LOCAL, COUNTY, STATE AND NATIONAL NEWS

+ Local land trusts form partnerships to preserve farmland and river and stream habitat

+ Thurston Asset Building Coalition Supports Community Hubs Using Equity Lens

+ Teachers Say They’re Afraid to Go Back to School

+ Enough peanut butter to make 3M sandwiches stored in Fife as part of state food reserve

+ Top DHS officials Wolf and Cuccinelli are not legally eligible to serve in their current roles, congressional watchdog agency finds

+ DHS’s changing mission leaves its founders dismayed as critics call for a breakup

+ How QAnon rode the pandemic to new heights — and radicalized your friends

+ Think QAnon Is on the Fringe? So Was the Tea Party

+ Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA): committed to your health and well-being

+ Washington Health Department says COVID-19 cases are beginning to plateau – “Plateauing is not enough to keep this pandemic under control; we must transition to a state of sustained decline in new cases.”

** CORONAVIRUS NEWS **

Public Health Officials Are Quitting or Getting Fired in Throes of Pandemic

Why Aren’t We Promoting Health to Combat COVID?

Obesity Raises the Risk of Death From Covid-19 Among Men

How covid-19-related travel restrictions are complicating the once-simple road trip

And speaking of obesity in the U.S., this is instructive: A side-by-side comparison of KFC in the UK versus in the US

US-Canada border restrictions extended to at least September, same with Mexico

80% of people with COVID-19 won’t pass it to others, Seattle’s Fred Hutch study says

** Trump’s Presidency **

Trump Rolls Back Methane Rule as Bankrupt Permian Drillers Ignore Venting Flares

Wash. Gov. Inslee: Trump ‘confessed he wants to disable Postal Service’

House Democrat files criminal referral to NJ AG accusing Trump of subverting election in his state

Postal service seen hauling mailboxes away in trucks as Trump’s pick to lead USPS makes controversial changes before election

Postal Service chief, under fire, admits ‘unintended consequences’ of his policy overhaul

The Postal Service has warned that voters in 46 states might be disenfranchised this election because their mail-in ballots could be delayed.

Trump signals impatience with FBI director’s cooperation with reviews of Russia investigation

Kamala Harris Crystallizes Trump’s View of Women

The Postal Service has warned that voters in 46 states might be disenfranchised this election because their mail-in ballots could be delayed.

Marge Simpson has something to say to the Trump campaign

Trump: ‘A lot of people’ think Edward Snowden ‘not being treated fairly’ [Ed. note: Trump has previously called Snowden a “traitor” worthy of being executed! So, what is the political motivation for Trump, as there must be one, all of the sudden?]