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    Mount Rainier National Park has around 2 million visitors a year. Image courtesy the National Park Service
    The mountain is out and it tells cold...
    By Bailey Josie • December 25, 2024 7:00 am

    Data shows that since 2007, Mount Rainier has become the second most dangerous National Park in the winter.

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    Federal judge sentences bikini barista chain owner for...
    By Steve Hunter • December 23, 2024 1:03 pm

    LadyBug Espresso has locations in Kent, Auburn, Renton and other cities; failed to report $6M in revenue

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    A northern giant hornet seen on an apple. (Photo courtesy of Washington State Department of Agriculture)
    Invasive ‘murder hornets’ found in WA have been...
    By Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero, Washington State Standard • December 21, 2024 9:30 am

    The hunt for invasive “murder hornets” is over in Washington and the rest of the U.S. after three years without…

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    Courtesy Photo, King County Metro
    King County Metro seeks feedback about connecting buses...
    By Steve Hunter • December 4, 2024 3:45 pm

    Agency plans to make changes in South King County as light rail opens in 2026

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    The Lummi Nation provided three colorful shawls during the MMIWP Task Force Summit in September, with turquoise representing human trafficking, purple representing overdoses (“losing our people from fentanyl”) and red representing murdered and missing Indigenous women — all crises that affect North American Natives and Tribes. The summit started with an opening ceremony with words from Lummi Tribal Chair Anthony Hillaire, Lummi Indian Business Council Secretary Lisa Wilson and a Shawl Ceremony with Lhaq’temish singers. Photo by Bailey Jo Josie/Sound Publishing
    Working toward justice for the missing and murdered...
    By Bailey Josie • November 28, 2024 7:30 am

    Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People (MMIWP) Task Force Summit highlights progress as well as shortcomings.

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    A Puget Sound Energy crew member removes a tree from the wires after the Nov. 19-20 windstorm that struck Western Washington. COURTESY PHOTO, PSE
    King County storm damage assessment to help determine...
    By Steve Hunter • November 27, 2024 2:15 pm

    Homeowners, business owners encouraged to report damages from windstorm

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    PSE says windstorm ‘comparable to a hurricane’ with...
    By Steve Hunter • November 22, 2024 1:01 pm

    Company crews rally to restore power to thousands of customers over 5-day period

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    Thousands of firearm sales on hold in WA...
    By Jerry Cornfield, Washington State Standard • November 13, 2024 5:30 pm

    Washington state courts’ computer systems have been down for nearly two weeks, disrupting the operation of local courts and preventing…

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    King County Executive Dow Constantine. COURTESY PHOTO
    King County Executive Dow Constantine won’t run for...
    By Steve Hunter • November 13, 2024 4:45 pm

    To give up position after 16 years; King County Councilmember Claudia Balducci to seek seat

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    Republican Dave Reichert, left, and Democrat Bob Ferguson, right, are competing in Washington’s 2024 governor’s race. (Photos courtesy of campaigns)
    Ferguson defeats Reichert in governor’s race | Election...
    By Jerry Cornfield, Washington State Standard • November 5, 2024 10:00 am

    Democrats have won 10 straight gubernatorial contests.

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    Election workers open mail in a new secure room at Thurston County’s elections office. The county invested in a separate room to open mail after it was sent an envelope containing fentanyl last year. (Laurel Demkovich/Washington State Standard)
    How one WA county upped security ahead of...
    By Laurel Demkovich, Washington State Standard • November 2, 2024 8:00 am

    Thurston County, like others, made changes in response to evolving threats and other concerns around ballot processing.

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    Courtesy Photo, King County Elections
    King County Elections emphasizes safety, security in voting...
    By Steve Hunter • October 29, 2024 4:36 pm

    Office issues news release in response to ballot drop box fires in Vancouver, Portland

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    A ballot drop box damaged in a suspected arson incident in Vancouver, Washington, on Oct. 28, 2024. Monika Spykerman/The Columbian/Courtesy of Washington State Standard
    Arson destroys hundreds of ballots inside a Washington...
    By Jerry Cornfield, Washington State Standard • October 29, 2024 10:00 am

    State and federal authorities are investigating a deliberately set fire that destroyed ballots inside a drop box in southwest Washington…

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    70% of WA public school students have access...
    By Grace Deng Washington State Standard • October 21, 2024 7:00 am

    In the 2024-2025 school year, 1,523 schools are serving free meals to all students who requested one.

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    Discussion continues for KC Sheriff’s Office search warrant...
    By Benjamin Leung • October 16, 2024 9:04 am

    Following a list of policy changes in July, discussion between the Office of Law Enforcement Oversight and the King County…

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    WA women 9th in nation for breast cancer...
    By Grace Deng Washington State Standard • October 14, 2024 1:07 pm

    Washington women were more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer despite receiving fewer mammograms than the national average in…

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    Aug. 4, 1981, was a memorable day for Boeing. The company’s first new commercial transport in more than a dozen years, the Boeing 767, rolled out of the Everett, Washington, plant in front of 15,000 onlookers. This widebody airplane was the first of a new generation of Boeing commercial transports designed for the fuel-conscious 1980s. Using the latest technology, the 767 promised to burn 30 percent less fuel than the generation of transports it was replacing. (Courtesy photo)
    Boeing will stop production of the Everett-built 767...
    By Michael Henneke • October 11, 2024 3:20 pm

    In an email Friday to employees, Boeing’s CEO also said the troubled aerospace giant will cut its global workforce by 10%.

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    King County Correctional Facility in Seattle. COURTESY PHOTO, King County
    Judge sentences ex-King County guard for bribery to...
    By Steve Hunter • October 11, 2024 12:32 pm

    Gets eight years, six months for taking $5,000 bribe to provide drugs to inmates

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    Kelsey Hall has been growing dahlias since 2018; her farm now sells more than 4,000 flowers a year, and grows up to 200 different varieties. Photo courtesy Kelsey Hall
    Local farm’s fame blooms in light of a...
    By Ray Miller-Still • October 8, 2024 10:45 am

    “Daffodahlia” caught the attention of Martha Stewart.

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    All the prosecutors (left) and KPA leadership and electeds (right). Courtesy photo
    Korean Prosecutors Association launches Pacific Northwest Chapter
    By Joshua Solorzano • October 6, 2024 11:30 am

    King County Prosecuting Attorney Leesa Manion delivered a speech at the launch ceremony.

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