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• Crews making good progress on Central Washington wildfire

  21-07-2018 21:50
  The wildfire shut down the eastbound lanes of Interstate 90 on Friday, but they reopened later that afternoon and traffic was flowing smoothly Saturday.
  
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• 11-year-old girl rescued from Pierce County house fire has died

  21-07-2018 21:08
  The girl was unable to escape on her own due to a disability, officials said.
  
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• Confirmed: The Black Tones Are Going to Be Huge

  21-07-2018 21:04 via thestranger.com
  
  The Black Tones somehow made trad, funky blues-rock seem exciting during their Block Party set; believe the hype.by Dave SegalIt's always nice when a buzz band surpasses expectations. Lester Black
  Buzz bands reflexively trigger skepticism in me, and the Black Tones definitely have been accruing massive buzz over the last six months or so. But once you see the Seattle trio play live (this was my first time, and it felt so right), you’ll quickly understand why the chattering classes are losi
  
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• Oregon governor invokes emergency declaration as fires rage

  21-07-2018 20:28
  More than 1,000 firefighters were battling the 2.6-square-mile series of fires Saturday.
  
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• Where Were You While FACS Were Making Rock Great Again?

  21-07-2018 20:19 via thestranger.com
  
  The 37 people who saw Chicago post-punks FACS kill it at Capitol Hill Block Party will remember this set for the rest of their lives.by Dave SegalLike wiry angst in your rock? FACS got you covered. Lester Black
  Drummer Noah Leger’s FUCK IT T-shirt betokened great things, and Chicago trio FACS did not disappoint. My pick for the most interesting act of this event, FACS come at you with tense, terse post-punk with guitar that strafes with no-nonsense clangor and anger. Guitarist Brian Case s
  
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• Remembering the Extraordinary Seattle Actor, Demene E. Hall

  21-07-2018 20:05 via thestranger.com
  
  Rest in power, Demene.by Rich SmithThe longtime actor and singer died on June 27th this year. Courtesy of the family of Demene Hall
  Demene E. Hall, an accomplished actor who commanded Seattle stages and screens for decades, died on June 27th.Last month Hall flew up to Alaska to reprise her solo role in Y York's Sycorax for the Last Frontier Theatre Conference. Within 24 hours, according to director Mark Lutwak, Hall fell ill. She was airlifted to UW Medical Center, but, due to complications rela
  
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• Man stabbed to death in West Seattle

  21-07-2018 19:35
  "There's no indication of what led up to this," a Seattle Police Department spokesman said Saturday.
  
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• A Brief History Of Lip-Syncing Cops

  21-07-2018 19:00 via thestranger.com
  
  They just wanna have fun.by Nathalie GrahamCops just wanna have fun.Avid Creative / Getty Images
  As everyone knows, the lip sync is the pinnacle of art.From Jimmy Fallon’s popular The Tonight Show segment-turned-actual-network-TV-show, what can be chalked up to a Hail Mary pass on RuPaul’s Drag Race, to Mariah Carey’s slip-up on New Year’s Eve, the lip sync has influenced the most important parts of culture.
  Art evolves and ultimately, just like everything, it dies. In it
  
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• Astronaut drops in on Kraftwerk gig, plays duet from space

  21-07-2018 15:30
  BERLIN (AP) — Kraftwerk fans are used to hearing otherworldly tunes, but the German electronic music pioneers took it to another level at a gig in Stuttgart. Video posted Saturday by the European Space Agency shows German astronaut Alexander Gerst “dropping in” for a live performance from the International Space Station. Using a tablet computer […]
  
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• U.S. chamber spends $200K on new TV ads lauding Republican Dino Rossi on free trade; Trump’s tariffs not mentioned

  21-07-2018 15:00
  Republican leaders in Congress have complained about Trump's tariffs, but have not limited his trade authority.
  
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• U.S. Chamber spends $200k lauding Republican Dino Rossi as free-trade champion; TV ads silent on Trump tariffs

  21-07-2018 15:00
  Republican leaders in Congress have complained about Trump's tariffs, but have not limited his trade authority.
  
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• U.S. Chamber spends $200k lauding Dino Rossi on trade, but TV ads avoid mention of Trump tariffs

  21-07-2018 15:00
  Republican leaders in Congress have complained about Trump's tariffs, but have not limited his trade authority.
  
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• Tremors shove Washington westward, offer clues into next big earthquake

  21-07-2018 15:00
  The Pacific Northwest last saw a big earthquake about 300 years ago. Scientists widely expect the region to experience a similar event every 500 years on average.
  
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• Washington state’s colleges lead the nation in training more teachers of color, study finds

  21-07-2018 14:00
  In Washington state, the race and diversity of undergraduates studying to become teachers largely reflects the demographics of the colleges and universities that house them.
  
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• Digging is finished on Bellevue light-rail tunnel

  21-07-2018 05:29
  Employees and machines from Atkinson Construction finished digging Sound Transit’s future light-rail tunnel in Bellevue this week from East Main Street to Bellevue Downtown Station next to City Hall.
  
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• An early look at the Bellevue light-rail tunnel

  21-07-2018 05:29
  Employees and machines from Atkinson Construction finished digging Sound Transit’s future light-rail tunnel in Bellevue this week from East Main Street to Bellevue Downtown Station next to City Hall. They scoured and reinforced in 4-foot-long sections, advancing 2,000 feet over 15 months — five months ahead of schedule. This tunneling method differs from the usual boring […]
  
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• A preview peek at the Bellevue light-rail tunnel

  21-07-2018 05:29
  Employees and machines from Atkinson Construction finished digging Sound Transit’s future light-rail tunnel in Bellevue this week from East Main Street to Bellevue Downtown Station next to City Hall. They scoured and reinforced in 4-foot-long sections, advancing 2,000 feet over 15 months — five months ahead of schedule. This tunneling method differs from the usual boring […]
  
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• Oregon senators succeed as Trump judicial pick withdrawn minutes before vote

  21-07-2018 05:26
  Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden had objected to Ryan Bounds’ nomination, highlighting writings from Bounds’ years at Stanford that they said revealed alarming views on race, workers’ rights and the gay community.
  
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• Yaeji Kicks Off CHBP With Hot Tracks and Even Hotter Mom Jeans

  21-07-2018 05:15 via thestranger.com
  
  We weren't worthy.by Chase BurnsNo millennial rocks mom jeans better than Yaeji. Lester Black
  Yaeji makes music for all times. The DJ/producer/visual artist/fashion designer creates chill, expansive beats that exist in a liminal space. It's English and Korean. House and hip hop. ASMR and a banger. She's good for revving up, as Sophia Stephens wrote for The Stranger, but also for chilling down after a night that went harder than expected. I find myself going back to her tracks frequently. In our
  
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• Yaeji Kicks Off CHBP With Cool Tracks and Even Cooler Mom Jeans

  21-07-2018 05:15 via thestranger.com
  
  We weren't worthy.by Chase BurnsNo DJ rocks mom jeans better than Yaeji. Lester Black
  Yaeji makes music for all times. The DJ/producer/visual artist/fashion designer creates chill, expansive beats that live in a liminal space. It's English and Korean. House and hip hop. ASMR and a banger. She's good for revving up, as Sophia Stephens wrote for The Stranger, but also for cooling off after a night that went harder than expected. I frequently go back to her tracks. In our tense political climate, h
  
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• Groove along with Capitol Hill Block Party

  21-07-2018 05:06
  The annual festival runs through July 22 in the Seattle neighborhood.
  
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• Feds want trustee to oversee bankrupt Oregon mega-dairy

  21-07-2018 04:37
  Lost Valley Farm supplies milk to the Tillamook County Creamery Association, which produces Tillamook Cheese. The owner faces criminal charges in California for possession of methamphetamine and trying to bribe an officer.
  
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• Girl, 11, critically hurt in Graham house fire

  21-07-2018 04:19
  While checking to see if anyone was inside, firefighters found the girl and carried her outside.
  
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• Orcas have returned to Puget Sound, and they’ve never faced a bigger menace

  21-07-2018 04:02
  Our endangered killer whales have returned for the summer, with the pods limping into Puget Sound the smallest they’ve been in 34 years. The federal government has chosen this precarious moment to gut the law that protects them.
  
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• When Friends Do Terrible Things

  21-07-2018 03:00 via thestranger.com
  by Dan Savage
  When Jeffrey Lord, then a pro-Trump talking head on CNN, appeared on the Real Time With Bill Maher earlier this year, Maher described Lord as one of the nicest, kindest, and most decent people in politics. (Lord would later be fired for "using a Nazi slogan" on Twitter.) Seeing as Lord was so kind and decent, how could he possibly support Trump?
  MAHER: He's the most vulgar human being. Vulgar. Why do you, nice, genteel, polite Jeffrey Lord, have this affinity [for Trump]? What is i
  
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• Why Don't People Think Jeff Bezos Is As Bonkers As Imelda Marcos?

  21-07-2018 02:50 via thestranger.com
  
  The answer has to do with the difference between money and shoes.by Charles MudedeWhy is this man not seen as mad? Charles Mudede
  Two big recent stories. One concerns the former Malaysian Prime Minister, Najib Razak. The other concerns the CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezos. The former was about how Razak had an "excessive collection" of luxury goods: handbags, watches, jewelry, clothes, and 1,000 pairs of shoes. Those shoes, of course, recalled the "crazy" former Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos, who
  
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• Capitol Hill Block Party 2018 Must-See: Teskey Brothers

  21-07-2018 02:35 via thestranger.com
  
  by Leilani Polk
  You’d never know The Teskey Brothers hail from Australia, nor that the quartet's lead singer was a young, fair-haired white man, unless you beheld him with your own bare eyes, as Josh Teskey is a dead vocal ringer for Otis Redding, his pipes perfectly smoky with a hint of whiskey-soaked rasp. And his namesake band with bro and back-up singer/lead guitarist Sam Teskey craft sounds close enough to the high-quality Motown/Stax soul, blues, and R&B of yesteryear that you wo
  
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• Colleges offer to pay tuition for part of grads’ future salary

  21-07-2018 01:56
  Unlike with standard education loans, students with income-share agreements pay back a percentage of their salary for a set period. Advocates say colleges then have more incentive to help students find high-earning jobs after graduation.
  
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• Hit-and-run charge filed against driver in Rainier Avenue cyclist’s death

  21-07-2018 01:47
  Chrystal Barber is accused of driving into the bicycle lane along southbound Rainier Avenue South and striking cyclist Aaron Hayden.
  
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• Newly released video shows man believed to be last of tribe

  21-07-2018 01:42
  SAO PAULO (AP) — Newly released video shows rare images of a so-called uncontacted indigenous man who is believed to be the last surviving member of his tribe in Brazil’s Amazon. The images show a man chopping down a tree. The sound of his ax hitting the trunk and bird calls can be heard. Brazil’s […]
  
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• Bear cub burned by Colorado wildfire healing, gaining weight

  21-07-2018 01:40
  DENVER (AP) — An orphaned bear cub burned by a Colorado wildfire is healing and gaining weight. Wildlife officials said Friday that the bear no longer has to wear bandages on her feet, which were severely burned by flames north of Durango last month. The cub has more than doubled in size, to 26 pounds […]
  
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• Bellevue aerospace company Esterline reportedly exploring a sale

  21-07-2018 01:32
  The large but low-profile aerospace supplier is exploring a sale as the industry undergoes consolidation, The Wall Street Journal reported online Friday.
  
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• His Son Wants to Fuck Pokémon—Is There Anything He Can Do About It?

  21-07-2018 01:22 via thestranger.com
  
  Savage Love Letter of the Dayby Dan Savage
  Originally published March 19, 2014.
  I am a liberal parent. I raised a daughter who is bi and poly. I always thought that I could accept anything that parenthood might throw at me. I knew that I could embrace my son if he were straight, gay, bi, trans, etc. If there is a controlling consciousness of the universe, it has a nasty sense of humor. Putting it bluntly: My son is sexually attracted to Pokémon. He dropped hints that I didn't really pick
  
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• His Son Has an Unusual Kink—Is There Anything He Can Do About It?

  21-07-2018 01:22 via thestranger.com
  by Dan Savage
  Originally published March 19, 2014.
  I am a liberal parent. I raised a daughter who is bi and poly. I always thought that I could accept anything that parenthood might throw at me. I knew that I could embrace my son if he were straight, gay, bi, trans, etc. If there is a controlling consciousness of the universe, it has a nasty sense of humor. Putting it bluntly: My son is sexually attracted to Pokémon. He dropped hints that I didn't really pick up on. But over the last few
  
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• New Business Alert

  21-07-2018 01:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie HerzogSadly, suddybuddyseattle.comis non-existent and a phone call went unanswered, but if you are unwilling or unable to clean your own bong, there's (apparently) a service for that.
  For everyone else, throw a little rubbing alcohol and some salt in your glass piece, shake vigorously, and your bong will be clear as a newborn's lungs in no time.[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• Here's Everything You Need to Know for Capitol Hill Block Party 2018 This Weekend

  21-07-2018 01:01 via thestranger.com
  
  A map, schedule, and critics' picks for the July 20–22 Seattle music festival.by Stranger Things To Do Staff Courtesy of CHBP
  Capitol Hill Block Party is finally here! If you still need tickets to this weekend's music festival, you can buy them here. If you've already got your tickets, we've also got a full guide to the festival. Here are some quick links:
  - Friday Schedule
  - Saturday Schedule
  - Sunday Schedule
  - Map
  - The Top 40 Artists to Check Out
  - Full Block Party Calendar (complete w
  
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• We End the Week With the Report of Michael Cohen Having Recorded Trump Discussing Silencing Playboy Model

  21-07-2018 00:59 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles Mudede Charles Mudede
  And the recording is in the possession of the FBI, and this is how another week of this presidency ends—as crazy as it began. The week's highlights: Trump sides with Putin in opposing a US intelligence report that describes in great detail how the hostile power attacked the nation's democratic institutions. Next highlight: Trump explains that we, the public, did not understand what he really said when he said he supported Putin and not US intelligence&mdash
  
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• Capitol Hill Block Party: Map & Schedule

  21-07-2018 00:45 via thestranger.com
  Details for the July 20–22 Festivalby Stranger Things To Do StaffGoing to Capitol Hill Block Party this weekend? Let us help you navigate it.
  Quick Links
  Friday Schedule
  Saturday Schedule
  Sunday Schedule
  Map
  Buy Tickets
  Stranger Staff Picks
  Full Block Party Calendar
  
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• Polygraph Tests Do Not Contradict 2007 Accusation Against David Meinert

  21-07-2018 00:42 via thestranger.com
  
  by Heidi Groover Dima Korotayev / Stringer
  After KUOW reported Thursday that five women have accused Capitol Hill business owner David Meinert of sexual misconduct, including rape, Meinert took to Facebook to respond. Referencing an allegation that in 2007 he raped a then-city employee, Meinert wrote that at the time he "took two polygraph tests that showed I was being truthful in my statements about what happened."
  But copies of the polygraph report provided to The Stranger by the communication
  
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• Jinkx Monsoon's Latest Collaboration With Fred Schneider of the B-52s

  21-07-2018 00:26 via thestranger.com
  by Christopher Frizzelle
  Jinkx Monsoon says her latest video, above, pays homage to the videos of "Human Nature" by Madonna, "212" by Azealia Banks, and Ann-Margret singing "Bye Bye Birdie." The song is featured on the album The Ginger Snapped, which Jinkx and I talked about here.[ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• Expert and advocate for iconic monarch butterfly has died

  21-07-2018 00:13
  NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A man who was perhaps the foremost expert on North America’s iconic monarch butterfly has passed away. Lincoln Brower died Tuesday. He was 86. Linda Fink, his wife, confirmed Friday that Brower died at home in Nelson County, Virginia, after a long illness. Brower studied the orange-and-black-winged insect for more than […]
  
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