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The
Mike Fagan vaccine saga continues, but he won't be booted off the health board just yet. (Spokesman-Review)
Washington state lawmakers propose
raising the gas tax 11.7 cents per gallon over the next three years to help fund the completion of the North-South Freeway and other projects statewide. (KXLY)
A federal judge has
rejected a request to dismiss charges against the Kettle Falls Five. (KXLY)
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Acclaimed journalist
David Carr has died. (New York Times)
Those stories about the "plastic islands at sea" are real — a new study suggests the world
dumps 8.8 million tons of plastic in the ocean each year. Terrifying. (Seattle Times)
ISIS attacked a western Iraqi town yesterday only
miles from a U.S. air base. (CNN)
Things aren't looking so great for Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber, who's been asked to resign by state Democrats following
a conflict-of-interest scandal involving his fiancee. (ABC)