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• Tonight! The Seattle Walk Report Illustrator Reveals Her Identity

  13-08-2019 23:59 via thestranger.com
  
  by Chase BurnsThe reports detail items found on walks in Seattle, including churros, ducks, and coffee-cup lids. COURTESY OF SEATTLE WALK REPORT / SASQUATCH BOOKS
  If you recently watched KOMO News, you might have heard that "Seattle is dying." Or maybe you heard Fox News' Tucker Carlson say Seattle is "experiencing widespread degradation" and "suffocating under garbage." Or KIRO Radio's Dori Monson say there's "no way" he'd take a late-night walk in Seattle since we've allowed "the criminals to
  
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• 89 Stranger (Than Usual) Things To Do in Seattle This Week: Aug 13-18, 2019

  13-08-2019 23:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffRedmond Town Center will be transformed into a colorful display of ephemeral art at this weekend's Pacific NW Chalk Fest & Sidewalk Sale. PNW Chalk Fest via Facebook
  Our arts and culture critics have already recommended 44 great things to do this week and our music critics have picked the 44 best music shows, but there are still tons more events happening. To prevent some of the quirkier and more extraordinary ones from slipping through the cracks, we've compile
  
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• Teen’s drowning 2nd in 2 weeks at Oxbow Park

  13-08-2019 22:54
  SANDY, Ore. (AP) — A 15-year-old boy has drowned at Oxbow Regional Park, the second drowning at the popular park in two weeks. The boy was swimming in the Sandy River on Monday afternoon when he disappeared. Authorities searched the river and found the boy’s body just before 6 p.m. The teen’s name has not […]
  
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• Another Subversive Play by One of the Most Exciting Playwrights in the Country

  13-08-2019 22:52 via thestranger.com
  
  by Christopher Frizzelle"The one crime I cannot commit is to bore an audience," Yussef El Guindi says. ANN-MARGARET JOHNSON
  Yussef El Guindi is one of the most exciting playwrights in the country, and he happens to live in Seattle. His 2015 play at ACT, Threesome, was so good, it's imprinted on my mind, so good, it left audiences dazed. That same year, the playwright won a Stranger Genius Award.His newest piece, People of the Book, will have its world premiere at ACT on September 6. It's a play
  
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• Removing Klamath dams estimated to cost more than $400 mil

  13-08-2019 22:51
  KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) — Removing four hydroelectric dams along the lower Klamath River in Southern Oregon and Northern California is expected to cost just under $434 million and could happen by 2022, according to a new filing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The Capital Press reports the nonprofit Klamath River Renewal Corp. submitted […]
  
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• Currently Hanging: Juventino Aranda's In Dreams I Once Believed There Was a Future at Kucera Gallery

  13-08-2019 22:15 via thestranger.com
  
  by Jasmyne Keimig"LITTLE GOLDEN BOOK - OUR FLAG, PAGE 2 (EL TAMBOR)" by Juventino ArandaJasmyne KeimigLanguage has always been important. Something that has been stuck in my mind since Toni Morrison died last week is a line from her 1993 Nobel lecture speech: "We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives."
  Death and the meaning of life aren't necessarily, explicitly the central concern of Walla Walla artist Juventino Aranda's new work in his s
  
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• New headquarters planned for Idaho Fish and Game

  13-08-2019 22:12
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Department of Fish and Game has reached a deal with the Idaho Fish and Wildlife Foundation to build a new headquarters in Boise. Fish and Game in a news release on Tuesday says construction of the 70,000-square-foot (6,500-square-meter) building is scheduled to begin in 2020 and be finished by […]
  
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• Mistrial declared in trial of couple accused of UW assault, after jury can’t reach a verdict

  13-08-2019 22:11
  After a five-week trial and seven days of deliberation, a King County jury became deadlocked and failed to return verdicts against a couple charged with assault during a raucous protest at the University of Washington in January 2017. King County Superior Court Judge Kristin Richardson declared a mistrial Tuesday in the trial of Elizabeth and […]
  
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• Inbox Jukebox Track of the Day: The Apocalyptic "One Bad Actor" by Seattle Rock Legends Mudhoney

  13-08-2019 21:53 via thestranger.com
  
  Check out the ominous, Trumpian nightmare rock of "One Bad Actor" by Seattle rock gods Mudhoney.by Dave SegalArmed and dangerous. Niffer Calderwood
  Mudhoney, “One Bad Actor” (Sub Pop)
  How many bands, 31 years into their careers, are still kicking out the righteous jams? You can probably count 'em on your hands and toes; given that there are millions of bands, that ain't many, Chester. You have to include Seattle mainstays Mudhoney among those elite elders who remain vital long past t
  
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• Dunleavy will not veto early childhood funding in budget

  13-08-2019 21:40
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Gov. Mike Dunleavy says he will not veto funding for Head Start and other early childhood learning programs from the budget recently sent to him by lawmakers. Dunleavy in June vetoed about $8.8 million for early childhood programs, including about $6.8 million for Head Start. Lawmakers, unable to override those and […]
  
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• Alaska governor agrees to lower level of university cuts

  13-08-2019 21:40
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Gov. Mike Dunleavy moderated his position on cuts to the University of Alaska system Tuesday, supporting a $70 million cut in operating costs over three years compared with a $135 million cut he had earlier endorsed for this year. Dunleavy said his decision resulted from talks with university officials and is […]
  
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• You Have ONE MONTH to Submit Your Dirty Movie to HUMP!

  13-08-2019 21:15 via thestranger.com
  by Wm.™ Steven Humphrey TRACEY CATALDO
  CALLING ALL SEXY PEOPLE! (Especially amateur filmmakers, actual filmmakers, sex-positive singles/couples/throuples/quads, wannabe porn stars, kinksters, and other creative types!) You are hereby invited to submit your short porn film—five minutes max—for the HUMP! 2019 film festival! Your mini-movie can be hardcore, softcore, live-action, stop-action, animated, musical, kinky, vanilla, straight, gay, lez, bi, trans, and/or genderqueer. In f
  
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• The plight of the monarchs: Trump order weakens protections

  13-08-2019 21:15
  GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — Hand-raising monarch butterflies in the midst of a global extinction crisis, Laura Moore and her neighbors gather round in her suburban Maryland yard to launch a butterfly newly emerged from its chrysalis. Eager to play his part, 3-year-old Thomas Powell flaps his arms and exclaims, “I’m flying! I’m flying!” Moore moves […]
  
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• Monarchs caught up in rewrite of endangered species rule

  13-08-2019 21:15
  GREENBELT, Maryland (AP) — Hand-raising monarch butterflies in the midst of a global extinction crisis, Laura Moore and her neighbors gather round in her suburban Maryland yard to launch a butterfly newly emerged from its chrysalis. Eager to play his part, 3-year-old Thomas Powell flaps his arms and exclaims, “I’m flying! I’m flying!” Moore moves […]
  
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• Trump's New Attack on Legal Immigration

  13-08-2019 20:48 via thestranger.com
  
  Immigrants are vital to the American economy.by Katie HerzogAmerica needs more immigration, not less. Immigrants are vital to the American economy. Sandy Huffaker/Getty ImagesWhile the Trump administration has long been on a campaign to discourage, arrest, and deport undocumented immigrants, now it appears the administration is attempting to discourage legal immigration as well.
  This week the administration announced that going forward, legal immigrants could be denied green cards for applying f
  
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• America Needs More Immigration, Not Less

  13-08-2019 20:48 via thestranger.com
  
  Immigrants are vital to the American economy.by Katie HerzogImmigrants are vital to the American economy. Sandy Huffaker/Getty ImagesWhile the Trump administration has long been on a campaign to discourage, arrest, and deport undocumented immigrants, now it appears the administration is attempting to discourage legal immigration as well.
  This week the administration announced that going forward, legal immigrants could be denied green cards for applying for government benefits like Medicaid, food
  
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• Oregon to pay $500K to man whose wife perished in crash

  13-08-2019 20:45
  MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — The state of Oregon will pay $500,000 to an Ashland man whose wife died in a head-on collision with a wrong-way drunk driver. A civil trial was to begin Tuesday in Jackson County over the 2014 death of 911 dispatcher Karen Greenstein. The Mail Tribune says the settlement was approved Friday. […]
  
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• Dead man found in Oregon Zoo, had been reported missing

  13-08-2019 20:23
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man who was found dead at the Oregon Zoo in a construction site for a new rhinoceros habitat had been reported missing two days earlier. The Portland Police Bureau says 62-year-old Carl Stanley Ross Sr. was found Monday morning in the habitat. There were no animals in the habitat, which […]
  
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• Why I Confronted Martin Selig, the Seattle Billionaire Who Rents to ICE

  13-08-2019 20:22 via thestranger.com
  Wendy Elisheva Somerson asks billionaire and Jewish refugee Martin Selig how he could support ICE.by Wendy Elisheva Somerson
  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) houses its regional offices in a downtown Seattle building owned by billionaire developer Martin Selig. In front of that building last Thursday, during a Jewish-led protest for migrant justice, I confronted Selig about why he rents to ICE. I asked him how could he—as a Jew and as an immigrant— choose to profit from
  
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• Yogurt company Chobani opens research facility in Idaho

  13-08-2019 20:10
  TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) — The founder and CEO of Greek yogurt company Chobani has opened a $21 million research and development center in south-central Idaho. Hamdi Ulukaya said at a ribbon-cutting on Monday in Twin Falls that he’s relieved the 71,000-square-foot (6,600-square meter) facility is up and running. It’s been in use since June. […]
  
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• 2 bodies found in Mount Hood National Forest

  13-08-2019 20:04
  ESTACADA, Ore. (AP) — The bodies of a man and a woman have been discovered in the Mount Hood National Forest near Estacada. The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office says that a dog that was apparently with them was alive and unharmed. The bodies were discovered late Monday. Authorities are processing the crime scene and have […]
  
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• EPA reaches settlement with firm over Alaska mine violations

  13-08-2019 19:38
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it has reached a settlement with the operator of a gold mine northwest of Juneau over alleged discharge violations. The Juneau Empire reports Coeur Alaska will pay $534,500 for alleged discharge violations and a reporting failure associated with the Kensington mine. Officials say the violations […]
  
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• EPA, Alaska mine reach agreement over alleged violations

  13-08-2019 19:38
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it has reached a settlement with the operator of a gold mine northwest of Juneau over alleged discharge violations. Under terms of the agreement, Coeur Alaska will pay $534,500 for alleged discharge violations and a reporting failure associated with the Kensington mine. The EPA, in […]
  
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• Idaho high school replaces “Braves” mascot

  13-08-2019 19:14
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Boise School District has unanimously approved a plant to change the mascot of Boise High School from the “Braves” to the “Brave.” Boise High officials announced the plan earlier this month amid concerns that the previous mascot was offensive and disrespectful to Native American tribes indigenous to the region. The […]
  
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• Police: Man robbed Everett bank so he could go back to prison

  13-08-2019 19:01
  A witness told police that the suspect stood outside the bank waving the money he took but walked away when officers didn't immediately show up. The man later called police to surrender.
  
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• Inmate who escaped from Forks prison captured Tuesday morning

  13-08-2019 18:59
  Authorities say the inmate who escaped from Olympic Corrections Center near Forks on Sunday morning has been captured, less than two miles away from the facility.
  
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• New Savage Lovecast: Get on Your Knees!

  13-08-2019 18:46 via thestranger.com
  
  Episode #668 — August 13, 2019by The StrangerA man keeps sending his female friends sexual texts and pics, later apologizing saying it was a mistake and sent to the wrong person. Both our caller, and podcast host know better. And then, a man's husband will sometimes wake in the middle of the night and have wild, uninhibited sex. Then he forgets it happened in the morning. Is it wrong for the caller to enjoy these midnight romps?
  On the Magnum, Dan chats about one of his favorite subjects,
  
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• States, including Washington, sue Trump administration over rollback of Obama-era climate rule

  13-08-2019 18:39
  The lawsuit — by 22 states, including Washington, and seven cities — is the latest swing of the legal pendulum in a long-running dispute over how to regulate emissions from coal plants. If the administration wins, it could permanently weaken the nation's ability to tackle its contributions to global warming.
  
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• ‘Get out of this lane!’ Seattle transit riders wave cars out of bus lane

  13-08-2019 18:20
  They waved red flags at drivers, stepping into the street to urge cars to get out of the bus lane and then scurrying back to the sidewalk when a bus was headed their way. They brought candy to hand out to bus drivers.
  
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• Greta Thunberg’s sailing adventure no pleasure cruise

  13-08-2019 18:14
  PLYMOUTH, England (AP) — Greta Thunberg’s two-week voyage to the United States will be no pleasure cruise. The 16-year-old climate change activist who has inspired student protests around the world will leave Plymouth, England, later this week bound for New York in a high-tech but decidedly low-comfort sailboat. Highlighting the urgency of cutting carbon emissions, […]
  
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• Judge rejects plea deal for suspect in pepper spray attack

  13-08-2019 18:11
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A judge has rejected a plea arrangement for the Anchorage man suspected of pepper-spraying a group training for non-violent protest. KTVA-television reports Superior Judge Patrick McKay last week rejected a plea agreement made between prosecutors and 54-year-old Bret Maness (MAN-ess), who is charged with assault. MacKay says he wants Maness to […]
  
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• Small plane crash in north-central Idaho kills 2

  13-08-2019 18:05
  GRANGEVILLE, Idaho (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after a small plane crash in north-central Idaho killed two people. The Lewiston Tribune reported Tuesday that Carl and Joelle Lindros, both 83 and believed to be from Santa Barbara, California, were in the Lancair IV aircraft when it crashed near Kooskia, Idaho late Sunday […]
  
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• Argentina’s Uji Will Sonically Transport You to Orcas Island—Just in Time for Imagine Festival

  13-08-2019 17:55 via thestranger.com
  
  by Gregory ScruggsUji, aka Luis Maurette, lands at Nectar tonight, and at Imagine Orcas Island festival in September. Andres Knob
  Orcas Island is having a moment. It’s one of the New York Times' 52 Places to Go in 2019. Last year, Oprah bought a $8.275-million house there that she only visited for the first time last week. (O—if you need a housesitter, I’m available.) There’s also a damn good film festival.But the allure of Orcas, the biggest of the San Juan Islands, is o
  
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• Slog AM: Haunted By Jeff Bezos's Cheeto Fingers, Downtown Streetcar Project Gets Revived, Plastic Rain Over Colorado

  13-08-2019 17:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Nathalie GrahamForget acid rain. We've got plastic rain now. fstop123/Getty Images
  I-5 is fucked up this morning: It's mostly in and around Olympia where a fatal crash has shut down all southbound lanes. The crash happened around 3 a.m. and details have yet to be released about it. Crews are saying it will take a while to clear.The downtown streetcar project isn't stalled anymore: On Monday, the Seattle City Council voted to continue design work on the hanging-in-purgatory downtown streetcar
  
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• Sister of Portland State athlete indicted in his slaying

  13-08-2019 16:57
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The sister of a two-sport athlete at Portland State University has been indicted in his shooting death earlier this month. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports that 30-year-old Tamena Strickland was indicted by a grand jury on Monday. Deante Strickland, 22, was fatally shot on Aug. 2. Tamena Strickland is charged with one count […]
  
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• 2 Ebola patients in Congo “cured” with drugs, say doctors

  13-08-2019 16:47
  KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Two Ebola patients who were treated with new drugs in the city of Goma in eastern Congo have been declared “cured” and returned to their home. Top doctors fighting Ebola quickly used the case on Tuesday to press the message that people can recover from the potentially deadly disease if they […]
  
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• Salem voters likely to decide fate of payroll tax

  13-08-2019 16:44
  SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Voters in Salem, Oregon, will likely decide on a payroll tax dedicated to paying for public safety as the city tries to patch a multimillion-dollar deficit. The Statesman Journal reports councilors struck a compromise Monday when they tentatively decided to send local voters the payroll tax, which would also apply to […]
  
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• This week brings us sunshine, moderate temperatures — and the Perseid meteor shower. Here’s the best time to see it.

  13-08-2019 16:05
  While the sky is unlikely to be perfectly cloudless all week, it’s looking clear enough early Wednesday and Thursday morning to make it worth getting up early to catch a glimpse of this year’s Perseid meteor showers.
  
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• Students protesting Hawaii telescope can study remotely

  13-08-2019 15:30
  HILO, Hawaii (AP) — University of Hawaii students protesting the construction of a $1.4 billion telescope are expected to have class options allowing them to remain on the mountain, a report said. The plan to start construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope on the Big Island has been thwarted for more than three weeks by […]
  
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• Dreadful heat, humidity to invade South as misery continues

  13-08-2019 15:03
  ATLANTA (AP) — Most of the South — from Texas to parts of South Carolina — will be under heat advisories and warnings as temperatures will feel as high as 117 degrees (47 Celsius), forecasters said. The most intense heat Tuesday was expected in Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Alabama; and in areas near Memphis, Tennessee. […]
  
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• 3 new bars in Seattle and Bellevue to catch football and some sun

  13-08-2019 15:00
  West Seattle gets a bar with a scenic view of Alki Beach, while The Capercaillie in the Central District is there for all your Manchester United viewing needs and Sam's Tavern opens a branch in Bellevue, where you can catch Seahawks games.
  
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• Fatal crash on southbound I-5 in Olympia closes all lanes for hours, snarling Tuesday morning commute

  13-08-2019 14:31
  A detour has been established for drivers who must go southbound, but officials are encouraging people to delay trips and avoid the area if possible.
  
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• Backups remain on southbound I-5 in Olympia after fatal crash closes all lanes for hours

  13-08-2019 14:31
  A detour has been established for drivers who must go southbound, but officials are encouraging people to delay trips and avoid the area if possible.
  
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• Avoid southbound I-5 in Olympia: Fatal crash causes closure, long traffic backup

  13-08-2019 14:31
  A detour has been established for drivers who must go southbound, but officials are encouraging people to delay trips and avoid the area if possible.
  
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• Animals rights complaint details dog deaths at Johns Hopkins

  13-08-2019 13:38
  BALTIMORE (AP) — An animal rights group has filed a federal complaint against Johns Hopkins University researchers over a lab experiment in which nine dogs had to be euthanized after spinal surgeries. The Baltimore Sun reports that Stop Animal Exploitation Now wants the U.S. Agriculture Department to impose fines of $10,000 per animal under the […]
  
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• Baptist college kicks out transgender student after surgery

  13-08-2019 12:59
  GALLATIN, Tenn. (AP) — A 21-year-old transgender man says his private Tennessee college kicked him out after he got breast reduction surgery. Yanna Awtrey tells the Tennessean that his Baptist missionary parents wanted him to attend Welch College, previously known as the Free Will Baptist Bible College. He says he was outed to school officials, […]
  
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• Former Sonics broadcaster, Seattle youth-basketball legend Jim Marsh dies at 73

  13-08-2019 07:22
  Marsh, a stalwart in the Seattle sports community for decades, had lived with Parkinson’s disease since being diagnosed in 2004. He coached the successful Friends of Hoop AAU team and served as a mentor to several prominent Seattle area basketball stars.
  
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• Former Sonic and Friends of Hoop architect Jim Marsh dies at 73

  13-08-2019 07:22
  Marsh, a stalwart in the Seattle sports community for decades, had lived with Parkinson’s disease since being diagnosed in 2004. He coached the successful Friends of Hoop AAU team and served as a mentor to several prominent Seattle area basketball stars.
  
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• Woman dies, 3 people seriously injured in Tukwila car crash

  13-08-2019 06:36
  A woman died and three other people were seriously injured in a car crash in Tukwila on Monday night, according to police. The collision occurred around 8 p.m. in the 12000 block of Tukwila International Boulevard. Witnesses told police that a driver going southbound crossed over the centerline and struck a northbound car head-on, police […]
  
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• Alaska groups urge governor not to veto dividend payments

  13-08-2019 06:17
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Leaders of two Alaska groups fighting for a full Permanent Fund Dividend are arguing Gov. Mike Dunleavy should not veto the Legislature’s dividend payment. The Anchorage Daily News reported Monday that the Permanent Fund Defenders say they are asking the Republican governor to view a PFD — or oil wealth check […]
  
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