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• More than 10,000 arrest warrants currently active in Spokane County

  11-01-2018 23:53
  The bulk of the warrants are for failure to appear in court on a misdemeanor charge, including drunken driving and fourth-degree domestic violence.
  
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• Cannon Beach rejects tax agreement with Airbnb

  11-01-2018 23:30
  The responsibility for paying the tax is with the property manager of a vacation rental. With more and more transactions happening online, cities often have difficulty keeping track of whether rentals that use Airbnb are registered and paying their fair share.
  
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• Male nurses explain why nursing is a job of the future for men

  11-01-2018 23:11
  For some men in the Pacific Northwest, the notion that caregiving jobs are women’s work is outdated. It’s a reliable, well-paying job at a time when that’s hard to come by, they said, but also one they feel proud of.
  
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• Expansion of AP computer science draws more girls and minorities

  11-01-2018 23:02
  Advanced Placement initiative aims to break racial and gender stereotypes, including in classes in the Washington D.C. region.
  
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• Ex-deputy who accused former Sheriff John Urquhart of groping files countersuit

  11-01-2018 22:57
  Brian Barnes contends the former sheriff defamed him by publicly describing the allegation as a malicious, politically motivated lie, as well as by labeling Barnes an “organizational terrorist” who habitually files false claims against supervisors.
  
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• Republican U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler joins Democrats in vote against surveillance law

  11-01-2018 22:04
  Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Vancouver, joined the state's congressional Democrats in opposing renewal of a controversial foreign intelligence law that allows spy agencies to sweep up communications from Americans.
  
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• US says snow-loving lynx no longer need special protection

  11-01-2018 21:54
  BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Wildlife officials say Canada lynx no longer need special protections in the United States following measures to preserve populations of the snow-loving big cats. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Thursday it will begin drafting a rule to revoke the lynx’s threatened species status, which has been in place since […]
  
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• Report says health problems may arise as Alaska warms

  11-01-2018 21:48
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska health officials are warning that serious health issues could crop up as the state warms. A report by the Alaska Division of Public Health released this week says longer growing seasons and fewer deaths from exposure are likely positive outcomes from climate change. But the 77-page report says additional diseases, […]
  
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• Report: Health problems could arise as Alaska warms

  11-01-2018 21:48
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Climate change in Alaska has the potential to create serious physical and mental health problems for Alaskans, according to a new report from state health officials. Melting permafrost that damages infrastructure, increased wildfire smoke, disturbances in the harvest of wild fish, game and plants, and an expanded list of diseases, including […]
  
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• Young Jean Lee’s latest play, ‘Straight White Men,’ will make you uncomfortable

  11-01-2018 21:00
  Young Jean Lee writes about things she finds uncomfortable — parsing Asian-American and African-American identity, creating a wordless play performed in the nude. In a Northwest premiere, she turns her gaze to ‘Straight White Men,’ produced by Washington Ensemble Theatre.
  
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• More than 230 people sickened in possible norovirus outbreak at Tacoma restaurant

  11-01-2018 19:01
  The affected customers experienced one to two days of symptoms, which include vomiting and diarrhea, about 24 to 36 hours after eating at the restaurant, the health department reported.
  
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• Study blames pot farms for poisonings of endangered spotted owls

  11-01-2018 18:24
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A new study says rat poison from pot farms in California forests appears to be poisoning endangered Northern spotted owls. Scientists for the University of California at Davis and the California Academy of Sciences published the study Thursday in the journal Avian Conservation and Ecology. Researchers found that seven out of […]
  
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• Study blames pot farms for poisoning of threatened owls

  11-01-2018 18:24
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Rat poison is contaminating threatened northern spotted owls in California forests, and marijuana farms appear to be to blame, according to a study published Thursday. The study published in the journal Avian Conservation and Ecology focused on owls in Northern California’s Humboldt, Mendocino and Del Norte counties, part of the so-called […]
  
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• Study blames pot farms for poisoning of endangered owls

  11-01-2018 18:24
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Rat poison is contaminating endangered northern spotted owls in California forests, and marijuana farms appear to be to blame, according to a study published Thursday. The study published in the journal Avian Conservation and Ecology focused on owls in Northern California’s Humboldt, Mendocino and Del Norte counties, part of the so-called […]
  
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• Professor gets $6.4M grant to test canine cancer vaccine

  11-01-2018 17:44
  PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona State University professor has received a $6.4 million grant to test canine cancer vaccines. The Open Philanthropy Project awarded the grant to Professor Stephen Albert Johnston. He will study effectiveness of a new vaccine meant to prevent any type of cancer in dogs. Johnston and his team spent the last […]
  
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• UK leader vows Brexit won’t weaken environmental standards

  11-01-2018 16:24
  LONDON (AP) — Britain’s prime minister has announced a 25-year plan to improve the country’s environment and eliminate plastic waste, promising that leaving the European Union won’t mean lower environmental standards. Goals unveiled Thursday include eliminating avoidable plastic waste by 2042 and extending a five-pence (seven-cent) charge for plastic bags to all stores. Prime Minister […]
  
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• Authorities link southern Oregon wolf pack to another kill

  11-01-2018 15:10
  BUTTE FALLS, Ore. (AP) — Authorities say another calf was found dead on the same ranch in southwestern Oregon where the Rogue Pack of wolves was linked to killing a calf last week. The Mail Tribune reports U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service personnel were installing wolf deterrents on the ranch near Medco Pond when they […]
  
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• US cold snap was a freak of nature, quick analysis finds

  11-01-2018 15:04
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Consider this cold comfort: A quick study of the brutal American cold snap found that the Arctic blast really wasn’t global warming but a freak of nature. Frigid weather like the two-week cold spell that began around Christmas is 15 times rarer than it was a century ago, according to a team […]
  
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• U.S. cold snap was a freak of nature — not global warming — quick analysis finds

  11-01-2018 15:04
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Consider this cold comfort: A quick study of the brutal American cold snap found that the Arctic blast really wasn’t global warming but a freak of nature. Frigid weather like the two-week cold spell that began around Christmas is 15 times rarer than it was a century ago, according to a team […]
  
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• More Washington students could get a meal in expanded breakfast-after-the-bell program

  11-01-2018 15:00
  A bill passed by the state House would require schools with higher poverty rates to offer breakfast after the morning bell to ensure every student has access to something to eat at the start of the day.
  
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• Highway 99 tunnel in Seattle will open to traffic this fall, the state and contractors say

  11-01-2018 15:00
  The opening is two months sooner than expected for some time — but still three years later than the original goal to finish the massive tunnel under downtown by the end of 2015.
  
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• Genetic wimps: NW salmon are far less diverse than their ancestors

  11-01-2018 15:00
  WSU researchers compared DNA from ancient fish bones to modern chinook and found a dramatic decline in genetic variability.
  
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• As in King’s time, civil-rights progress still requires fighting lies and promoting truth

  11-01-2018 15:00
  It is still very necessary to speak truth to move society toward greater justice. We haven’t reached MLK’s mountain top. But we’re getting there.
  
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• Alaska Air is not giving away free tickets, no matter what Facebook says

  11-01-2018 15:00
  That Alaska Air Facebook scam is back, with a vengeance. No, no and no. The airline is not giving away free tickets. Better start running that anti-virus program on your computer!
  
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• Goodwill employee finds box with cremated remains in Vancouver

  11-01-2018 14:33
  Police ask that anyone with information about the box to contact the Vancouver Police Department's Evidence Unit.
  
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• Student test-score growth in Seattle Public Schools ranks high nationally, study says

  11-01-2018 14:00
  A new study of test scores found that, between the third and eighth grades, Seattle students make nearly six years of academic growth. In less-afluent Highline schools, the student growth rate is even higher.
  
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• Winter storm closes section of interstate in North Dakota

  11-01-2018 13:49
  GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota transportation officials and the Highway Patrol have closed Interstate 29 from Grand Forks to the Canadian border because a winter storm has created dangerous travel conditions. Interstate 29 also remains closed from Fargo to Grand Forks because blowing and drifting snow has reduced visibility to near zero. Authorities […]
  
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• Interstate 29 from Fargo to US border reopens

  11-01-2018 13:49
  GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — A major interstate that runs along the eastern border of North Dakota has reopened after deteriorating road conditions closed it earlier. North Dakota transportation officials and the Highway Patrol have opened Interstate 29 from Fargo to the Canadian border. A winter storm with blowing and drifting snow had reduced visibility […]
  
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• Study: Warming puts millions more at risk from river floods

  11-01-2018 12:52
  BERLIN (AP) — Scientists say millions more people around the world are threatened by river floods in coming decades due to climate change. Researchers in Germany say greater flood defenses are particularly needed in the United States, parts of India and Africa, Indonesia and Central Europe. River floods are already one of the most widespread […]
  
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• Some fans of Trump and pot feel allegiances go up in smoke

  11-01-2018 06:18
  Fans of President Donald Trump who use marijuana say Attorney General Jeff Sessions' move to tighten federal oversight of the drug is the first time they've felt let down by the man they helped elect.
  
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• Body found in Bellevue condo fire

  11-01-2018 05:55
  No further details on the deceased, such as gender, age or cause of death, were immediately known.
  
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• Housing for homeless veterans threatened if Washington state lawmakers don’t pass construction budget

  11-01-2018 04:52
  State lawmakers’ failure to pass a capital budget could threaten some affordable-housing projects across the state.
  
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• Housing for homeless veterans threatened if state lawmakers don’t pass construction budget

  11-01-2018 04:52
  State lawmakers’ failure to pass a capital budget could threaten some affordable-housing projects across the state.
  
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• Opioid deaths surge in Midwest and East, while West sees declines

  11-01-2018 04:37
  Deaths from opiates, cocaine and methamphetamines shot up by 35 percent in the United States between the year ending in May 2015 and that ending in May 2017, from about 49,000 to about 66,000, according to a Kaiser Health News analysis of statistics from the CDC.
  
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• Dog lovers unite at dog shows in Puyallup this weekend

  11-01-2018 04:34
  The Western Washington 2018 Winter Cluster of Dog Shows is coming to the Washington State Fairgrounds.
  
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• As temperatures rise, male sea turtles disappearing from Australia’s Great Barrier Reef

  11-01-2018 03:57
  A sea turtle’s sex is determined by its nesting environment. The gender shift suggests climate change is having a significant effect on one of the biggest green-turtle populations in the world.
  
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• Commentary: Push for ‘personal responsibility’ in health care can backfire

  11-01-2018 03:12
  It seems sensible to encourage ‘personal responsibility,’ and yet policies that invoke the phrase can make health problems worse.
  
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• Residents didn’t heed voluntary evacuation before mudslide

  11-01-2018 02:46
  Residents of the area hit the hardest by the deadly flash floods in Southern California didn’t heed a voluntary evacuation. In Montecito, California, the vast majority of people under mandatory and voluntary evacuation orders early Tuesday stayed in their homes, 400 of which were either destroyed or damaged. At least 17 people died. Evacuation orders […]
  
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• Tonya Harding would like her apology now

  11-01-2018 01:03
  You can’t run from being Tonya Harding. Even if you tried — and yes, she’s tried. An interview with the disgraced former figure-skating champion who now lives in Battle Ground, Washington. With her life a film, she struggles to tell her side of the story.
  
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• Timeline of Seattle police reform

  11-01-2018 00:14
  Key dates in the U.S. Department of Justice investigation of the Seattle Police Department and the resulting court-ordered reforms.
  
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• Seattle police found in ‘full and effective compliance’ with court-ordered reforms

  11-01-2018 00:13
  The ruling represents a momentous turning point for the Police Department, recognizing its efforts to address allegations that officers used excessive force and displayed troubling evidence of biased policing.
  
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