Homeless camping bans vs. sit-lie laws in WA. What’s the difference?; ‘We can’t idly stand by and let children be harmed’: Lawmakers want to expand drug endangerment law

AGRICULTURE

• ‘It’s very tough to make a living’: Lowest wheat prices in years complicates Washington’s return-to-normal harvest (The Spokesman-Review)

BUSINESS, ECONOMY & LABOR

• Ghost kitchens and virtual restaurants: Elusive extensions of Spokane kitchens spurred by pandemic continue boosting business (The Spokesman-Review)
• ‘It’s like a war zone’: Stehekin businesses impacted by Pioneer Fire during busiest months of the year (KING TV)
• NTSB member compares Boeing safety lapses to a game of Whac-A-Mole (The Seattle Times)
• COLUMN: It’s stronger than steel, lighter than concrete and captures carbon — mass timber is the future (The Seattle Times)

CORRECTIONS & JAILS

• DCYF, counties reach agreement to resume intakes at juvenile rehab facilities (The Center Square)
• State settles lawsuit and resumes intake of inmates at Green Hill School (The Chronicle)

COURTS (FEDERAL)

• WA health department sues over denied entry to Tacoma ICE facility (The Seattle Times)

COURTS (STATE)

• Longtime Tri-Cities defense leader leaving. WA courts can’t handle what’s coming, he says (Tri-City Herald)
• San Juan County Sheriff outraged over ferry captain comment (FOX 13)

CRIME & PUBLIC SAFETY

• FAST: Curbing teen-related violent crime in the Seattle area (MyNorthwest)
• The victim in a Vancouver murder-suicide had a protection order but Clark County judges say the law doesn’t let them take guns from abusers (The Columbian)
• Federal Way HOA installs license plate reader cameras to deter crime (KING TV)

DAMS

• Federal infrastructure funding is fueling a push to remove dams and restore river habitat (AP)

DRUG CRISIS

• ‘We can’t idly stand by and let children be harmed’: Lawmakers want to expand drug endangerment law (The Columbian)
• Cracking down: Congresswoman talks fentanyl impact on Kittitas County (Daily Record)

EDUCATION

• Homeschool grows in popularity nationwide, studies show positive results (KHQ TV)
• Turmoil at Rainier View Elementary spurs investigation, but few answers (The Seattle Times)
• With few coding classes at school, Redmond teens teach their own (The Seattle Times)
• Port Townsend district uses produce from its garden for school meals (The Seattle Times)

ENERGY & UTILITIES

• High energy costs, delayed tax credit pose hurdles for PNW hydrogen hub (Washington State Standard)

ENVIRONMENT

• 55k dump trucks of sediment and how much money? Details emerge on estuary restoration (The Olympian)

HEALTH CARE & HOSPITALS

• Dozens of pregnant women, some bleeding or in labor, being turned away from ERs despite federal law (AP)
• FDA approves first nasal spray to treat dangerous allergic reactions (AP)

HIGHER EDUCATION

• OPINION: Community colleges are the unsung heroes of American education (David May, president of Bellevue College/The Seattle Times)

HOMELESSNESS

• Homeless camping bans vs. sit-lie laws in WA. What’s the difference? (Tri-City Herald)
• OPINION: Look past mental illness, homelessness and see the real person (Ronnie Henderson, senior vice president and private bank manager at HomeStreet Private Bank/The Seattle Times)

IMMIGRATION

• 15 states sue to block effort to help Dreamers get health coverage (AP)

INVASIVE SPECIES

• Highly destructive Japanese beetle found in Kennewick for first time (The Seattle Times)

LAW ENFORCEMENT

• King County Sheriff’s Office needs to modify use-of-force notifications, report says (Snoqualmie Valley Record)
• Seattle police lieutenant hit with retaliation after enforcing accountability (FOX 13)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• New Seattle City Council members sprint to catch up after slow start (The Seattle Times)
• Chelan, Douglas counties seek exemptions from new organic waste law as state mandate looms (The Wenatchee World)
• Vancouver announces new city manager to replace Eric Holmes (The Center Square)
• Camas council raises impact fees on new homes larger than 2600 square feet, adds fees to business developments (The Columbian)

MEDIA

• Charles R. Cross, influential Seattle music journalist, dead at 67 (The Seattle Times)
• COLUMN: Q&A: Francis Wick on saving local news, NW journalism and more (Brier Dudley/The Seattle Times)

MENTAL HEALTH

• Seattle leaders fall short on promised $20 million for student mental health (KUOW Radio)
• People in mental health crisis have nowhere to go in parts of Pierce County. Here’s why (The News Tribune)
• Amid rising ER visits for suicidal thoughts, MultiCare Deaconess Hospital announces new inpatient behavioral health unit (The Spokesman-Review)

OTHER STATES

• Oregon city at heart of Supreme Court homelessness ruling votes to ban camping except in some areas (AP)
• PGE seeks 10.9% rate hike, after record number of disconnections (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
• Idaho set to train 250 sexual assault nurse examiners by the end of the year (Idaho Reports/The Spokesman-Review)

STATE GOVERNMENT

• Child Protective Services investigates allegations in Spanaway (KING TV)

TAXES

• EDITORIAL: Shine a light, adjust WA’s tax break for data centers (The Seattle Times)

TRIBAL ISSUES

• Pacific Northwest tribes are battered by climate change but fight to get money meant to help them (KIRO TV)

WILDFIRE PREVENTION & RESPONSE

• Older pilots with unmatchable experience are key to the US aerial firefighting fleet (KOMO TV)
• Goats helping mitigate wildfire danger across Inland Northwest (KREM TV)
• Forest Service preoccupied with series of small fires (KPQ Radio)
• Fire Report: Kittitas County has a multi-fire outbreak (Columbia Basin Herald)
• Stehekin Landing spared from Pioneer Fire (KPQ Radio)
• As Pioneer fire loomed, Stehekin welcomed Seattle Times photojournalist (The Seattle Times)

WOLVES

• Attacks by Dominion pack mount; no wolf removed (Capital Press)