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• Idaho officials OK $84.5 million endowment distribution

  20-08-2019 23:48
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — State officials have approved a 4.5 percent increase in payouts to public schools and other beneficiaries from money generated from the state’s 3,750 square miles (9,700 square kilometers) of endowment lands. Idaho Republican Gov. Brad Little and four other statewide elected officials on the Idaho Land Board voted 5-0 Tuesday to […]
  
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• Will Jay Inslee Run for a Third Term as Governor? Probably.

  20-08-2019 23:21 via thestranger.com
  
  What else is he going to do?by Rich SmithHe'll be back.Lester BlackIn launching his presidential campaign as the "climate change guy," Governor Jay Inslee bet that Americans would recognize the existential threat climate change poses to the country, realize he'd be the only candidate who could fix the problem, and then sweep him into office on a wave of American optimism.As I wrote in my case for his campaign, if nothing else, his candidacy offered the press an opportunity to cover climate chang
  
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• Ex-Oregon teacher sentenced for stealing $80K from district

  20-08-2019 23:18
  ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) — A former teacher in southwestern Oregon who stole more than $80,000 from the Riddle School District has been sentenced to pay the money back as well as spend a week in jail. The News-Review reports 47-year-old Jennifer Lynn of Medford was sentenced Monday after previously pleading guilty to nine counts of […]
  
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• Idaho officials OK big increase in logging state lands

  20-08-2019 23:11
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho officials are increasing logging on state lands by more than 30 percent and plan to build a seed orchard in northern Idaho to plant trees to replace those cut down. The Idaho Land Board on Tuesday voted to ramp up harvest on the state’s forests over a four-year span to […]
  
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• 105 Stranger (Than Usual) Things To Do in Seattle This Week: August 20-25, 2019

  20-08-2019 23:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Stranger Things To Do StaffThe truth is out there, and by "there" we mean Burien, Washington. Extraterrestrial enthusiasts can enjoy all sorts of geeky activities at Saturday's Burien UFO Festival. Shutterstock
  Our arts and culture critics have already recommended 45 great things to do this week and our music critics have picked the 43 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,
  
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• The Trade War with China Is About the Future of Fossil Fuels

  20-08-2019 22:40 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeTwilight of the good times... nielubieklonu/gettyimages.com
  The trade war with China is deeply unpopular. Only 27 percent of Americans do not support free trade—or, put another way, free trade with China, the second-largest economy in the world. But President Donald Trump will not let go of the war. He claims that the United States will win in the end, but this seems highly unlikely and even politically catastrophic. You now have farmers on welfare in red states, a stock m
  
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• Woman Finds Evidence She Isn't Her Boyfriend's Type (And Why That Shouldn't Be a Problem)

  20-08-2019 22:38 via thestranger.com
  
  Savage Love Letter of the Dayby Dan SavageAdmittedly I don't listen to your podcast religiously but as soon as I told my best friend this story she said, "That's a question for Dan savage!" Back story, I have a monogamous partner who I live with. It's a heterosexual relationship but we are both bisexual and we've both had sexual relationships with men and women previously. That little inkling of homosexuality really drew me to him when we first met. He also told me early on about his previous gi
  
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• 3 killed in vehicle crash near Redmond

  20-08-2019 22:26
  REDMOND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon State Police say three people were killed in a vehicle crash in central Oregon. KTVZ-TV reports the crash happened shortly before 11:30 a.m. Tuesday about 7 miles (11 kilometers) west of Redmond on Highway 126. Oregon State Police Sgt. Caleb Ratliff says an SUV was heading west on the highway […]
  
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• Former VA pathologist charged in deaths of 3 patients

  20-08-2019 22:00
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A pathologist fired from an Arkansas veterans hospital after officials said he had been impaired while on duty was charged Tuesday with involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of three patients who authorities say he misdiagnosed and whose records he later altered to conceal his mistakes. A grand jury indictment unsealed […]
  
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• Tribalism Is Inherent—and It's Making Us Blind

  20-08-2019 21:58
  
  by Katie HerzogCan't get your point across? Use a bullhorn!SIphotography/Getty ImagesA few months ago I went to see NYU psychologist Jonathan Haidt speak in Seattle. Haidt, the co-author of The Coddling of the American Mind, is a fierce critic of the tribalism he sees increasing around us, which he thinks is inherent to the human condition. “The human mind,” he wrote in his book, “is prepared for tribalism. Human evolution is not just the story of individuals competing with oth
  
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• Seattle FBI agents arrest man accused in Florida of threats to kill Hispanics and foment a race war

  20-08-2019 21:55
  Officials have declined to say exactly where Eric Lin was arrested or what he was doing in Western Washington; he will appear in federal court again next week for potential extradition to Florida.
  
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• Study: 38K in Portland area homeless at some point in 2017

  20-08-2019 21:45
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A new Portland State University study says an estimated 38,000 people in Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas counties experienced homelessness at some point in 2017. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the first-of-its-kind study takes a regional and more expansive view of homelessness than the single-night tallies required by the federal government, which each county […]
  
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• The Nightingale Is Heartbreakingly Brutal

  20-08-2019 21:10 via thestranger.com
  The Nightingale is hard to watch. That’s the point.by Suzette SmithThere’s a shocking amount of negative buzz around The Nightingale, the new film from New Zealand writer/director Jennifer Kent, who also wrote and directed 2014’s surprise horror hit The Babadook. Audience members at the Australian premiere of The Nightingale reportedly walked out, with one shouting, “She’s already been raped, we don’t need to see it again!”It’s true that rape is a
  
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• Inbox Jukebox Track of the Day: The Spectacularly Spasmodic "Titanium 2 Step" by Electronic-Rock Übermenschen Battles

  20-08-2019 21:08 via thestranger.com
  
  Battles' “Titanium 2 Step”—featuring Liquid Liquid vocalist Sal Principato—sounds like a smash hit in the world's geekiest dance clubs.by Dave SegalJohn Stanier and Ian Williams undid their top buttons and are ready to get down Chris Shonting
  Battles, “Titanium 2 Step” (Warp)
  I love it when Battles come back from a long hiatus and wow us all over again with surprising guest musicians (Shabazz Palaces, Yes vocalist Jon Anderson, etc.) and subtle variations on t
  
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• Idaho governor tells state agencies to limit budget requests

  20-08-2019 20:29
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little has told state agencies to limit budget requests following a revenue forecast that came in lower than expected and eliminated most of the state’s surplus. Little in a memo on Monday told agencies to minimize replacement items next year to emergency requests only. He also told agencies […]
  
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• Deschutes County enacts marijuana moratorium

  20-08-2019 20:27
  BEND, Ore. (AP) — Deschutes County commissioners have voted to send the question of whether recreational marijuana growing and processing operations should be allowed in the future to the November 2020 ballot. The Bulletin reports the unanimous vote Monday triggered an immediate moratorium on any new applications for grow sites or processing facilities in rural, […]
  
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• Central Oregon county enacts marijuana moratorium, puts question to vote

  20-08-2019 20:27
  BEND, Ore. (AP) — Deschutes County commissioners have voted to send the question of whether recreational marijuana growing and processing operations should be allowed in the future to the November 2020 ballot. The Bulletin reports the unanimous vote Monday triggered an immediate moratorium on any new applications for grow sites or processing facilities in rural, […]
  
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• Idaho company to pay $12K fine after tree-trimming death

  20-08-2019 20:15
  BURLEY, Idaho (AP) — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined an Idaho tree-trimming company after an employee was killed and another was injured when the work platform of a bucket truck fell about 65 feet (20 meters). The Times-News reported Monday that the federal agency fined Tree Trouble of Burley nearly $14,800 but […]
  
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• Free Will Astrology: August 20

  20-08-2019 20:09 via thestranger.com
  
  by Rob Brezsny
  ARIES (March 21–April 19): How did sound technicians create the signature roar of the fictional monster Godzilla? They slathered pine-tar resin on a leather glove and stroked it against the strings of a double bass. How about the famous howl of the fictional character Tarzan? Sonic artists blended a hyena's screech played backward, a dog's growl, a soprano singer's fluttered intonation slowed down, and an actor's yell. Karen O, lead singer of the band Yeah Yeah Yeahs, period
  
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• Alaska governor OKs smaller oil-wealth check for now

  20-08-2019 20:07
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy faced a tricky political decision. He had to decide whether to keep pushing to pay residents a nearly $3,000 check this year from the state’s oil-wealth fund, a centerpiece of his campaign last year, or accept a lesser amount approved by lawmakers not swayed by his arguments. […]
  
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• Body of Illinois climber recovered from Wyoming mountains

  20-08-2019 19:58
  RIVERTON, Wyo. (AP) — The body of an Illinois man has been recovered in Wyoming mountains by authorities after he died in a climbing accident. The Jackson Hole News & Guide reported Monday that a five-person team of search-and-rescue volunteers retrieved the body of 63-year-old Zijah Kurtovic of Evanston, Illinois, from the Wind River Mountains. […]
  
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• 500-year-old mummy of Incan girl returns to Bolivia

  20-08-2019 19:39
  LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — A 500-year-old mummy of an Incan girl has been returned to Bolivia some 129 years after it was donated to the Michigan State University Museum, marking what an official says is the first time human remains of archaeological importance have been repatriated to the Andean country. Known as Ñusta, a […]
  
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• New Savage Lovecast: With Former White Supremacist Christian Picciolini

  20-08-2019 19:00 via thestranger.com
  
  Episode #669 — August 20, 2019by The StrangerA 76-year-old woman wonders if everyone is doing polyamory these days, or if there are any monogamous couples left. Also, a woman's twin brother has become a white supremacist and is getting sucked into a very scary community. Dan brings on Christian Picciolini, who himself was recruited and eventually left the white power movement. He now combats extreme hate groups with a message of compassion and understanding.
  On the Magnum, Dan chats with w
  
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• Yakima officials decide they’re OK with ICE continuing to use airport for detainee flights

  20-08-2019 18:35
  After King County Executive Dow Constantine said the county would not support ICE operations, ICE shifted its operations to Yakima's airport, where more than 600 undocumented individuals arrived from May 7 to early July.
  
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• Wapato council passes resolution to compel mayor to follow the law

  20-08-2019 18:35
  A Wapato City Councilman on Monday informed the public that Mayor Dora Alvarez Roa was not cooperating with Yakima County Sheriff's Office deputies in the ongoing criminal investigation into the city's actions.
  
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• CEO: Refinery by Roosevelt National Park 1 year behind plan

  20-08-2019 18:34
  BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Lawsuits from environmentalists and landowners have made investors skittish and delayed progress another year on the proposed $800 million oil refinery near Theodore Roosevelt National Park in western North Dakota, the developer’s top executive said. Meridian wants to build the refinery just 3 miles (5 kilometers) from the park that’s the […]
  
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• Can a Seattle Green New Deal Survive Under a New City Council?

  20-08-2019 18:30 via thestranger.com
  
  by Nathalie Graham"Alright, I guess it's time we did something about climate change?" - At least some politicians in 2019 TIMOTHY KENNEY
  There's this book I'm reading right now called The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert. It's about how the next big extinction event in the Earth's history is currently underway and it's basically all our fault. You know, normal stuff.“To argue that the current extinction event could be averted if people just cared more and were willing to make more sac
  
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• Girl escapes injury when pickup truck hits her house

  20-08-2019 18:22
  POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) — A 6-year-old girl escaped injury when police say a drunk driver crashed a pickup truck into her bedroom early Monday morning. The Idaho State Journal reports Aubree Haggard was sleeping on the couch when the GMC pickup struck her Pocatello home. No one in the Haggard family was injured, but they […]
  
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• 3 people and a dog rescued from Point Defiance cliff

  20-08-2019 18:08
  TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Tacoma Fire says three people and a dog had to be rescued from a cliff in Point Defiance Park. The News Tribune reports that crews were called out around 9:30 p.m. Monday after an adult, two children and a dog became stuck about 100 feet below the top of the cliff […]
  
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• 3 people and a dog rescued from cliff in Tacoma’s Point Defiance Park

  20-08-2019 18:08
  TACOMA — Three people and a dog had to be rescued Monday evening from a cliff in Point Defiance Park. The News Tribune reports that Tacoma Fire crews were called out around 9:30 p.m. Monday after an adult, two children and a dog became stuck about 100 feet below the top of the cliff near […]
  
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• More firefighting crews heading to Parks Highway wildfire

  20-08-2019 18:01
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An evacuation order remains in effect for neighborhoods affected by a wildfire on both sides of the Parks Highway north of Willow. The state Division of Forestry says a dozen engines from Fairbanks and two crews from the Lower 48 will be arriving to boost to the firefighting effort. The fire […]
  
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• Here's the Winning Pot from Hempfest's Cannabis Cup

  20-08-2019 17:45
  
  Here's who won Washington's 2019 Cannabis Cup.by Lester Black View this post on InstagramA post shared by Lazy Bee (@lazybeegardens) on Aug 18, 2019 at 4:17pm PDT
  Hempfest isn't just about doing dabs in front of cops in public parks without getting arrested. It's also a time to find out who is growing the best pot in the state so you can make sure you are doing the best dabs possible in front of said cops. Last weekend's Hempfest included the annual Cannabis Cup, put on by Dope Magazine and High
  
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• Guidelines say more women may need breast cancer gene test

  20-08-2019 17:09
  WASHINGTON (AP) — More women may benefit from gene testing for hereditary breast or ovarian cancer, especially if they’ve already survived cancer once, an influential health group recommended Tuesday. At issue are genes called BRCA1 and BRCA2. When they’re mutated, the body can’t repair damaged DNA as well, greatly increasing the chances of breast, ovarian […]
  
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• Woman dies in Spain as listeria-in-pork outbreak sickens 114

  20-08-2019 17:06
  MADRID (AP) — Health authorities in Spain are on high alert after a 90-year-old woman died amid a listeria outbreak in the southern region of Andalusia that has affected more than 110 people. José Miguel Cisneros, director of the infectious disease department at Seville’s Virgen del Rocío Hospital, on Tuesday announced the first casualty since […]
  
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• Slog AM: Millennials Buy Houseplants Instead of Houses, Facebook Wants Back Into News, Don't Steal Italian Sand

  20-08-2019 17:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Nathalie Graham"PLEASE TRUST US AGAIN."CHIP SOMODEVILLA / GETTY IMAGES
  Seattle indoor soccer team owner is on trial: In Arizona. For allegedly sexually assaulting two women who were babysitting his kids in 2017. The Phoenix trial has unearthed other accusations against Dion Earl, the owner of the short-lived Seattle Impact indoor soccer team. Members of the team's dance squad alleged that Earl had sexually assaulted them in 2014. The King County Sheriff's Office decided not to press charges.
  
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• Slog AM: Millennials Buy House Plants Instead of Houses, Facebook Wants Back Into News, Don't Steal Italian Sand

  20-08-2019 17:00 via thestranger.com
  
  by Nathalie Graham"PLEASE TRUST US AGAIN."CHIP SOMODEVILLA / GETTY IMAGES
  Seattle indoor soccer team owner is on trial: In Arizona. For allegedly sexually assaulting two women who were babysitting his kids in 2017. The Phoenix trial has unearthed other accusations against Dion Earl, the owner of the short-lived Seattle Impact indoor soccer team. Members of the team's dance squad alleged that Earl had sexually assaulted them in 2014. The King County Sheriff's Department decided not to press charg
  
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• Georgia asks judge not to block restrictive abortion law

  20-08-2019 16:45
  ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia has asked a federal judge not to block the state’s restrictive abortion law from taking effect and to dismiss a challenge to the constitutionality of the measure. The law bans abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, which can happen as early as six weeks into a pregnancy, before many women […]
  
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• 2 people injured, suspect arrested in second shooting in a week near Emerald Queen Casino

  20-08-2019 16:45
  Two men, 18 and 35, were injured in a shooting that occurred on Puyallup tribal lands late Monday, just blocks away from where five people were shot last week, according to police.
  
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• Earth’s future is being written in fast-melting Greenland

  20-08-2019 16:28
  HELHEIM GLACIER, Greenland (AP) — This is where Earth’s refrigerator door is left open, where glaciers dwindle and seas begin to rise. New York University air and ocean scientist David Holland, who is tracking what’s happening in Greenland from both above and below, calls it “the end of the planet.” He is referring to geography […]
  
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• Earth’s future in being written in fast-melting Greenland

  20-08-2019 16:28
  HELHEIM GLACIER, Greenland (AP) — Greenland is where Earth’s refrigerator door is left open, where glaciers dwindle and seas begin to rise. Scientists are hard at work there, trying to understand the alarmingly rapid melting of the ice, for Greenland is where the planet’s future is being written. Summer this year is hitting the island […]
  
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• Slain police officer’s family sues Tacoma, saying his death was ‘highly preventable’

  20-08-2019 16:18
  The family of a Tacoma police officer killed in the line of duty filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city Monday. Officer Reginald “Jake” Gutierrez, 45, was fatally shot Nov. 30, 2016, while responding to a domestic violence call. Gutierrez’s three adult daughters argue police should have arrested the killer two weeks prior, when […]
  
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• Seattle weather this week will be all over the map: hot and sunny, cool and rainy, and back again. Here’s what to expect.

  20-08-2019 16:02
  This week's weather will be doing its best Monty Python impression: "And now for something completely different."
  
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• Seattle weather this week has it all: hot and sunny, cool and rainy, and back again. Here’s what to expect.

  20-08-2019 16:02
  This week's weather will be doing its best Monty Python impression: "And now for something completely different."
  
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• You can get into Washington’s state and national parks free this Sunday

  20-08-2019 15:56
  To honor the National Parks System’s 103rd birthday, both it and the Washington State Parks system are giving us a gift: Free admission. Single-day visitors to any state park on Sunday, Aug. 25, won’t need a Discover Pass to park. The pass costs $30 a year or $10 for one day. The 2011 law that created the Discover Pass system […]
  
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• Washington’s state and national parks are free this Sunday. Here are some favorites to check out.

  20-08-2019 15:56
  To honor the National Parks System’s 103rd birthday, both it and the Washington State Parks system are giving us a gift: Free admission.
  
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