Support comes from the Skagit County Historical Museum in LaConnor, with funding from LaConnor lodging tax.

The museum features exhibits on Skagit County's heritage and early life from the mountains to the sea.

Shops, restaurants, and farm stands are located nearby. Details at scadgett County.net slash museum.

Sources and methods, the crown jewels of the intelligence community. Shorthand for

how do we know what's real, who told us? If you have those answers, you're on the inside.

And NPR wants to bring you there. From the Pentagon to the State Department to spy agencies,

listen to understand what's really happening and what it means for you.

Sources and Methods, the new National Security podcast from NPR.

Hey, good morning. I'm Patricia Murphy.

It's Thursday. This is Seattle now. At 1016 this morning, you might want to

drop, cover, and hold on. It's the great shakeout, a worldwide earthquake drill. While we don't

have much notice when a real quake happens, preparation is key to riding it out. Today, we're talking

all about earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest.

But first, let's get you caught up.

Flags will be lowered to half-mast on Friday in Washington State to honor four soldiers from

Joint Base Louis McCord. They died in the Black Hawk crash in Thurston County last month.

Governor Bob Ferguson's flag order applies to all state agencies killed that day were Chief

Warren Officer Andrew Cully, Chief Warren Officer Andrew Krause, Sergeant Donovan Scott, and Sergeant Jadalen Good.

The Army says the cause of the crash is still under investigation.

It might cost more to drive through the Highway 99 tunnel next summer.

State officials are considering raising toll rates during the FIFA World Cup.

The State Transportation Commission could increase rates between 50 cents and a dollar a trip.

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