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Help a salmon, catch a brook trout

Mount Rainier Park relaxes rules on nonnative fishing to help native fish thrive

Sen. Phil Fortunato, R-31, Rep. Drew Stokesbary, R-31, and Rep. Eric Robertson, R-31.

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What Plateau legislators are pursuing this year in Olympia

Police chases, tax credits, graffiti, and emergency powers — check out what’s on the table this session.

In this screenshot of a TVW recording, Washington State representative Tom Dent (R - Moses Lake) speaks during a conversation about the Commercial Aviation Coordinating Commission (CACC) during a Jan. 9 meeting of the House Transportation Committee.

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‘We’re not finished:’ Legislators may take another crack at airport search

Rep. Tom Dent of Moses Lake says the current sites considered for a new airport “are wrong.”

The Rainier School in Buckley has been caring for people with mental disabilities since 1939, though originally under the name the Western State Custodial School. It was the first such facility in Washington state, though now it is one of four. Image courtesy The Rainier School

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In settlement, Rainier School agrees to closure of one program area

More than 50 residents will be affected

This image shared by WSDOT Senior Aviation Planner Rob Hodgman shows the challenges that come with trying to put a major airport in Southeast King County (circled in yellow). It intersects with the SeaTac airspace (showed in gray) and butts up against the Cascade Range, putting it an an awkward position to receive or send out flights.

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Untangling the dilemma of Washington’s new airport search

While the state Department of Transportation is still examining whether Enumclaw would make for a good site, one…

Photo by Alex Bruell Japanese-inspired, Washington-based sushi joint Trapper’s Sushi is opening its newest branch at the heart of Enumclaw this month. Located at 1537 Cole Street at what was formerly Jackson’s restaurant, the Trapper’s location will celebrate a soft opening on Jan. 21 and 22 and its grand opening on Jan. 23.

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Trapper’s Sushi opens this month on Cole Street

Jackson’s is no more.

Photo by Alex Bruell Behind the Howard Hanson Dam lies around 100 miles of prime fish-spawning habitat.

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Congress, Biden give go-ahead to Howard Hanson Dam project

A fish passage facility at the dam is being given more than $878 million for the project.

Drivers negotiate the Krain intersection without power Monday morning after a major windstorm knocked out power across much of the Plateau Jan. 9. In Enumclaw, tossed-around trash and recycling bins and downed branches signaled the effects of the angry winds. Photo by Alex Bruell.

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Windstorm knocks out power in Krain, east Plateau area

More than a thousand people in the Plateau may be without power Monday morning due to a windstorm…

Kyle Miller, one of more than 50 people who entered Enumclaw’s design-a-flag contest last year, had his design chosen to represent the city. Photo by Ray Miller-Still

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Enumclaw’s new city flag given high grade by flag enthusiast organization

The flag placed in the top quarter of U.S. cities

Photos by Alex Bruell One of two papier-mâché elves accompanying Santa Claus at the Mickelberry Christmas display.

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Walking in a winter wonderland

The Mickelberries are self-professed “Christmas freaks,” Sheri said: “Whether anybody even came and saw it, we’d still be…

Joni’s son Dale, born in 2021, strides across a blanket of snow on Mount Rainier in January of this year. He now has at least three other siblings who share the mountain, not to mention his mom and dad.

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Joni the wolverine does it again

The mustelid mother is still making babies on Mt. Rainier.

Photo by Alex Bruell Buckley firefighters check the names on their ‘Nice’ list while loading gifts.

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Buckley, Enumclaw toy drives raise presents for hundreds of kids

Annual drives put toys and essentials in the hands of families in need

Taylor and Derek Muirhead are the owners of Rainier Fresh, a produce store that aims to bring fresh fruits and veggies from primarily local sources to Buckley. Located next to Blue Max Meats on Highway 410, the Muirheads said they want to provide some of the meal essentials that a grocery store would provide.

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Produce store takes over former Columbia Bank building in Buckley

Rainier Fresh continues the city’s experiment with locally owned, indie grocers