Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Whidbey News-Times Entry Title: Outrage over firings at WhidbeyHealth Entry Credit: Jessie Stensland
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Cascadia Daily News Entry Title: No easy fixes to Bellingham's car theft problem Entry Credit: Ralph Schwartz
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Northwest Asian Weekly Entry Title: Little Saigon cleanup Entry Credit: M. David Meyer