News

Seattle Times

• Report: Seattle school district's bilingual programs need an overhaul
• Easing our download overload
• Federal agency: Shoreline schools excluded children with disabilities
• State eyes new limits on hunters after hiker's fatal shooting
• King County says it can't afford to build new jail for cities' inmates
• 1 killed, 5 injured in pedicab collision
• Auburn woman accused of killing neighbor's dog
• Great-grandmother of familiar orca pod presumed dead
• Prosecutors bring slaying victim's car into courtroom
• Southbound I-405 closed this weekend in Bellevue, Renton

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

• Woman takes helm as Coast Guard Seattle port captain
• Charges filed in puppy slaying
• Couple arrested after kinky Craigslist meetup
• Puget Sound orca matriarch presumed dead
• Arrested lawyer argues people don't have to show police ID
• Rescuers retrieve man from Mount Hood
• Killer of Oregon man gets pizza, fried chicken in plea deal
• Black bear shot in Vancouver, B.C., suburb
• Fire danger warning in Eastern Washington
• In military housing disaster, a whistle-blower awaits vindication

Tacoma News Tribune

• Procession for fallen fire chief gets under way
• $40 million City Hall is Puyallup’s new downtown centerpiece
• Pentagon bid criteria for tanker rile Boeing supporters
• Pacific police chief takes leave after arrest in DUI case
• GOP pair vie to unseat veteran Democrat Sen. Marilyn Rasmussen
• Pierce County defense strikes back against claims of favoritism
• Tacoma faces budget crunch as weakening economy hurts revenue
• Olympia attorney argues against anti-war protest arrest
• Norm Dicks’ challengers stake out positions
• PIERCE COUNTY: Girl killed, driver arrested in Brookdale Road East crash

Spokane Spokesman-Review $

• During Joel cleanup, businesses moving on
• Conditions ripe for fire
• Washington looking to separate hunters and hikers
• Oregon's ice cream killer sentenced to life
• Jobless claims hit 2003 high
• Grant allows pow wow to go on
• Burned-out photo studio shifts headquarters to Sirti
• Sauter new Chiefs coach
• Judge says Indians owed $455M in trust case
• Silverwood rollercoaster safe again, reopens at 11 a.m.

Everett Herald

• Belligerent beggars attack Marysville man over $1
• Forgotten lotto ticket nabs $110,000 for Arlington man
• In Mill Creek, Little League has big following
• Sex offender housing panel sought for Everett
• Pets die in Lake Stevens fire
• $775,000 embezzled in Arlington
• Stevens Hospital studying its services and finances
• 'Seems Like Yesterday' returning to The Herald
• United Way volunteer pitches a good cause in Snohomish County
• FYI

Oregonian

• A new home for breaking news from The Oregonian
• Five die in plane crash on Oregon Coast
• Motorcyclist clocked speeding 136 miles-per-hour
• New Smith ad hits Merkley for furniture upgrade
• Corrections worker accused of romance with an inmate
• Worker accused of stealing from elderly charges
• Protesters climb onto Morrison bridge, unfurl banner
• Many elementary schools fail to meet performance targets under No Child Left Behind
• Steel Bridge closure adds 10 minutes to many MAX commutes
• Battle Ground man dies in head-on crash

Register-Guard (Eugene)

Idaho Statesman

• More Idaho public schools meeting academic goals
• Red flag fire warning issued for hot Southwest Idaho
• Magic 93.1 will 'play anything' Friday for a good cause
• Idaho Air National Guardsmen now expected to return Thursday afternoon from Afghanistan
• Boise Christian activist Brandi Swindell detained after protest in China
• Treasure Valley will lose bone-marrow donor registry
• Michael Chertoff, Dirk Kempthorne tour fire center

Toronto Globe and Mail (British Columbia)

• Crash victim remembered as patient, 'big-hearted'
• Shipping company sues for 2006 oil-spill cleanup costs
• Four killed as copter crashes into river
• Driven from view, nursing mother to file complaint
• GOING OUT: LIVE MUSIC
• Two people charged in playground car chase
• Quick emission decline key to green goals, group says
• Neighbours help save woman from bear attack
• RCMP release name of shooting victim
• Mountain wedding swept away by rock slide

NorthWest Cable News

• 9 firefighters killed in Calif. helicopter crash
• Large fire burning near homes in Boise foothills
• TONIGHT: A NWCN/Seahawks Training Camp Prime Time Special
• Hundreds of firefighters attend services for Pierce County chief
• Duncan to begin questioning jurors
• Two bodies found in Gresham
• Man dies in pedicab crash
• Covington wood pile fire dying down
• 9 presumed dead in wildfire helicopter crash
• Wildlife agency hopes to improve safety for outdoor enthusiasts

Business

Seattle Times

• Home buying: How to find sweetest deals
• Revised rules for tanker contest give edge to Airbus
• Alaska Airlines' ramp outsourcing violated union contract, arbitrator says
• Costco, Wal-Mart lead mixed July retail-sales results
• Jobless claims rise to highest since March 2002
• Stocks tumble on weak jobs report, Wal-Mart sales
• EPA denies Texas governor's ethanol waiver request
• Boeing's new four-jet order from Azerbaijan involves cancellation of one 787
• China's booming economy slows
• Freddie Mac loss worsens worries

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

• Violation found in Alaska Airlines ramp outsourcing
• Retailers report mixed sales results in July
• Boeing air tanker bid takes hit
• Microsoft reportedly plans $20 billion stock buyback
• On the waterfront: Cities aim to maximize shoreline's allure
• State wages in '07 outpaced inflation rate
• Microsoft, NBC collaborate to make Olympics history
• Tips on speaking coffee in Beijing
• Novo Nordisk sets local goals
• The Money Squeeze: More consumers buy store brands

Puget Sound Business Journal

• State purchasing index falls
• Jones Soda reports Q2 loss
• Eddie Bauer cuts Q2 loss
• Arbitrator rules Alaska Airlines violated union contract
• Higher gasoline prices boost Costco’s July same-store sales
• Boeing announces $1.5 billion in 737, 767 and 777 airplane orders
• Nordstrom July sales fall
• Zumiez same-store sales dip
• Average King County home sale price in July was $502,500
• Washington’s average wage rose 5 percent in 2007, to $45,023

Tacoma News Tribune

• Pentagon bid criteria for tanker rile Boeing supporters
• Losses in subprime loans stagger Freddie Mac
• Pierce County home prices fall again
• Will new math work for back-to-school prices?
• Blind-spot mirror coming this fall to Ford Edge crossover
• Sprint shares fall on gloomy forecast
• Home crisis doesn’t need heroics, just real fixes
• Oil slides for third day, settling at $118.58 a barrel and lifting Wall Street
• Facing falling earnings, Time Warner takes steps to sell company in parts
• Qwest earnings fall by 24 percent but beat Wall Street estimates

Oregonian

• A new home for Oregon business news
• A South Waterfront progress report
• Berkman tells his side of investment story
• MathStar calls it quits
• Trial update: Berkman's failed investment in GeoTrust
• Oregon AG settles with U.S. Cellular
• Former Arthur Andersen officials grilled at Berkman trial
• Verizon to bring cable competition to Happy Valley
• Ford cuts production, retreats from 2009 profitability goal
• Borders CEO downplays talk of possible sale

Portland Business Journal

• Lithia Motors reports 2Q loss after taking impairment charge
• Boeing announces $1.5 billion in 737, 767 and 777 airplane orders
• Higher gasoline prices boost Costco's July same-store sales
• Nordstrom July sales fall
• Global Aviation Inc. expands services
• ODOT turns to sun to light I-5/I-205 interchange
• Blazers earn sports marketing honors
• PGE earns $39M in Q2
• Companies to host free electronics recycling event
• Gas prices falling

Register-Guard (Eugene)

• Google launches free music search service in China
• Treasury, IRS rule against pension plan transfers
• BRIEFLY NORTHWEST
• Freddie Mac’s big loss dims hopes of turnaround
• The French lazy? Au contraire, new study says
• U.S. uses Oregon firm’s devices to monitor Beijing’s air
• Retailers sharpen back-to-sales pencils
• Beverage distributors to expand
• RiverBend surgeries let staff try out facility
• BUSINESS BEAT

Idaho Statesman

• Macy's to open new store in Nampa Gateway Center; Karcher Mall store will close
• IdaCorp earnings fall slightly
• Boise Cascade reports losses of $15.4 million
• Ethanol cuts Idaho fuel tax revenue
• Subcontractor fires back against union accusations
• Starting up: 8 things you should know before starting your own enterprise
• Your business community
• Whole Foods has no news on Boise store
• Electronics recycling event starts Thursday
• What's new: 3D Seamless Siding relocates

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Spokane, Eastern Washington

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Southwest Washington

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British Columbia

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Oregon

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Portland

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Idaho

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Boise

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Elsewhere

• Idaho Press-Tribune (Nampa)
• Twin Falls Times-News
• Idaho Falls Post Register
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• Blackfoot News
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• Lewiston Morning Tribune [$]
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Alaska

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Rockies

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Washington

• Postman on Politics (Seattle Times)
• Slog (The Stranger)
• Seattlest
• Metroblogging Seattle
• Exit 133 (Tacoma)
• OlyBlog (Olympia)
• BlatherWatch
• Strange Bedfellows (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
• GritCity (Tacoma News Tribune)
• The Daily Weekly (Seattle Weekly)
• Eye on Olympia (Spokane Spokesman-Review)
• Adam Wilson (The Olympian)
• Inside the Editorial Page (Tacoma News Tribune)
• The Daily Score (Sightline Institute)
• Friends of Seattle
• Seattle Blogmob
• Feed Tacoma

Business/Technology

• John Cook's Venture Blog (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
• Mini-Microsoft
• Todd Bishop (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
• Brier Dudley (Seattle Times)
• All About Microsoft (Mary Jo Foley)
• Microsoft Watch
• Inside Microsoft
• Michael Gartenberg
• James Wallace on Aerospace (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
• Cascadia Report
• Cascadia Prospectus
• Biotech: Eric Fetters (Everett Herald)
• Tech Tracks (Seattle Times)
• Buzzworthy (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

Arts and Culture

• Line Out (The Stranger)
• Reverb (Seattle Weekly)
• ArtDish
• Bring the Noise (Tacoma News Tribune)
• Art to Go (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
• Bus Chick
• Voracious (Seattle Weekly)
• Ed's Diner (Tacoma News Tribune)
• USS Mariner
• Seattle Mariners (Seattle Times, Geoff Baker)
• Husky Hoops (Seattle Times)
• Mariners Weblog (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
• Buzzer Beater (Seattle Weekly)

Blue

• Horse's Ass
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• Evergreen Politics
• Majority Rules
• Spokompton
• McCranium
• Northwest Progressive Institute
• Upper Left
• WashBlog

Red

• Sound Politics
• Rosenblog
• Whacky Nation
• Discovery Institute
• Island Republican
• Jim Miller on Politics
• Clark County Conservative
• Palousitics
• West Sound Politics

Oregon

• Metroblogging Portland
• OrBlogs
• Jack Bog's Blog
• Politics (Oregonian)
• Capitol Notebook (Eugene Register-Guard)
• Legislature Watch (Salem Statesman-Journal)
• City Hall (Oregonian)
• Oregon Media Insiders
• Commissioner Sam
• Oregon at War (Oregonian)
• The Gr8ful Grind

Business/Technology

• At Work (Oregonian)
• Playbooks & Profits (Oregonian)
• Silicon Forest (Oregonian)
• Window Shop (Oregonian)

Arts/Culture

• Classical Music (Oregonian)
• Visual Arts (Oregonian)
• Blogging Through the Outdoors (Eugene Register-Guard)
• Blazers (Oregonian)
• Blazers Banter (Vancouver Columbian)
• Local Cut (Willamette Week)
• Blog Town PDX (Portland Mercury)
• John Canzano (Oregonian)
• Tailgate (Oregonian)

Blue

• Blue Oregon
• Loaded Orygun
• Blog for Oregon
• Oregon House Democrats

Red

• NW Republican

Idaho

• BizBlog (Idaho Business Review)
• Boise Guardian
• Huckleberries Online (Spokane Spokesman-Review)

Blue

• Red State Rebels

Red

• Idahoan

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