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Over a million acres are on fire in Oregon, Seattle Chief of Police roasted for living in Chicago, PACCAR stock rises on trucking market recovery, Amazon switches AI strategy to focus on frontier model research, Albertsons expects $200M in savings from AI program.
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PNW Market Look

As of market close 7.28.26
Stock Market Today: Dow Rallies, Chip Stocks Slide (WSJ)
Intel Reports Second-Quarter 2026 Financial Results (Intel)
Headline Roundup
Secretary of State Read to City Auditor: Tighten Up Your Elections Division (WW)
Weidner sells 387 Lynnwood units for $112M (DJC)
Weidner sells Lynnwood apartment complex for $112 million to Bay Area investor (PBJ)
Idaho Community Foundation awards $94,300 in Bonner County grants (IBR)
(MT) Commerce Announces $781,000 of Grant Funding Available to Increase International Sales for Local Small Businesses (CMT)
Group asks Cascade County to pause data center development (MTFP)
Amazon contractor starts site prep in Eugene despite appeal (DJC)
Salem Data Center Still on Table After Council Votes 8-0 (SBJ)
Medicaid work requirements go into effect next year for more than 80,000 Idahoans (IDP)
Idaho to receive $3.9 million for AmeriCorps volunteer programs (IDP)
Valley Co. upholds approval for road tied to McCall subdivision proposal (VL)
Looking for Blazers’ Moda Center solution, county commissioners eye new funding path (ORL)
Idaho selected as potential host site for new DOE Nuclear Lifestyle Innovation Campus (IDC)
Dental company acquires Wilsonville industrial building for $31M (PBJ)
Lattice Semiconductor completes $1.6B acquisition of AMI
WA to offer first-ever toll discount for lower-income motorists (WSS)
Microsoft short interest hits decade high ahead of Q2 earnings as AI spending raises new questions (CNBC)
Paccar Financial revenue ticks up amid trucking recovery (EFN)
Amazon winds down most flagship AI models in strategy overhaul, Business Insider reports (Reuters)
Albertsons’ ACI Edge will produce $200M in savings (SMN)
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Community Highlight
Live updates: Thousands under ‘Go Now!’ evacuation orders as Oregon wildfires burn over 1.1 million acres (OPB)
Parents worry WA developmental disabilities program is about to get axed (KUOW)
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