend
Seattle P.I.
Metro will have special fares for lower income riders
Slog
King County Metro Will Offer Reduced $1.50 Fare to Low Income Riders
The Daily E-Clips: August 14, 2014
Associated Press
State jobless rate falls to 5.6%
Large mudslide closes 30 miles of US Highway 12
Aberdeen Daily World
Forest Service holding open house to talk about roads
Solutions for Olympic Gateway Mall access six to seven years away
Bothell-Kenmore Reporter
Washington State Parks announces ‘free day’ for Aug. 25
Columbian
Editorial: In Our View: Bertha Offers Vital Lessons (transportation funding)
The Daily News
State’s unemployment rate drops to 5.6 percent
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Boeing starts demo to make room for 777X wing plant
Woman’s death raises questions about state’s tracking system
Editorial: Take the politics out of trade
Kirkland Reporter
Campfires prohibited in all state parks
Washington State Parks announces ‘free day’ for Aug. 25
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Kitsap mental health officials search for answers after court ruling
News Tribune (subscription required)
28 superintendents to parents: Schools are not failing
Olympian (subscription required)
Editorial: Time for a new approach to firefighting budgets
Puget Sound Business Journal
Some 777X workers likely to be replaced by robots, but loss could be offset by demand for more planes
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Failing-school letters to go out, but not without districts’ retort
Boeing, politicians celebrate 777X wing-plant construction
SPU shooter: Despite troubling history, law let him have guns
Job growth in state eclipsing go-go ’90s; jobless rate falls
Blog: Study: Dropout risk goes up with higher math/science hurdle
Editorial: Close call on grain exports offers a lesson
Editorial: How to arm children with the school supplies they need to succeed
Op-Ed: Guest: Washington state needs another medical school
Seattle Weekly
Weed Wars: The Fury in Fife
The Tipping Point: Will the $15 Minimum Wage Increase Affect Server’s Tips?
Skagit Valley Herald
State extends comment period for in-water rule change
Spokesman Review
Editorial: FEMA aid denied, neighbors care for Carlton Complex fire victims
Users frustrated with administration of Washington health exchange
Arson arrests made in connection with Carlton Complex fire
Rain falls on some Eastern Washington wildfires
Tri-City Herald
Editorial: Our Voice: We’re thankful for chance to understand each other
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Nuclear reactors may have future in Washington state
KIRO 7 TV (CBS)
Letters to parents say schools are ‘failing’
Hundreds of Seattle workers prepare for layoffs
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
28 superintendents fire back after schools get failing marks
WEB
Horsesass.org
Seattle Times Blames Public Employee Unions for “Disastrous Run Up in State Spending” that Never Happened
Seattle P.I.
Powerful D.C. lobbies join fight against Seattle minimum wage
Slog
You’ll Never Guess Who’s Joining the “Legal Fight Against Seattle’s Minimum Wage”
Wednesday, August 13
Aberdeen Daily World
Phil Anderson stepping down as head of Fish & Wildlife
Associated Press
Foreign workers on way to Washington apple harvest
Tentative deal in Northwest grain terminal dispute
Inslee to appeal federal denial of homeowner aid to fire victims
Washington transitions to 6-year driver’s license
Judge dismisses Washington marijuana tax case
U.S. job openings hit 13-year high in June
Columbian
County acts on massage parlors (Wylie)
Editorial: In Our View: Equality of Rights (ERA)
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Banks wade into dealing with legal marijuana dealers
Burbank: ‘No choice’ state voting needs tweak (Stanford, Ryu, Sells)
Singletary: FTC does its job: Tax-debt scheme shut down
New York Times
Reanimating Bertha, a Mechanical Behemoth Slumbering Under Seattle
Olympian (subscription required)
Council gives nod to Comcast tax
Providence St. Peter Hospital officials defend tax exemption in Olympia
Column: The “war on whites” is fight the GOP can’t win
Puget Sound Business Journal
Ballmer and Gates giving a lot to Washington gun control initiative
Debate over $15 wage is hardly over: Washington’s Best Workplaces execs weigh in
Seattle Times (subscription required)
As state plans appeal on federal aid, region faces old and new fires
Hollywood producers snubbing Seattle; here’s why
Column: $8,346.82! Beware the cost of crossing the 520 toll bridge
Blog: Some federal disaster assistance OK’d for wildfires
Skagit Valley Herald
State Parks bans all campfires due to wildfire risk
Foreign workers on way to Washington apple harvest
Spokesman Review
EWU aiding students affected by wildfire through hardship fund
Feds deny disaster aid to individual Washington wildfire victims
Tri-City Herald
Prosser votes to impose moratorium on more pot shops
Vancouver Business Journal
Northwest Grain Handlers, ILWU reach tentative agreement
Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber
Frequent ferry delays are expected to continue (Nelson)
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Where will mentally ill in danger go now?
Yakima Herald Republic
Deadline to clear up health law eligibility is in 3 weeks
BROADCAST
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Heavy August rains wreak havoc across Puget Sound region
KPLU FM
Tentative Agreement Announced In Northwest Grain Terminal Dispute
KUOW FM
Too Many Apples, Too Few Hands In Washington
Cantwell: Shellfish Growers Are The Canary In The Coal Mine
MyNorthwest.com (KIRO FM)
Disaster declaration covers county, tribes, not individuals
NW Public Radio
Learning And Lunch: School Programs Fight The Summer Slide
Q13 TV (FOX)
Feds say no to individual assistance for victims of Washington wildfires; Inslee to appeal
WEB
Crosscut
Council leader irked with SDOT’s dropping work on bike plan
HDC Advance
Be aware of, and wary of, wildfire smoke
The great equalizer, but some are more equal than others
Horsesass.org
You Can’t Distort a Labor Market that Doesn’t Exist
Tuesday, August 12
Associated Press
Inslee: Aug. 27 to comply with high court ruling
Obama signs disaster declaration for Washington
Record Washington apple harvest expected
Thunderstorms forecast for Northwest; DNR bans campfires
Taxable retail sales in Washington up 5 percent
Cheney School District apologizes for religious assembly
Bainbridge Island Review
Editorial: Speaking out on oil trains
Bothell Reporter
Taxable sales increase 4.9 percent for first quarter of 2014 in Washington state
Columbian
Washington View: Harmony is possible on the waterfront (business and industry)
Taxable retail sales in Washington up 5 percent
The Daily News
Toledo lands on state list of towns with most dire budgets
Everett Herald (subscription required)
Feds grant $150,000 to study Stilly valley economy
Sweeping changes on the horizon at Paine Field
Op-ed: Gregerson betrays trust right off the bat (Liias)
Editorial: Diversification at Paine Field (Sells)
Kitsap Sun (subscription required)
Low voter turnout a national summer trend
News Tribune (subscription required)
Plaintiffs in school funding case ask – again – for lawmakers to be held in contempt of court
With wildfires increasing, how should we fund efforts to stop them?
Editorial: Which is it: Fund schools first or fund mental health now?
Olympian (subscription required)
Plaintiffs in school funding case ask – again – for lawmakers to be held in contempt of court
Burning banned on all DNR land through September
Editorial: No Child Left Behind Act needs an overhaul
Editorial: Politicking by churches needs to be curtailed
Puget Sound Business Journal
Washington state slashes uninsurance rate
Seattle Times (subscription required)
A closer look at Washington exports
Editorial: Open state negotiations with unions to public view
Blog: Looks like SEIU organizing strategy may backfire — on Washington taxpayers
Blog: Some federal disaster assistance OK’d for wildfires
Skagit Valley Herald
Work stoppage at Sakuma Bros. Farms
Spokesman Review
Obama signs Washington disaster declaration
Forecast offers another blow
WSU’s new smoke forecast system gets workout
DNR: No burning, period, on state lands
Sockeye tally grows on Columbia, Snake
Editorial: Governors offer good advice on McCleary
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: The top-two primary is working
BROADCAST
KING 5 TV (NBC)
Thunderstorms could spark wildfires in Western Wash. Tuesday
KOMO 4 TV (ABC)
Police: Man harasses, attacks gay couple in Seattle
KPLU FM
Is Wildfire Severity Really Getting Worse?
Native Groups, Environmentalists Rally To ‘Protect Our Salish Sea’
Q13 TV (FOX)
$40 fines for those not paying bridge tolls on time? ‘That’s way outrageous,” driver says
Obama OKs federal assistance for Okanogan County, tribes for public infrastructure lost in wildfires
WEB
Crosscut
Boeing and its older workers: The brewing confrontation
On foot in Seattle: How risky is it?
Horsesass.org
Is the Freedom Foundation Plotting to Transform Washington into a “Right to Work” State, One City at a Time?
My Edmonds News
Op-ed: No Child Left Behind Act — How a federal law is failing schools
Seattle P.I.
US senators: Lax Canadian mine regulation endangers our salmon
Slog
All Americans Should Have Paid Vacation Days
Study Calls Seattle the Third Most Liberal Big City in the US