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Sen. Bill Ramos of WA District 5 dead...
By Grace Gorenflo • April 20, 2025 10:00 am

King County Councilmember Sarah Perry announced her husband’s passing Saturday.

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A house in Issaquah was damaged by fallen trees during November’s bomb cyclone. (Courtesy of King County Councilmember Sarah Perry’s office)
FEMA denies funds to WA for damage caused...
By Bailey Josie • April 14, 2025 3:00 pm

Gov. Bob Ferguson says federal funds are needed to address $34 million in damage caused by the storm, and that the state will appeal.

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A man places his ballot into the drop box outside Federal Way City Hall. Bailey Jo Josie/Sound Publishing
SAVE Act could disenfranchise millions of voters
By Bailey Josie • April 11, 2025 5:35 pm

Congressman reports law could cost Washingtonians over $361 million just to register to vote.

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King County Prosecuting Attorney Leesa Manion testifying to the King County Council about budget cut impacts.
King County budget deficit could bring big consequences
By Joshua Solorzano • April 5, 2025 1:30 pm

A new Senate bill related to property taxes is seen as one way to mitigate the effects.

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A 23andMe 2013 genome testing kit. Photo courtesy of Wikipedia/Creative Commons
How to delete genetic data from 23andMe
By Reporter Staff • April 4, 2025 1:50 pm

Washington state residents have a right to genetic data privacy and ability to request data deletion.

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Slower is safer: Steps to increase traffic safety...
By Bailey Josie • April 2, 2025 4:20 pm

11-mile corridor has a high number of collisions, many of them fatal.

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New catalytic converter law aimed at deterring theft...
By Joshua Solorzano • April 2, 2025 9:17 am

The new law also creates specific and real penalties for people who don’t follow the rules.

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Sumo Dog’s The Godzilla was the favorite of the day at the Menu Preview Day. Photo by Ben Ray/Sound Publishing
Hall of Fame-worthy ballpark eats at T-Mobile Park...
By Bailey Josie • March 24, 2025 4:15 pm

The Mariners Menu Preview Day brought local cuisine and legendary baseball dedications to the 2025 season, with opening day on March 27.

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Board recommends Dow Constantine as new Sound Transit...
By Steve Hunter • March 24, 2025 4:11 pm

In his 16th year as King County executive and on the Sound Transit Board; pay could be $675,000 annually

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Fingerprint ID levy to go before King County...
By Drew Dotson • March 22, 2025 9:30 am

The levy would authorize an additional property tax for seven years, beginning in 2026.

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Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife staff clean up Caspian tern carcasses during the bird flu outbreak on Rat Island in Jefferson County, 2023.
How to navigate the bird flu in Washington...
By Grace Gorenflo • March 9, 2025 7:30 am

“This looks like it might be the new normal,” said Chris Anderson, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.

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Alyaa Shamkhi volunteers at multiple organizations in Kent where she lives, including the New Americans Alliance for Policy and Research and Mujer al Volante in Federal Way. She attended the event at the Capitol with her daughter Feb. 27 in Olympia. Photo by Keelin Everly-Lang / the Mirror
Local refugees rally for more support in Olympia
By Keelin Everly-Lang • March 3, 2025 3:30 pm

The demonstration was organized by the New Americans Alliance for Policy and Research (NAAPR).

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One of Return Home’s cells, filled entirely with organic material, demonstrates what the terramation cells look like. Based in Auburn, Return Home is one of the few terramation companies in the world. They transform people into soil. File photo
What we talk about, or not, when talking...
By Perris Larson, Contributor • February 8, 2025 7:30 am

Puget Sound area organizations and businesses strive to normalize the topic of dying.

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A mobile center from Bloodworks Northwest takes blood from Enumclaw resident Andy Bremmeyer, pictured in this 2019 photo. Sound Publishing file photo
WA residents urged to donate blood due to...
By Bailey Josie • January 29, 2025 1:30 am

Four consecutive days of emergency low blood supplies has led to shortages needed for transfusions and treatment.

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Employees work at Fall City’s Aroma Coffee Co. on Jan. 14, 2025. (Grace Gorenflo/Valley Record)
Small businesses brace for higher minimum wage in...
By Grace Gorenflo • January 28, 2025 12:38 pm

New wage for unincorporated areas went into effect Jan. 1, but the rules are still being determined.

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Jeffrey Nelson receives his sentence Jan. 23 at the Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent. Photo by Joshua Solorzano/Sound Publishing
Former Auburn cop sentenced to 16 years, 8...
By Joshua Solorzano • January 24, 2025 2:40 pm

A jury convicted him in June 2024 for second-degree murder after shooting Jesse Sarey in 2019

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Members of the Costco Teamsters union rally outside Costco’s Issaquah headquarters, Jan. 23, 2025. (Grace Gorenflo/Valley Record)
Costco union workers rally outside shareholder meeting
By Grace Gorenflo • January 23, 2025 5:52 pm

The Costco Teamsters say they will strike if an agreement isn’t reached by Jan. 31.

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Fifty protesters held up a variety of signs at the Renton location for the Jan. 18, 2024 Women’s March and People’s March. Photo by Bailey Jo Josie/Sound Publishing.
Renton hosts south KC march for reproductive rights...
By Bailey Josie • January 21, 2025 5:10 pm

During the numerous Women’s March and People’s March over the weekend, a group of protesters rang bells and held up signs outside Renton’s Boeing factory.

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Fentanyl pills. (Photo provided by the Drug Enforcement Administration)
Funds are running out to help vacate drug...
By Joshua Solorzano • January 16, 2025 3:11 pm

King County Department of Public Defense urges people with simple drug possession charges to use its free resources.

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Looking out over Cell 8 during the fall 2024 public tour of the Cedar Hills Regional Landfill. Photo by Bailey Jo Josie/Sound Publishing.
Where will all the waste go? King County’s...
By Bailey Josie • January 10, 2025 7:00 am

Cedar Hills Regional Landfill receives about 1 million tons of waste a year.

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