Here’s what public affairs news made the front page of newspapers in the Northwest today, excluding local crime, features and sports stories. (Newspaper names contracted with location)
Will Army take Idaho helicopters away? (Boise Statesman)
Medicaid enrollment shooting up in state (Boise Statesman)
Obama touring Oso (Lewiston Tribune)
Whitman auditor grilled on bond rating (Lewiston Tribune)
Looking at 1st District House race (Lewiston Tribune)
Couple of court losses for Syringa's owner (Moscow News)
Renovations okayed at Moscow schools (Moscow News)
Nampa schools change benefits plans (Nampa Press Tribune)
New research building dedicated at INL (Pocatello Journal)
Storms and power outages in southeast Idaho (Pocatello Journal)
Sewer fees rising at Kimberly (TF Times News)
Looking ahead to a season of fire fighting (TF Times News)
Corvallis superintendent in line at Salem (Corvallis Gazette Times)
Water main breakage flood at Corvallis (Corvallis Gazette Times)
Obama visits Oso site (Eugene Register Guard, Salem Statesman Journal)
Same sex marriage in Oregon court (Portland Oregonian, Eugene Register Guard)
County careful on hotel backing (Eugene Register Guard)
Klamath County sets pot shop moratorium (KF Herald & News)
Mixed indicators on Jackson gang activity (Medford Tribune)
Designing new schools at Pendleton (Pendleton East Oregonian)
Events center gets governmental OK (Pendleton East Oregonian)
Split opinions on banning GMOs (Pendleton East Oregonian)
Cover Oregon budget considered (Portland Oregonian)
ODOT won't seek oil train information (Portland Oregonian)
Marion County quits accepting some batteries (Salem Statesman Journal)
Salem school may reduce class sizes (Salem Statesman Journal)
Obama visits Oso (Seattle Times, Spokane Spokesman, Tacoma News Tribune, Everett Herald, Vancouver Columbian, Yakima Herald Republic)
Oso-area ban on construction considered (Seattle Times, Everett Herald)
Sequim school construction bond fails (Port Angeles News)
Forest considers timber harvest balance (Port Angeles News)
King transit proposition fails (Seattle Times)
Bertha fix costs rising (Seattle Times, Tacoma News Tribune)
Spokane voters OK one library issue, fail another (Spokane Spokesman)
State works on medical insurance rules (Spokane Spokesman)
Tacoma parks bond passes (Tacoma News Tribune)
Clark charter adjusted by board (Vancouver Columbian)
Standard train cars bad for oil transport (Vancouver Columbian)
High birth defect rates at Yakima (Yakima Herald Republic)
Perception of high crime at Yakima (Yakima Herald Republic)