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• Sheriff: Suspect in deputy's slaying committed suicide

  10-01-2018 23:58
  The burglary suspect found dead at the scene of Pierce County Deputy Daniel McCarthy's slaying shot himself in the head during the gunfire exchange that ultimately killed the deputy, the Sheriff's Office announced Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• Where to Celebrate MLK Day

  10-01-2018 23:24
  20 Events Across Seattleby Stranger Things To Do StaffMartin Luther King Jr. Day falls on January 15 this year, but that's not the only day to celebrate the civil rights leader. Below, we've compiled all the MLK events throughout the month, from the MLK Day of Service to an open house at the Northwest African American Museum to a talk featuring famed anti-racism activist Jane Elliott.
  JANUARY 10-15Art & Social Justice ToursJoin SAM staff for some talks on art and artists currently featured a
  
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• 20 Ways to Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2018 in Seattle

  10-01-2018 23:23
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffThe 36th annual MLK Seattle Celebration features an opportunity fair, workshops, a rally, and march. Susan Fried
  Martin Luther King Jr. Day falls on January 15 this year, but that's not the only day to celebrate the civil rights leader. Below, we've compiled all the MLK events throughout the month, from the MLK Day of Service to an open house at the Northwest African American Museum to a talk featuring famed anti-racism activist Jane Elliott. See them all below, or
  
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• AG Bob Ferguson Takes on Jeff Sessions in Newsweek

  10-01-2018 23:05
  
  by Steven HsiehAttorney General, chess player, magazine writer JOE MABEL/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS
  Washington State Attorney General Bob Ferguson is no stranger to writing for American legacy magazines. Back in May, Ferguson put together an opinion piece for Time Magazine predicting that the Trump administration's "aggressive" approach to issues like immigration and climate change will eventually lead to his downfall. The whole piece was one big chess analogy.
  Now, Ferguson has added another publication
  
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• Jeff Bezos, Essentially a Seattle-Based Bookseller, Is the Richest Human in History of the World?

  10-01-2018 22:20
  
  by Charles MudedeBezos really richer than Shaka Zulu? wildacad/gettyimages.com
  Geekwire claims that Jeff Bezos’s current net worth, which passed $105 billion on Monday, makes him, the CEO of Amazon (the tech corporation that is for this decade what Apple was for the previous one, and Microsoft was for the one before that), the "richest person in history." Nothing at all is said about how this claim was determined. But we are informed at end of the piece that Bill Gates's worth at the "peak
  
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• Jeff Bezos, a Seattle-Based Bookseller, Is the Richest Human in History of the World?

  10-01-2018 22:20 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeBezos really richer than Shaka Zulu? wildacad/gettyimages.com
  Geekwire claims that Jeff Bezos’s current net worth, which passed $105 billion on Monday, makes him, the CEO of Amazon, the "richest person in history." Nothing at all is said about how this claim was determined. But we are informed at end of the piece that Bill Gates's worth at the "peak of the 'dot-com bubble,'" $100 billion, would, when adjusted to inflation, be $148 billion today. So, Bezos may not be the ri
  
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• Washington attorney general says lawmaker records are subject to public disclosure

  10-01-2018 22:19
  A coalition of news organizations is challenging state lawmakers’ assertion that they are not subject to more stringent public disclosure under the state’s public records act.
  
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• Construction company owner charged with manslaughter for worker's death

  10-01-2018 22:04
  Prosecutors charged a 40-year-old construction company owner with manslaughter last week for alleged negligence that caused one of his workers to die on the job two years ago.
  
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• Charges: Construction company owner charged with manslaughter for worker's death

  10-01-2018 22:04
  Prosecutors charged a 40-year-old construction company owner with manslaughter last week for alleged negligence that caused one of his workers to die on the job two years ago.
  
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• ICE Cracks Down on 7-Elevens in a Predawn Raid

  10-01-2018 21:56 via thestranger.com
  
  ICE officials promise more dawn raids to come.by Rich SmithICE says it's targeting employers in these raids, but the employees are the ones who are being arrested right now.Tim Boyle / Staff
  Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested 21 immigrants in a predawn raid of nearly 100 7-Eleven convenience stores across the country, according to the AP.The agency, which has "already brought a 40 percent increase in deportation arrests and plans to spend billions of dollars on a border wall wit
  
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• Savage Love Letter of the Day: A Question Kicked to #SexWorkTwitter

  10-01-2018 21:47 via thestranger.com
  
  Is she wrong for wanting to continue this monogamous relationship even though she's a sex worker?by Dan Savage
  Let's get to the down and dirty details right away. I am a 27-year-old woman who is an escort. I've never thought much of monogamy because of my profession. (Yes, I do like my job.) But I've met someone, a 35-year-old male, who also didn't think much about monogamy until we started dating. The problem comes down to this: We became monogamous because we are happy with each other and sati
  
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• Mirrorgloss Serves Charisma and Confidence with Electro-Pop Flavor, and Performs at Chop Suey Tonight

  10-01-2018 21:43 via thestranger.com
  
  by Sam ChapmanMirrorgloss is Del Brown and Najamoniq ToddAbby J. Kok
  I meet electro-pop outfit Mirrorgloss at 9lb Hammer. It’s the kind of rowdy dive bar that can only really exist in the still-gritty reaches of Georgetown, although signs of gentrification’s glacial crawl can be glimpsed at the massive cider bar down the way.The women of Mirrorgloss, Del Brown and Najamoniq Todd, have been in the music scene long enough to remember when this wasn’t the case. “This place u
  
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• Feeling Low? Play Seattle Duo Kylmyys' Beautiful Cover of David Bowie's "Subterraneans"

  10-01-2018 21:01
  
  David Bowie died two years ago on this date; Seattle duo Kylmyys pay their respects with a gorgeous cover of "Subterraneans."by Dave SegalYoung Americans cover a Bowie deep cut. Kylmyys
  Seattle electronic duo Kylmyys have released a cover of David Bowie's sublimely solemn, Eno-assisted "Subterraneans" off his classic 1977 LP, Low (ranked No. 1 on Pitchfork's top albums of the '70s list, for what it's worth). It's a reverent, tenderly melancholy treatment, reflecting Kylmyys' sadness over losing
  
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• Where They Stand: Bike Racks to Block Homeless Camps

  10-01-2018 21:00
  
  We asked the mayor and all nine council members for their thoughts.by Steven Hsieh
  Welcome to the inaugural edition of Where They Stand, a series in which I ask our panel of nine Seattle city council members and Mayor Jenny Durkan to weigh in on the issues.
  For each installment, I’ll give your panelists up to 100 words to explain their political position on the day’s question. We may ask about bills making their way through the council committees. Or we’ll ask about something i
  
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• Judge dismisses sex-abuse lawsuit against Everett teacher, district

  10-01-2018 20:50
  U.S. District Judge James Robart ruled that a woman identified as A.T. waited too long to bring her accusations that the teacher abused her beginning in 2003, and that the district should have prevented it.
  
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• Connelly: Bills to ban farming of Atlantic salmon net support in Olympia

  10-01-2018 20:50
  Net pen farming of Atlantic salmon may turn into the fish story of the 2018 Washington Legislature.  After a pen collapse at Cypress Island released 300,000 fish into Salish Sea waters, lawmakers of both parties want Atlantic salmon banned from Washington waters.
  
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• Connelly: Bills to ban farming of Atlantic salmon net support

  10-01-2018 20:50
  Net pen farming of Atlantic salmon may turn into the fish story of the 2018 Washington Legislature.  After a pen collapse at Cypress Island released 300,000 fish into Salish Sea waters, lawmakers of both parties want Atlantic salmon banned from Washington waters.
  
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• The Post is Steven Spielberg's Ode to the Adversarial Press

  10-01-2018 20:20
  
  by Vince Mancini
  We’ve seen a lot of iterations of Steven Spielberg, from Sci-Fi Spielberg (Minority Report, War of the Worlds) to Prestige Spielberg (Schindler’s List, Lincoln) to Middlebrow Schmaltz Spielberg (The Terminal, War Horse). The Post reveals yet another Spielberg: Message Spielberg. Unlike say, Oliver Stone, we’ve rarely seen Spielberg with a bee in his bonnet, delivering a film with a clear and transparent takeaway.
  The Post is Spielberg’s clear and passiona
  
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• Seattle Clinic Defense to Hold a Rally Outside Planned Parenthood on Saturday; PP Asks Them Not to

  10-01-2018 20:05 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie Herzog In February 2017, Seattle Clinic Defense organized a counter-protest to an anti-choice rally in Kent.Seattle Clinic Defense
  One Saturday a month, a small group of activists gather outside Planned Parenthood on Capitol Hill to protest abortion. For the last seven years, another group has been there to meet them and to shield patients entering the clinic. This month, however, the counter-protest could be much, much larger thanks to a Facebook event that has gone just a little bit v
  
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• Seattle Clinic Defense to Hold a Rally Outside Planned Parenthood on Saturday

  10-01-2018 20:05
  
  by Katie Herzog In February 2017, Seattle Clinic Defense organized a counter-protest to an anti-choice rally in Kent.Seattle Clinic Defense
  One Saturday a month, a small group of activists gather outside Planned Parenthood on Capitol Hill to protest abortion. For the last seven years, another group has been there to meet them and to shield patients entering the clinic. This month, however, the counter-protest could be much, much larger thanks to a Facebook event that has gone just a little bit v
  
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• Nearly 2 feet of mountain snow, rain, wind in Seattle Thursday

  10-01-2018 19:34
  Seattle and the surrounding region are set to get pounded Thursday with rain and some winds, and snow at higher elevations.
  
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• We Went to Magnolia Expecting NIMBYs and Found a Bunch of Housing Supporters Instead

  10-01-2018 19:14 via thestranger.com
  
  Not your standard community meeting.by Heidi GrooverWho wants affordable housing? HG
  "Tonight’s Magnolia is not the Magnolia I moved to," Janis Traven told the waning crowd just past the two and a half hour mark of the meeting. Traven, a 30 year resident of the affluent Seattle neighborhood and member of the Magnolia Community Council, had just heard a long list of speakers say they support a proposal to build affordable housing at Fort Lawton near Discovery Park. She was there with the sa
  
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• African elephant, hippo, rhino populations shrink in wartime

  10-01-2018 19:14
  WASHINGTON (AP) — War is hell for wildlife, too. A new study finds that wartime is the biggest threat to Africa’s elephants, rhinos, hippos and other large animals. The researchers analyzed how decades of conflict in Africa have affected populations of large animals. More than 70 percent of Africa’s protected wildlife areas fell inside a […]
  
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• Randy Rainbow: They've Got Buttons!

  10-01-2018 18:59 via thestranger.com
  by Dan SavageThe Kim & Donnie Show. Coming to ABC never. #NewVideo #Buttons #ButtonEnvy 🎶👇🔘🚀 pic.twitter.com/qDoMJZHTuv— Randy Rainbow (@RandyRainbow) January 8, 2018Why isn't Randy making digital shorts for SNL already?[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• Everett lawyer arrested in attempted bank robbery

  10-01-2018 18:43
  Richard Evan Kriger had a fake beard, dark glasses and gloves when he showed up at a Banner Bank branch Dec. 13, with a note demanding tens of thousands of dollars, police say.
  
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• New Mexico rejoices as parts of state finally see rain

  10-01-2018 18:02
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The streak is over and New Mexico residents are rejoicing. Rain fell over the state’s largest metropolitan area Wednesday, ending one of the longest dry spells in recorded history. Albuquerque had logged 96 straight days without any measureable precipitation and had threatened to break records set decades ago. Forecasters with the National […]
  
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• Man who left dead dogs in Oregon motel sentenced to prison

  10-01-2018 17:57
  MEDFORD, Ore. — A man who left the bodies of two severely malnourished dogs in a Medford motel room has pleaded no contest to animal abuse and been sentenced to more than a year in prison. The Jackson County District Attorney’s Office says the pit bulls died from neglect weeks before 39-year-old Tabari Hayes moved […]
  
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• The Morning News: Kayaks Disturbing Orca Life, Jury's Out on Atlantic Fish Farms

  10-01-2018 17:31 via thestranger.com
  
  Everyone from Puget Sound kayakers to anti-DACA legislators are on thin ice as literal thin ice coats the Sahara.by Nathalie GrahamPlease keep your distance! Fokusiert / GETTY
  Stay in your goddamn lane and stop fucking with whales: Just because you got a new kayak at the REI Anniversary Sale and your favorite movie growing up was Free Willy doesn’t give you the right to get up close and personal with whales. That just makes you a dick; you’re a dick because Free Willy is a shitty mov
  
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• Cold snap exposes cracks in upkeep of timeworn schools

  10-01-2018 17:05
  BALTIMORE — The recent spell of cold weather exposed the poor state of school buildings in many big-city districts, including Baltimore, where the failure of heating systems closed dozens of institutions after children were left shivering in frigid classrooms. Schools were challenged in other cities affected by the cold snap, including Philadelphia and Bridgeport , […]
  
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• Los Angeles rainfall total rises, but still far below normal

  10-01-2018 16:36
  LOS ANGELES — The storm that hit Southern California on Tuesday dropped 1.45 inches (3.7 centimeters) of rain on downtown Los Angeles, which had barely received any rain in months and is still far from normal. The rain raised the total since the Oct. 1 start of the water year to 1.89 inches (4.8 centimeters), […]
  
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• ‘Fast and furious’ rain to hit Seattle area on Thursday — more than an inch, forecasters say

  10-01-2018 16:16
  It’s not likely to be a record-shattering deluge by any means, but it’s going to be coming down “fast and furious” by lunchtime on Thursday in Seattle, according to a National Weather Service meteorologist. After a stretch of relatively mild weather in the Puget Sound region, a system is moving into the area overnight Wednesday […]
  
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• Ohio imposes strict rule on workers’ back surgery, opioids

  10-01-2018 15:33
  Washington, Colorado and Minnesota already restrict injured-worker payments for the spinal-fusion surgery, officials said, but the Ohio policy goes further by embedding an opioid warning into its restriction.
  
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• Surprise oil fight may be part of the method to Trump’s madness

  10-01-2018 15:00
  The idea of drilling for oil off the Olympic coast, in or near a marine sanctuary, is so crazy and politically radioactive that environmentalists were blindsided when the Trump administration proposed it last week. Maybe that’s all part of the plan.
  
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• ‘How the sausage is made’: Legal pressure helped Airbnb host in Seattle win special deal

  10-01-2018 15:00
  A building owner’s legal challenge threatened to delay new regulations on short-term rentals, so a City Council member gave the building a special break. The regulations are set to take effect next year.
  
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• To satisfy feds, Washington state clarifies graduation and other goals in its ESSA plan

  10-01-2018 14:00
  The U.S. Department of Education requested more details in nine areas of Washington’s plan for how it plans to meet the requirements of the new federal K-12 education law, which will take effect in fall 2018.
  
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• Teacher handcuffed, jailed after questioning pay policies

  10-01-2018 14:00
  The Louisiana teacher was handcuffed and jailed after questioning pay policies at a public meeting. The school-board office went on lockdown after getting death threats from around the world in response.
  
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• Louisiana teacher speaks out after arrest at board meeting

  10-01-2018 14:00
  The Louisiana teacher was handcuffed and jailed after questioning pay policies at a public meeting. The school-board office went on lockdown after getting death threats from around the world in response.
  
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• Deaths threats cause lockdown after teacher handcuffed video

  10-01-2018 14:00
  The Louisiana teacher was handcuffed and jailed after questioning pay policies during a public-comment period. The teacher's union and the ACLU are investigating and two board members are complaining that the board treats women unfairly.
  
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• Death threats cause lockdown after teacher handcuffed

  10-01-2018 14:00
  The Louisiana teacher was handcuffed and jailed after questioning pay policies at a public meeting. The school-board office went on lockdown after getting death threats from around the world in response.
  
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• Leopards kill at least 3 children in rural India

  10-01-2018 10:33
  NEW DELHI (AP) — At least three children have been killed by leopards in a series of recent attacks in rural India, according to media reports and wildlife experts. Two of the children were killed in a village in central India — possibly by the same leopard — with a 14-year-old boy killed in the […]
  
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• Malaysia to pay US firm up to $70M if it finds missing plane

  10-01-2018 08:37
  PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s government said Wednesday it will pay U.S. company Ocean Infinity up to $70 million if it can find the wreckage or black boxes of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 within three months, in a renewed bid to solve the plane’s disappearance nearly four years ago. Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said […]
  
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• Malaysia to pay firm up to $70M if it finds missing plane

  10-01-2018 08:37
  PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s government said Wednesday it will pay U.S. company Ocean Infinity up to $70 million if it can find the wreckage or black boxes of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 within three months, in a renewed bid to solve the plane’s disappearance nearly four years ago. Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said […]
  
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• Malaysia to pay firm up to $70 mln if it finds missing plane

  10-01-2018 08:37
  PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia says it will pay U.S. company Ocean Infinity up to $70 million if it can find the wreckage or black boxes of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 within three months. Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai says there’s an 85 percent chance of finding the debris in a new 25,000 square kilometers […]
  
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• ‘I thought I was dead’: Victim search expands as California storm, mudslides kill 15

  10-01-2018 08:35
  MONTECITO, Calif. — The death toll from the mudslides that struck Southern California climbed to 15 on Wednesday as rescue crews searched for anyone trapped, injured or dead in the onslaught that smashed homes and swept away cars. The torrential rainstorm that set off the disaster cleared out and was no longer a hindrance as […]
  
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• Death toll hits 17 in California mudslides; 13 missing

  10-01-2018 08:35
  MONTECITO, Calif. (AP) — Anxious family members awaited word on loved ones Wednesday as rescue crews searched for more than a dozen people missing after mudslides in Southern California destroyed an estimated 100 houses, swept away cars and left at least 17 victims dead. “It’s just waiting and not knowing, and the more I haven’t […]
  
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• Death toll hits 15 in California mudslides; 24 missing

  10-01-2018 08:35
  MONTECITO, Calif. (AP) — The death toll from the mudslides that struck Southern California climbed to 15 on Wednesday, with 24 people unaccounted for, as rescue crews searched for anyone trapped, injured or dead in the onslaught that smashed homes and swept away cars. The drenching rainstorm that triggered the disaster early Tuesday had cleared […]
  
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• Trump’s checkup comes as chatter about his health lingers

  10-01-2018 06:49
  WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is getting his first medical checkup since taking office, a head-to-toe exam on Friday as questions swirl about the health and fitness of the oldest person ever elected to the nation’s highest office. In advance, the 71-year-old president has pushed back vigorously against suggestions he’s mentally unfit, declaring himself “a […]
  
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• NYC taking steps to divest pension funds of fossil fuels

  10-01-2018 06:20
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York City officials are citing climate change as their motivation to join a growing number of investors ridding themselves of financial interest in fossil fuels. Democratic Mayor Bill de Blasio and Comptroller Scott Stringer are set to announce plans on Wednesday to divest the city’s five pension funds of roughly […]
  
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• NYC sues, divests from oil firms over climate change

  10-01-2018 06:20
  NEW YORK (AP) — New York City sued five major oil companies, claiming they have contributed to global warming, on the same day officials announced they will sell off billions in fossil fuel investments from the city’s pension funds. Mayor Bill de Blasio said the city would be seeking billions of dollars in the lawsuit […]
  
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• Puget Sound fish farmers say banning Atlantic salmon operations would be unfair

  10-01-2018 04:52
  A bill to gradually terminate the Atlantic salmon-farming industry in Washington was opposed by Cooke Aquaculture, saying it's a hit to rural economies. The industry supports 80 jobs.
  
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