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For people thinking about suicide, call 988, the official National Suicide Prevention Hotline phone number.
988 Suicide Crisis Lifeline celebrates one-year anniversary
By Renton Reporter Staff • August 8, 2023 2:37 pm

From July 2022 to June 2023, the crisis centers answered 65,029 calls, 11,808 texts, and 13,064 chats.

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Bryan Neyers worked at Glacier Park Elementary School (pictured here) for several years as a paraeducator, supervising kids at recess and in child care programs. Despite co-workers approaching school and district administrators about Neyers’ close relationships with students, Neyers continued working with kids. He now awaits trial on Sept. 5 on charges of molesting and raping young boys in his care. (Photo by Scott Eklund/Red Box Pictures)
Tahoma School District ignored repeated warnings of ‘grooming-like...
August 7, 2023 2:40 pm

State education officials say case highlights need for more oversight of paraeducators.

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Devin Bush in front, working on his hands with fellow linebacker Bobby Wagner. (Photos by Ben Ray/Sound Publishing)
Seahawks 2023 training camp under way at VMAC...
By Benjamin Ray • August 3, 2023 4:12 pm

For the second day in pads, the Hawks look to build on a great ‘22 season and prepare for the new one.

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Suspicious envelopes received by King County elections officials
By Cameron Sheppard • August 3, 2023 3:30 pm

Trace amounts of fentanyl found in letter received the day before primary elections.

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King County Crime Dive podcast.
Candidate steals hammers; Kent marks 17th homicide in...
By Cameron Sheppard • July 30, 2023 6:40 am

In this episode, a Federal Way City Council candidate was accused of stealing from a hardware store; and the city of Kent marks its 17th homicide so far in 2023.

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King County Crime Dive podcast.
Police officer still on payroll while awaiting murder...
By Cameron Sheppard • July 28, 2023 9:50 am

In this episode, an update on Auburn Police Officer Jeffrey Nelson, who is still on the city payroll while awaiting trial for murder.

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Public Health – Seattle & King County staff administering COVID-19 vaccine to a local emergency responder. COURTESY PHOTO, Public Health-Seattle & King County
King County wants to rehire employees who were...
By Benjamin Leung • July 27, 2023 2:43 pm

A total of 314 employees separated from King County as a result of the mandate, with eight retiring, 25 resigning, and 281 fired as a result of noncompliance.

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West Point Treatment Plant in Seattle. Photo courtesy of King County
King County Council targets “forever chemicals” in wastewater
By Cameron Sheppard • July 26, 2023 4:06 pm

The motion would initiate a study on how to mitigate the Puget Sound’s exposure to the toxic runoff.

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King County Councilmember Claudia Balducci invited young Swifties to read the proclamation, with each taking an album title-themed clause. (Courtesy of King County)
King County Council names July 18-25 ‘Taylor Swift...
July 18, 2023 4:30 pm

Proclamation comes before the pop star’s sold-out Seattle tour dates.

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King County Crime Dive podcast.
Boy on scooter dies at scene of collision...
By Cameron Sheppard • July 17, 2023 8:40 am

In this episode, Bellevue police recover 3D-printed ghost guns from a drive-by shooting suspect; Valley SWAT arrests a 19-year-old man in the shooting death of a Bothell man behind the Kent YMCA; and a 12-year-old boy on a scooter dies at the scene of a collision in Kent.

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Stock photo, Metro Creative Graphics
New state agency to review police use of...
By Steve Hunter • July 13, 2023 4:06 pm

State Office of Independent Investigations ready to go to work

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Courtesy Photo, King County Elections
King County Elections mails primary ballots
By Steve Hunter • July 13, 2023 10:15 am

For Aug. 1 election

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The Monroe Correctional Complex in Monroe, Wa. (Sound Publishing file photo)
State DOC pledges to reduce use of solitary...
By Benjamin Leung • July 1, 2023 11:30 am

Goal is to lower the rate by 90% in the next five years in Washington state prisons.

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Heavy traffic northbound on 1-5 in Everett, Washington on August 31, 2022. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)
Leave early or late to skirt Independence Day...
By Ben Watanabe • June 28, 2023 4:00 pm

Seattle area is projected to have some of the worst traffic in the nation.

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State Patrol seeks witnesses to I-5 shooting near...
By Steve Hunter • June 21, 2023 2:36 pm

Several bullets fired at driver from passenger in nearby car; nobody hurt

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King County Crime Dive podcast.
Closer look at King County gun violence stats...
By Cameron Sheppard • June 20, 2023 1:30 pm

In this episode, we look at how King County has seen a reduction in gun violence so far in 2023. Also: prosecutors charge a teen as an adult in the shooting death of a 20-year-old male.

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An emergency fire vehicle heads past a barricade and towards Index as numerous agencies attempt to contain the Bolt Creek Fire on Saturday, Sep. 10, 2022, on U.S. Highway 2 near Index, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)
Washington at ‘epicenter’ of wildfire threat
By Jordan Hansen • June 12, 2023 10:22 am

Federal fire forecast shows Western Washington has one of the most dire outlooks in the U.S.

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King County Crime Dive podcast.
Authorities capture escaped teen criminals | King County...
By Cameron Sheppard • June 11, 2023 8:00 am

In this episode, authorities capture several teens, including a convicted killer, who escaped from Echo Glen Children’s Center; and four suspects are arrested in connection with an armed robbery at a cannabis dispensary.

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King County Crime Dive podcast.
Backpack becomes a murder weapon | King County...
By Cameron Sheppard • June 6, 2023 1:00 pm

In this episode, prosecutors have charged three Auburn residents in a 2022 murder of a Kent man at Southcenter Mall; a man allegedly beat his girlfriend to death with a backpack outside of a Kent 7-Eleven store.

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King County Crime Dive podcast.
‘One-person crime wave’ sentenced for ghost gun and...
By Cameron Sheppard • May 23, 2023 1:00 pm

Also in this episode, a 17-year-old boy is injured while “surfing” on a vehicle.

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