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• Alaska budget cuts to rely on expected Medicaid savings

  25-08-2019 23:32
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A majority of Alaska’s budget cuts are expected to come from Medicaid, officials said. Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s administration has announced a final Medicaid reduction of $159.9 million, KTOO-FM reported Thursday. The reduction represents more than half of the state’s overall $259.8 million operating budget cuts, despite Medicaid being an entitlement […]
  
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• Holy Rosary Catholic Church, a Tacoma landmark, to be demolished

  25-08-2019 23:17
  Tacoma’s Holy Rosary Catholic Church will be permanently closed and demolished, congregants were told during evening mass Saturday by the Archdiocese of Seattle. The century-old icon with its 210-foot-high steeple needs millions of dollars in repairs and is too dangerous to occupy, according to the Archdiocese. Archbishop J. Peter Sartain has issued a decree to […]
  
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• The 44 Best Music Shows in Seattle This Week: August 26-Sept 2, 2019

  25-08-2019 23:00 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's music critics' picks for the week.by Elaina FriedmanThis week, our music critics have picked everything from English punk and leather pants icon Billy Idol to Portland singer-songwriter Kyle Craft to Lizzo and Carly Rae Jepsen at Bumbershoot. 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. Found something you like and don't want to forget about it later? Click "Save Event" on any of the linked
  
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• The 43 Best Things To Do in Seattle This Week: Aug 26-Sept 2, 2019

  25-08-2019 23:00 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's arts and culture critics recommend the best local events.by Elaina FriedmanOur music critics have already chosen the 44 best music shows this week, but now it's our arts and culture critics' turn to recommend the best events in their areas of expertise. Here are their picks in every genre—from the Great Victorian Radicals Bake-Off to Town Hall's Homecoming Festival kickoff on Labor Day with Robert Reich and Pramila Jayapal, and from the last night of Seattle Opera's Rigolett
  
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• The 41 Best Things To Do in Seattle This Week: Aug 26-Sept 2, 2019

  25-08-2019 23:00 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's arts and culture critics recommend the best local events.by Elaina FriedmanOur music critics have already chosen the 44 best music shows this week, but now it's our arts and culture critics' turn to recommend the best events in their areas of expertise. Here are their picks in every genre—from the Great Victorian Radicals Bake-Off to Town Hall's Homecoming Festival kickoff on Labor Day with Robert Reich and Pramila Jayapal, and from the last night of Seattle Opera's Rigolett
  
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• Alaska police arrest students for planning school shooting

  25-08-2019 22:55
  JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska authorities say two middle school students have been arrested after another student overheard their plans to carry out a school shooting. The Juneau Empire reported that the Juneau Police Department arrested two 13-year-old students Thursday at Floyd Dryden Middle School after receiving a phone call from a parent of the […]
  
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• Former US Sen. Al Franken tests welcome on speaking circuit

  25-08-2019 21:13
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Al Franken is testing his welcome on the speaking circuit as he takes more steps into public life after sexual misconduct allegations derailed his political career. The Star Tribune reports that tickets went on sale Friday for “An Evening with Al Franken” Oct. 2 at Revolution Hall in Portland, […]
  
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• Firefighters make progress battling Alaska wildfire

  25-08-2019 21:03
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Officials say firefighters are making progress on a wildfire burning north of Anchorage. Fire managers said Sunday the fire is now 28% contained. It’s estimated to have burned 5.2 square miles (13.4 kilometers). Alaska Division of Forestry spokeswoman Stephanie Bishop says winds predicted Saturday never materialized, helping firefighters make progress on […]
  
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• Racer dies, 3 others injured in Idaho boat crash

  25-08-2019 19:16
  LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — One person died and three others were injured in a crash during a boat race on the Snake River in Idaho. KBOI reports that two boats competing in the sanctioned race crashed into each other Saturday. The Nez Perce County Sheriff’s office says three people were treated for non-life-threatening injuries. A […]
  
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• Hiker dies in 100-foot fall at Oregon state park

  25-08-2019 18:49
  PORTLAND — Authorities in Oregon say a male hiker died after falling 100 feet at Smith Rock State Park. KOIN-TV reports the male fell while making his way down a climbers’ path toward the northeast Lower Gorge on Saturday. The Deschutes County Sheriff’s office says the hiker was pronounced dead at the scene.
  
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• Book tries to show how US democracy hurt Native Americans

  25-08-2019 17:20
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A new book by a noted historian attempts to show how expanding American democracy hurt Native Americans in the early days of the nation and how tribes viewed the young United States as an entity seeking to erase them from existence. University of Oregon history professor Jeffrey Ostler’s just-released “Surviving Genocide: […]
  
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• The woman behind the apparent break in the Thomas Wales case: Personal tragedy, a troubled past — and now an indictment

  25-08-2019 15:00
  Investigators trying to learn who fatally shot Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas Wales in 2001 through the window of his Queen Anne home, believe Shawna Reid can lead them to the killer.
  
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• Rosemary Torgesen’s last months

  25-08-2019 15:00
  https://projects.seattletimes.com/2019/public-crisis-private-toll-timeline
  
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• Public Crisis, Private Toll: How a company’s push to expand psychiatric care brought peril

  25-08-2019 15:00
  Public Crisis, Private Toll | A Seattle Times investigation: After years of Washington state’s chronic shortage in mental-health care, a quiet transformation is underway: the expansion of private psychiatric hospitals. No operator has pushed to expand more aggressively than US HealthVest, a for-profit firm, but at what cost to patients?
  
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• Only one Washington governor has served three consecutive terms. Jay Inslee wants his own threepeat.

  25-08-2019 15:00
  The only time Washington voters reelected their governor to a third consecutive term, Republican Gov. Dan Evans shared the ballot with President Richard Nixon in 1972.
  
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• Mental-health resources in King County and Washington state

  25-08-2019 15:00
  Earlier this decade, Washington state had the third-highest rate in the nation of adults with a mental illness, and the second-highest rate for those whose illness interfered with major life activities. At the same time, a government survey ranked Washington’s inpatient psychiatric bed capacity almost last in the nation. If you or someone you know needs […]
  
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• ‘Hardly a ripple’: The solitary life and death of a homeless man and his dog near the 520 bridge

  25-08-2019 15:00
  William Kaphaem, also known as Three Stars, lived in a 14-foot aluminum rowboat moored along Seattle's Arboretum Waterfront Trail. That's where he died, but it was eight months before his body was found.
  
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• Extinction bites: countries agree to protect sharks and rays

  25-08-2019 12:53
  GENEVA (AP) — Countries have agreed to protect more than a dozen shark species at risk of extinction, in a move aimed at conserving some of the ocean’s most awe-inspiring creatures who have themselves become prey to commercial fishing and the Chinese appetite for shark fin soup. Three proposals covering the international trade of 18 […]
  
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• New maps chart possible course for estuary restoration

  25-08-2019 10:30
  ASTORIA, Oregon (AP) — A new survey reveals the West Coast has lost about 85% of its historical estuary habitat, but the mapping could also help identify restoration opportunities and provide a baseline for predicting future changes. Though large estuaries like the Columbia River have been mapped and surveyed extensively, the recent survey is the […]
  
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• Idaho works to identify pronghorn migration patterns

  25-08-2019 08:05
  BELLEVUE, Idaho (AP) — The helicopter banked left and tracked its quarry over the field for about 10 seconds before the net gun went off with a distant pop. The chopper touched down abruptly and two men, helmeted and clad in orange, leaped out and bolted toward the captured pronghorn. It was an unwelcome surprise […]
  
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• Seattle school district, teachers union reach deal on new contract draft

  25-08-2019 06:45
  The draft contract awaits a vote from the Seattle teachers union's general membership, about 6,000 educators, on Tuesday.
  
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• Let the Inuit Games begin at Seattle’s National Nordic Museum

  25-08-2019 03:12
  The National Nordic Museum in Ballard celebrates Arctic crafts, music and culture with Nordic Sól this weekend. On the schedule Saturday and Sunday are the Inuit Games, also known as Arctic Sports, “a collection of indigenous games based on hunting and survival skills of the north.” Information: https://nordicmuseum.org/nordicsol
  
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