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    Adopt-A-Highway volunteers pick up roadside litter alongside I-5 in the Seattle area in 2019. Photo courtesy Washington State Department of Transportation
    Fortunato-sponsored litter control bill passes House of Representatives
    By Alex Bruell • April 12, 2021 12:00 pm

    Bill would reimburse local government litter pick-up, require more litter prevention messaging

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    The final resting position of the Honda Accord that led police on a chase Saturday morning, near 214th Avenue before the Buckley/Enumclaw bridge. Photo courtesy Elizabeth Phillips
    22-year-old leads police on zig-zagging chase through Plateau...
    By Alex Bruell • April 12, 2021 10:50 am

    An Enumclaw officer at one point struck the suspect’s vehicle to prevent a collision with a bystander.

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    The Buckley Multipurpose Center, where the city council meets.
    With March retirement, Buckley City Council will look...
    By Alex Bruell • April 9, 2021 9:21 am

    Council Member James Morem is moving with his family to Nebraska

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    The "Wear it for Berrett Rally" is April 25, and will feature a skate competition, silent auction and more.
    “Wear it for Berrett” rally scheduled for April...
    By Alex Bruell • April 8, 2021 4:20 pm

    Event in honor of Buckley teen will feature skate competition, silent auction

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    King County Councilmember Reagan Dunn
    King County Councilmember Dunn to host conference on...
    By Alex Bruell • April 6, 2021 4:30 pm

    Virtual conference will highlight resources for recovery, science behind addiction

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    Rep. Eric Robertson, R-31
    UPDATE | Rep. Robertson rescheduled town hall for...
    By Alex Bruell • April 8, 2021 2:25 pm

    The hourlong event will give citizens a chance to learn, ask questions of the legislative session.

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    This security footage at the Cenex gas station in Black Diamond shows Anthony Chilcott on his phone before entering, and driving off with, Carl Sanders' Ford Raptor and Monkey, his poodle, in the front seat. Image courtesy Cenex gas station
    King County Sheriff fires detective who fatally shot...
    By Alex Bruell • April 5, 2021 1:20 pm

    Sheriff found deputy’s actions “demonstrated a disregard for the public, (his) partner and (himself)”.

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    Enumclaw author Matthew McCully holds a copy of his 2019 book "The Legend of Luke Daisy" in this courtesy photo provided to the Courier-Herald.
    Enumclaw author Matt McCully on his childhood adventure...
    By Alex Bruell • April 1, 2021 9:22 am

    The story may be fictional, but it all draws from McCully’s childhood in the mid-20th century.

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    Teago Manoharan on March 16 holds open the door to the Buckley Kitchen, a commissary kitchen he started in 2019 that hosts a number of bakers and chefs who couldn't otherwise afford a space to cook. Photo by Alex Bruell
    Buckley Bakery builds on bold businessman’s big business...
    By Alex Bruell • April 1, 2021 9:20 am

    Teago Manoharan wants to bring a bakery to Buckley. And an app. And a restaurant. And classes.

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    Visitors walk along a boardwalk through a marshy area in the Longmire Meadow on the Trail of the Shadows in this public domain image taken from the National Parks Service.
    Hitting the hiking trail to escape pandemic-induced ennui?...
    By Alex Bruell • March 26, 2021 9:40 am

    It’s been quite the year for search and rescue operations at Mount Rainier.

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    For those who want to get some photos with the Easter Bunny, Thomasson Family Farm is having professional photographer Kailey Wallin come to the Bunny Patch on March 27 and 28 from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Photo courtesy Thomasson Family Farm
    Easter Egg hunts on the Plateau this year
    By Alex Bruell • March 24, 2021 10:30 am

    For the second year in a row, the hunts are as hard to find as the eggs.

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    Buckley Mayor Pat Johnson, center, reads a proclamation during the Tuesday evening Buckley City Council meeting committing herself and the council to promoting education and services for the use of helmets in honor of Berrett Wirth Crossley, who died earlier this month after sustaining a head injury while skateboarding without a helmet. Council members in attendance stood during the reading of the proclamation. Photo by Alex Bruell
    Buckley city council passes helmet ordinance in 4-2...
    By Alex Bruell • March 23, 2021 9:15 pm

    Council members agreed kids need to wear helmets, but differed on specifics of the proposal

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    An electronic traffic sign alerts southbound SR 169 drivers that the intersection with Roberts Drive will soon close for road work. Photo by Alex Bruell
    Black Diamond’s SR 169, Roberts Drive intersection to...
    By Alex Bruell • March 22, 2021 12:40 pm

    The highway will still allow north-south traffic, but expect extra congestion for the next month.

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    • ‘Crow’ precinct residents petition county council for no-shooting zone in neighborhood

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