AGRICULTURE
BUSINESS, ECONOMY & LABOR
- US wholesale inflation cooled in July in sign that price pressures are continuing to ease (AP)
- Home Depot, sensing uneasy economic vibe from homeowners and contractors, trims outlook for 2024 (AP)
- Starbucks replaces its CEO, names Chipotle chief to head the company (AP)
- Les Schwab for sale again and owners want $7 billion, Reuters reports (Oregon Live/The Spokesman-Review)
CONGRESS
CORRECTIONS & JAILS
COURTS (STATE)
CRIME & PUBLIC SAFETY
- Homicides in Seattle still far higher than before the pandemic, report says (The Seattle Times)
- Lack of police response to repeated break-ins frustrates Seattle business owners (KOMO TV)
- Pierce County businesses plead for help amid crime, safety issues near homeless camp (KOMO TV)
- EDITORIAL: Use common sense, protect violence victims (The Columbian)
CYBERSECURITY
DRUG CRISIS
EDUCATION
- Marysville schools face ‘rare and alarming’ audit (The Everett Herald)
- New cell phone rules coming to North Thurston Public Schools, says Oliver in Q&A interview (The Olympian)
- Sunnyside school elections to change under Latino voting rights settlement (Yakima Herald-Republic)
- Complaint filed against Wenatchee School District over political mailer, alleged election law violations (The Wenatchee World)
ELECTIONS
ENERGY & UTILITIES
- Fortescue puts plans for a big hydrogen factory in Centralia on hold (The Chronicle)
- EDITORIAL: Removing ‘burdensome impediments’ to renewable energy projects (Capital Press)
ENVIRONMENT
FISH
HEALTH CARE & HOSPITALS
- Are Washington state health costs out of control? (KPQ Radio)
- Biden is announcing $150 million in research grants as part of his ‘moonshot’ push to fight cancer (AP)
HIGHER EDUCATION
HOUSING
- Washington median home prices 50% above national average (FOX 13)
- Tacoma church might become shared youth housing. But no one’s happy with city’s decision (The News Tribune)
- COLUMN: Young homeowners broke a record in King County; let’s put that in context (Gene Balk/The Seattle Times)
IMMIGRATION
INVASIVE SPECIES
LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Protestors call for Seattle police officer who hit, killed Jaahnavi Kandula to be fired (KING TV)
- Unincorporated Pierce County crashes down despite smaller traffic unit (The Center Square)
- Kennewick police officers will hand out $100 gift cards. Here’s why (Tri-City Herald)
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- Spokane City Council delays vote on homeless anti-discrimination law amid outrage (The Spokesman-Review)
- Spokane officials to consider ‘housing status’ as a protected class (The Center Square)
- Redmond may consider implementing fees for private use of right-of-ways (The Center Square)
OTHER STATES
SPORTS
STATE GOVERNMENT
TRANSPORTATION
- Did you get this text from Good To Go? It’s a scam (KING TV)
- SR 520 bridge toll rates to increase by average of 10% starting Thursday (KOMO TV)
- Major changes coming to U.S. 101 at Thurston/Mason county line starting Monday morning (The Olympian)
- Mudslide damage left behind from rainfall in North Cascades (KREM TV)
- Light rail to Lynnwood means big changes for Community Transit (MyNorthwest)
WATER
- Napavine takes two wells offline after state-required testing shows elevated rates of forever chemicals (The Chronicle)
- East Low Canal resumes service to 100,000 acres after break (Capital Press)
WILDFIRE PREVENTION & RESPONSE
- Lightning storm triggers more than a dozen wildfires in Chelan and Douglas counties (The Wenatchee World)
- New wildfire growing in North Cascades of Whatcom County (The Bellingham Herald)
- Pioneer Fire persists despite ‘best shot’ of fire crews (The Wenatchee World)
- Yakima Commissioners opens dialogue with Pacific Power (KNDO/KNDU)
WILDLIFE
WOLVES
