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    Articles by Alex Bruell
    Chris Vance, left, plans to challenge Sen. Phil Fortunato, R-31, during the next election. Courtesy photos
    Former state House Rep., KC Councilor Vance challenges...
    By Alex Bruell • March 21, 2022 2:30 pm

    Vance will run as an independent with conservative bona fides in a district that leans politically right.

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    Fryingpan Creek Bridge (Image taken in 1992 by photographer John "Jet" Lowe, accessed via the Library of Congress)
    Mt. Rainier park seeks public comment on need...
    By Alex Bruell • March 17, 2022 12:27 pm

    Comments will be accepted through April 9; there is a meeting about the project scheduled for March 23.

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    Photo by Alex Bruell
Buckley PD officer Arthur Fetter is promoted to sergeant during the city council meeting March 8. Standing next to him is mayor Beau Burkett.
    Buckley goes for take-two on a scaled-back Sports...
    By Alex Bruell • March 14, 2022 4:50 pm

    Plus, Buckley PD celebrates a promotion and new social media outreach efforts.

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    Bakers for Community Loaves make one kind of loaf — honey oat sandwich loaves — to provide recipients with a nutrient-dense bread for their meals. Courtesy photo Community Loaves
    Benevolent bakers beseeched for food bank bread bestowal
    By Alex Bruell • March 14, 2022 2:35 pm

    A regional non-profit just began a partnership with the Enumclaw Food Bank.

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    Volunteer Annie Davisson, frying bacon over the Senior Center’s kitchen stovetop, helps prepare the BLT sandwiches to be delivered to seniors the morning of March 3. Photo by Alex Bruell
    Buckley Senior Center launches “Food for Friends” meals...
    By Alex Bruell • March 10, 2022 10:55 am

    The program, which started in February, is modeled after the “Neighbors Feeding Neighbors” program in Enumclaw.

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    At her Enumclaw home on Feb. 22, Naomi Allen works on her latest quilt to be delivered to seniors in town. Her friend Janine Carpenter, in the background, talks to Allen regularly and helps deliver the quilts to the seniors who need them. Photo by Alex Bruell
    Built to quilt
    By Alex Bruell • March 2, 2022 10:40 am

    Enumclaw fabric maverick makes quilts for seniors in need

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    Stormy spring weather is here; watch for risk...
    By Alex Bruell • March 1, 2022 9:00 am

    Stormy weather is lashing the Pacific Northwest this week.

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    The Enumclaw Police Department. (File photo)
    2021 numbers on Enumclaw crime cases released
    By Alex Bruell • February 22, 2022 12:15 pm

    Data shows trends in criminal justice reform, effects of pandemic

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    EHS cheer nailed their tumble routine during state, scoring 88.5 points and earning first place. Photo courtesy Tanja Bill
    “I couldn’t believe it:” Enumclaw sweeps two first-place...
    By Alex Bruell • February 15, 2022 11:06 am

    Despite a chaotic season and opponents from much bigger schools, Enumclaw put on a clinic at the state cheerleading championships…

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    Karen Heide holds a framed photo of her son Austin Chase, who disappeared more than a year ago. Photo by Alex Bruell.
    One year later, family and friends of Austin...
    By Alex Bruell • February 10, 2022 12:22 pm

    Austin Chase hasn’t been seen since someone driving his car led police on a chase a year ago.

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    This photo of Anthony Chilcott and his sister Amanda was provided by attorney Tony Russo.
    King County will pay $2.5 million in settlement...
    By Alex Bruell • February 7, 2022 3:30 pm

    The Black Diamond man was killed in a 2019 police shooting after he had stolen a pickup and a dog inside the truck.

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    The Pierce County Sheriff’s Department announced yesterday that Jaydn Noakes and Garian Reynolds had been found after they were reported missing in the Greenwater area. Image taken from the sheriff’s Facebook page.
    Volunteer searchers find, help rescue couple stuck in...
    By Alex Bruell • February 3, 2022 11:00 am

    The two had been out target shooting Tuesday evening and were found Wednesday afternoon.

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    Photo by Alex Bruell 
The afternoon of Jan. 24, second graders in Lynda Smith’s Mountain Meadow Elementary school grilled Ella Roehr with questions like: “Do you like cake?” “What’s your favorite color?” and “Do you have a brother?” during Roehr’s visit to the class. Smith is one of Ella’s former elementary school teachers.
    For Buckley’s Miss Washington Teen candidate, it’s “Life...
    By Alex Bruell • January 31, 2022 2:50 pm

    Ella Roehr, Miss Pierce County Teen USA, is competing this weekend at the Miss Washington pageant.

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