The accused Mukilteo shooter has been charged with three counts of aggravated first-degree murder and two counts of attempted first-degree murder. He faces the death penalty.
The accused Mukilteo shooter has been charged with three counts of aggravated first-degree murder and two counts of attempted first-degree murder. He faces the death penalty. The Stranger

Shooter Accused of Murdering His Ex-Girlfriend, Two Other Teens, and Wounding a Fourth Last Month Pleads Not Guilty: The 19-year-old accused shooter pleaded not guilty "to three counts of aggravated first-degree murder and two counts of attempted first-degree murder during a brief hearing in Snohomish County Superior Court," the Seattle Times reports. Victims Anna Bui, Jake Long, and Jordan Ebner had graduated from Kaiak High School last year. According to charging documents filed last week, the accused shooter told a friend that, “I hate Anna and I need revenge."

Seattle Could Create Housing for People with Heroin Addictions: In addition to considering safe consumption sites for drug users, King County's heroin task force is considering expanding a shelter near REI's flagship store to serve people with addiction issues who are often barred from regular housing programs.

Wildfires Continue to Rage, Burn More Than 18 Square Miles Near Spokane on Monday: A total of 16 homes have been destroyed. One fire has jumped the Spokane River and is now burning the Spokane Indian Reservation.



Two Men Suspected of Starting Oregon Wildfire Last Year Could Receive Bill for $37 Million: State investigators believe that the Stouts Creek wildfire that burned more than 26,000 acres was started by two men and their lawnmowers.

UW Scholar Says That Washington's "Deep Poverty" Has Gotten Worse Over the Last 20 Years: "Those are people with income less than half the federal poverty level," KUOW reports. "In Washington, 26 percent of poor families were in deep poverty in 1996; 40 percent were in deep poverty in 2014."

Police Report Says That Kids Tried to Warn Lifeguard About Man Who Drowned at Wild Waves: The report says that one lifeguard told police that kids had reported seeing a body at the bottom of the pool, but he thought the kids were "pranking him."

The latest draft of the $50 billion proposed Sound Transit 3 expansion sends light rail to Ballard, West Seattle, Everett, Redmond, Issaquah, and Tacoma.
The latest draft of the $50 billion proposed Sound Transit 3 expansion sends light rail to Ballard, West Seattle, Everett, Redmond, Issaquah, and Tacoma. Sound Transit

The Seattle Times Editorial Board Is Calling Sen. Reuven Carlyle's Misunderstanding of ST3 Funding Brave: Earlier this month, Carlyle argued that funding light rail expansion jeopardized public education funding. His facts about the relationship between Sound Transit and education funding turned out to be wrong, but that didn't matter much to the Times. "State Sen. Reuven Carlyle deserves praise for bravely stepping onto the stage," the Seattle Times Editorial Board wrote on Monday. "Yet for questioning the transit orthodoxy, Carlyle was treated like a dissident in North Korea or China. When there’s $54 billion at stake, members of the ruling party must apparently toe the line and keep quiet, at least until the election is over."

Just Making Sure the Millennial Crybabies in the Cheap Seats Can Hear That Last Bit: Young people are routinely accused of being "hypersensitive" about social justice issues. But when a lawmaker gets caught making a misleading argument against the expansion of public transit, his supporters (like the Seattle Times Editorial Board) compare criticism to state-sponsored crackdowns on human rights and civil liberties. (Ed Board: You guys know that words mean things, right??)

Temp Workers at Microsoft Supplier Have Signed Their First Union Contract: The workers at Lionbridge Technologies signed a contract that included pay raises and more time off, but the agreement came amid a round of 33 layoffs at the company's Bellevue office.

Bellevue Football Parents Sue Over Sanctions Against the School's Athletics Program: "BHS football, and worst of all, our kids, have been unfairly targeted and penalized for past success, and we're filing this suit as the only recourse to be heard," one plaintiff said in a statement. The lawsuit was filed after the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association found that the school's football boosters paid tuition for a private high school "diploma mill" for its athletes.

Are You Paying Attention to the Dakota Access Pipeline Fight? Hundreds of Native activists are facing arrest by protesting the construction of one of the biggest oil pipelines in the country. The Dakota Access Pipeline would traverse four states and the Missouri River, and activists from 63 Native nations are holding down the opposition at the Sacred Stone Camp near pipeline construction in North Dakota. The Standing Rock Sioux have filed a lawsuit that could halt pipeline construction; a federal judge will consider a temporary injunction tomorrow.

Gawker Is No More: "Wherever you go in this life, there is some jerk telling you what to do," writer Hamilton Nolan writes in his Gawker farewell. "Almost always. But not always."