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• Hawaii land board seeks quick dismissal of telescope appeal

  15-11-2016 23:31
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s land board is urging the state Supreme Court to quickly dismiss an appeal by opponents of a proposed telescope on a dormant Big Island volcano that is viewed as sacred by some Native Hawaiians. The appeal filed last week is premature because no final decision has been made on whether the […]
  
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• Brief coastal razor clam digs at Twin Harbors, Copalis and Mocrocks start Thursday

  15-11-2016 23:09
  
  The coastal razor clams digs have been approved for three beaches from Thursday through Saturday (Nov. 17-19) during evening low tides. Digging will include Twin Harbors (from mouth of Willapa Bay north to the south jetty at the mouth of Grays Harbor); Copalis Beach (from Grays Harbor north jetty to the Copalis River, and includes […]
  
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• As fires torch South, burn bans enacted, arson investigated

  15-11-2016 23:02
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — As drought-stressed forests burn across much of the South — including a blaze scorching a Manhattan-sized area of north Georgia — some traditional outdoor activities are now banned. Starting campfires, lighting fireworks, smoking cigarettes, even parking a car off-road is prohibited, for fear that a hot tailpipe could ignite dry leaves […]
  
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• Goodbye, EMP: Seattle landmark changes name (again) to Museum of Pop Culture

  15-11-2016 22:00
  
  The Experience Music Project — the museum founded by Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen 16 years ago — is changing its name for the fifth time. Now it will be the Museum of Pop Culture, or MoPOP.
  
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• EPA approves parts of Washington clean-water plan

  15-11-2016 22:00
  
  Federal regulators have finalized water-quality rules for Washington state tied partly to how much fish people eat, approving many aspects of the state’s plan but also setting some stricter limits than the state wanted.
  
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• EPA approve parts of Washington clean-water plan

  15-11-2016 22:00
  
  Federal regulators have finalized water-quality rules for Washington state tied partly to how much fish people eat, approving many aspects of the state’s plan but also setting some stricter limits than the state wanted.
  
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• Seattle Jewish group joins national criticism of Trump adviser Stephen Bannon

  15-11-2016 21:52
  
  The Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle has joined with national groups in condemning Donald Trump’s appointment of Stephen Bannon, a conservative nationalist media executive, as a senior White House adviser and strategist.
  
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• Iowa lawmaker to colleges: ‘Suck it up, buttercup’

  15-11-2016 21:44
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa lawmaker plans to introduce what he calls the “suck it up, buttercup bill” to cut budgets at public universities that spend extra money on students upset about the presidential election. Republican Rep. Bobby Kaufmann tells The Des Moines Register (http://dmreg.co/2fRd0W5 ) that the proposed legislation would target schools […]
  
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• Bellevue’s Civica office complex fetches $193 million

  15-11-2016 21:34
  
  The buildings have soared in value over the last 15 years but sold for a little less than they did just a year ago.
  
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• Has Trump’s election impacted your relationships? We’d like to know

  15-11-2016 21:10
  
  The Seattle Times is seeking stories of Washington families, couples and friends who say their relationships have changed since his victory.
  
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• Developers sue to complete Dakota Access Pipeline

  15-11-2016 20:51
  
  Energy Transfer Partners pushes back against the Obama administration one day after the Army Corps of Engineers asked for more review of the North Dakota project.
  
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• Company files suit to complete Dakota Access Pipeline without further delay

  15-11-2016 20:51
  
  Energy Transfer Partners pushes back against the Obama administration one day after the Corps of Engineers asked for more review of the North Dakota project.
  
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• Eagle rescued from Florida storm drain dies from injuries

  15-11-2016 20:43
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A bald eagle rescued from a storm drain in central Florida has died. The Audubon Center for Birds of Prey said on its Facebook page that the eagle died Monday night at a veterinary hospital. The eagle had fluid around her heart or air in her abdomen, indicating other injuries. She […]
  
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• Environmental groups, BNSF Railway reach agreement in coal-dust lawsuit

  15-11-2016 20:14
  
  A tentative agreement has been reached between BNSF Railway and seven environmental groups that sued alleging that coal spilled from trains pollutes waterways in Washington state.
  
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• BNSF to study coal covers under tentative lawsuit agreement

  15-11-2016 20:14
  
  A tentative agreement has been reached between BNSF Railway and seven environmental groups that sued alleging that coal spilled from trains pollutes waterways in Washington state.
  
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• State Supreme Court hears case of florist who refused gay couple

  15-11-2016 20:03
  
  The state Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday morning in the closely watched case of a gay couple that sued a Richland florist for refusing to provide flowers for their wedding.
  
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• Local school districts paying big chunk of Washington teacher salaries

  15-11-2016 19:59
  
  Washington school districts on average use local property taxes to pay each teacher nearly $14,000 over and above what the state provides for salaries, a new report has found.
  
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• Internal report praises Seattle police progress in reforms, crime-fighting

  15-11-2016 19:33
  
  The report highlights positive findings of the federal monitor overseeing a 2012 consent decree between the city and U.S. Justice Department requiring reforms to address excessive force and biased policing.
  
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• Seattle Fire Department searches for possible missing kayaker in Lake Washington

  15-11-2016 19:14
  
  The Seattle Fire Department later said in a tweet the kayaker was found with no injuries.
  
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• Man gets maximum sentence for fatal robbery of 89-year-old Kitsap County man

  15-11-2016 18:45
  
  Authorities say two men went to the Tracyton home of 89-year-old Robert Hood in December, beat him up and stole from him. They then returned to try to hide Hood’s body.
  
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• Trump’s election has Northwest women worried about health care, birth control

  15-11-2016 18:06
  
  A regional Planned Parenthood call center was flooded with calls the day after Trump was elected.
  
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• Cholesterol drug shows promise to help reverse heart disease

  15-11-2016 17:54
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — For the first time, a new drug given along with a cholesterol-lowering statin medicine has proved able to shrink plaque that is clogging arteries, potentially giving a way to undo some of the damage of heart disease. The difference was very small but doctors hope it will grow with longer treatment, […]
  
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• Should California, Oregon and Washington join Canada? #Calexit talk envelops West Coast

  15-11-2016 17:53
  
  Calicadia? With the three Pacific coast states voting overwhelmingly for Hillary Clinton, there is talk of Washington, Oregon and California joining Canada.
  
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• The Latest: TVA bans burning in 7 states amid drought, fire

  15-11-2016 17:45
  
  The Latest on the persistent drought and wildfires that have burned more than 80,000 acres of forest and and blanketed large areas of the south in dangerous haze. All times Eastern: 12:30 p.m. As drought dries up forests across the South and with no sign of coming rain that might help put out dozens of […]
  
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• NTSB ruling expected today on cause of Ride the Ducks crash

  15-11-2016 17:21
  
  The federal agency will meet in Washington, D.C., Tuesday to review evidence in the 2015 crash on the Aurora Bridge that killed 5 people and injured many more.
  
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• ‘Improper manufacturing,’ ‘inadequate maintenance’ led to Ride the Ducks crash, NTSB rules

  15-11-2016 17:21
  
  The federal agency released its findings from an investigation into the 2015 crash on the Aurora Bridge that killed 5 people and injured many more.
  
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• Driver hit, killed while trying to retrieve items along highway near Cle Elum

  15-11-2016 16:31
  
  The man died at the scene on Highway 970. Washington State Patrol says no charges are expected.
  
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• NYC, Chicago mayors join Seattle’s Ed Murray in support of ‘sanctuary cities’ for immigrants

  15-11-2016 15:33
  
  Mayors across the country say they would not follow federal orders to deport immigrants, despite threats by Donald Trump to withhold federal money if they don’t cooperate.
  
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• First winter weather advisory issued for North Cascades, and Whistler-Blackcomb expecting snow

  15-11-2016 15:30
  
  Skiers and snowboarders are bracing for what could possibly be the first fairly decent snowfall of the winter season. Snow levels are expected to drop in the coming days around the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia mountain ranges. Whistler-Blackcomb Resort received almost 6 inches of new snow since Sunday at their Pig Alley weather station […]
  
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• Conservationists: sustainability could raise fish catches

  15-11-2016 15:30
  
  BRUSSELS (AP) — Fish catches in overfished European waters — stretching from the Arctic to the Black Sea — could increase by 57 percent if stocks were managed sustainably, a marine conservation group said Tuesday. The Oceana environmental group says scientists believe catches of haddock, cod, herring and sardine in the Atlantic could increase by […]
  
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• French President Francois Hollande says Paris climate deal is ‘irreversible’

  15-11-2016 15:14
  
  MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — French President Francois Hollande says Paris climate deal is ‘irreversible’
  
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• King County homeownership at all time high — for residents 55 and older

  15-11-2016 15:00
  
  As of 2015, more people own a home in King County than ever before. And 100 percent of that growth since 2005 has occurred among people age 55 and older.
  
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• King County homeowners getting a lot older

  15-11-2016 15:00
  
  As of 2015, more people own a home in King County than ever before. And 100 percent of that growth since 2005 has occurred among people age 55 and older.
  
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• King County homeowners getting a lot grayer

  15-11-2016 15:00
  
  As of 2015, more people own a home in King County than ever before. And 100 percent of that growth since 2005 has occurred among people age 55 and older.
  
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• Sen. Benton rebuked for remarks about undocumented immigrants getting driver’s licenses

  15-11-2016 05:42
  
  Bringing echoes of the Trump campaign to Olympia, Washington state Sen. Don Benton called for the state to end the practice of allowing undocumented immigrants living here to have driver’s licenses.
  
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• UW Somali American student launches group to help would-be college students

  15-11-2016 05:32
  
  In her hijab, 18-year-old Ahlaam Ibraahim doesn’t look like the standard image of a college freshman. But the UW business and education student is working to change that.
  
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• Chuck Close photos, up close and personal

  15-11-2016 04:34
  
  Henry Art Gallery in Seattle showcases photographs in an exhibit that runs through April 2017.
  
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• Seattle mayor, Councilmember Herbold clash on nearly $30M in bonds for housing and police cuts

  15-11-2016 04:01
  
  Seattle Mayor Ed Murray is opposing City Councilmember Lisa Herbold’s proposal to issue almost $30 million in bonds for affordable housing.
  
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• Sawant says Trump backers have flooded office in calls, after she urged protests

  15-11-2016 03:32
  
  Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant says her office has been buried in calls and messages since she called for demonstrations against Donald Trump’s inauguration.
  
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• Police: Driver arrested on suspicion of drive-by shooting on Seattle’s Beacon Hill

  15-11-2016 03:02
  
  Police say the man, while driving a catering van, used a gun to fire several shots during a suspected road-rage incident on Friday.
  
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• 3 more children hospitalized with rare, polio-like illness

  15-11-2016 02:13
  
  Three more children have been hospitalized with suspected acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) in Washington. If those are confirmed, that would bring the total this fall in the state to 11.
  
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• State worker accused of raping woman with mental capacity of an 8-year-old

  15-11-2016 01:09
  
  Pierce County prosecutors charged 60-year-old Terry Wayne Shepard with second-degree rape Monday. Shepard’s bail was set at $500,000.
  
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• State worker accused of raping woman with diminished mental capacity

  15-11-2016 01:09
  
  Pierce County prosecutors charged 60 year-old Terry Wayne Shepard with second-degree rape Monday. Shepard’s bail was set at $500,000.
  
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• Seahawks QB Russell Wilson joins Sodo arena group to bring NBA, NHL to Seattle

  15-11-2016 00:51
  
  Russell Wilson said wants to help bring the NBA and NHL to "the best fan base in the world."
  
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• Wild Waves theme park sold to Missouri-based investment firm

  15-11-2016 00:44
  
  It’s the fourth time the Federal Way attraction has been sold in the past 25 years.
  
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• Wild Waves theme park sold to Florida-based investment firm

  15-11-2016 00:44
  
  It’s the fourth time the Federal Way attraction has been sold in the past 25 years.
  
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• Dakota Access Pipeline put on hold as government studies tribe’s concerns

  15-11-2016 00:03
  
  No easement will be granted to drill under the Missouri River to complete the Dakota Access Pipeline as the feds call for more study of concerns raised by the Standing Rock Sioux tribe.
  
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