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• Los Angeles Sets a Clean-Energy Example That Washington Hopes to Follow

  12-02-2019 23:45
  
  The future is clean energy. Now we just need to make it happen.by Nathalie GrahamWe're thirsty for climate policy! KAMILPETRAN/GETTY IMAGES
  Yesterday, Los Angeles announced that it would not be funding a multi-billion dollar rebuilding project for three natural gas plants in the area. Instead, LA will be moving away from natural gas as a way to get the city toward its 100 percent renewable energy goals and investing in renewables like batteries charged by solar and wind power and other clean sol
  
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• Winter storms blamed for 1,600 cow deaths in Yakima Valley

  12-02-2019 23:34
  The Yakima Valley Dairy Farmers Association blames cold temperatures and winds gusting to 80 mph for the cattle deaths.
  
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• 94 Stranger (Than Usual) Things To Do in Seattle This Week: Feb 12-17, 2019

  12-02-2019 23:33
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffStarting this weekend, the Seattle Aquarium will dedicate Octopus Week to the one and only eight-limbed, big-brained mollusk with special feeding demos, kids' activities, and educational talks. Shutterstock
  Our arts critics have already recommended 53 great things to do this week and our music critics have picked the 40 best music shows, but there are still hundreds more events happening. To prevent some of the quirkier and more extraordinary ones from sli
  
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• 93 Stranger (Than Usual) Things To Do in Seattle This Week: Feb 12-17, 2019

  12-02-2019 23:28
  Unusual, quirky, offbeat events you might not otherwise know about.by Stranger Things To Do StaffOur arts critics have already recommended 53 great things to do this week and our music critics have picked the 40 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 Bedroom Botany: What Plants Can Teach Us About Sex, Gender, Parenting and Love to the De
  
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• To Sleep with Anger Is the Greatest Black American Film Ever

  12-02-2019 23:10
  
  by Charles Mudede Samuel Goldwyn
  After achieving wealth and fame in the second half of the 1980s from the Lethal Weapon series, actor Danny Glover produced and starred in a film by a little-known black American director, Charles Burnett. The film is called To Sleep With Anger. And what makes it the greatest black American film in the history of cinema (and, in the wider context of global black cinema, it's second only to Djibril Diop Mambéty's Hyenas) is, among several things, that it's a
  
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• NASA about to pull plug on Mars rover, silent for 8 months

  12-02-2019 22:44
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA is trying one last time to contact its record-setting Mars rover Opportunity, before calling it quits. The rover has been silent for eight months, victim of one of the most intense dust storms in decades. Thick dust darkened the sky last summer and, for months, blocked sunlight from the […]
  
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• Your Free Political Donations Are on Their Way, Seattle

  12-02-2019 22:30
  
  The city just gave every registered voter in Seattle $100 to spend on this year's City Council elections.by Lester BlackThe city just sent you $100 (Chase not included). Lester Black
  If all of this snow doesn’t get in the way, the city plans on mailing out this year’s Democracy Vouchers to every registered voter in Seattle today. That means the city just sent you $100—how are you going to spend it?Unfortunately you can’t use the money to buy weed, but you can use the mone
  
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• Study: No leaking radiation from Alaska island nuclear site

  12-02-2019 22:23
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Officials say the latest round of testing on Alaska’s Amchitka Island found no radioactive material has leaked from locations where the federal government conducted underground nuclear tests there decades ago. Jason Nguyen with the U.S. Department of Energy says environmental samples tested show no subsurface migration of radioactive material. Nguyen moderated […]
  
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• Alaska House remains without speaker after dramatic session

  12-02-2019 22:22
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska House remained rudderless Tuesday, after dramatic, failed attempts to elect a speaker that left some Republicans feeling betrayed. Rep. Gary Knopp, who left the GOP caucus in December, voted against the nomination of Republican Rep. Dave Talerico as speaker, helping sink Talerico’s nomination. The vote came after Knopp met […]
  
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• Tired of cold muffins for breakfast, inmates at a Washington prison are protesting

  12-02-2019 22:15
  The second hunger strike in a year at a Washington prison has raised concerns about continuing unrest and highlighted the fact that the Washington Department of Corrections hasn't fully complied with an executive order on healthy foods.
  
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• Inmates at one Washington prison staging hunger strike over cold breakfasts, other complaints

  12-02-2019 22:15
  The second hunger strike in a year at a Washington prison has raised concerns about continuing unrest and highlighted the fact that the Washington Department of Corrections hasn't fully complied with an executive order on healthy foods.
  
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• It’s Election Day: Here’s where to call if snow disrupts your efforts to vote

  12-02-2019 22:12
  If your mail has been disrupted by the recent snowstorms, imperiling your ability to vote, you should call King County Elections at 206-296-VOTE to determine how to get your vote counted.
  
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• Bill would qualify non-Wyoming students for scholarship

  12-02-2019 21:37
  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming is closer to allowing a select number of students from neighboring states to qualify for its in-state college scholarship program. The proposal passed an initial vote in the state Senate on Tuesday after earlier clearing the House. The bill would allow as many as 24 students at any given time […]
  
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• Here's How You Can Vote in King County If You're Snowed In

  12-02-2019 21:36
  
  Call 296-VOTE and King County Elections will help you out. If it's really bad, you can vote online.by Rich SmithSnow votin. RS
  If snow has prevented you from receiving mail or walking to a local ballot box, then King County elections director Julie Wise says you've got some options.First, try calling 296-VOTE. Wise says the county has drivers who will go out and pick up ballots if need be and ability allows.But if that doesn't work out for some reason, you can vote online as an overseas resident
  
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• Bill aimed at protecting home renters passes state Senate

  12-02-2019 21:27
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Lawmakers in the Oregon Senate approved a bill that aims to protect home renters amid a statewide housing crisis, with the measure restricting landlords from terminating tenancy and from imposing large rent increases. The bill passed on Tuesday with 17 in favor and 11 opposed. It now goes to the House. […]
  
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• Brrr! It’s cold out here. Scenes from a snowy Seattle landscape

  12-02-2019 21:25
  As Seattle (finally) begins to thaw out, Seattle Sketcher Gabriel Campanario shares a couple of his favorite drawings from the 2019 Seattle Snowpocalypse.
  
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• Reader’s Lens | Scenes from a snowy Seattle

  12-02-2019 21:22
  Readers captured snowy scenes from Seattle to Hood Canal.
  
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• New Savage Lovecast: With Eric Leue From the Free Speech Coalition!

  12-02-2019 21:15
  
  Episode #642 — February 12, 2019by The StrangerA woman makes twice as much as her boyfriend. When he learned this his eyes went wide. Now she feels guilty. Should she start paying more of the bills? Also, do you like piña coladas? A kinky woman started dating a new man. Before she could tell him about her kinks she discovered that the dude she's been talking dirty with on Fetlife is THE SAME GUY, but he doesn't know it yet. How can she tell him that they are already... acquainted?
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• Sheriffs who don’t enforce Washington’s new gun law could be liable, AG Bob Ferguson says

  12-02-2019 21:00
  In an open letter to law enforcement, Ferguson wrote that he was confident the wide-ranging law was constitutional and would withstand court challenges, but that he was concerned about threats — mostly from county sheriffs — to not enforce the new law.
  
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• Oregon lawmakers debate multiple gun bills

  12-02-2019 20:53
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — For the Oregon Legislature, it’s not a question of whether any firearms legislation will pass this session. It’s really a question about what will pass. Gov. Kate Brown has made firearms legislation a priority. Democratic leadership, in the majority, is backing her up. Lawmakers also have ideas of their own. So […]
  
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• Douglas County officials calls off search for Mt. Angel man

  12-02-2019 20:20
  ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) — Douglas County authorities are calling off a days-long search for a Mt. Angel man who went missing after his car broke down in the Umpqua National Forest, in rural southwestern Oregon. Thirty-year-old Jeffery Vance was reported missing on Feb. 4 by his friend, who last saw him after they abandoned the […]
  
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• GOP push to change Idaho’s redistricting commission stalls

  12-02-2019 19:58
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A measure with strong Republican support that could change the state’s independent commission in charge of redrawing congressional and legislative maps to favor Republicans has stalled amid a protest by Democrats. The House on Tuesday sent back to the House State Affairs Committee the legislation that Democrats say is a rushed […]
  
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• GOP push to change Idaho redistricting commission stalls

  12-02-2019 19:58
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A measure that could favor Republicans on an independent Idaho commission that draws congressional and legislative maps stalled Tuesday amid a protest by Democrats. The House sent the legislation back to a committee after Democrats called it a rushed attempt at gerrymandering by adding a seventh member to the commission. “Running […]
  
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• Nominees to Alaska marijuana board face confirmation hearing

  12-02-2019 19:53
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s two appointments to the board that regulates Alaska’s legal marijuana industry face confirmation hearings Tuesday. Much of the public comment submitted ahead of Tuesday’s proceedings focused on Vivian Stiver. Dunleavy appointed Stiver to replace Brandon Emmett, who is one of two industry representatives on the Marijuana Control Board. […]
  
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• Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay shoots TV show in Juneau

  12-02-2019 18:07
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A celebrity chef is visiting Alaska’s capital. The Juneau Empire reports Gordon Ramsay arrived in the capital Sunday night. He says he is shooting a television show. Ramsay reported he had spent much of Monday at the Mendenhall Glacier and that he was having “an amazing time.” Most Read StoriesUpdates from […]
  
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• Study: Warming may make New York feel like Arkansas in 2080

  12-02-2019 17:59
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The climate in New York City in 60 years could feel like Arkansas now. Chicago could seem like Kansas City and San Francisco could get a Southern California climate if global warming pollution continues at the current pace, a new study finds. In 2080, North Carolina’s capital, Raleigh, could feel more like […]
  
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• Heading south: Warming to change how US cities feel in 2080

  12-02-2019 17:59
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The climate in New York City in 60 years could feel like Arkansas now. Chicago could seem like Kansas City and San Francisco could get a Southern California climate if global warming pollution continues at the current pace, a new study finds. In 2080, North Carolina’s capital, Raleigh, could feel more like […]
  
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• Idaho State Police could add more motorcycle patrols

  12-02-2019 17:56
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho State Police troopers could start patrolling Pocatello and Coeur d’Alene on motorcycles. Idaho State Police Colonel Kedrick Wills told the Legislature’s budget-setting Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee on Tuesday that motorcycle troopers can do traffic enforcement as well as help with special events such as a popular Ironman competition in Coeur d’Alene. […]
  
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• King County Public Defender Ami Nguyen Joins the Race for City Council in District 3

  12-02-2019 17:52
  
  This race is getting crowded.by Rich SmithNguyen says she's ready to "sit at the table and have difficult discussions."Courtesy of Ami Nguyen CampaignAmi Nguyen trekked through the godforsaken snow for our meeting at the Cortona Cafe. But, unlike me, she wasn't a red-faced ball of huffs when she sat down at the cafe's tiny tables to talk about her run for city council in District 3. In fact, she was excited to head back out into the blizzard to do a little door-knocking for Democracy Vouchers la
  
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• Keep the volume down! UN issues guidelines for audio devices

  12-02-2019 17:52
  GENEVA (AP) — Two U.N. agencies want governments and makers of headphones, mobile phones and other audio devices to do more to keep down the volume they emit amid concerns about hearing loss in an increasingly digitized era. The World Health Organization and the International Telecommunications Union on Tuesday presented new standards, or voluntary guidelines, […]
  
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• Despite winter storms western Oregon still faces water woes

  12-02-2019 17:49
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Winter storms in the Pacific Northwest over the past week have helped boost mountain snow levels but the mountains that help supply the western part of Oregon with water still have far less snowpack than normal. Oregon Public Broadcasting reports that the Natural Resources Conservation Service data show that the Hood, […]
  
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• Slog AM: Hello, Seattle Slush; Facebook Goofs Again; The Astronaut Running for Congress

  12-02-2019 17:46
  
  by Timothy KenneyHe's very globally-minded. Михаил Руденко/Getty Images
  Public lands are getting some overdue love: The Trump administration’s regulation-cutting EPA has aggressively opened up public lands for development, but a new bipartisan bill could bring sweeping changes to the way we care for federal land. It was introduced by Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) who are hopeful the bill w
  
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• Slog AM: Facebook Is Still Selling Political Ads in Washington, An Astronaut Is Running for Congress

  12-02-2019 17:46
  
  by Timothy KenneyHe's very globally-minded. Михаил Руденко/Getty Images
  Public lands are getting some overdue love: The Trump administration’s regulation-cutting EPA has aggressively opened up public lands for development, but a new bipartisan bill could bring sweeping changes to the way we care for federal land. It was introduced by Sens. Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) who are hopeful the bill w
  
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• Boise State eyes 2020 return for baseball, still needs home

  12-02-2019 17:44
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Boise State University is about a year away from having its first baseball season in years, but the Broncos still don’t have a place to play. The Idaho Statesman reports then-Boise State President Bob Kustra announced in April 2017 that the school was dropping wrestling to revive the baseball program, with […]
  
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• Prize money being offered to thin South Fork rainbow trout

  12-02-2019 17:28
  POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Department of Fish and Game has placed a bounty on rainbow trout in the South Fork of the Snake River in hopes of reducing the population of the invasive species. Prize money ranging from $50 to $1,000 is awarded to any angler who turns in a rainbow trout head […]
  
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• Counseling urged to prevent depression in at-risk new moms

  12-02-2019 17:02
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Doctors already are supposed to screen new mothers for depression, to find those who need prompt care. Now they’re also being urged to identify women at risk — because counseling could prevent depression from setting in. Up to 1 in 7 women experience what’s called perinatal depression, depression during pregnancy or after […]
  
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• Since Facebook Banned Political Ads in Washington State, It's Sold a Bunch of Them

  12-02-2019 17:00
  
  “Facebook has a choice to make. They can either decline to run the ad or they can comply with Washington State's disclosure rules."by Eli SandersFour different Seattle City Council candidates have been sold political ads on Facebook despite the company's ban. Carl Court / Getty Images
  When candidate Ari Hoffman decided to start the new year by purchasing more Facebook ads for his Seattle City Council run, he was fully aware that Facebook had banned such ads in Washington State.Hoffman also
  
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• World’s oldest known wild bird hatches chick on Midway Atoll

  12-02-2019 16:52
  HONOLULU (AP) — The oldest known wild bird in the world has become a mother again at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. wildlife officials said. The Laysan albatross named Wisdom hatched a chick earlier this month at the remote atoll northwest of Hawaii, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Monday. Wisdom is at least 68 years […]
  
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• Scientists in Hungary protest govt takeover of research

  12-02-2019 16:32
  BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Scientists in Hungary on Tuesday protested government efforts to take control of their research funding, a move they say endangers academic freedom. Several thousand people formed a human chain around the headquarters of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, urging the academy’s leaders to fight the government plan and hold onto their […]
  
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