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• Northwest utility Avista sold to Canadian company for $5.3 billion

  19-07-2017 23:57
  
  The deal is expected to close in the second half of 2018, and is still subject to approval from common shareholders and various regulators.
  
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• Northwest Psych Fest Scores Major Coup by Booking Mexican Legends Los Dug Dug's

  19-07-2017 23:32 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dave SegalSeattle has the rare chance to get lost in Los Dug Dug's world Sept. 2.
  The fourth annual Northwest Psych Fest will boast an appearance by legendary Mexican psych-rockers Los Dug Dug's, who'll be playing their first stateside show since 1985. In the '70s, Los Dug Dug's released four albums of insanely infectious and combustible songs. Kudos to festival talent buyers Peter Koslik and Nick Arthur—who have a tradition of supporting Mexican psychedelia at their venue—for boo
  
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• Connelly: Republican Rep. Dave Reichert has 3 challengers

  19-07-2017 23:28
  
  Three Democratic challengers are already in the field against Rep. Dave Reichert, the lone Republican member of Congress from the Puget Sound area.
  
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• ‘450 square feet of fear’: Renter dreads rising cost for Fremont studio apartment

  19-07-2017 23:02
  
  Kathleen Rohde loves the quirky studio she’s been renting in Fremont. She said it’s not boxy like some “very micro” micro-apartments she saw elsewhere. A cute arch separates the kitchen from the bedroom, and a lovely bay window lets in tons of light. It’s also conveniently located. She usually takes the E line or Metro […]
  
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• Fourth person charged in King County shooting spree

  19-07-2017 22:52
  
  A fourth person was charged last week with involvement in a series of shootings this spring that hit multiple cars and homes in South Seattle and South King County.
  
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• Fourth person charged in King County shooting campaign

  19-07-2017 22:52
  
  A fourth person was charged last week with involvement in a series of shootings this spring that hit multiple cars and homes in South Seattle and South King County.
  
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• Guest Editorial: Mayor Murray, You Should Resign

  19-07-2017 22:51 via thestranger.com
  by Michael Maddux"Our city will be fine with someone else at the helm for the remainder of the year. In fact, it may be better—losing the cloud hanging over City Hall." City of Seattle
  This piece was originally published at michaelmaddux.org.
  Dear Mayor Murray,This is not the letter I wanted to write. My hope after you dropped out from your bid for re-election—and took ownership and apologized for the way in which you lashed out following the publishing of the D.H. v. Murray lawsuit&
  
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• Judge Roger Rogoff Has the Power to Change a Kid's Life. But Does He Have the Tools?

  19-07-2017 22:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sydney BrownstoneJudge Roger Rogoff is a part of a system even he sees as flawed. Nate Gowdy
  Judge Roger Rogoff begins his day with a big cup of Starbucks coffee. On a recent Thursday, the first defendant on his docket is the only white juvenile he'll see in his courtroom that day. He is also the only kid represented by a private attorney.
  By bringing pot to school, the juvenile violated the probation put in place after he pleaded guilty to two counts of sexually motivated assault in the four
  
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• SpaceX chief says 1st launch of big new rocket will be risky

  19-07-2017 22:23
  
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX’s chief says the first launch of its big new rocket is risky and stands “a real good chance” of failure. Founder Elon Musk told a space station research conference Wednesday he wants to set realistic expectations for the flight later this year from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Falcon Heavy […]
  
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• Rain could return after 32-day hiatus

  19-07-2017 22:18
  
  Could rain return to Seattle on Thursday? Maybe.
  
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• Negotiations collapse, $4B construction budget unlikely as Washington Legislature enters final day

  19-07-2017 22:01
  
  The failure of a new capital budget could also affect Washington lawmakers’ long-running quest to comply with the state Supreme Court’s K-12 school-funding order known as the McCleary decision.
  
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• Connelly: Dems announce accord on $4B state capital budget

  19-07-2017 22:01
  
  An impasse where time is of the essence. Leading legislative Democrats have announced there is agreement on a new, two-year $4 billion state capital budget.  But negotiations continue on a rural water rights dispute that Republican lawmakers insist must be resolved.Thursday marks the end of the third special session of the Washington Legislature, which has been meeting since January.
  
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• $4 billion construction bill tied up in Washington Legislature by water rights

  19-07-2017 22:01
  
  With a Thursday deadline fast approaching, Washington lawmakers are searching for a compromise deal on rural water use that would also clear the way for a state construction budget.
  
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• $4 billion construction bill tied up in Legislature by water rights

  19-07-2017 22:01
  
  With a Thursday deadline fast approaching, Washington lawmakers are searching for a compromise deal on rural water use that would also clear the way for a state construction budget.
  
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• Cook Weaver Brings Delicious Vitality to a Previously Cursed Space on Capitol Hill

  19-07-2017 21:50 via thestranger.com
  
  by Tobias Coughlin-BogueCook Weaver's zabuton steak with beef jus, robuchon mashed potatoes and sautéed carrots. Courtesy of Cook Weaver
  When I first heard about Cook Weaver, I was admittedly skeptical. For one, they'd chosen to open in a space that can generously be described as a tough one for restaurants. A death trap would be more accurate. This little corner of the illustrious Loveless Building has been occupied by plenty of restaurants, dating back to the original Byzantion, and not
  
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• Acting ICE Director Says More Immigration Agents Will Be Deployed to Sanctuary Cities

  19-07-2017 21:43 via thestranger.com
  
  by Ana Sofia KnaufHundreds of undocumented immigrants are held at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma. ASK
  President Donald Trump and his goons have been targeting so-called sanctuary cities for months. He's tried publicly shaming King County for refusing to comply with immigrant detainer requests and even threatened to strip federal funding from cities vowing to protect undocumented residents.
  To further build up a culture of fear, Immigration and Customs Enforcement Acting Director Thomas
  
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• Tony Kushner Is Writing a Play About Donald Trump

  19-07-2017 21:13 via thestranger.com
  
  by Eli SandersThe playwright Tony Kushner receiving the National Medal of Arts from President Barack Obama in 2012. Pete Marovich / Getty Images
  About a year ago, when I read about Roy Cohn's starring role in the making of Donald Trump, I began hoping for this news:
  “It feels very soon,” [Kushner] says of the Trump play which he has just begun to work on. “The nightmare is in high gear. It certainly feels like folly that I or anyone else has a definitive understanding or compre
  
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• Smelly wood will cost Weyerhaeuser lots of loot to fix homes

  19-07-2017 20:54
  
  The Seattle company’s CEO said the firm deeply regretted the inconvenience caused by the formaldehyde odor in its fireproofing product and is committed to making things right.
  
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• Smelly wood will cost Weyerhaeuser lots of loot

  19-07-2017 20:54
  
  The Seattle company’s CEO said the firm deeply regretted the inconvenience caused by the formaldehyde odor in its fireproofing product and is committed to making things right.
  
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• SCOTUS: Grandparents Exempt From Travel Ban, But Not Refugees

  19-07-2017 20:54 via thestranger.com
  
  by Steven Hsieh COSMONAUT/GETTY
  The latest on the travel ban from the Supreme Court is good news for grandparents, but bad news for refugees.At question was the exemptions that the high court outlined in a ruling allowing the travel ban to proceed as it considers whether the policy is constitutional. Last month, the justices decided to continue allowing travel from six Muslim-majority countries if the traveller had a "bona fide relationship" to someone in the US. Roughly, that meant people with
  
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• Australia to help Sri Lanka fight worst-ever dengue outbreak

  19-07-2017 20:48
  
  COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Australia is helping Sri Lanka combat the deadly mosquito-borne disease dengue fever that has claimed 250 lives and infected nearly 100,000 so far this year in the Indian ocean island nation. Visiting foreign minister Julie Bishop said Wednesday night that Australia is giving 475,000 dollars (US $377,000) to the World […]
  
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• My Father, Who Survived Dunkirk, Would Not Have Recognized Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk

  19-07-2017 20:20 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jonathan RabanMy father, who was at Dunkirk, was a very green 21-year-old second lieutenant in the Royal Artillery.
  From May 26 to June 4, 1940, the evacuation of Allied troops from the French port of Dunkirk and its surrounding beaches, known as Operation Dynamo, was a hugely important event in the history of World War II. Had Dynamo not succeeded, Winston Churchill, who had come to power only 16 days before Dynamo began, would almost certainly have lost his premiership, and been dismissed a
  
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• World’s plastic waste could bury Manhattan 2 miles deep

  19-07-2017 20:19
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Industry has made more than 9.1 billion tons of plastic since 1950 and there’s enough left over to bury Manhattan under more than two miles of trash, according to a new cradle-to-grave global study. Plastics don’t break down like other man-made materials, so three-quarters of the stuff ends up as waste in […]
  
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• Illicit skate park pops up on Green Lake's Duck Island

  19-07-2017 20:10
  
  Duck Island has been invaded.
  
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• Submit Your Events Today For The Fall 2017 Edition of Seattle Art and Performance

  19-07-2017 20:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffThe submission deadline is Wednesday, August 2.
  Though we hate to admit it, summer—and all of its opportunities to soak up the sun at outdoor events and at restaurants and bars with outdoor seating—will end someday. But that's not all bad news: Fall will also bring with it a brand new season of arts events, and we'll be here to help guide you through it. Namely, in the form of Seattle Art and Performance, the next edition of which will come out on Septem
  
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• Driver in fatal collision with Maple Valley bicyclist will not be charged, authorities say

  19-07-2017 19:55
  
  A cyclist was killed on Highway 169 after a collision with a pickup. No charges are expected against the driver, who was not impaired and not at fault, the State Patrol says.
  
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• Washington unemployment rate holds steady at 4.5 percent

  19-07-2017 19:45
  
  OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington state’s unemployment rate held steady last month at 4.5 percent and the state gained 2,500 jobs. According to the latest numbers released Wednesday by the Employment Security Department, the private sector lost 300 jobs in June and the public sector gained 2,800 jobs. The biggest job growth was seen in […]
  
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• Can the New Youth Jail Render Itself Obsolete?

  19-07-2017 19:40 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rich SmithSit on these spider knees and learn about poetry!COURTESY OF KING COUNTY
  You are a burden. You are damaged and incomplete. You deserve to live with giant metallic spiders.
  If the walls and furniture of the current King County Juvenile Detention Center could talk, that's what they'd say to the teens who spend time with them.
  On a recent tour of the facilities, I noticed that nearly every design element of the detention center speaks in the language of incarceration. The cement floors
  
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• Teen driver arrested after fatal fall from BMW on I-405 in Kirkland

  19-07-2017 19:25
  
  The suspect is believed to have been driving the car when Sidney Jahn, of Kirkland, fell out of the vehicle on Interstate 405.
  
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• Donald Jr: When Will This Nightmare End?

  19-07-2017 19:24 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan SavageDonald Trump Jr (R) and Eric Trump (L) are miserable too.
  The Hill:
  Donald Trump Jr. is reportedly "miserable" and can't wait for the next four years to end. A friend of President Trump's two adult sons told People that Trump Jr. and Eric Trump "never wanted this."
  So it's unanimous then: we're all miserable and desperately want Trump's presidency to end. Hopefully it won't take four years.[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• Putin Owns the US and the US Better Get Used to It Because Nobody Is Doing Anything About It

  19-07-2017 19:01 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeRussian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 economic summit. Morris MacMatzen / Getty
  There are two fascinating developments in mainstream in US politics today. On one side, you have a GOP that's becoming more and more treasonous, as it refuses to do anything about Trump, about the fact that he is clearly owned by the Russians, and, as a consequence, is at odds with many of the country's deepest military allies and its geopolitical positions. Vladimir Putin is well aware of this
  
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• Surfers beware: Shark dorsal fins seen off Oregon’s Cannon Beach

  19-07-2017 18:52
  
  Oregon State Parks said someone reported seeing dorsal fins, but the fins were seen a distance from shore and that people building sandcastles and wading in shallow water likely had nothing to fear.
  
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• Watch Inauguration Day Protest Videos—From the Police Perspective

  19-07-2017 18:36 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sydney BrownstoneA burnt limo following protests on the streets of D.C. HG
  It feels like ages ago that Heidi and I went to cover the inauguration of Donald Trump in January of this year.We divided responsibilities: While Heidi covered the inauguration surrounded by white women Trump supporters outside the Capitol Building, I covered the at-times violent protests on the streets of Washington D.C.Like the hundreds of other journalists and regular citizens who descended on the capital that day,
  
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• Meet the local artist making colorful pasta

  19-07-2017 18:24
  
  When Linda Miller Nicholson sits down to make a grocery list for a week, it likely looks different from yours or mine. For starters, she uses about 200 eggs in any given week.
  
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• The Great Youth Detention Debate

  19-07-2017 18:10 via thestranger.com
  
  by Steven Hsieh
  In 2012, King County voters approved a $210 million levy to replace the existing juvenile jail and courthouse in the Central District. The plan sparked one of the most energetic and influential protest movements in recent Seattle history.
  Calling themselves Ending the Prison Industrial Complex (EPIC), activists opposed to the new youth jail have shut down city council meetings, interrupted speeches, and blasted music outside the existing detention center. The group hasn't stopped
  
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• ‘We land wherever the wind takes us’: Hot-air balloon deflates in highway median in Snohomish

  19-07-2017 17:44
  
  The balloon landed and deflated in the median of highways 9 and 2 in Snohomish.
  
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• The Morning News: Regional Sewage Plant Ill-Prepared For Newcomers, What Is Going on with Seattle Police Chief Kathleen O'Toole?

  19-07-2017 17:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi Groover"I’ve never had any expectations beyond Mayor Murray’s tenure," says SPD Chief Kathleen O'Toole. City of Seattle
  Is Seattle Police Chief Kathleen O'Toole on Her Way Out? She Doesn't Know, but Her Leadership Team is Bailing: O'Toole is currently in Ireland for her part-time gig, a job that has people speculating about whether she's leaving Seattle for good. Until now, O'Toole has said she isn't leaving the SPD but in an interview with Crosscut, she now says she's not s
  
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• Crippled ferry scrambles summer sailing schedule in San Juans

  19-07-2017 16:47
  
  State ferries operating out of Anacortes are running on an emergency schedule after the ferry Yakima suffered a generator failure on Tuesday.
  
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• 1 injured, dozens terrorized in Golden Gardens shoot-out

  19-07-2017 16:35
  
  A summer night at the beach ended in gunfire and chaos at Golden Gardens Park in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood. When the air cleared, a young man had been shot and dozens more had been terrorized by the gunshots
  
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• Man shot at Seattle’s Golden Gardens Park amid apparent gunfight

  19-07-2017 15:06
  
  Witnesses said a fight in Ballard's Golden Gardens Park had broken out and two men, one with a rifle and another with a handgun, were shooting at each other. A man was taken to Harborview Medical Center after being shot in the back.
  
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• Trump’s ‘let it fail’ sums up why Republicans are losing on health care

  19-07-2017 15:00
  
  The party in charge knows what it’s against. But after seven years of demagoguing about health-care reform, it still has no clue what it’s for.
  
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• Jenny Durkan showcases her experience in race for Seattle mayor

  19-07-2017 15:00
  
  Experience as U.S. attorney and support from political heavyweights has made Jenny Durkan one of the candidates in the race for Seattle mayor while also stirring overt opposition to her bid.
  
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• Jenny Durkan draws big-time backers, overt opposition in Seattle mayoral bid

  19-07-2017 15:00
  
  Experience as U.S. attorney and support from political heavyweights has made Jenny Durkan one of the leading candidates in the race for Seattle mayor, while also stirring opposition to her bid.
  
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• UW team shows a way to teach babies second language if parents only speak one

  19-07-2017 14:00
  
  Researchers from the University of Washington trained and sent 16 tutors to help infants in Spain learn English as a second language. The children developed strong English skills that lasted after the program ended.
  
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• What Will It Take to Stop Locking Up Kids?

  19-07-2017 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Previously unreleased data tells us who gets locked up at the youth jail for what.by Steven HsiehLocal politicians and activists agree: King County should eventually stop detaining youth. The Seattle City Council passed a resolution saying as much in 2015. King County executive Dow Constantine signed on to the vision in January.The point of disagreement is over how quickly the criminal justice system can achieve Zero Youth Detention, a phrase popularized by local activists opposed to the planned
  
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• Rhythm in Colors Offers the Sprawling Multimedia Celebration Seattle Jazz Deserves

  19-07-2017 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Rhythm in Colors brings Seattle's world-class jazz, past and present, to vivid life.by Andrew HamlinSeattle jazz assumes the metaphorical and spiritual shape of the city, the land, and the environment. It affects the way people think, feel, live, work, and believe, cycling into a kind of collective consciousness, which is then expressed through the music. So says Jodee Fenton of Seattle Public Library (which is hosting the expansive Rhythm in Colors exhibition), paraphrasing a concept by Industr
  
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• Pot Makes Me a Better Cyclist—Can It Help in a Lap Pool?

  19-07-2017 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Can cannabis make me a better swimmer? A personal "investigation."by Lester BlackI love swimming, but every time I try to exercise in a pool, the endeavor ends in dismal failure with me gasping for air halfway through the first lap.Today I'm trying something different. Don't tell the Seattle Parks Department, but I've consumed some cannabis on my walk to Colman Pool. About 100 yards into my workout, I feel like I can keep swimming forever. I feel sleek and precise as each arm stroke cuts into th
  
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• I, Anonymous: Hello, Good-bye

  19-07-2017 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Why can't you just be civil to me, random guy who walks by my house every day?by AnonymousYou park on my street and walk by my yard every day on your way to work. We used to address each other like civil human beings, but since then, I've found myself on the receiving end of your resentment more than once. I can't keep up with you. Sometimes you make it a point to flash your smile and wave, and sometimes you very deliberately regard me with disgust. I can only guess what I've done to piss you of
  
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• Family Matters: First It Was a Jail Wing, Then It Became a Respite Center

  19-07-2017 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  A new program seeks to bring healing, rather than punishment, in complicated family violence cases.by Steven HsiehPaul Daniels, the King County employee who oversaw the implementation of the nation's first respite center for teens accused of domestic violence, needed $44,000 to install a door."That was the hardest part," Daniels said, sighing at the heavy-duty, fire-rated slab of metal that wouldn't look out of place shielding a bank vault. But we weren't at the bank. We stood in a former jail w
  
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• Community Roots: A Short-Lived Diversion Program Steers East African Youth Away from the Criminal Justice System

  19-07-2017 13:00 via thestranger.com
  
  "When we invest in community, the result is so much greater."by Ana Sofia KnaufTsegaye Gebru remembers the autumn he spent sitting down with angst-filled East African teenagers. "Why do you do this?" he asked the kids, some of whom had been caught shoplifting by the police. They cried or apologized, Gebru recalled, chuckling in the Horn of Africa Services center, tucked away in an unassuming office building in Columbia City.Gebru serves as executive director at the organization, which provides e
  
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