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• Dunleavy administration denies resignation details request

  14-01-2019 23:51
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration has denied a request for information on employee resignations after Dunleavy took office. The Associated Press requested the number and a list of employees whose resignations were accepted and details on any owed severance. After Dunleavy’s election, his transition said it asked at-will employees to resign […]
  
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• Gov. Brown focuses on health care, environment and housing

  14-01-2019 23:50
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon needs to shore up health care, the environment, the education system and housing, Gov. Kate Brown said during her State of the State address Monday. Speaking in the House of Representatives after she was sworn in, Brown said Oregon’s unemployment rate is the lowest on record and has one of […]
  
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• Yakima County recorded in 2018 the highest homicide total in 38 years

  14-01-2019 23:34
  While police either closed or made arrests in nearly 70 percent of the cases, officials are still trying to figure out why the numbers spiked as they examine the crime statistics.
  
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• Police: Man fatally shot in Tacoma had pointed gun at motorcycle-club guards

  14-01-2019 23:29
  A police spokeswoman says both guards fired after the man allegedly threatened to shoot the guards and refused to lower his gun. He died at the scene.
  
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• Who Knew Anarchists Could Be So Funny?

  14-01-2019 23:25 via thestranger.com
  
  WET's production of Guillermo Calderón's B humanizes humorless ideologues.by Rich SmithYou guys wanna do some terrorism?Chris BennionMaybe I've been hanging around the wrong squats, but in my experience, anarcho-communists aren't exactly famous for their humor. Not so for the anarchists in WET's production of Guillermo Calderón'sB, a brisk and darkly humorous play about the practical and philosophical problems that arise when you decide you want to blow up a bank in order to disman
  
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• KEXP Overnight DJ Mike Ramos Reveals Some of His Top Nocturnal Hiphop and House Tracks

  14-01-2019 22:47 via thestranger.com
  
  KEXP DJ Mike Ramos can rock corporate parties or carry you through the wee morning hours with his expertly mixed, chill hiphop and house tracks.by Dave Segal"Anybody complaining about rap not being [insert complaint here] these days just isn’t looking hard enough." Barry Joyner
  DJ MIKE RAMOS* (KEXP, Flight Event)
  Current top 5 tracks:
  Sada Baby & Drego, “Bloxk Party” (Asylum)
  "Still not tired of this 2018 favorite. There’s more overlapping and blending of regional sty
  
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• Idaho officials want to cap hundreds of artesian wells

  14-01-2019 22:27
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Lawmakers have advanced legislation to help state officials cap what are thought to be hundreds of artesian wells across southern Idaho in a plan that could help irrigators and a federally protected snail. The Senate Resources and Environment Committee on Monday unanimously approved moving ahead with legislation that will alter a […]
  
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• Lynne Rotholtz's Beautiful Blobs on Display at ZINC Contemporary

  14-01-2019 22:22 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jasmyne KeimigView this post on InstagramA post shared by ZINC contemporary (@zinccontemporary) on Jan 5, 2019 at 12:40pm PST
  Elephant skin. Human knuckles. A houndstooth suit. Stacks of linen sheets. Glossy blonde hair. These are just some of the things that I noticed in Lynne Rotholtz's latest series of collages at Pioneer Square gallery ZINC Contemporary.Her solo exhibition re Cast finds the multimedia artist creating collages using a cache of vintage magazines mainly from the '30s and '40
  
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• Beautiful Blobs Made of Elephant Skins, Human Knuckles, Houndstooth Suits…

  14-01-2019 22:22 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jasmyne KeimigView this post on InstagramA post shared by ZINC contemporary (@zinccontemporary) on Jan 5, 2019 at 12:40pm PST
  Elephant skin. Human knuckles. A houndstooth suit. Stacks of linen sheets. Glossy blonde hair. These are just some of the things that I noticed in Lynne Rotholtz's latest series of collages at Pioneer Square gallery ZINC Contemporary.Her solo exhibition re Cast finds the multimedia artist creating collages using a cache of vintage magazines mainly from the '30s and '40
  
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• Post-viaduct traffic: Monday’s commute was manageable, but longer delays expected

  14-01-2019 22:17
  After a relatively smooth opening day Monday, transportation officials warned the public to brace for gridlock midweek, as the Seattle area reacts to the permanent closure of the Alaskan Way Viaduct.
  
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• Post-viaduct traffic: Freeway congestion on Monday started early, ended early

  14-01-2019 22:17
  After a relatively smooth opening day Monday, transportation officials warned the public to brace for gridlock midweek, as the Seattle area reacts to the permanent closure of the Alaskan Way Viaduct.
  
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• Oregon House Representative Earl Blumenauer Introduced a Bill to Regulate Cannabis Like Alcohol

  14-01-2019 22:02 via thestranger.com
  
  by Josh JardineRepresentative Earl Blumenauer, US congressman for the 3rd district of Oregon, introduced a new congressional bill last week, H.R. 420. (Yes, it's actually numbered 420, and that's on purpose.) The bill seeks to support research for faster bong-cleaning systems, address chronic cotton mouth, and provide financial support for businesses to use something other than neon green cannabis leaves in their marketing and branding efforts.No, not really....
  In truth, H.R. 420—AKA the
  
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• Man hit, killed by train in Mount Vernon

  14-01-2019 22:00
  The train operator sounded the horn and attempted to use emergency brakes, but the man did not move out of the way and the train was unable to avoid hitting him, police said.
  
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• Seattle Spends Weekend Embarrassingly Sentimentalizing the Viaduct

  14-01-2019 21:45 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeCapitol Hill electric trolley, circa 1903 Municipal Archives
  This weekend, local blogs, broadcasts, news websites, and social media accounts were clogged with sentimental words and images for an urban tragedy called the Alaskan Way Viaduct. People were walking on it, taking selfies on it, driving for the last time on it. The madness did not end. How can a person, a real city person, have such feelings for an elevated freeway in the city's core? The man or woman of the streets sh
  
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• I Marie Kondo'd My Life and So Did Everyone Else in Seattle, Apparently

  14-01-2019 21:23 via thestranger.com
  
  like the hoards of KonMari followers, I cleaned. I purged. Now, I have to figure out what to do with all my shit.by Nathalie GrahamI'm doing my best.Nathalie Graham
  Netflix’s new show Tidying Up With Marie Kondo is creating a movement. It follows Marie Kondo, the Japanese mastermind behind the KonMari method, as she drops in on woefully untidy Americans. The method is a way to cut out clutter and live a minimalist and, most importantly, tidy life. The show is creating spring cleaning mayhe
  
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• Ice loss from Antarctica has increased sixfold since the 1970s, research finds

  14-01-2019 21:22
  Antarctic glaciers have been melting at an accelerating pace over the past four decades due to an influx of warm ocean water — a startling new finding that researchers say could mean sea levels are poised to rise more quickly than predicted in coming decades. The Antarctic lost 40 billion tons of melting ice to […]
  
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• Cantwell, Murray among Dems pressing Trump to end shutdown so wildfire preparations, training can begin again

  14-01-2019 21:15
  The senators said the annual winter hiring and training of firefighters is halted, as are forest restoration programs, and that the president is "needlessly putting people and rural forested communities at risk."
  
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• Cause of marina fire in Seattle’s Lakewood neighborhood a mystery

  14-01-2019 21:11
  The fire, which broke out Sunday night on a large pleasure boat and quickly spread to a live-aboard boat and a smaller boat, caused an estimated $200,000 damage and sent a man to the hospital.
  
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• Woman who protested at Portland’s ICE office gets probation

  14-01-2019 21:10
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A protester who spit at federal officers as they arrested her during a demonstration outside Portland’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building last summer has been sentenced to six months of probation. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports that 22-year-old Cole Holland Buford was sentenced Monday after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor count of […]
  
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• Antarctica is losing ice 6 times faster today than in 1980s

  14-01-2019 21:00
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Antarctica is melting more than six times faster than it did in the 1980s, a new study shows. Scientists used aerial photographs, satellite measurements and computer models to track how fast the southern-most continent has been melting since 1979 in 176 individual basins. They found the ice loss to be accelerating dramatically […]
  
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• Wasilla woman may have died from carbon monoxide poisoning

  14-01-2019 20:59
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A Wasilla woman found dead in her home may have died of carbon monoxide poisoning. Anchorage television station KTUU reports 44-year-old Michelle Ahern was found dead Jan. 5. Alaska State Troopers say Ahern appeared to have died of carbon monoxide poisoning. An autopsy was scheduled. Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless […]
  
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• Aide to Courtney resigns after report on harassment

  14-01-2019 20:54
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A top aide to Senate President Peter Courtney has resigned, citing an investigation into workplace harassment at the Oregon Capitol that was “disruptive.” Communications director Robin Maxey, who stepped down Sunday, had worked for Salem’s Democratic senator for 11 years. In his resignation letter Maxey said a complaint made against him […]
  
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• It's Time to Submit Your Events for the Spring 2019 Edition of Seattle Art and Performance

  14-01-2019 20:40 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do Staff
  Believe it or not, spring will be here soon, and will bring with it the spring edition of Seattle Art and Performance, the city's most comprehensive seasonal arts guide, on March 13.
  If you have an event you'd like to see included, the submission deadline is Wednesday, January 30—just a little over two weeks from today.
  The spring edition of Seattle Art and Performance covers visual art shows, readings, theater and dance performances, comedy sets, jazz and cl
  
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• Arts Patron Seeks to Donate Dildos for Trump Massive Likeness

  14-01-2019 20:30 via thestranger.com
  
  Savage Love Letter of the Dayby Dan SavageNearly fifteen years ago a young artist named Chris Savido created a small acrylic on canvas that became known as “Bush Monkeys.” From a distance it was a portrait of President George W. Bush, but as you get closer you can see the image is made up of monkeys swimming in a marsh. It was very controversial, and caused the owners of Chelsea Market to close down an art exhibition. Anonymous donors later paid for a digital billboard over Holland T
  
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• Homeowner confronts teenage burglary suspect, fires gunshot

  14-01-2019 20:28
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska State Troopers say a homeowner confronted a teenage theft suspect and fired a shot when the young man came at him. Troopers at about 10:30 a.m. Sunday took a call of a home invasion northwest of North Pole. Troopers say 18-year-old Raymond Koonaloak of Utqiagvik (oot-kay-AH’-vik) climbed through a dog […]
  
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• Bipartisan Group of Legislators Introduce Bill to Legalize Cannabis Home Grows in Washington State

  14-01-2019 20:21 via thestranger.com
  
  Washington is the only state in the country that legalized recreational pot without giving adults the right to grow pot at home. Two bills that would legalize growing pot at home were introduced in the Washington state legislature today.by Lester BlackThis pot plant, growing between butternut squash and broccoli, is extremely illegal. These bills could change that. Lester Black
  A bipartisan group of state legislators introduced legislation this morning that would legalize cannabis home grows in
  
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• Ex-prosecutor to lead health care firm’s rape investigation

  14-01-2019 20:01
  PHOENIX (AP) — A former top prosecutor in Phoenix was hired Monday by a health care facility to investigate the circumstances into how a patient in a vegetative state gave birth after she was sexually assaulted. Police are conducting a separate criminal investigation. Former Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley said Monday that his review for […]
  
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• Lawmakers consider money request for math, science training

  14-01-2019 19:50
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The top official of a state program to boost student participation in science and technology learning to keep Idaho competitive in those fields says there are thousands of openings for jobs requiring those skills. Idaho STEM Action Center Executive Director Angela Hemingway on Monday told members of the budget-setting Joint Finance-Appropriations […]
  
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• An Interview with Sub Pop Biographer and Respected Seattle Rock Historian Gillian G. Gaar, Who Lands at Elliott Bay Tonight

  14-01-2019 19:43 via thestranger.com
  
  An in-depth interview with Seattle rock historian Gillian Gaar about her fascinating history of Sub Pop Records, World Domination.by Dave SegalLook at these babies. (Photo from World Domination taken by Charles Peterson) Dave Segal
  Veteran Seattle rock historian and former Stranger freelancer Gillian G. Gaar (She’s a Rebel: The History of Women in Rock & Roll, Entertain Us: The Rise of Nirvana, former editor of The Rocket, etc.) has written what will likely be the definitive history of
  
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• Report: Saudi students disappear while facing Oregon charges

  14-01-2019 19:41
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — In December 2014, a university student from Saudi Arabia was arrested in Monmouth and accused of raping a classmate after giving her marijuana and shots of Jack Daniel’s. Bail was set at a half-million dollars. The judge ordered the student, Abdulaziz Al Duways, to turn over his passport to the private […]
  
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• Veteran seeks to reunite burial flag with rightful owners

  14-01-2019 19:30
  HOMEDALE, Idaho (AP) — A veteran is hoping to return a military burial flag to its rightful owners, but first he has to find them. David Slawson Sr. was cleaning out a home in Nampa, Idaho when he found the flag. Slawson tells Boise television station KIVI that the flag was dirty but he knew […]
  
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• Shutdown threatens state’s hatchery-based steelhead season

  14-01-2019 19:22
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho nonprofit says the federal government shutdown is threatening the state’s ability to keep hatchery-based steelhead season open, and thus affecting local families and businesses that depend on the fish for their livelihoods. The Idaho Press-Tribune reports the Idaho Conservation League, in a letter to Gov. Brad Little, calls on […]
  
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• Claim: Ex-Snohomish County prosecutor ran hostile office

  14-01-2019 19:12
  The claim alleges that former prosecutor Mark Roe and other workplace managers did not rein in employees who were out of line, then retaliated when an employee tried to take action.
  
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• Southeast man arrested with meth at Ketchikan airport

  14-01-2019 18:07
  KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) — A rural southeast Alaska man suspected of carrying methamphetamine was arrested at the Ketchikan airport. Alaska State Troopers say 50-year-old Stanley Lynch of Hollis was carrying 159 grams of meth when he was arrested at about 5 p.m. Friday. Hollis is a village on the east side of Prince of Wales […]
  
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• Body found near North Pole; man may have died of exposure

  14-01-2019 17:44
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An autopsy has been ordered for the body of a man found near North Pole. Alaska State Troopers say the man may have died of exposure and that alcohol may have been a factor. Troopers shortly before 3 p.m. Sunday received a call of the man near Badger Road north of […]
  
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• Troopers release name of man killed in Tok Cutoff crash

  14-01-2019 17:32
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska State Troopers have released the name of a man killed on a snowmobile as he crossed a rural highway. Anchorage television station KTUU reports 59-year-old-Robin Purvis of Gakona died Friday on the Tok (tohk) Cutoff. A semi traveling north struck Purvis at Mile 34 of the highway connecting the Richardson […]
  
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• Slog AM: Washington Tobacco Could Become 21 and Over, Trump Hid Details of Putin Meeting, Seattle Squeeze Begins In Earnest

  14-01-2019 17:32 via thestranger.com
  
  by Timothy KenneyTeens PLEASE avert your eyes (if this bill passes) Rattankun Thongbun/Getty Images
  The people want affordable housing: The state Legislature hears these cries and 2019 may be the year they take action. Crosscut’s Josh Cohen laid out some of the most ambitious solutions representatives have to tackle Washington’s housing crisis. Some are pretty simple, like spend more money building affordable housing, while others, like establishing minimum density quotas, might be a
  
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• Slog AM: Washington Tobacco Could Become 21 and Over, Trump Hid Details of Putin Meeting, Seattle Squeeze Begins

  14-01-2019 17:32 via thestranger.com
  
  by Timothy KenneyTeens PLEASE avert your eyes (if this bill passes) Rattankun Thongbun/Getty Images
  The people want affordable housing: The state Legislature hears these cries and 2019 may be the year they take action. Crosscut’s Josh Cohen laid out some of the most ambitious solutions representatives have to tackle Washington’s housing crisis. Some are pretty simple, like spend more money building affordable housing, while others, like establishing minimum density quotas, might be a
  
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• Oregon proposal would require permits to buy guns, limit ammunition

  14-01-2019 16:53
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A bill set to appear in the Legislature this year would require Oregonians to obtain a permit before buying a gun, limit the amount of ammunition a person could buy, outlaw magazines with a capacity of more than five rounds and create gun locking and storage requirements. The Statesman Journal reports […]
  
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• Idaho arts commission seeks increase in operating budget

  14-01-2019 16:50
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Commission on the Arts is requesting a budget committee accept Gov. Brad Little’s request that will result in an operating budget of just more than $2 million for fiscal year 2020. Commission Director Michael Faison on Monday told the Joint Finance-Appropriation Committee that the commission helps support such events […]
  
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• The 58 Best Things To Do in Seattle This Week: Jan 14-20, 2019

  14-01-2019 16:04 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's arts critics recommend the best local events.by Stranger Things To Do StaffOur music critics have already chosen the 41 best music shows this week, but now it's our arts critics' turn. Here are their picks for the best events in every genre—from Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's revival of a 15th-century morality play, Everybody, to Roe on the Rocks, and from an evening with Judge John Hodgman to the Seattle Women's March. See them all below, and find even more events on our complete
  
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• Supreme Court rejects appeal over military burn pits

  14-01-2019 16:01
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is rejecting appeals from military veterans who claim they suffer health problems because of open burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan. The justices on Monday left in place a federal appeals court ruling that more than 60 lawsuits over the burn pits could not go forward. The lawsuits said […]
  
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• The 41 Best Music Shows in Seattle This Week: Jan 14-20, 2019

  14-01-2019 15:58 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's music critics' picks for the week.by Stranger Things To Do StaffThis week, our music critics have picked everything from the Seattle Chamber Music Society Winter Festival to the 3rd Annual Dolly Parton Birthday Party and Tribute Concert to YG. Follow the links below for ticket links and music clips for all of their picks, and find even more shows on our complete music calendar.Stay in the know! Get all this and more on the free Stranger Things To Do mobile app (available for iOS a
  
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