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• Enter to win a pair of tickets to Breaking Benjamin!

  03-09-2019 23:59 via thestranger.com
  
  by Taffy MarlerEntries accepted until 11:59pm (PT) on Sunday, September 15, 2019Two lucky winners will each receive a pair of tickets to Breaking Benjamin with special guests Chevelle, Three Days Grace, and more, September 22 at White River Amphitheatre!Enter HEREOr buy tickets here
  
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• After horse found starved in Maple Valley dies, officials search for owner

  03-09-2019 23:57
  King County officials are hoping to identify the owner of a horse that died Monday after being found apparently starved in Maple Valley last week. The approximately 20-year-old gelding was found Friday near Cedar River Elementary School in the 22400 block of Sweeney Road Southeast, according to a statement from the Regional Animal Services of King County. […]
  
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• After ailing horse found in Maple Valley dies, officials search for owner

  03-09-2019 23:57
  King County officials are hoping to identify the owner of a horse that died Monday after being found apparently starved in Maple Valley last week. The approximately 20-year-old gelding was found Friday near Cedar River Elementary School in the 22400 block of Sweeney Road Southeast, according to a statement from the Regional Animal Services of King County. […]
  
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• Structures threatened after car fire ignites larger blaze

  03-09-2019 23:46
  MALAD, Idaho (AP) — Firefighters are working to control a blaze burning near Malad Summit in southeastern Idaho. KIFI-TV reports structures are threatened, and authorities are conducting evacuations in Oneida County. Officials say a car caught fire on the summit and pulled off Interstate 15 around 2 p.m. Tuesday. Officials say the Malad Summit Fire […]
  
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• Currently Hanging: Lucian Freud's "Large Interior, W11 (after Watteau)" at Seattle Art Museum

  03-09-2019 23:30 via thestranger.com
  by Jasmyne KeimigLarge Interior W11 (after Watteau) #britishart #expressionism pic.twitter.com/KAd9fan05e
  — Lucian Freud (@artistfreud) September 11, 2018In July, the Seattle Art Museum announced a new series, A Cultural Legacy, in collaboration with the Paul G. Allen Family Collection that would feature "singular paintings of importance" from the late philanthropist's extensive and storied personal collection of art.British painter Lucian Freud's "Large Interior, W11 (after Watteau)" is t
  
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• He Kissed a Girl and He Liked It (But His Girlfriend Probably Wouldn't)

  03-09-2019 23:26 via thestranger.com
  Savage Love Letter of the Dayby Dan Savage
  I'm in a straight guy in a long term relationship with someone I love very, very much.
  I kissed an ex-girlfriend and feel unbelievably terrible about it. I didn't particularly want to but I was drunk and obviously lost all self control. The ex is the person I shared my first kiss with and if circumstances had been different then I think we could've wound up together but we just kinda drifted apart. She's a brilliant person and didn't deserve a drunken i
  
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• Singapore Airlines launches the first ever nonstop flight from Seattle to Southeast Asia

  03-09-2019 23:23
  Singapore Airlines' 8,010-mile, 15-hour flight to Singapore is now officially the longest nonstop flight available from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, and the service is offered three times a week, with the airline hoping to extend that to four times a week beginning in October.
  
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• Scooter rider dies after head-on crash with SUV in Portland

  03-09-2019 23:16
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police say a 66-year-old woman riding a motor scooter died after a collision with an SUV in Portland. The Portland Police Bureau says officers responded to the crash in the northeast area of the city at about 8:45 p.m. Friday. Police say scooter rider Susan Bartlett was wearing a helmet, was […]
  
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• Kitsap police dog treated after encountering potentially toxic blue-green algae while pursuing wanted man

  03-09-2019 22:46
  The dog, along with his human handler and the suspect they were after, all underwent decontamination after being in Kitsap Lake.
  
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• Kitsap K9 in the clear after encounter with potentially toxic blue-green algae

  03-09-2019 22:46
  The dog, along with his human handler and the suspect they were after, all underwent decontamination after being in Kitsap Lake.
  
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• Some Business Owners Really Don't Want to Pay People for Working Overtime

  03-09-2019 22:40 via thestranger.com
  
  Business owner to poor people: "Keep the poor uncomfortable in their poverty and then they’ll want to get out of it."by Rich SmithSpokane Valley is Midsommar.Screengrab from YouTube
  As I mentioned back in June, the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) has proposed an update to the state's overtime laws that will increase the number of salaried workers who are eligible for overtime. The change will take effect in July of next year, and by 2026 employers will have to
  
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• Search underway for 2 missing people, after boat found unoccupied in Lake Washington

  03-09-2019 22:40
  Police and the Coast Guard have been looking for two people since late Monday, when the boat was reported.
  
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• Man shot and killed, father arrested

  03-09-2019 22:21
  DAMASCUS, Ore. (AP) — A 69-year-old man was arrested Sunday after authorities say he killed his adult son during an altercation at their home south of Gresham. The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office says 35-year-old Jason Fuller was shot in the chest and that someone called 911 just after 10 p.m. Sunday. The sheriff’s office says […]
  
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• Lobbying efforts for small school funding pay off

  03-09-2019 22:05
  KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP) — Klamath County School District’s four rural high schools will continue to receive $2.2 million for needed programs thanks, in part, to the lobbying efforts of 10 students. The Herald and News reports the school district was at risk of losing the money because growing enrollment in its suburban schools put […]
  
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• Google, Under State Investigation, Reveals the Vast Reach of "Dark" Ads That Targeted Spokane

  03-09-2019 21:58 via thestranger.com
  
  To sway 40,000 voters, Google ads were shown 6.2 million times.by Eli SandersTo influence a low-turnout election in the small city of Spokane, certain Google political ads were shown more than 6 million times. crisserbug / Getty Images
  More than six months ago, the small city of Spokane, Washington held a humdrum special election. It was February, not the normal time for voting, so turnout was predictably low with fewer than 40,000 people casting ballots out of a total Spokane population of arou
  
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• 5 lessons Florida has learned from past hurricanes

  03-09-2019 21:50
  Home to 21.3 million people, the state has weathered numerous storms and learned some painful lessons.
  
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• Nestlé to lay off dozens in Portland

  03-09-2019 21:44
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Nestlé officials say it plans to lay off 53 Portland employees beginning Nov. 1 as part of a broad restructuring of its frozen foods organization. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports the company notified state officials of the layoffs in a letter dated Monday, Labor Day. Nestlé human resources director Penny Finley wrote that […]
  
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• New Savage Lovecast: Money and Vaginas

  03-09-2019 21:40 via thestranger.com
  
  Episode #671 — September 3, 2019by The StrangerA gay man is fed up with all the public sex at gay pride parades! It's bad PR! Enough already! Will Dan agree? Listen and find out.Also, a woman is planning to marry. Her fiancé has a lot less money than she does, and they maintain separate bank accounts. When she marries, should they combine their finances? Should she get a prenup? Dan brings in Paul Sullivan—the "Wealth Matters" columnist from the NYT—to discuss these pote
  
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• The rise of gravel riding in Idaho

  03-09-2019 21:23
  KETCHUM, Idaho (AP) — Earlier this summer, three dozen cyclists huddle together at a ranch between Ketchum and Mackay. They range from newcomers to pros, and they’ve come to Idaho from as far as Singapore, Hawaii and the Netherlands. Rebecca Rusch speaks to them in front of a giant stone fireplace under a stuffed buffalo […]
  
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• The New York Times Needs a Cannabis Editor

  03-09-2019 21:20 via thestranger.com
  
  The paper of record needs to learn about weed.by Lester BlackThe Times can't seem to think deeply about pot. The Stranger
  Our national paper of record needs a weed editor. After decades of blindly supporting prohibition, the New York Times is slowly waking up and finding itself in an unchartered world. Legalization is sweeping the continent, pot is finally an FDA approved medicine, and Republicans like John Boehner are suddenly supporting weed?? This is all so strange! And the gray lady is getti
  
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• Upper atmosphere gridlock stalled Dorian

  03-09-2019 21:10
  Hurricane Dorian is finally moving. But for a day-and-half it just sat on and pounded Grand Bahama Island because nothing high up in the atmosphere was making it budge. That meteorological gridlock, which slows or stalls storms, is happening more often in a warming world, studies show. Before Dorian picked up speed Tuesday morning, the […]
  
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• The 37 Best Things To Do in Seattle This Week: September 3-8, 2019

  03-09-2019 21:00 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's arts and culture critics recommend the best local events.by Elaina FriedmanOur music critics have already chosen the 37 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 a live podcast taping of Yo, Is This Racist? to Cider Summit Seattle, and from a night of stand-up with Marc Maron to the closing of SAM's Victorian Radicals: From the Pre-Raphaelites
  
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• Inbox Jukebox Track of the Day: The Top-Flight Musique Concrète of "Non-Stop" by Ingenious Seattle Producer Chong the Nomad

  03-09-2019 20:50 via thestranger.com
  
  Seattle producer Chong the Nomad made a song strictly using airplane sounds for a Singapore airlines ad campaign, and it's fantastic.by Dave SegalChong the Nomad wings it. Brian Oh
  Chong the Nomad, "Non-Stop" (self-released)
  Every so often, great music arises out of what some MBA types might call "corporate synergy." Case in point is a new song by Seattle producer Chong the Nomad, "Non-Stop." The piece resulted from a meeting between creative agency TBWA\Singapore and Singapore Airlines, which c
  
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• Former Idaho governor joins lobbying firm

  03-09-2019 20:46
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Former Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter has joined the lobbying firm Sullivan & Reberger, but he says he won’t be doing any lobbying. Otter will be of counsel at the firm, maintaining an office at its downtown Boise headquarters. He told the Idaho Press that he’s steering clear of lobbying because […]
  
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• Unexpected trade connection: Mass pig deaths in China cause short supply of U.S. blood thinner

  03-09-2019 20:45
  Heparin is a critical drug for heart attack patients and is used in surgery to stop clots. Much of the world's supply of the active ingredient for the blood thinner comes from China, a byproduct of the nation's massive pork consumption.
  
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• Judge: Drugmakers, others can face trial over opioids crisis

  03-09-2019 20:20
  A federal judge overseeing litigation related to the nation’s opioids epidemic has ruled that claims against Purdue Pharma and other drug companies can move to trial as the OxyContin maker tries to reach a settlement. The ruling was one of several issued Tuesday by U.S. District Court Judge Dan Polster, who is preparing for trial […]
  
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• Pilot, passenger rescued after weekend crash

  03-09-2019 20:11
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Rescuers say a pilot and passenger escaped injury when their plane crashed near Tyonek over the weekend. Alaska National Guard officials say responders found the damaged Piper PA-18 aircraft Saturday about 28 miles northwest of Tyonek, located across Cook Inlet from Anchorage. The pilot and passenger were found nearby. Officials say […]
  
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• The 37 Best Music Shows in Seattle This Week: September 3-8, 2019

  03-09-2019 19:51 via thestranger.com
  The Stranger's music critics' picks for the week.by Elaina FriedmanThis week, our music critics have picked everything from Philly punks Mannequin Pussy to Bon Iver to Tycho. 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.
  Heading to Portland or Tacoma? Check out EverOut to find things to do there and in Seattle, all in one place.Jump to: Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday TUESDAYMET
  
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• Disney+ Doesn't Believe in the Binge. This Is Smart. It Also Sucks.

  03-09-2019 19:35 via thestranger.com
  
  by Bobby Roberts Jesse Grant/Getty Images
  In case, somehow, you missed it: The Walt Disney Company, after buying 20th Century Fox, gaining a controlling stake in Hulu, and almost single-handedly propping up the theatrical exhibition business via their veritable home-run derby of brand-driven blockbusters, will be launching their own streaming platform in November.Called Disney+, it will be the exclusive home of a giant library of catalog material (including the entirety of The Simpsons), and a w
  
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• Deal allows sheriff’s office to keep insurance

  03-09-2019 18:25
  LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) — The Nez Perce County Sheriff’s Office will pay a higher deductible in order to keep its government insurance coverage in the wake of employee complaints against Sheriff Joe Rodriguez. The Lewiston Tribune reports Nez Perce County Prosecutor Justin Colmean said the Idaho Counties Risk Management Program threatened to pull coverage of […]
  
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• Ties to marijuana businesses are disqualifying bankruptcy filers, including Spokane City Councilwoman Karen Stratton

  03-09-2019 17:24
  Spokane City Councilwoman Karen Stratton’s bankruptcy case with her husband was removed from federal bankruptcy court earlier this summer over concerns raised about their ties to a marijuana business. The couple’s decision to drop their filing appears tied to a U.S. Justice Department crackdown on state-sanctioned marijuana firms seeking bankruptcy protection. Jim Perkins, a federal […]
  
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• Slog AM: Dead, Dead, and More Dead

  03-09-2019 17:05 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie HerzogThe most destructive Dorian since Oscar Wilde.Handout/Getty Images
  Hurricane Dorian kills at least five people in the Bahamas. The strongest hurricane to hit the Bahamas in modern history continues, according to the National Hurricane Center, to "pummel Grand Bahama Island." The storm is expected to head north and reach the southeast of the U.S. by Thursday, where more than a million people are being ordered to evacuate.When you think you're safe on the SECOND floor... #Dorian sto
  
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• Seattle weather will still feel like summer for a bit

  03-09-2019 16:19
  The region is in a mostly sunny, warm spell, despite a few upper-level lows that could bring a chance of rain to areas north of Seattle at the beginning of the week and areas south of Seattle at the end.
  
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• Seattle weather this week is expected to start warm, then turn cooler with a chance of showers

  03-09-2019 16:19
  The region is in a mostly sunny, warm spell, despite a few upper-level lows that could bring a chance of rain to areas north of Seattle at the beginning of the week and areas south of Seattle at the end.
  
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• New Catholic archbishop appointed to the Archdiocese of Seattle

  03-09-2019 15:56
  Paul D. Etienne was appointed Tuesday to be the area's sixth archbishop. He succeeds Archbishop J. Peter Sartain, whose resignation Pope Francis accepted Tuesday.
  
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• Cougar encounter closes Oregon State University research forest

  03-09-2019 15:18
  CORVALLIS, Ore. — Oregon State University was forced to close one of its research forests following a report of a cougar in the area. KATU-TV reported Monday that the Oregon Department of Forestry and Wildlife was conducting a search for the animal in the Dunn Forest using scent-sniffing dogs. Officials say a visitor reported encountering […]
  
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• Cougar encounter closes Oregon State University Dunn Forest

  03-09-2019 15:18
  CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) — Oregon State University was forced to close one of its research forests following a report of a cougar in the area. KATU-TV reported Monday that the Oregon Department of Forestry and Wildlife was conducting a search for the animal in the Dunn Forest using scent-sniffing dogs. Officials say a visitor reported […]
  
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• Oregon police report 3 shootings in single week at house

  03-09-2019 15:15
  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say the wounding of a man at an Oregon house was the third shooting in a week at the same location. KGW-TV reported Sunday that the man checked himself into a Portland hospital with a gunshot wound Sept. 1. The Portland Police Bureau says no one was hurt when shots […]
  
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• Washington man sues state for 9-year sex predator detention

  03-09-2019 15:08
  TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A man is suing for what he says was wrongful confinement for nine years in Washington state’s facility for sexually violent predators. The News Tribune reported Monday that Jesse McReynolds was held at the Special Commitment Center on McNeil Island from 2008 until 2017. McReynolds maintained his innocence but pleaded guilty […]
  
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• Washington’s unofficial freeway: Highway 9 in Lake Stevens strains under a suburban boom

  03-09-2019 15:00
  For residents of fast-growing Lake Stevens, 35 miles north of Seattle, big-city traffic congestion is a daily burden.
  
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• Some corporate donors turn away from Washington Rep. Matt Shea after controversies

  03-09-2019 15:00
  OLYMPIA — In recent years, political-action committees and large corporations have funded the bulk of Washington state Rep. Matt Shea’s reelection campaigns. Perhaps unwittingly, those donors have bankrolled a campaign operation used by Shea, a Republican from Spokane Valley, to air his far-right views on a regular radio program, advance plans to secede from Washington by […]
  
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• European Space Agency blinks in game of cosmic chicken with SpaceX

  03-09-2019 14:04
  BERLIN (AP) — The European Space Agency says it has performed an evasive maneuver with one of its satellites after rival SpaceX said it wouldn’t move its own spacecraft out of the way, risking a potentially catastrophic collision. ESA said Tuesday that it “reached out early to SpaceX and was informed that no maneuver was […]
  
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• European Space Agency blinks in game of cosmic chicken

  03-09-2019 14:04
  BERLIN (AP) — A European space probe has performed an evasive maneuver to avoid a possible collision with another satellite after its operator, private firm SpaceX, said it wouldn’t budge. Officials at the European Space Agency said Tuesday that the maneuver didn’t affect operations of the Aeolus satellite , which was launched in August 2018 […]
  
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• After a trio of charter-school closures, a Kent campus makes its debut amid newfound legal stability in Washington

  03-09-2019 14:00
  A new charter school in Kent is the first to open since the state Supreme Court granted its constitutional blessing to the publicly funded but privately run schools.
  
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• Okanogan County firefighter seriously injured, burned while battling wildfire on Sunday

  03-09-2019 09:43
  Christian Johnson, assistant chief with Okanogan County Fire District No. 3, is in a medically induced coma at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
  
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• Alaska judge questions emergency used to cut Medicaid rates

  03-09-2019 06:43
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Anchorage Superior Court Judge has ruled the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services may have falsely conjured an emergency to enact Medicaid payment cuts. The Anchorage Daily News reported Monday that a judge ruled a lawsuit against the state raises “serious and substantial questions” regarding the emergency finding. The […]
  
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• Low water supply causes Alaska borough emergency declaration

  03-09-2019 06:41
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Low water supplies in two Alaska communities have resulted in an emergency declaration by area officials. The Anchorage Daily News reported the Kenai Peninsula Borough issued a local disaster declaration Thursday. Borough officials say the declaration came after sparse rainfall during this year’s warm, dry summer rapidly depleted public water supplies […]
  
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• China says Trump’s claims about fentanyl origin are false

  03-09-2019 06:33
  BEIJING (AP) — China said Tuesday that it’s not the source of the fentanyl that’s killing Americans, contrary to President Donald Trump’s recent tweets blaming China for the drug deaths. At a briefing for the National Narcotics Control Commission, China reiterated that it is making extensive efforts toward controlling the synthetic opioid and should not […]
  
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