Six Washington airports want to charge ahead preparing for electric aircraft; FBI busts up alleged Seattle drug ring. Arrests include prominent activist

BUSINESS, ECONOMY & LABOR

• Dockworkers’ union to suspend strike until Jan. 15 to allow time to negotiate new contract (AP)
• Toilet paper makers say short-lived port strike didn’t cause shortages — panic-buying did (The Oregonian)
• SEL visited by Association of Washington Business bus tour (The Lewiston Tribune)

COMMUNITY & FAMILY ISSUES

• Popular 22-mile trail in King, Pierce counties gets key connection (Puyallup Herald/The Seattle Times)

CONGRESS

• $4B federal program investigated for funding reported antisemitic programs (The Center Square)
• PNWA names McMorris Rodgers legislator of the year (Capital Press)

CORRECTIONS & JAILS

• Sexually violent predator caught in Portland after cutting ankle monitor (KIRO TV)

COURTS (FEDERAL)

• Supreme Court will tackle transgender rights, ‘ghost guns’ in term beginning Monday (Los Angeles Times/The Columbian)

COURTS (STATE)

• Bellevue family killer resentenced after WA juvenile law changes (FOX 13)
• Judge increases bail to $500k for suspect in fatal Renton stabbing (FOX 13)
• Everett man who shot sleeping neighbor acquitted due to insanity (The Everett Herald)
• COLUMN: Judge Michelle Gehlsen goes easy on suspect who confessed to stabbing military vet to death (Jason Rantz/MyNorthwest)

CRIME & PUBLIC SAFETY

• Leaders discuss organized retail theft at King County Public Safety Summit (FOX 13)
• Car explodes outside home west of Bremerton early Thursday (Kitsap Sun)
• OPINION: Long prison sentences don’t keep us safe (David Trieweiler, of Seattle, is a trial attorney/The Spokesman-Review)

CYBERSECURITY

• Hackers target Seattle-area school district for ransomware attack (The Seattle Times)

DRUG CRISIS

• FBI busts up alleged Seattle drug ring. Arrests include prominent activist (KUOW Radio)
• Law enforcement busts major Renton family drug ring that targeted Native Americans (MyNorthwest)
• Who could take over SRHD’s opioid treatment services? Four organizations want to try (The Spokesman-Review)
• Public calls for action against open drug use in Spokane (KHQ TV)

EDUCATION

• All aboard Holmes Elementary’s ‘bike bus,’ which teaches kids independence and safe ridership to and from school (The Spokesman-Review)
• Marysville switches superintendents amid financial crisis (The Seattle Times)

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & SERVICES

• Seismologists detect six earthquakes in September at Mount Adams (KNDO/KNDU)

ENVIRONMENT

• Plastic producers fined over $400k by Washington Department of Ecology (KHQ TV)

FISH

• $240 million will go toward tribal salmon hatcheries across the Northwest (KING TV)

HEALTH CARE & HOSPITALS

• Virginia Mason Medical Center to close downtown Seattle birth center (The Seattle Times)
• PeaceHealth will buy four Providence clinics in Clark County by December (The Columbian)

HIGHER EDUCATION

• ‘From clean-up to clean energy.’ New NW research center launches at WSU Tri-Cities (Tri-City Herald)

HOMELESSNESS

• Spokane’s funding in jeopardy for a program crucial to keep people out of homelessness (The Spokesman-Review)

HOUSING

• Seattle-area home shoppers find some relief in ‘shoulder’ season (The Seattle Times)

LAW ENFORCEMENT

• King County buys $6.8 million helicopter for sheriff emergency response (The Center Square)
• Mayor Victoria Woodards voices support for TPD Chief Avery Moore: ‘Not lost my trust’ (The News Tribune)
• ‘I’ve run out of energy:’ As Vancouver police Chief Mori steps down, he hopes for more attention to officers’ well-being (The Columbian)
• OPINION: Hiring bonuses won’t attract new SPD cops. Here’s what will (Steve Hirjak, retired assistant chief of Seattle police/The Seattle Times)

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• How about a $20 per hour minimum wage in Olympia? Idea has been pitched to city officials (The Olympian)

MENTAL HEALTH

• Will old hospital rooms become housing for Tri-Cities mental health, addiction patients? (Tri-City Herald)

MILITARY & VETERANS

• Navy awards $145M for electrical upgrade at PSNS, planned to run through 2029 (Kitsap Sun)

OTHER STATES

• Overdoses killing more Oregonians as national figure drops (Oregon Public Broadcasting)
• More than 500 formerly homeless Oregonians have found housing this year (Oregon Capital Chronicle/Oregon Public Broadcasting)
• 2 Utah universities join growing list forfeiting volleyball matches over transgender controversy (KSL/MyNorthwest)

PARKS

• Seattle’s new waterfront park opens (The Seattle Times)

SPORTS

• ESPN analysts: Gonzaga’s Pac-12 move makes sense for variety of reasons, including financially (The Spokesman-Review)

TRANSPORTATION

• Six Washington airports want to charge ahead preparing for electric aircraft (Washington State Standard)
• Highway 529 reopening pushed to mid-November (The Everett Herald)

TRIBAL ISSUES

• ‘A blessing’: Tulalip celebrates money to improve hatchery (The Everett Herald)

WILDLIFE

• Orca tally ‘frustrating’ for those trying to save the J, K and L pods (The Seattle Times)

WOLVESWDFW kills Onion Creek wolf shortly after director’s approval (The Wenatchee World)