BUSINESS, ECONOMY & LABOR
- Washington law restricts noncompete agreements. They keep popping up anyway (Cascade PBS)
- Boeing Machinists to vote on new contract offer meant to end strike (The Seattle Times)
- Machinists union endorses latest Boeing offer with higher pay but no pension (KUOW Radio)
- Boeing overcharged Air Force, including soap dispensers marked up 8,000%, audit says (AP)
- Amazon employees challenge five-day-a-week office return (The Seattle Times)
- Amazon reports $15 billion profit for third-quarter 2024 (The Seattle Times)
COURTS (STATE)
- Court decision shielding clergy sex abuse investigation records appealed by Washington state (KUOW Radio)
- Washington Court of Appeals reverses decision in health district data breach lawsuit (The Wenatchee World)
CRIME & PUBLIC SAFETY
- Level 3 sex offender living in Spokane after 20-year sentence for child rape, molestation (The Spokesman-Review)
- Bellevue sees 50% spike in DUI cases, police ask residents to stay safe (KIRO TV)
DRUG CRISIS
- Members of violent U District drug trafficking ring arrested (MyNorthwest)
- Sunnyside man with family tie to Sinaloa drug cartel sentenced to federal prison in drug case (Yakima Herald-Republic)
- Government moves to seize North Bend property in dark web drug case (KIRO TV)
EDUCATION
ELECTIONS
- More people with felony records can vote now in Washington (Axios – Seattle)
- Police describe ballot box arson suspect (Washington State Standard)
- Election ballots found alongside road in Oak Harbor, USPS investigating (KIRO TV)
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS & SERVICES
- Washington is far below average in number of first responders (KPQ Radio)
- Hundreds of Puget Sound buildings at risk during earthquake, retrofits expensive (KIRO TV)
FISH
HANFORD
HOMELESSNESS
HOUSING
LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Vancouver police chief candidate says he’ll work to add staff, make city safest in the state (The Columbian)
- Pullman Police introduce robot dog (The Lewiston Tribune)
LEGISLATURE
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- Mayor denies discrimination and retaliation allegations by former Seattle police chief (KOMO TV)
- Attorney charged with drug-smuggling to resign from West Pierce Fire commissioners board (The News Tribune)
MENTAL HEALTH
- Psychiatric patient had violent history. Does Washington deserve blame for roommate’s killing? (The News Tribune)
- Kitsap County awards $10.4 million for behavioral health projects (Kitsap Sun)
MILITARY & VETERANS
OTHER STATES
- Idaho governor unveils executive order to restrict cell phone use in schools (KREM TV)
- Maui wildfire: No criminal charges after investigation into fire that killed 102 (AP/KING TV)
PARKS
SCHOOL SAFETY
STATE GOVERNMENT
TRANSPORTATION
- Chinook and Cayuse passes temporary closed with 20 inches of snow in forecast (Yakima Herald-Republic)
- Port taking public feedback on expansion of service at Bremerton National Airport (Kitsap Sun)
- OPINION: As Sea-Tac traffic grows, so does airport communities’ need for relief (Brian Davis, vice chair of the Burien Airport Committee/The Seattle Times)
TRIBAL ISSUES
WATER
WEATHER & CLIMATE
WILDFIRE PREVENTION & RESPONSE
WILDLIFE