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Lilli, 6 and Charlie, 10 play on the new playground at Foothills Elementary.

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Farewell, “Cafeterianasium”

Foothills Elementary and Glacier Middle School projects cap years of work across White River schools

Photo by Alex Bruell 
Dolls, birdhouses, and holiday swags were among the many goods sold to raise money for Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital.

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Buckley Ida Marge Holiday Bazaar raises nearly $7,000 for children’s hospital

Holiday market fundraiser smashed records for the fundraiser

Paul Weed, Buckley’s new City Administrator, is a White River High School Class of 2002 graduate. Photo by Ray Miller-Still

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Buckley City administrator resigns

Paul Weed occupied his position for little more than a year and a half.

This photo, shared by Mount Rainier National Park, shows the point of failure on Carbon River Road that is preventing access to the Carbon River Area.

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Stormy weather inflicts scattered outages across Plateau area, isolated Mt. Rainier closures

Power had been restored across the Plateau by Wednesday, but park closures lingered.

According to the Washington State Department of Transportation, it takes around 3,000 hours for snow crews to clear two billion cubic yards of snow to re-open the passes every year. Photo courtesy WSDOT

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Chinook, Cayuse closed until spring 2022

A cold, wet winter has closed the passes a bit earlier this year.

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WSP seeks witnesses to Monday night SR 169 shooting

Troopers say a man’s vehicle was shot at while driving south from Black Diamond.

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Beau Burkett takes strong early lead in Buckley mayoral race

Tuesday night’s first drop of ballots put Burkett up with 63.1 percent of the vote.

Reagan Dunn faced Kim-Khanh Van in the race for Metropolitan King County Council District 9.

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Reagan Dunn wins fifth term on King County Council

Dunn has defeated challenger Kim-Khanh Van, a Renton city council member and fellow attorney.

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Mountain Meadow ranked No. 1 Pierce County elementary school, No. 20 in Washington

The ranking comes from U.S. News World Report, a digital media company famous for ranking colleges and universities.

This image of the banner supporting Beau Burkett for mayor comes from an official PDC filing made by Burkett’s challenger, Richard O’Neill.

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State regulators: Buckley did not violate law in Log Show banner incident

The complaint brought against the city by a mayoral candidate has been dismissed.

A 2019 Office of Police Accountability report stating that former Seattle Police Officer, and current Buckley City Council member Ron Smith engaged in "biased-based policing" through the use of his personal social media account.

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Buckley city councilor, retired SPD officer responds to report over his social media posts

Ron Smith is running to retain his city council seat.

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Flood watch issued through Friday morning

Forecasters warn the Plateau could get dumped with heavy rain tonight and early Friday morning.

North Kitsap Baptist Church is holding a trunk-or-treat event Oct. 30. Courtesy illustration

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Prairie Ridge needs help with Trunk-or-Treat Halloween evening

The community event needs volunteers to provide car trunks.