Just in time for summer, there’s a newly updated Oregon Coast Bike Route map.

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When you open up Google’s homepage today [THURS] you’ll find a painting made by 18-year-old Kameirah [kuh-MARE-uh] Johnson. She’s a senior at Lakeside School in North Seattle.

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More than 1-thousand kids in the Seattle-region will have the opportunity to catch a World Cup match at Lumen Field… Free. Of. Charge.

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The City of Seattle is giving young people free tickets to the World Cup matches. The city is partnering with community organizations to distribute those tickets.

The announcement was made this week [WEDS 06/03] at the Seattle Somali Health Board building in Rainier Valley.

KNKX Reporter Freddy Monares was there.

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The Lane Community College board cut about $4.2 million dollars when it approved its annual budget Wednesday. This comes after months of tense deliberations.

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Lane Community College is eliminating around 20 positions and two degree programs. That’s after the board approved next year’s budget Wednesday.

KLCC’s Rebecca Hansen-White has more…

Portland General Electric plans to increase rates for large energy users like data centers by twenty-nine percent.

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson said she is no longer boycotting Starbucks.

KUOW politics reporter Scott Greenstone has more.

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez pushes to restore funding for chemical safety board

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U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez struck a deal to secure funding for the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board this week.

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With the World Cup about a week away, hotel workers near Lumen Field plan to vote tomorrow [Friday] on a possible strike. [The workers want protections from immigration enforcement, among other contract demands (0:05 sec)] KUOW’s Gustavo Sagrero reports.