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• Morales Tries Again To Restore Mental Health Funding That Was Rolled Back After School Shooting

  12-08-2024 20:36 via thestranger.com
  
  The Seattle City Council still has a chance to make good on the promise to spend $20 million on mental health services and gun violence prevention programming for Seattle Public School students. After the council narrowly rejected an amendment to the midyear supplemental budget last week to restore the full funding, Council Member Tammy Morales will reintroduce it at full council this week, looking for one more vote.by Hannah KriegThere’s still time for the Seattle City Council to make goo
  
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• The Top 44 Events in Seattle This Week: Aug 12–18, 2024

  12-08-2024 19:00 via everout.com
  
  Foo Fighters, Jhené Aiko, and Moreby EverOut StaffIt's a big week for concerts with Foo Fighters, Jhené Aiko's Magic Hour Tour, The Japanese House, and Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo with BERLIN all playing venues around Seattle. Of course, we're also dishing on plenty of other don't-miss events, from Comedy Bang! Bang! Live! to Stranger Slushie Week and from the Seattle Tattoo Expo to the Vinegar Syndrome Pop-Up Shop at Scarecrow Video.
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• Slog AM: Jordan Chiles Stripped of Her Medal, Brazil Plane Crash Kills 62, Abortion Laws Harm Pregnant Women

  12-08-2024 18:13 via thestranger.com
  
  The Stranger's morning news round-up.by Nathalie GrahamStehekin under siege: The Pioneer Fire, the biggest fire burning in Washington right now, is coming dangerously close to Stehekin, the small town northwest of Chelan only accessible by boat or float plane. The fire, which has burned 36,000 acres and was only 13% contained as of Saturday, is getting dangerously close to buildings, "We're talking as close as maybe 20 feet, to 100 feet or so," firefighters told KING5. Yet, only a few peopl
  
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• Charles R. Cross, Long-Time Editor of Seattle’s The Rocket, Has Died

  12-08-2024 07:15 via thestranger.com
  
  Cross was a celebrated music journalist and author and enthusiastic supporter of the city’s music scene.by Megan SelingCharles R. Cross, editor of Seattle’s biweekly music newspaper The Rocket died on Friday, close friends confirmed. He was 67 years old. In a statement to Variety, Cross’s family said he died peacefully in his sleep of natural causes.
  Cross edited The Rocket from 1986 until its end in 2000. Under his watch, The Rocket chronicled some of the Pacific Northwest&rsq
  
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