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• High roads open early in Olympic National Park

  22-05-2015 23:47
  
  The record-low snowpack in much of Washington’s mountains is again showing a spinoff benefit for hikers, campers and other lovers of the outdoors: High-elevation roads in Olympic National Park have opened in time for the Memorial Day weekend, a full month earlier than typical. The nine-mile Deer Park Road opened Friday, May 22, along with […]
  
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• Woman barricaded in home, man found dead outside

  22-05-2015 23:42
  
  Police are in a standoff with a woman who is barricaded in a home.It started Friday around 12:30 pm. when a man was spotted dead outside the house o
  
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• The Polar Pioneer Failed an Important, Basic Coast Guard Inspection This Week

  22-05-2015 23:37 via thestranger.com
  
  The Polar Pioneer, as seen from Monday's protest march across the Terminal 5 truck flyover near West Seattle. Kelly O
  In a couple of months, the Polar Pioneer, Shell's Arctic drilling rig that's currently sitting in Elliott Bay, plans on rooting around for oil in one of the most treacherous, unpredictable environments on the planet. It aims to hunt for more oil reserves despite Shell's botched 2012 attempt to do the same, an agenda overseen by a third-party auditor chosen and paid for by Shell.
  
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• Outlawed in His Own Country, Kenyan Artist Jim Chuchu Comes to Seattle

  22-05-2015 23:35 via thestranger.com
  
  FROM THE 'PAGANS' SERIES BY JIM CHUCHU The Nairobi artist calls his 2013-2014 photo series "A reconstruction of future-past anonymous African deities, their devotees, and forgotten religious rites." This and other photographs from Pagans are showing at Mariane Ibrahim Gallery. COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND MARIANE IBRAHIM GALLERY
  For an artist like Jim Chuchu, born and living in the city of Nairobi, the 21st century is a peculiar place.
  As a cosmopolitan, creative gay man, he's rejected by the main
  
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• Artist Jim Chuchu Visits Seattle, and Speaks About His Art, His Life, and Having His Film Banned by His Homeland

  22-05-2015 23:35 via thestranger.com
  
  FROM THE 'PAGANS' SERIES BY JIM CHUCHU The Nairobi artist calls his 2013-2014 photo series "A reconstruction of future-past anonymous African deities, their devotees, and forgotten religious rites." This and other photographs from Pagans are showing at Mariane Ibrahim Gallery. COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND MARIANE IBRAHIM GALLERY
  For an artist like Jim Chuchu, born and living in the city of Nairobi, the 21st century is a peculiar place.
  As a cosmopolitan, creative gay man, he's rejected by the main
  
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• As Boeing chief lets answers fly, it is what it is

  22-05-2015 23:26
  
  It’s all perfectly clear now thanks to that rare one-on-one with the head of Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
  
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• Police Reports Illustrated: "Crimestoppers" Start Crime

  22-05-2015 23:09 via thestranger.com
  
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• ACLU Says Mayor's Proposed Campaign Ethics Rule Changes "Raise Significant Constitutional Issues"

  22-05-2015 23:07 via thestranger.com
  
  Under a proposed new ethics rule, a city council member who organized an event—like this housing affordability town hall—couldn't engage in campaign activity within 300 feet or one hour of the event. City of Seattle
  The legislative director of the ACLU of Washington says the proposed change to the city's rules about campaigning using city resources is vague and potentially unconstitutional.The proposed change, which was introduced by Mayor Ed Murray and council member Tom Rasmussen a
  
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• Arrest in Florida on child abuse charges from Washington

  22-05-2015 23:06
  
  A 43-year-old man has been arrested in Florida for suspicion of child rape following an investigation that began in Washington state.
  
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• Is ilvs strauss’s Manifesto a Smart, Bold Work About Gender or a Parody of Your Worst Fears About Modern Dance?

  22-05-2015 23:00 via thestranger.com
  
  ilvs strauss: exploring the dark caverns of female identity, without judgment, this weekend at Velocity Tim Summers
  Seattle artist ilvs strauss’s new full-length work, Manifesto (this weekend at Velocity Dance Center) is self-described as “a dance narrative performance that employs a marine invertebrate… as a vehicle for exploring the topic of womanhood.” This descriptor doesn’t shed much light on what to expect at Velocity Dance Center this weekend; rather, it is a
  
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• Tacoma police open fire on mental patient after assault, carjacking

  22-05-2015 22:56
  
  Tacoma police say a mental health patient assaulted three staff members, carjacked a woman and tried to run down two police officers, prompting one to open fire.
  
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• Tacoma police open fire on mental health patient after assault, carjacking

  22-05-2015 22:56
  
  Tacoma police say a mental health patient assaulted three staff members, carjacked a woman and tried to run down two police officers, prompting one to open fire.
  
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• Screw Sasquatch! I'm Watching the Eurovision Song Contest This Weekend—In Praise of the World's Tackiest Pop Pageant

  22-05-2015 22:06 via thestranger.com
  
  Nina Sublatti takes flight to the weird zone of autocratic sovereignty.ANDRES PUTTING
  At this very moment, half a world away, synthesizers are warming up, flags are being unfurled, and shredders are pulling double shifts at the confetti factory. That's right: It's Eurovision time again! The Eurovision Song Contest, the most popular gathering of European nations for a common goal since the 30 Years' War, is an event in which people from all lands and tongues of Europe gather to celebrate their va
  
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• In Music News: Jack White's Defense of TIDAL Is Not Quite Accurate

  22-05-2015 21:56 via thestranger.com
  
  "Hey man, I'm just trying to speak up for the little guy." s_bukley / Shutterstock.com
  Earlier this week, Jack White decided to to answer questions about TIDAL via the Third Man Record website. While most of his comments were vague and, obviously, self-promotional, White also said that it was going to make it a priority to bring obscure music to the streaming service. In regards to the amount of streaming revenue artists receive, White stated:If Psy gets viewed 2 billion times and makes a couple
  
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• Savage's Heirachy: The Sexual Identity Layer Cake

  22-05-2015 21:53 via thestranger.com
  
  I frequently describe sexual identity as a layer cake or a combo platter. There's who you wanna do (desire), who you're actually doing (behavior), and who you tell people you're doing (identity). Like I said in Savage Love a few years back...
  Sexual identity is a combo platter. There's who you wanna do, who you are doing, and who you tell people you are. You can't control who you wanna do—sexual orientation is not a choice—but you get to choose who you wind up doing and who you tell
  
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• Pet food spills across Interstate 90 in Eastern Washington

  22-05-2015 21:48
  
  Authorities say a Friday morning accident on Interstate 90 in Eastern Washington left pet food strewn across the road.
  
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• Blabbermouth: Our Week-in-Review Podcast Is Now on iTunes! This week, McKenzie Funk on "Wreck of the Kulluk" & More!

  22-05-2015 21:36 via thestranger.com
  
  Blabbermouth: Episode seven of our Stranger week-in-review podcast. (Now available on iTunes!) BrAt82/Shutterstock
  Well, the big protests against Shell Oil happened. They were successful in getting attention around the world, but they didn't cause the global oil company to scrap its Arctic drilling plans and yank its Polar Pioneer drilling rig out of Seattle's port. So what does a company like Shell pay attention to?I put the question to McKenzie Funk, who has been following Shell closely for a
  
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• Olympia Record Show Sat. May 23

  22-05-2015 20:25 via thestranger.com
  
  The Olympia Record Show—which is sponsored by Rainy Day Records— happens Saturday, May 23, at Olympia Elks Lodge (1818 4th Ave. E., 3 pm-7 pm, $3; early entry at 2 pm, $10). Here's your chance to buy vinyl from K Records impresario Calvin Johnson, Eternal Tapestry drummer Jed Bindeman, and about two dozen other dealers. Last we heard, there are still two tables available, so if you want to peddle your wax, contact ORS at [email protected]. After the jump, check out the list
  
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• Buy Vinyl from Calvin Johnson and Dozens of Other Dealers at the Olympia Record Show Sat. May 23

  22-05-2015 20:25 via thestranger.com
  
  The Olympia Record Show—which is sponsored by Rainy Day Records— happens Saturday, May 23, at Olympia Elks Lodge (1818 4th Ave. E., 3 pm-7 pm, $3; early entry at 2 pm, $10). Here's your chance to buy vinyl from K Records impresario Calvin Johnson, Eternal Tapestry drummer Jed Bindeman, and about two dozen other dealers. Last we heard, there are still two tables available, so if you want to peddle your wax, contact ORS at [email protected]. After the jump, check out the list
  
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• In Writing News: Gatsby House Up for Sale, Billy Collins Book Shot with Shotgun, Joyelle McSweeney Reading Tonight

  22-05-2015 20:12 via thestranger.com
  
  Hi, Old Sport! Bathroom's down the hall and to the left. Just follow the green light. Debby Wong / Shutterstock.com
  • Have you ever wanted to toss back a decanter of Eau de Vie and pass out on the same hardwood floor that F. Scott Fitzgerald passed out on while writing The Great Gatsby? Then stuff your duffel with 4 million dollars and head to Long Island to buy the mansion in which Fitzgerald wrote the great American novel. The kitchen has TWO islands. You can name one East Egg and the ot
  
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• White Protestor in Olympia Says He's Gotten Caught Shoplifting, But Cops Didn't Shoot Him, He Got a Slap on the Wrist"

  22-05-2015 20:10 via thestranger.com
  
  This white skateboarder wrapped in a "FUCK THE POLICE" sign could probably shoplift as much as he wanted and never be shot with a gun by a cop. Charles Mudede
  Yesterday, after the anti-police violence protest at Woodruff Park in Olympia, one of the speakers, a black American attorney named Kevin Johnson, pointed to two white skateboarders.
  Johnson told me that if the unarmed boys who were shot by a police officer two nights ago had looked liked them, they would not be in the hospital with gunsho
  
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• White Protestor in Olympia Says He's Gotten Caught Shoplifting There Before, But Cops Didn't Shoot Him

  22-05-2015 20:10 via thestranger.com
  
  This white skateboarder wrapped in a "FUCK THE POLICE" sign could probably shoplift as much as he wanted and never be shot with a gun by a cop. Charles Mudede
  Yesterday, after the anti-police violence protest at Woodruff Park in Olympia, one of the speakers, a black American attorney named Kevin Johnson, pointed to two white skateboarders.
  Johnson told me that if the unarmed boys who were shot by a police officer two nights ago had looked liked them, they would not be in the hospital with gunsho
  
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• White Protestor in Olympia Says He's Gotten Caught Shoplifting on the Same Street as the Two Black Men, But Cops Didn't Shoot Him

  22-05-2015 20:10 via thestranger.com
  
  This white skateboarder wrapped in a "FUCK THE POLICE" sign could probably shoplift as much as he wanted and never be shot with a gun by a cop. Charles Mudede
  Yesterday, after the anti-police violence protest at Woodruff Park in Olympia, one of the speakers, a black American attorney named Kevin Johnson, pointed to two white skateboarders.
  Johnson told me that if the unarmed boys who were shot by a police officer two nights ago had looked liked them, they would not be in the hospital with gunsho
  
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• White Protestor in Olympia Says He's Gotten Caught Shoplifting, But Cops Didn't Shoot Him

  22-05-2015 20:10 via thestranger.com
  
  This white skateboarder wrapped in a "FUCK THE POLICE" sign could probably shoplift as much as he wanted and never be shot with a gun by a cop. Charles Mudede
  Yesterday, after the anti-police violence protest at Woodruff Park in Olympia, one of the speakers, a black American attorney named Kevin Johnson, pointed to two white skateboarders.
  Johnson told me that if the unarmed boys who were shot by a police officer two nights ago had looked liked them, they would not be in the hospital with gunsho
  
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• Even More Restaurants That Are Opening in Seattle This Year

  22-05-2015 20:06 via thestranger.com
  
  The owners of Marination Mobile will open Super Six restaurant, in a former Columbia City auto body shop, this fall.MarinationEarlier this week I posteda long list of the restaurants opening in Seattle this year. There are so many, I missed a few. Thanks, Slog readers, for reminding me of what else is in store.Coming Soon
  • I'm kicking myself for having overlooked Edouardo Jordan's Salare, one of the restaurants I am anticipating the most, which will open shortly in Ravenna. Salare's websi
  
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• Tacoma man to serve 8 years in prison for prostituting teens

  22-05-2015 19:33
  
  Clifton Eskridge III, of Tacoma, has been sentenced to eight years in prison for prostituting two teenage girls online.
  
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• Police say Lakewood man beat toddler, hung her from balcony

  22-05-2015 18:48
  
  A Lakewood man has pleaded not guilty to child assault after police say he severely beat his 2-year-old daughter for throwing up her oatmeal.
  
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• Seattle Music Community Stunned by Untimely Death of Darius Minwalla

  22-05-2015 18:42 via thestranger.com
  
  Darius Minwalla, 1976-2015. Julian Ochoa
  The Seattle music community was shaken yesterday when news began to spread, first by phone calls and text messages, and then across social media, that Darius Minwalla died Wednesday at the age of 39.The loss was as unexpected as it was untimely, and has left a resounding sense of grief and shock among the many people who knew and loved him. Though Darius had not lived in Seattle for several years, having relocated to Vancouver B.C. in 2008, he remained ve
  
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• After peaceful evening, protesters, police clash late in Olympia

  22-05-2015 18:21
  
  Late Thursday evening, after hundreds of peaceful demonstrators protesting the shooting of two black men by a white police officer went home, several dozen protesters marched through downtown.
  
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• After peaceful afternoon, protesters, police clash in Olympia

  22-05-2015 18:21
  
  Late Thursday evening, after hundreds of peaceful demonstrators protesting the shooting of two black men by a white police officer went home, several dozen protesters marched through downtown.
  
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• Zia Mohajerjasbi's Yesler Terrace Film Screens at SIFF Tomorrow

  22-05-2015 18:15 via thestranger.com
  
  A still from the twilight of social housing. Zia Mohajerjasbi
  Zia Mohajerjasbi, the winner of the 2009 Genius award for film, and the director of a number of Macklemore's music videos, will present his first major work, Hagereseb, tomorrow as part of SIFF's program "Faces of Yesler Terrace."Lyrical and filled with the solemn winter light of the Northwest, the film is set in the '90s and concerns the small world and troubles of an Eritrean American boy. He wants to make music, he needs batteries
  
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• The Morning News: Hundreds Protest Olympia Shooting, Shell Loses Oil Train Appeal, Council Incumbents Lose Endorsements

  22-05-2015 17:43 via thestranger.com
  
  Hundreds of people, many of them Evergreen State College students, marched in Olympia last night. CHARLES MUDEDE
  A White Officer Shot Two Unarmed Black Men Accused of Stealing Beer in Olympia: "Police Chief Ronnie Roberts said the two wounded men weren’t armed with guns or any other weapons at the time of the shooting," The Olympian reports, "but one was accused of attacking the officer with a skateboard before he was shot." The two men are in the hospital.
  Hundreds of People Protested Ove
  
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• Quake rattles nerves in Napa Valley after 2014 disaster

  22-05-2015 17:14
  
  A magnitude-4.1 earthquake has jolted Napa Valley and became an unwelcome reminder of the wine country's large temblor last summer — the strongest quake to hit Northern California in a quarter-century.
  
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• Anti-Eviction Activist (and City Council Candidate) Josh Farris Is Being Evicted

  22-05-2015 16:45 via thestranger.com
  
  Josh Farris is a city council candidate and housing activist who was part of a group that blocked the eviction of a disabled veteran last year. Courtesy of Josh Farris
  This is terrible personal news that may also be the best thing that’s happened to Josh Farris’ campaign so far—and he seems to know it.
  Farris, who is challenging city council member Bruce Harrell in southeast Seattle's District 2, is getting evicted from his North Beacon Hill one-bedroom apartment at the end of
  
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• Prosecutors: Professor offered China data on US-made device

  22-05-2015 16:37
  
  The chairman of Temple University's physics department was arrested in what prosecutors said was a scheme to provide U.S. technology secrets to China in exchange for prestigious appointments.
  
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• Feds: Temple physics chair offered U.S. tech secrets to China

  22-05-2015 16:37
  
  The chairman of Temple University's physics department was arrested in what prosecutors said was a scheme to provide U.S. technology secrets to China in exchange for prestigious appointments.
  
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• Vacation plans collide with must-do agenda for Senate

  22-05-2015 16:13
  
  Supporters of President Obama's trade agenda hope to fend off hostile Senate amendments Friday and send a major trade bill to the House, where another fierce debate awaits.
  
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• Obama’s Senate allies hope to endorse his trade bill Friday

  22-05-2015 16:13
  
  Supporters of President Obama's trade agenda hope to fend off hostile Senate amendments Friday and send a major trade bill to the House, where another fierce debate awaits.
  
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• Prom night diary: From stressful day to special evening

  22-05-2015 15:15
  
  At Seattle’s Rainier Beach High School, a frantic pace ensued before the party.
  
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• State hires conflict specialist to deal with wolf issues

  22-05-2015 15:06
  
  Washington state has hired a wildlife-conflict specialist to help reduce tensions caused by the state's growing population of wolves.
  
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• Blabbermouth: Our Week-in-Review Podcast Has Feelings About the "Wreck of the Kulluk," Hillary Clinton, and More!

  22-05-2015 15:06 via thestranger.com
  
  Blabbermouth: Episode seven of our Stranger week-in-review podcast. BrAt82/Shutterstock
  Well, the big protests against Shell Oil happened. They were successful in getting attention around the world, but they didn't cause the global oil company to scrap its Arctic drilling plans and yank its Polar Pioneer drilling rig out of Seattle's port. So what does a company like Shell pay attention to?I put the question to McKenzie Funk, who has been following Shell closely for a long time and wrote "The Wr
  
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• Bellingham waterfront pollution cleanup to begin this summer

  22-05-2015 15:01
  
  A $35 million environmental cleanup effort of a polluted Bellingham waterfront site could begin as early as July.
  
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• Washington biofuels company CEO pleads guilty to tax crimes

  22-05-2015 14:56
  
  A CEO accused of stealing from his Pasco biofuels company pleaded guilty to tax crimes.
  
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• Guest Editorial: A Plan for Encouraging More Immigrant Voting in Seattle

  22-05-2015 14:05 via thestranger.com
  
  Contrary to what you may have heard, the largest May Day march was this one—the rally for immigrant rights. Dana Laurent and David Perez, two members of Mayor Ed Murray's Immigrant Rights Voting Taskforce, say there are some concrete ways to improve troubling immigrant voting rates in Seattle. (Though they dismiss former Mayor Mike McGinn's suggestion that we give non-citizens the right to vote, describing it as unrealistic at the moment.) Alex Garland
  In spite of what many media outlets t
  
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• Students at private colleges may lose financial aid under proposed state budget

  22-05-2015 14:03
  
  A compromise state budget proposal would cut financial aid for private-college students, although not as much as originally proposed.
  
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• Hundreds in Olympia Protest Shooting of Two Unarmed Black Males; Cops Keep a Low Profile

  22-05-2015 07:07 via thestranger.com
  
  Protesters at Woodruff Park in Olympia.Charles Mudede
  A large crowd of people (yes, mostly students but also remarkably diverse), gathered at 6 p.m. this evening, at Woodruff Park, to protest the shooting of two black males by a white police officer, Ryan Donald. The incident happened last night, after Andre Thompson, 24, and his stepbrother, Bryson Chaplin, 21, allegedly attempted to steal beer from a Safeway. The officer's story, as relayed by the Olympia police department, is basically this:
  
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• Calm urged as Olympia investigates shootings of 2 men

  22-05-2015 06:00
  
  Police and public officials urged civility while promising a thorough and unbiased investigation into Thursday’s early-morning shooting of two African-American shoplifting suspects by a white Olympia officer.
  
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• Calm urged as Olympia investigates police shootings of 2 men

  22-05-2015 06:00
  
  Police and public officials urged civility while promising a thorough and unbiased investigation into Thursday’s early-morning shooting of two African-American shoplifting suspects by a white Olympia officer.
  
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• 53 people in 9 states sickened after eating raw tuna

  22-05-2015 05:56
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A salmonella outbreak likely linked to raw tuna has sickened 53 people in nine states, health officials said Thursday. Most of the cases — 31 — are in California, officials at the California Department of Public Health said. Other affected states include Arizona, Illinois, Mississippi, New Mexico, South Dakota, Virginia, Washington […]
  
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• Fire in Mount Vernon building damages 3 businesses

  22-05-2015 05:34
  
  MOUNT VERNON — Authorities say a stubborn fire has caused significant damage to three businesses that share a downtown Mount Vernon building. The fire started about 6:30 p.m. Thursday in a building housing a bail bond office and two restaurants, according to a KOMO TV report. No injuries have been reported. The Skagit Valley Herald […]
  
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