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The first of 152 new light rail vehicles arrived in June 2019 at Sound Transit’s Operations and Maintenance Facility in Seattle. COURTESY PHOTO, Sound Transit

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Sound Transit testing new light rail vehicles

Trains will run weekends and late night weekdays and will not board passengers

A rendering of the Kent Des Moines light rail station scheduled to open in 2024. The station will be elevated near a new South 236th Street between 30th Avenue South and Pacific Highway South. COURTESY GRAPHIC, Sound Transit

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Adoption of 2021 budget moves current light rail expansions ahead full steam

Construction is on track to extend Link light rail from 22 to 62 miles by 2024

Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He recently retired as president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organization, and now lives in Vancouver. He can be contacted at thebrunells@msn.com.

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Wind turbine blades become key ingredient in cement | Brunell

Would you believe in the future when a cement truck shows up to pour your foundation or patio,…

Henry Robert "Hank" Fenbert | Obituary

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Sound Transit Board expands low-income fares

To launch pilot project changing fare inspection practices

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Workers call for state leaders to maintain indoor dining restrictions

Letter asks for workplace safety, direct financial relief to workers

Courtesy of Gov. Inslee’s office

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Inslee announces new guidelines for schools and in-person learning

Staff reports

A man donates blood. COURTESY PHOTO, Bloodworks Northwest

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Tragedy becomes call to action on Washington and Oregon Blood Donor Day Dec. 18

2017 Amtrak train derailment underscoring need for emergency preparedness this winter and through pandemic

University of Washington Medical Center Montlake campus pharmacy administration resident Derek Pohlmeyer (left) and UWMC pharmacy director Michael Alwan transport a box containing Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines toward a waiting vehicle headed to the UW Medical Center’s other hospital campuses on Monday in Seattle. (Mike Siegel/The Seattle Times via media pool)

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COVID-19 vaccines arrive in Washington state

People in Phase 1a will begin to receive vaccinations this week

A medical isolation area inside the King County Maleng Regional Justice Center jail in Kent will house inmates who tested positive for COVID-19 at a outbreak at the county jail in Seattle. FILE PHOTO

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King County jail reports 16 new cases of COVID-19

Outbreak at Seattle jail; individuals transferred to medical isolation at Kent facility

Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He recently retired as president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organization, and now lives in Vancouver. He can be contacted at thebrunells@msn.com.

Opinion

E-waste reduction requires innovative approaches | Brunell

One of the biggest challenges of the 21st century is dealing with the progress of the 20th century…

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Inslee announces statewide COVID-19 exposure notification tool

WA Notify uses privacy-preserving technology to help stop the spread of disease

People line up to vote Nov. 3 at the King County Vote Center at the accesso ShoWare Center in Kent. FILE PHOTO, Kent Reporter

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King County voter turnout hits record 86.6% in general election

Previous record 85% in 2012

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Exposures at homes, workplaces, community and social gatherings spread COVID-19

Public Health—Seattle & King County report breaks down exposure settings; answers questions about spread

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Safe medication return program gets underway in state

At drop boxes or mail them

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GAVIN RHODES LEWIS | Obituary

Gavin Rhodes Lewis, age 74, of Santa Teresa, New Mexico, passed away on Saturday, October 31, 2020. He…

Margaret Catherine Scott

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Margaret Catherine Scott | Obituary

Margaret Catherine Scott, 73, passed away November 6, 2020, at St. Francis Hospital with her two daughters close…

Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He recently retired as president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organization, and now lives in Vancouver. He can be contacted at thebrunells@msn.com.

Opinion

Coronavirus and the silver lining for airline industry | Brunell

It’s no secret that airlines and airplane manufacturers have been clobbered by the coronavirus pandemic.

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Renter stability in Federal Way | Letters

Homeowners need our renting neighbors to have stable and secure housing. Our Federal Way City Council needs to…

Martin Moore

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The need to concede | Guest column

Guest column by Martin Moore, Federal Way City Councilmember