Washington’s fentanyl-sniffing dogs: The newest tool in the fight against opioids; Demolition looms for building that has hulked over WA Capitol campus for decades

AGRICULTURE

• This apple is still No. 1 in WA. But another is taking a bite out of its popularity (Tri-City Herald)

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

• Bill wants open primaries nationwide (The Center Square)

CORRECTIONS & JAILS

• WA state accuses physician assistant of failing to properly treat Eastern WA inmates (Tri-City Herald)

COURTS (STATE)

• Spokane Community Court faces 87% caseload bump from last year amid understaffing (The Center Square)

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

• Hackers may have stolen the Social Security numbers of every American. How to protect yourself (Los Angeles Times/The Seattle Times)

DRUG CRISIS

• Washington’s fentanyl-sniffing dogs: The newest tool in the fight against opioids (Washington State Standard)

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

• EDITORIAL: WA gets an early taste of electoral misinformation (The Seattle Times)

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

• CNN called Rainier the US volcano troubling scientists the most. How would Tacoma fare? (The News Tribune)

FISH

• Why WA is demolishing a 60-year-old family auto shop for salmon (The Seattle Times)

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

• Everett Community College eases hurdles in medical assistant program (The Everett Herald)

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

• Latinos en Spokane opens free legal services for low-income families (The Spokesman-Review)

INVASIVE SPECIES

• WSDA ramps up efforts to combat Japanese beetle infestation around the Tri-Cities area (KEPR TV)

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

• Breakfast, lunch will be free to all students at many more Oregon schools this year (The Oregonian)

SPORTS

• How the UW Huskies went from near-champions to unranked (Axios – Seattle)

STATE GOVERNMENT

• Demolition looms for building that has hulked over WA Capitol campus for decades (Washington State Standard)

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

• Banner year for Bigg’s killer whales in Puget Sound (Axios – Seattle)

WOLVES

• Washington will try to kill wolves in pack near Canadian border (The Spokesman-Review)