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)
Meridian becomes Idaho’s boom town (Boise Statesman)
Republican groups split on ticket support (Boise Statesman)
Superintendent prospects and politics (Boise Statesman)
Trucker seeks higher road weight limits (Lewiston Tribune)
Reevaluating economics of Snake dam breaches (Lewiston Tribune)
Legislature, Supreme Court on WA school funds (Lewiston Tribune)
Inslee goes after green house gas emissions (Moscow News)
Mitchell profiled in Senate race (Moscow News)
Latah Democrats prepare for primary (Moscow News)
Common Core draws candidate comments (Nampa Press Tribune)
Otter travels SE Idaho (Pocatello Journal)
Energy plant at Bannock landfill unveiled (Pocatello Journal)
Curtailed water delayed with new mitigation plan (TF Times News)
Dispute over siting for OSU at Bend (Corvallis Gazette Times)
Eugene may try library levy (Eugene Register Guard)
Lane County, Eugene may trade downtown land (Eugene Register Guard)
Pot dispensary opens at Klamath (KF Herald & News)
SOU president considered for Ohio spot (Medford Tribune, Ashland Tidings)
Tech park envisioned for White City (Medford Tribune)
Big increase in hunting, fishing fees (Medford Tribune)
Umatilla public health director quits (Pendleton East Oregonian)
Middle school principal leaves Hermiston (Pendleton East Oregonian)
State presses completion of school compacts (Pendleton East Oregonian)
Lack of preparedness for oil emergency (Portland Oregonian)
State child support agency accused of sexism (Portland Oregonian)
Budget issues at corrections schools (Salem Statesman Journal)
Lower Cinnamon Lakes Dam deemed risky (Salem Statesman Journal)
Causes of Oso mudslide considered (Everett Herald)
State of the Site Hanford meets opened (Kennewick Herald)
New sewer line won’t go in yet (Kennewick Herald)
Woodland principal accused of misconduct (Longview News)
Longview sewer project switches gears (Longview News)
Sequim officials get raises (Port Angeles News)
Key sea creature dissolving in Pacific (Seattle Times)
Inslee on greenhouse gases (Tacoma News Tribune)
Benson Bridge at Multnomah Falls nearly done (Vancouver Columbian)
Heritage University at Toppenish rebuilding (Yakima Herald Republic)