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• 1 killed, another injured in W Yellowstone snowmobile crash

  15-01-2019 23:49
  WEST YELLOWSTONE, Mont. (AP) — A sport utility vehicle struck a snowmobile that failed to stop at a stop sign in the town of West Yellowstone, killing one rider and critically injuring another. West Yellowstone Police Chief Scott Newell says the collision happened at about 3:30 p.m. Monday. Newell says one rider was flown to […]
  
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• Hilarious Middle-School Teacher/Comic Wilfred Padua on His Move to NYC, Not Escaping Bezos, and Other Shit

  15-01-2019 23:10 via thestranger.com
  
  Hilarious stand-up comedian Wilfred Padua talks about why he moved from Seattle to New York, scapegoating white people, and other shit (literally).by Dave Segal"I'm done making white people the scapegoat of all of society's problems. Since I've lived [in NYC], my jokes have been about more personal things, like growing up with immigrant parents or fellatio." Quinn Russell Brown
  Over the last five years, Wilfred Padua earned a rep as one of Seattle's funniest comics. Just as I was about to propos
  
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• E-scooters to return to Portland this spring

  15-01-2019 23:04
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The city of Portland is recommending that electric scooters be allowed to return in the spring after a trial period last year. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the recommendation came in a 36-page report released by the city transportation bureau Tuesday. Before the four-month trial began, Portland pledged to evaluate the scooters based […]
  
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• Rule clarifies who must pay to film in Idaho state parks

  15-01-2019 22:47
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho lawmakers have advanced a proposed rule giving a sharper focus on who can take photos and record moving images in Idaho state parks without having to obtain a permit. The House Resources and Conservation Committee on Tuesday voted 16-2 to approve moving ahead with the new rule proposed by the […]
  
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• After Spreading Reefer Madness, the New York Times Offers a Mea Culpa

  15-01-2019 22:44 via thestranger.com
  
  The New York Times published a counter argument to their Reefer Madness editorial from last week.by Lester BlackThe New York Times is slowly figuring out pot. The Stranger
  The New York Times published a mea culpa of sorts yesterday after they fanned the fires of Reefer Madness last week in a widely condemned editorial titled "What Advocates of Legalizing Pot Don’t Want You to Know."
  Last week's editorial from Alex Berenson warned the Times's massive readership that pot legalization was cre
  
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• Businesses seek help maintaining Yellowstone roads

  15-01-2019 22:40
  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The coalition of businesses that has been maintaining snowmobile and snow coach access to most of Yellowstone National Park during the federal government shutdown is reaching out for help. Xanterra Parks and Resorts, which operates hotels inside the park in winter, and 13 companies that run winter tours in the park […]
  
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• The "Oprah of the Underworld" Brings Horror and Burlesque to Northwest Film Forum

  15-01-2019 22:20 via thestranger.com
  
  This new film series may just help you find your niche in the crypt.by Joule ZelmanIsabella Price Courtesy of Northwest Film Forum
  If you find yourself in a horror film, the last thing you should do is disrobe in any manner whatsoever—but especially not with brazen sexiness. Yet Cinebago’s new series at the Northwest Film Forum, hosted by “Oprah of the Underworld” Isabella L. Price, braves the tropes to pair burlesque and scary movies.
  Like Price’s radio show, this
  
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• Filing: OxyContin maker forecast ‘blizzard of prescriptions’

  15-01-2019 21:58
  BOSTON (AP) — A member of the family that owns OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma told people at the prescription opioid painkiller’s launch party in the 1990s that it would be “followed by a blizzard of prescriptions that will bury the competition,” according to court documents filed Tuesday. The details were made public in a case […]
  
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• Kentucky residents again seek to block new Medicaid rules

  15-01-2019 21:28
  FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Sixteen Kentucky residents have again asked a federal judge to block new eligibility requirements for Medicaid. The group, led by a trio of advocacy organizations, wants a federal judge to block Republican Gov. Matt Bevin’s plan that would require some Medicaid recipients to get a job, go to school or volunteer […]
  
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• In State of the State address, Gov. Jay Inslee calls for action against climate change

  15-01-2019 21:27
  After seeing carbon-fee and cap-and-trade proposals stall in the Legislature in recent years, Washington's governor, a potential 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, encouraged lawmakers to act on his latest package to combat climate change.
  
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• Gov. Jay Inslee uses State of the State to urge action on mental health, climate change, orcas

  15-01-2019 21:27
  After seeing carbon-fee and cap-and-trade proposals stall in the Legislature in recent years, Washington's governor, a potential 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, encouraged lawmakers to act on his latest package to combat climate change.
  
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• Six Vape Cartridges to Get You Through the Seattle Squeeze

  15-01-2019 21:14 via thestranger.com
  
  Traffic is terrible and it's not going to end anytime soon but at least we have vape cartridges?by Lester Black"Traffic? What traffic?" Mike Force
  The viaduct is closed and our region's self-induced traffic armageddon is upon us. Until February, our car-obsessed city will be crippled by only having one working North-South highway. When the new tunnel opens next month our traffic will likely improve but we will still be totally fucked, as the new tunnel has fewer exits and less capacity than the
  
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• 95 Stranger (Than Usual) Things To Do in Seattle This Week: Jan 15-20, 2019

  15-01-2019 21:12 via thestranger.com
  Unusual, offbeat, quirky events you might not otherwise know about.by Stranger Things To Do StaffOur arts critics have already recommended 58 great things to do this week and our music critics have picked the 41 best music shows, but there are still hundreds more events happening. To prevent some of the quirkier and more extraordinary ones from slipping through the cracks, we've compiled them here—from the astrology-themed art show Star Crossed to an All4Doras' Tribute Boy Band Dance Class
  
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• Alaska Senate convenes, ushering in start of new legislative session

  15-01-2019 21:04
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Senate convenes, ushering in start of new legislative session .
  
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• Viadoom traffic, Day 2: State response teams prevented regional gridlock

  15-01-2019 20:55
  The state’s incident-response teams, lurking roadside in their white trucks, saved Seattle area commuters from regional gridlock Tuesday morning by rapidly clearing four Interstate 5 crashes and stalls on the second weekday morning since the Alaskan Way Viaduct permanently closed. The challenges began just after 5 a.m. northbound near Mercer Street, where a stalled car […]
  
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• New Savage Lovecast: Pasturbators

  15-01-2019 20:53 via thestranger.com
  
  Episode #638by The StrangerA woman caught her fiancé wanking to photos of his exes. Now she feels jealous and insecure. How can she get over it? And, on the Magnum, hear two tales of companionate marriages: How to do it right, and how to do it wrong.
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• Trapping ban urged for cat-sized forest predators in Montana

  15-01-2019 20:46
  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Wildlife advocates are asking Montana officials to ban trapping along much of the state’s border with Idaho to protect a cat-sized predator living in old-growth forests. Representatives of five environmental groups said in a petition submitted Tuesday to Montana wildlife commissioners that trapping is a serious threat to the Northern Rockies […]
  
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• Training on harassment cancelled in Oregon due to shutdown

  15-01-2019 20:26
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The partial federal government shutdown has forced the cancellation this week of training for Oregon lawmakers on workplace harassment, just as the state Capitol is grappling with the issue and days before the Legislature convenes. Officials confirmed Tuesday that training sessions by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission are cancelled. A […]
  
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• Government shutdown delays harassment training in Oregon

  15-01-2019 20:26
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The partial federal government shutdown reached the Oregon State Capitol on Tuesday, when training by a federal agency for lawmakers on workplace harassment prevention was canceled. The cancellation happened as the state Capitol is grappling with sexual harassment. An investigation by the state Bureau of Labor and Industries, released on Jan. […]
  
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• He's Not Who He Thought He Was and This Relationship Isn't What She Thinks It Is

  15-01-2019 20:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Savage Love of the Dayby Dan Savage
  I'm in kind of a weird spot right now. I've been with my current girlfriend for five years, since I was 18. Back when we met, I thought I was straight. I've since realized that I'm bisexual. I came out to my girlfriend and she's been supportive. However, I've recently felt like I missed out on being able to experiment with my sexuality. I love her, and I want to continue a relationship with her, but I also want to experiment and try things that she just can't
  
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• Complaint: Health facility staff weren’t fired after neglect

  15-01-2019 19:43
  NAMPA, Idaho (AP) — A complaint survey says two employees who falsified records and failed to check on a resident who died at an Idaho health care facility were not fired. The Idaho Press-Tribune reports the employees at the Southwest Idaho Treatment Center instead received more training. The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare concluded […]
  
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• CERN lays out vision for next-generation particle collider

  15-01-2019 19:36
  GENEVA (AP) — Scientists behind the world’s largest atom smasher have laid out their multibillion-euro vision to build an even bigger one, in hopes of unlocking even more secrets of matter and the universe in the coming decades. Officials at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, presented Tuesday their study for a “Future Circular […]
  
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• Idaho’s Veterans Services Division struggles to hire nurses

  15-01-2019 19:35
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The director of Idaho’s Division of Veterans Services says beds for veterans are going empty despite waiting lists because the agency can’t hire enough medical staffers. Director Marv Hagedorn told Idaho’s legislative budget-setting committee on Monday that it’s difficult to hire nurses in today’s market, and wages need to be increased […]
  
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• Sen. Kevin Ranker Steps Down During Sexual Harassment Investigation

  15-01-2019 18:45 via thestranger.com
  
  The report could be public as early as this week.by Rich SmithThe results of the investigation are due out this week. WASHINGTON STATE LEGISLATURELate Friday evening Washington State Senator Kevin Ranker, a Democrat representing Orcas Island, tendered his resignation, effective immediately, to Governor Jay Inslee, according to the Seattle Times.
  In October of last year the Senate hired an investigator to look into allegations from Ann Larson, Ranker's former legislative aide and the current dire
  
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• Commission eyes new model for protecting vulnerable adults

  15-01-2019 17:47
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho lawmakers have advanced legislation Gov. Brad Little’s administration says will help prevent abuse or neglect of vulnerable adults. The House Health and Welfare Committee on Tuesday unanimously approved moving forward with the legislation brought forward by the Idaho Commission on Aging. Commission Administrator Judy Taylor says the commission wants to […]
  
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• Fairbanks city, borough take in $1M in pot taxes for 2018

  15-01-2019 17:45
  FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — The city of Fairbanks and the Fairbanks North Star Borough will collect more than $1 million in taxes on marijuana for 2018. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports the bulk of the tax was collected by the city, which has a larger concentration of stores selling pot. Marijuana sales are taxed at […]
  
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• Northern Idaho man gets up to 10 years for infant’s death

  15-01-2019 17:43
  COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — A northern Idaho man convicted of killing his girlfriend’s 7-month-old daughter has been sentenced to five to 10 years in prison. First District Judge Scott Wayman said Monday that 24-year-old Cody Hull will have to serve at least five years before he can be eligible for parole on the voluntary […]
  
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• Slog AM: Seattle Squeeze Could Actually Start to Squeeze, Record Immigrant Population in King County

  15-01-2019 17:35 via thestranger.com
  
  by Timothy KenneyDId you change up your commute? Good. Stick to it or else.Aaron Eakin/Getty Images
  King County now has over 500,000 foreign-born residents: according to Seattle Times FYI Guy Gene Balk, with King County placing third for highest immigrant population growth since the start of the decade. Over half of King County immigrants are of Asian descent, with the vast majority coming from India, China, Vietnam, and the Philippines. One in every four King County residents in now foreign-bor
  
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• Hospital replaces leadership after blood transfusion mistake

  15-01-2019 17:30
  HOUSTON (AP) — A Houston hospital has removed its president and several other leaders following an unusually high number of patient deaths, a loss of some federal funding and a recent case in which a patient died after receiving a transfusion of the wrong blood type. Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center announced the decision to […]
  
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• Nurses in Bend reach contract deal

  15-01-2019 16:46
  BEND, Ore. (AP) — After six months of often acrimonious negotiations, St. Charles Health System and the Oregon Nurses Association have reached a tentative agreement for a new contract for the more than 900 nurses who work at the Bend hospital. The Bulletin reports the agreement came after a marathon two-day negotiating session with a […]
  
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• Hospital: Doc gave near-death patients excessive pain meds

  15-01-2019 16:27
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio hospital system says an intensive care doctor ordered “significantly excessive and potentially fatal” doses of pain medicine for at least 27 near-death patients in the past few years after families asked to stop lifesaving measures. The Columbus-area Mount Carmel Health System says it fired the doctor, notified authorities and […]
  
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• Most Googled tech questions state-by-state

  15-01-2019 16:10
  See which tech questions each state is searching for the most, and which oft-googled tech myths are actually true.
  
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• Apps let everyone help track health of insect populations

  15-01-2019 16:03
  More challenging than birdwatching and not nearly as popular, insect-watching — noting and sharing exactly what one sees and where — is nevertheless on the rise. Concern about dwindling native insect populations is one reason why. And new technology has made it easier to log insect sightings and become part of wide-reaching “citizen-scientist” projects. A […]
  
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• Walgreens teams with Microsoft to battle Amazon

  15-01-2019 15:40
  As part of the accord to design "digital health centers," Walgreens will begin using Microsoft's Azure cloud-computing software, moving applications and data to the tech giant's data centers
  
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• Goodbye, clear skies: Dense fog Tuesday morning will lead to clouds, then rain

  15-01-2019 15:37
  After Tuesday morning's fog in some parts of the Puget Sound area, rain is expected to return Wednesday or Thursday.
  
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• Dense fog from SeaTac to Olympia for Tuesday morning commute; clouds to follow, then rain

  15-01-2019 15:37
  Goodbye, goodbye to those clear skies. After Tuesday morning's fog, rain is expected to return Wednesday or Thursday.
  
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• Complaints of LA teachers echo demands from other walkouts

  15-01-2019 15:33
  Unlike protests in Republican-leaning states last spring, the strike that began Monday is unfolding in a liberal-leaning state and one of the country's biggest cities. But it highlights common challenges facing educators across the country.
  
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• Washington’s Legislature this year looks more like the people it serves

  15-01-2019 15:00
  Democratic Party leaders say their House and Senate ranks are the most diverse ever. Meanwhile, Senate Republicans in recent years have promoted more women to top positions.
  
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• Washington’s greenhouse gas emissions spiked 6 percent in most recent tally

  15-01-2019 15:00
  The state sent more than 97 million metric tons of greenhouses gases into the atmosphere in 2015, compared to just 90 million in 1990.
  
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• Man who killed estranged wife in Snohomish area gets 26 years

  15-01-2019 14:55
  The defendant previously pleaded guilty to second-degree murder while armed with a firearm, with a special finding that the crime "occurred within sight to sound of the victim's and the defendant's minor children."
  
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• Alaska Legislature set to convene amid House uncertainty

  15-01-2019 13:54
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Legislature convenes Tuesday with attention focused on the House, which has struggled to organize a majority. Republicans will hold 23 seats, which would be enough for a small majority in the 40-member chamber. However, party affiliation doesn’t always dictate how organizations are formed. Two Republicans have caucused with Democrats […]
  
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• Man dies of exposure after fall on icy driveway near La Pine

  15-01-2019 12:15
  LA PINE, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say a 66-year-old La Pine-area man who slipped and fell on his icy driveway after returning home Sunday evening was unable to get inside and apparently died of cold exposure. KTVZ-TV reports deputies were called around 11:45 a.m. Monday about a man found lying in a driveway northeast of […]
  
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• Avalanches, flooding cause disruptions in Austria, Germany

  15-01-2019 09:35
  BERLIN (AP) — Bad weather continued to afflict parts of Europe on Tuesday with avalanches in Austria striking buildings and roads but resulting in no injuries. An overnight avalanche in Ramsau, central Austria, slammed a hotel. All 60 visitors and staff, most of whom were from a Danish ski club, got out of the building […]
  
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• EPA criminal action against polluters hits 30-year low

  15-01-2019 06:32
  The 166 cases referred for prosecution in the last fiscal year is the lowest number since 1988 and the 62 federal convictions resulting from federal referrals were the fewest since 1995. "the enforcement program is lacking a pulse," a critic said.
  
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• Eagle rescued after becoming stranded on Sitka power pole

  15-01-2019 06:30
  SITKA, Alaska (AP) — Officials say an eagle is recovering after it became stranded on a power pole in downtown Sitka. The Daily Sitka Sentinel reports the male eagle was taken to the Alaska Raptor Center after electric department linemen rescued it from the pole Sunday. Center avian director Jen Cedarleaf says the raptor has […]
  
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• Rodeo cow evades capture wandering Anchorage trails

  15-01-2019 06:28
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The owner of a rodeo cow named Betsy says the bovine has evaded capture for six months as she wanders the trails of Alaska’s biggest city. Rodeo promoter Frank Koloski tells the Anchorage Daily News the 3-year-old cow “busted out” of a pen before participating in an Anchorage rodeo in June. […]
  
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• Rodeo Alaska cow evades capture wandering Anchorage trails

  15-01-2019 06:28
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A rodeo cow named Betsy has evaded capture for six months as she wanders the trails of Alaska’s biggest city, the cow’s owner said. The 3-year-old cow “busted out” of a pen before participating in junior events at the Father’s Day Rodeo in Anchorage, rodeo promoter Frank Koloski told the Anchorage […]
  
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