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A photo from the seizure and a photo showing carfentanil’s lethality.
    Law enforcement seizes over 50,000 carfentanil pills bound...
    By Joshua Solorzano • September 25, 2025 2:30 pm

    A Federal Way officer was a lead investigator on this case.

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    Students, local leaders and FWPS officials cut the ribbon to celebrate the completion of construction of the Illahee Middle School rebuild. Photo by Keelin Everly-Lang / the Mirror
    Communty celebrates new and improved Illahee Middle School
    By Keelin Everly-Lang • September 25, 2025 1:30 pm

    Renovations were part of a voter-approved bond that was passed in 2017.

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    Arts, Culture and Heritage Candidate Forum is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Sept. 30 at KOAM Studios, 32008 32nd Ave. South. Courtesy image
    FW elections: Arts, Culture and Heritage Candidate Forum...
    By Mirror Staff • September 22, 2025 2:07 pm

    Free public event is Sept. 30.

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    SCREENSHOT.
    Federal Way man pleads guilty to selling stolen...
    By Joshua Solorzano • September 21, 2025 7:30 am

    The defendant personally received at least $1 million and must now forfeit it.

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    Caution tape and Federal Way police officers at The Shores Apartments on Aug. 18. Photo by Joshua Solorzano/The Mirror
    Many crimes decrease in Federal Way, but murder...
    By Joshua Solorzano • September 19, 2025 7:30 am

    The mayor and police department credit the decrease to the ability to pursue vehicles and drug arrests.

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    Courtesy Photo, Federal Way Police
    Prescription possibly contaminated with fentanyl | Federal Way...
    By Mirror Staff • September 18, 2025 1:30 pm

    From the Federal Way police log.

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    Courtesy of the Department of Corrections. 
Kevin Coe’s mugshot taken in August 2006.
    ‘South Hill rapist’ Kevin Coe could move to...
    By Joshua Solorzano • September 18, 2025 9:35 am

    After being civilly committed at McNeil Island since 2008, Coe could be released on Oct. 2 and move into an adult family home in Federal Way.

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    Courtesy of WSDOT
    SR 18 will see weekend lane closures this...
    September 16, 2025 2:33 pm

    Courtesy of WSDOT

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    Courtesy photo.
    FWPD partnership aimed at helping distressed community members
    By Joshua Solorzano • September 14, 2025 7:30 am

    The Federal Way Police Department’s partnership with BlueBridge will enable officers to provide things such as food and clothing.

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    The Federal Way Inn and Suites at 1688 S. 348th St., which was formerly the Red Lion hotel. Photo taken in February 2023. Mirror file photo
    Opening of ‘homeless hotels’ pushed back, but moving...
    By Keelin Everly-Lang • September 13, 2025 1:30 pm

    The two sites in Federal Way were purchased by King County to provide permanent supportive housing and emergency shelter.

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    Home repair is just one program supported by Community Development Block Grants. Here an apartment building in Federal Way undergoes maintenance. Photo by Keelin Everly-Lang / the Mirror
    City’s federal grant funding faces uncertain future
    By Keelin Everly-Lang • September 13, 2025 11:30 am

    Programs to help with home repairs, provide emergency rent assistance and more hang in the balance for Federal Way residents.

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    Gyongi Maas. Courtesy of GoFundMe.
    King County settles dog-biting lawsuit for $21.5 million
    By Joshua Solorzano • September 12, 2025 6:22 pm

    A woman was jogging in her neighborhood in February 2022, when two dogs from a home that was supposed to be vacated attacked her.

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    File Photo, Kent Reporter
    Kent Police arrest man for eluding after chase...
    By Steve Hunter • September 12, 2025 5:32 pm

    Pursuit began Sept. 2 along West Meeker Street and ended on Pacific Highway South

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    Courtesy Photo, Federal Way Police
    Gun magazine found at the theater | Federal...
    By Mirror Staff • September 12, 2025 11:30 am

    From the Federal Way police log.

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    Audit finds potential fraud in King County social...
    By Grace Gorenflo • September 10, 2025 9:20 am

    The department’s grant awards increased 95% in five years.

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    A page from the Public Market Feasibility Study shares how another public market transformed the city to show what could be possible in Federal Way.
    Support continues to grow for proposed public market...
    By Keelin Everly-Lang • September 6, 2025 1:30 pm

    Support is growing for the vision of a year-round, permanent public market in Federal Way.

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    Taniesha Lyons is the Executive Director of the Federal Way Black Collective. Photo by Keelin Everly-Lang / the Mirror
    FW Black Collective executive to serve on state...
    By Keelin Everly-Lang • September 6, 2025 7:30 am

    Taniesha Lyons appointed to Washington State Department of Commerce’s Small Business Resiliency Network (SBRN) Advisory Council.

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    Graph courtesy of Domestic Abuse Women’s Network (DAWN).
    October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month
    By Bailey Josie • September 5, 2025 7:30 am

    Events start in September for Kent-based nonprofit Domestic Abuse Women’s Network (DAWN)

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    Courtesy Photo, Federal Way Police
    Man stabbed while getting into Uber | Federal...
    By Mirror Staff • September 5, 2025 7:00 am

    From the Federal Way police log.

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    The intersection of 10th Avenue South and South 312th Street. Photo by Joshua Solorzano/The Mirror
    Federal Way shooting leaves man in critical condition
    By Joshua Solorzano • September 4, 2025 8:53 am

    The man’s roommate allegedly shot him, according to police.

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