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)
Looking ahead at wilderness (Boise Statesman)
Measuring intelligence of bears at WSU (Lewiston Tribune)
Looking at Owyhee canyonlands (Nampa Press Tribune)
Otter’s race complicated by Tea Party (Nampa Press Tribune, TF Times News)
Pine Bowl alley closes down (Pocatello Journal)
Lots of new school principals in Magic Valley (TF Times News)
Eugene rehab center expands (Eugene Register Guard)
Mushroom harvest notably popular this year (KF Herald & News)
School safety program funded (KF Herald & News)
Prospect fire roars near Medford (Medford Tribune)
Southern Oregon summer heat hit records (Medford Tribune)
Boardman will consider funding fire station (Pendleton E Oregonian)
More felonies reported in Umatilla County (Pendleton E Oregonian)
Math, reading scored dampened by absenteeism (Portland Oregonian)
Richardson fields quries on campaign finance (Salem Statesman Journal)
Legislature, court battle again over schools (Everett Herald)
Gun measures divide WA law enforcement (Vancouver Columbian, Olympian)
Neah Bay gets large dock project (Port Angeles News)
Olympic Peninsula gets more health plans (Port Angeles News)
Rural docs scramble for newly insured (Seattle Times)
Schools dealing with Common Core (Tacoma News Tribune)