[VCR: Wrap: Legal challenges fast-tracked to new law affecting Washington's elected sheriffs

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Intro: This is the week [May 4-8] when candidates must sign up in order to run for office in Washington State.

That deadline is heating up the court battle over appropriate qualifications for sheriff candidates.]

A recent report by the Oregon Health Authority found a decline in tobacco sales to minors statewide.

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Springfield Public Schools says it will need to eliminate nearly 34 positions to balance next year's budget. KLCC‘s Rebecca Hansen-White has details on the draft spending plan the district released today [Friday].

The City of Seattle today (Friday) opened its first ever warehouse dedicated to salvaging and reusing old lumber.

The warehouse is being paid for by a federal grant. KUOW’s Ayeda Masood [EYE-dah Mah-SOOD] has that story.

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Hundreds of people converged on Salem’s Capitol Mall this afternoon ((Friday)) to mark International Workers’ Day also known as May Day.

[Wrap: Legal challenges fast-tracked to new law affecting Washington's elected sheriffs

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Kill after Friday 5/1

Intro: Legal challenges to the state’s new requirements for elected sheriffs are moving quickly, because candidates for sheriff must file to run NEXT WEEK.

KUOW’s Amy Radil explains.]

People gathered in downtown Eugene this afternoon [Friday afternoon] to commemorate May Day and protest a government they see as anti-worker. KLCC’s Zac Ziegler reports:

Officials in Snohomish [sno-HO-mish] County are seeking emergency permission to fix a crumbling levee near the city of Stanwood.

The century-old structure protects the city and nearby farmland from the waters of Skagit [SKADGE-it] Bay.

KUOW’s John Ryan reports.

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Host lead-in: The suspect in a stabbing attack at Foss High School in Tacoma has been charged. N-W-P-B’s Lauren Gallup reports.

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An old aluminum smelter has sat abandoned on the Columbia River’s banks for two decades. Now, energy developers could help fast-track part of the cleanup. N-W-P-B’s senior environmental correspondent Courtney Flatt explains. [SOQ]